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The following is a summary of fatal and non-fatal accidents classified, and cause, in this Dominion during 1909.

Willi the introduction this year of the new regulations under the Coal-mines Act, making it com* pulsory that all underviewere and firemen mid deputies (in addition to mine-managers, as heretofore enacted) shall be the holders of certificates of competency or service, it may he hoped that greater safety "ill be obtained in our coal-mines. The following statement shows the tons of mineral raised (coal and shale), persons employed, lives lost, &c, from 1878 to 1909:—

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Fatal A. icidents. Non-fatal Accidents. Number of Soparate Fatal Accidents. Number of Deaths. Number of Separate Non-fatal Accidents. Number of Persons injured, inoluding thoae injured by Accidents which proved Fatal to their Companions. Explosions of firedamp Falls in mine ... ... 4 Shaft accidents Miscellaneous—Underground... 2 On surface ... 1 4 2 1 2 6 "(i 3 4 10 "e 3 Totals ... ... 7 7 7 17 23

Persons employed. Tons of ratXt Tons ° f ! P <™ each Per Mineral em P l0 )^ raised per per each ployed Un- LifcIosfc - LifeIost ' derground. Lives lost per Number Thousand of Persons Deaths, employed. Yo;ir. Oulput of Minora]. — Above. Below. Total. Prior L878 L879 L880 L881 1882 L883 .SHI l885 LH86 L887 L888 L889 .890 .891 .892 ,898 .894 .895 896 .897 .898 .89!) .900 .901 902 .903 .904 .905 906 .907 .908 .909 '■" 709,931 162,218 147 366 515 231,218 80! 299,923 1,03! 337,262 96! 378,272 l,04i 421,764 361 : 888 I 1,24! 480,831 393 i 890 1,28! Oil,063 338 I 1,145 1,48; 534,353 392 1,213 1,60; 558,620 388 1,111 1,49! 613,895 i 414 1,275 1,68! 586,445 466 1,251 1,71' 637,397 512 1,334 1,84( 668,794 416 1,277 l,69i 1)73,315 485 1,196 1,68: 691,548 590 1,298 1,88* 719,546 506 1,393 1,89! 726,654 525 ' 1,274 j 1,79! 7'.i_',851 590 1,347 ■ 1,98 840,713 531 1,381 1,91! 907,033 556 1,447 ! 2,00; 975,234 554 1,599 2,15; J, 093,990 617 1,843 2,46( 1,239,686 i 688 2,066 2,75< 1,365,040 803 ! 2,082 i 2,88J 1,420,229 717 2,135 2,85! 1,537,838 763 2,525 3,28* 1,585,756 833 2,436 3,26! 1,729,536 1,174 | 2,518 3,69! 1,831,009 1,143 2,767 3,91( 1,860,975 992 2,902 3,89< 1,911,247 I 1,159 3,032 4,19] 366 888 890 1,145 1,213 1,111 1,275 1,251 1,334 1,277 1,196 1,298 1,393 1,274 1,347 1,881 1,447 1,599 1,848 2,066 2,082 2,135 2,525 2,436 2,518 2,767 2,902 3,032 513 802 1,038 963 1,043 1,249 1,283 1,483 1,605 1,499 1,689 1,717 1,846 1,693 1,681 1,888 1,899 1,799 1,937 1,912 2,003 2,153 2,460 2,754 2,885 2,852 3,288 3,269 3,692 3,910 3,894 4,191 443 4,771 115,609 149,961 ... 337,262 189,136 475 210,882 540 160,277 456 170,354 440 * 503 139,655 481 153,474 261 146,611 477 79,674 523 167,198 563 673,315 533 138,306 516 119,924 .618 145,331 588 12,013 609 210,178 , 627 907,033 609 325,07s 593 273,497 600 413,228 655 682,520 665 355,057 609 384,459 651 264,293 687 288,256 662 152,584 641 372,195 633 273,035 15 101 519 963 521 624 421 494 375 422 313 231 423 1,681 377 316 360 29 478 2,003 717 615 918 1,443 713 822 546 615 326 778 599 66-27 2-49 1-92 104 1-91 160 231 •201 2-66 2-36 2-37 4-88 2-36 066 2 64 316 3-33 34-07 209 0-49 1-89 1-62 109 , 0-69 1-40 1-21 1-83 1-62 3-07 1-28 1-79 34 + 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 4 4 8 4 1 5 6 5 66: 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 6 12 5 7 Totals... 29,034,186 217 • No life lost. I Year of Kaitui. igata explosion. I fear of Bmnner ex| iloi sion.