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No. 7. Table showing the Increased Production of Coal, Year by Year, during the last Eight Years, and the Decrease of Coal imported for the same Period.

No. 8. Table showing the Number of Coal-mines in Operation, the Number of Men employed, and the Output of Coal per Man.

No. 9. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Mining Districts, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1884 and 1885, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 10. Table showing the Different Classes of Coal from the Mines in the Colony.

Coal raised in the Colony. Coal exported. Year. Tons. Yearly Increase. Plus or Minus. Increase and Decrease. Tons. L878 .. 1879 .. L880 .. 1881 .. -882 .. .883 .. .884 .. .885 .. 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 69,000 68,705 37,339 41,010 43,492 59,009 30,232 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 + 16,072 34,778 6,664 380 6,042 24,904 18,242 +

Number of Mines working. Number of Miners employed in each Mine. Total Number of Men employed. Output of Coal in Tons. Output in Tons per Man. !2 mines .. .1 „ 6 „ .6 „ Totals .. 1 to 4 men in each .. .. 5 to 10 .. 11 to 20 .. 21 men and upwards 114 84 91 1,194 27,701 35,966 32,339 415,057 243 428 355 348 1,483 511,063 345

Name of District. Output of Coal. Plus or Minus. Increase or Decrease. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to 31st December, 1885. 1884. 1885, Cawakawa Vhangarei, Kamo, and Whauwhau Vaikato 'elorus Vest Wanganui Vestport (proper) teefton treymouth (proper) lalvern 'imaru )tago iouthland Tons. 30,274 27,395 46,234 475 3,700 80,176 1,351 97,357 23,834 294 151,823 17,918 Tons. 37,172 26,847 47,715 2,156 78,284 2,311 140,182 19,023 200 144,377 12,796 + + + + + + Tons. 6,898 548 1,481 475 1,544 1,892 960 42,825 4,811 94 7,446 5,122 Tons. 584,627 149,382 276,249 711 16,988 281,587 25,239 638,825 193,892 926 1,284,801 65,034 + + Totals .. 480,831 511,063 j + 30,232 3,518,201

Output of Coal. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to 31st December, 1885. Name of Coal. Plus or Minus. Increase or Decrease. 1884. 1885. iituminous .. 'itch iSrown lignite Tons. 211,982 65,877 186,874 16,098 Tons. 257,794 64,187 173,029 16,053 + Tons. 45,812 1,690 13,845 45 Tons. 1,522,502 557,798 1,345,171 92,790 Totals 480,831 480,831 511,063 30,232 3,518,261