On September 23rd the owner and manager of Bishop's Park Colliery, Durham, was prosecuted for many serious breaches of the Act. In all, twenty-one charges were laid, this number including several alternative charges. Mr. Pool, Senior Inspector of Mines, conducted the case without legal assistance and obtained convictions on fourteen charges. The fines varied from 10s. To £5. The total costs and fines amounted to £26 6s. 0d. The convictions were obtained under the following sections :— Coal Mines Act, 1911, Sections 20(1) ; 20(2) ; 29(2) ; 37(1) ; 40(3) ; 40(5) ; 40(7) ; 42(2) ; 44(2) ; 63 ; 65 ; 66(d) and General Regulation 106, and the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887 (12).