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78. I suppose the bulk of the coal is West Coast coal ?—No, Sir; we use very large quantities of brown coal. There is an approximate statement attached to the schedule I have just put in. 79. We know the price of coal for domestic purposes in Wellington. What is the difference between the price the department pays and the ordinary price ? What is the price in Wellington ? —I could not tell you. I fancy, though, it is about £1 10s. a ton. The department in Wellington pays about 19s. a ton —that is, for screened coal.

Section of Railway. Tenderer. Place of Delivery. Kind of Coal. Bate per Ton. Bemarks. jyttelton .. Blackball Coal Co. Lyttelton Blackball (screened).. Blackball (unscreened) St. Helen's 17/6 14/6 9/6 Declined. jyttelton .. H. Levick Whitecliffs .. Accepted (aboul 1,200 tons). Declined. Springfield Coal Co. Westport Coal Co. Springfield Lyttelton Springfield (unscreened) Ooalbrookdale or Millerton (screened) Coalbrookdale or Millerton (unscreened) Westport Cardiff (unscreened) Brunner (screened) .. 8/9 20/3 17/6 Westport Cardiff Coal Co. .. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. Ditto .. .. • Austin Bros. 16/ 18/ Accepted (aboul 4,000 tons). Accepted (aboul 7,000 tons). Declined. Sheffield '.'. Brunner (unscreened) Canterbury Colliery brown Blackball (screened) .. 16/ 11/ ?imaru Blackball Coal Co Timam 18/ Accepted (aboul 1,250 tons). Declined. Westport Coal Co. Blackball (unscreened) Coalbrookdale or Millerton (unscreened) Westport Cardiff (unscreened) Brunner (screened) 15/6 19/ a • • • • Westport Cardiff Coal Co. .. 18/3 )amaru .. Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. Ditto .. Blackball Coal Co. Oamaru Brunner (unscreened) Blackball (soreened).. 20/ 17/6 18/ Accepted (aboul 1,250 tons). Declined. Accepted (aboul 4,000 tons). Declined. Allandale Coal Co. Westport Coal Co. Westport Cardiff Coal Co. .. Bushey Oamaru Blackball (unsoreened) Allendale brown Coalbrookdale or Millerton (unscreened) Westport Cardiff (unsoreened) Brunner (screened) 15/6 11/ 19/ 18/3 3 ort Chalmers-Gore Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. Ditto .. Fernhill Coal Co. Walton Park Coal Co. Fernhill Walton Park .. (Brunner (unscreened) Fernhill brown lignite Walton Park 20/ 17/6 6/ 6/ Accepted (aboul 4,000 tons). Declined. Accepted (aboul 300 tons). Acoepted (aboul 300 tons) Accepted (aboul 10,000 tons). Declined. // Kaifcangafca Coal Co. Stirling Kaitangata 6/9 Loudon and Howarth Saddle Hill '.'. Jubilee Mine brown coal Westport Cardiff (unscreened) Brunner (screened) .. 8/8 9/8 6/ Accepted (aboul 300 tons). Declined. Westport Cardiff Coal Co. Port Chalmers 17/6 Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Coal Co. Ditto .. .. 19/6 iouth of Gore Blackball Coal Co. BluS Bruuner (unscreened) Blackball (screened).. 17/6 18/6" Accepted (aboul 2,000 tons). Acoepted(aboul 1,000 tons). Declined. Blackball (unscreened) Blackball nuts (unscreened) Nightcaps (screened) 16/ 13/6 m * • » Nightcaps Coal Co. Nightcaps 7/1 Accepted (aboul 8,000 tons). Declined. Westport Coal Co. Bluff Coalbrookdale or Millerton (small) Westport Cardiff (unscreened) Brunner (screened) .. 16/6 Westport Cardiff Coal Co. 18/9 w • • Workshops Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Coal Co. Ditto .. J. J. Craig Onehunga Brunner (unscreened) Brunner nuts Brunner slack Newcastle smithy Brunner nuts 20/6 18/6 20/ 15/ 16/ 21/6 Acoepted (aboul 1,000 tons). Declined. Greymouth - Point Elizabeth Coal Co. Ditto .. Auckland Wanganui Accepted (aboul 200 tons). Accepted (aboul 300 tons). Accepted (aboul 1,000 tons). Accepted (aboul 700 tons). Wellington 16/6 Lyttelton 17/6 Port Chalmers 18/6