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RETURN No. 29. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1913.

RETURN No. 30. SOUTH ISLAND MAIN LINE AND BRANCHES. 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, 1913.

Mine. 1911-12. 1912-13. Increase. Decrease. St. Helen's, White Cliffs Homebush, Glentunnel Mount Somers Coal Company, Mount Somers Albury Waihao Forks Waihao Downs Gibson's Kurow Peebles Papakaio Ngapara Shag Point Coal Company, Bushey Mcintosh, A., Allandale Allandale Coal Company, Bushey Saddle Hill Fernhill Oturehua Mosgiel Taratu Mine, Lovell's Flat Brook Bros., Bushey Benhar Stirling Kaitangata Bruce Coal Company, Milton Dickison, Conical Hills Knuckey and Junker (late Sneddon and Hamilton), Pukerau Jones, Maitland McSoar, W., Waikaka Mason, W., Kingston Crossing McDowall, Wairio New Zealand Express Company, Gore Sleeman, C. P., and Kyle, W., Mataura Beattie, Coster, and Co., Mataura Collieries Company, Mataura .. .. .. .: Nightcaps Coal Company, Nightcaps McKenzie, D., Wairio Grant, J., Wairio Moss Bros., Wairio Wairio Coal Company Dillon, Wairio Clapp, Wairio Bowden, Asher's Clark, Wyndham Mason and Johnston, Kingston Crossing Lynch, Kingston Crossing Hunt, Waikaka Tons. 328 7,710 2,181 164 ! Tons. 1,641 6,153 2,976 67 112 43 Tons. 1,313 Tons. 1,557 795 112 43 "97 5 4 5 8 74 1,337 967 3,001 37,225 20,017 4 22 20 247 1,355 3,166 22 12 173 18 2,199 .. 37,063 20,727 50 147 13,217 509 207 37 114,575 22,071 2,432 26 3,001 162 105 5,377 604 137 710 50 42 7,840 95 70 37 127,162 16,516 2,042 70 5,555 390 12,587 44 441 2,832 915 5,451 9,265 68,265 3,943 4,085 763 4,924 11,049 91,923 2,515 4 237 38 1,253 441 152 527 1,784 23,658 1,428 744 459 668 8 4 13 47 12 5 4 507 421 668 8 4 21 8 47 12 5 Totals 318,106 342,426 46,088 21,768

Port. ✓ 1911-12. 1912-13. Increase. Decrease. ✓ IISCHABQED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff .. :: No. No. 1,942 1,974 312 289 160 . 172 69 79 109 89 223 224 No. 32 12 10 1 No. 23 20 Totals 2,815 2,827 2,815 2,827 12 12 j lOADED :— Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1,998 2,015 261 279 176 160 54 44 35 30 222 224 17 18 2 16 10 5 ■ Totals 2,746 2,752 6 6