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Table 9 shows particulars of the annual total consumption of coal in New Zealand since 1885, the annual consumption per head of population, and the general trend of consumption.

Table 9. —Coal-consumption, 1885-1918.

Graph showing changes in amount of coal-consumption, year by year.

Consumption per Head of Population. Quinquennial Period. Annual Average during Period. Year. Consumption. Log. of Annual Consumption. Quantity. Quantity per Head of Population. 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 1916 1917 1918 Tons. 591,284 607,680 021,721 047,149 028,103 671,948 694,648 -714,354 733,866 752,562 742,108 808,327 ■869,224 957,271 981,040 1,103,665 1,208,954 1,298,451 1,427,980 1,519,474 1,631,994 1,795,002 1,922,728 2,048,281 1,967,642 2,152,576 2,030,223 2,312,962 2,145,196 2,490,755 2,238,103 2,222,908 2,131,173 2,104,075 Tons. 5-77179 5-78368 5-79359 5-81101 5-79803 5-82734 5-84177 5-85391 5-86562 5-87654 5-87047 5-90759 5-93913 5-98103 5-99109 6-04285 6-08243 6-11344 0-15473 6-18170 6-21272 6-25400 6-28391 6-31139 6-29394 6-33296 6-30754 0-36418 6-33147 6-39634 6-34988 6-34692 6-32862 Tons. 1,038 1,044 1,043 1,069 1,027 1,082 1,103 1,112 1,110 1,108 1,072 1,144 1,205 1,300 1,308 1,445 1,554 1,628 1,741 1,798 1,876 2,004 2,092 2,167 2,025 2,168 2,000 2,226 2,007 2,284 2,036 2,022 1,939 1885-89 1886-90 1887-91 1888-92 1889-93 1890-94 1891-95 1892-96 1893-97 1894-98 1895-99 1896-1900 1897-1 1898-2 1899-3 1900-4 1901-5 1902-6 1903-7 1904-8 1905-9 1906-10 1907-11 1908-12 1909-13 1910-14 1911-15 1912-16 1913-17 1914-18 Tons. 619,188 635,321 652,714 671,240 088,584 713,476 727,507 750,243 781,217 825,898 871,595 943,906 1,024,032 1,109,877 1,204,019 1,311,765 1,417,370 1,534,580 1,659,436 1,783,496 1,873,129 1,977,246 2,024,290 2,102,337 2,121,720 2,226,342 2,243,448 2,281,985 2,245,627 2,239,403 Tons. 1,044 1,053 1,065 1,079 1,088 1,103 1,101 1,109 1,128 1,108 1,208 1,283 1,300 1,451 1,540 1,638 1,724 1,814 1,908 1,993 2,035 2,093 2,090 2,118 2,085 2,138 2,112 2,114 2,058