 He stated that in the previous 12 months the "Queen Bee" had carried 26,292 tons of coal, and allowing the average of 12 tons an hour for unloading two men could have averaged £2 3s 3d per week.In answer to the union, he indicated that he paid his sailors £8 per month and 1s 3d per hour overtime for all work done at night.Their food averaged him 16s per man per week.