D.—2.

RETURN No. 29, HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1904.

RETURN No. 30. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of the Number of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ending 31st March, 1904.

59

Mine. 1903-4. 1902-3. Increase. Decrease. Campbell's Mine, Springfield Springfield Coal Company, Springfield Clondesley, Springfield ... Brockley, Grlentunnel St. Helen's, Whitecliffs ... Homebush, Grlentunnel ... Mount Somers Coal Company, Mount Somers Woolshed Creek Company, Mount Somers ... Albury Waimate Kurow Gibson's Tons. Tons. 25 330 170 84 1,188 7,161 3,953 Tons. Tons. 25 '556 48 10 1,362 8,4°S 3.644 1,629 333 77 226 122 74 ■74 1,244 1,629 309 Ngapara ... Shag Point ... ... Allandale Coal Company Walton Park ... Saddle Hill ... Fernhill ... ... Freeman's Mosgiel Taratu Mine, Lovell's Flat Lovell's Hat Coal Company, Lovell's Flat ... Hewitson, Lovell's Plat ... Nelson's, Benhar Kaitangata Milton Anderson's, Stirling Conical Hills ... O'Hagan, C, Pukerau ... Penny, G., Gore New Zealand Express Company, Gore McGKbbon and Sons, Gore ... ... ... — Sleeman, C. P., Mataura Beattie and Co., Mataura Brown's, Mataura Mutch and Hurst, Mataura Reed, W., Nightcaps Nightcaps Coal Company, Nightcaps Kelly Bros., Nightcaps ... Tinker and Alley, Nightcaps Grant, J., Nightcaps Spence, J., Nightcaps Clark, Nightcaps McBride, A., Nightcaps Quested, J., Nightcaps ... Lamont, D., Nightcaps ... New Zealand Coal and Oil Syndicate, Orepuki Eobson, K. W., Bush Siding 24 132 82s 20,317 5.648 20,357 3,354 13,261 2,318 IS.H4 14,843 •29 23s 116,100 3,oos 12 449 16 4 97 18 55 23,697 ",475 14,723 2,649 8,295 3.889 5.232 13,466 61 114 770 116 4 73 3,38o 5.827 5>634 70S 4,966 9,912 1.377 29 85 5,468 1.57 1 ■So 110,632 14,103 43 3,288 258 11,098 31 186 76 3,102 182 104 172 104 65 107 7,766 2,384 6,295 2,207 I.47I 177 62 15 38,744 246 78 752 39,38i 16 737 637 246 9 9 4 70 4 70 8 6 8 6 22 31 22 3 1 20 95 20 95 Totals 284,592 274,388 IO,204

Port. 1903-4. 1902-3. Increase. Decrease. DlSCHABQ-ED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. 1,609 323 1S6 169 52 230 No. 1.S64 261 149 208 62 237 No. 45 62 7 No. 39 10 7 Totals 2,539 2,481 S« Loaded : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1,618 322 142 192 2 232 1,727 261 134 150 7 236 61 8 109 42 5 4 Totals 2,508 2,515