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No. 5. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Annual Production of Coal and Shale in the Dominion, and the Quantity of Coal imported since 1878.

No. 6. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1914 and 1915, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 7. Table showing the Different Classes of Goal from the Mines in the Dominion.

Coal and Shale raised in the Dominion. Coal imported. Yaw. ,■,„.. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons. Increase over Decrease over : Preceding Year. Preceding Year Prior to 1878 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 . . . 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 ■■ I ■ • I ■ ■ 709,931 162,218 231,218 Inc. 69,000 299,923 , 68,705 337,262 , 37,339 378,272 „ 41,010 421,764 „ 43,492 480,831 , 59,069 511,063 . 30,232 534,353 „ 23,290 | 558,620 „ 24,267 613,895 , 55,275 586,445 Dec. 27,450 637,397 Inc. 50,952 668,794 „ 31,397 673,315 „ 4,521 691,548 „ 18,233 719,546 „ 27,998 726,654 . 7,108 792,851 , 66,197 840,713 „ 47,862 907,033 „ 66,320 975,234 „ 68,201 1,093,990 „ 118,756 1,239,686 „ 145,696 1,365,040 „ 125,354 1,420,229 ., 55,189 1,537,838 „ 117,609 1,585,756 47,918 1,729,536 „ 143,780 1,831,009 „ 101,473 1,860,975 „ 29,966 1,911,247 „ 50,272 2,197,362 „ 286,115 2,066,073 . Dec. 131,289 2,177,615 Inc. 111,542 1,888,005 Dec. 289,610 2,275,614 : Inc. 387,609 2,208,624 Dec. 66,990 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,068 364,359 468,940 518,070 353,471 .. ia,m 33,776 6,664 380 6,042 24,904 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 26,722 17,124 14,379 135 8,009 1,483 4,763 6,442 9,151 4,520 15,772 24,378 25,371 21,911 36,070 16,727 21,850 38,521 18,182 67,059 29,623 25,807 44,810 176,291 104,581 49,130 164,599

Output of Coal. Approximate Total Output ol Coal up to 31st December, 1915. Name of Coalfield. Increase. Decrease 1915. 1914. i I North Auckland Waikato (including Mokau) Nelson Buller .. Inangahua Grey Canterbury Otago Southland Tons. Tons. 117,882 141,183 342,533 299,320 26,629 16,574 710,969 818,176 12,151 11,362 529,245 | 505,070 15,954 11,707 293,604 312,685 159,657 , 169,566 Tons. 43,213 10,055 '789 24,175 4,247 "91 f Tons, 23,251 107)207 19,081 Tons. 3,386,128 4,201,057 282,524 13,687,056 253,107 8,166,387 699,132 8,571,585 2,586,060 Totals 2,208,624 ; 2,275,593 2,208,624 2,275,593 66,969 66,969 41,883,036

Name of Goal. Output of Coal. 1915. 1914. Approximate Total increase. Decrease. 31st December, 1918 l , Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch Brown Lignite Totals Tons. Tons. 1,267,940 1,492,315 136,460 1,998 725,001 691,367 79,223 89,913 2,208,624 2,275,593 Tons. Tons. Tons. 224,375 25,246,582 134,462 .. 2,132,052 33,634 .. 12,491,312 10,690 1,963,090 66,969 41,833,036