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

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Coal and Shale rai ised in the Dominion. Coal imported. Year. Tons. Increase over Preceding Year. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons. Decrease below 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 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 .. 1921 .. 1922 1923 1924 1925 .. 1926 1927 .. 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831. 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,365,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 1,585,756 1,729,536 1,831,009 1,860,975 1,911,247 2,197,362 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 2,208,624 2,257,135 2,068,419 2,034,250 1,847,848 1,843,705 1,809,095 1,857,819 1,969,834 2,083,207 2,114,995 2,239,999 2.366,740 Inc. 69,000 „ 68,705 „ 37,339 „ 41,010 „ 43,492 „ 59,069 „ 30,232 23,290 24,267 55,275 Dec. 27,450 Inc. 50,952 „ 31,397 4,521 18,233 „ 27,998 7,108 66,197 47,862 66,320 68,201 „ 118,756 „ 145,696 „ 125,354 „ 55,189 „ 117,609 „ 47,918 „ 143,780 „ 101,473 „ 29,966 „ 50,272 „ 286,115 Dec. 131,289 Inc. 111,542 Dec. 289,610 Inc. 387,609 Dec. 66,990 Inc. 48,511 Dec. 188,716 „ 34,169 „ 186,402 4,143 „ 34,610 Inc. 48,724 „ 112,015 „ 113,373 „ 31,788 „ 125,004 „ 126,741 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,068 364,359 468,940 518,070 353,471 293,956 291,597 255,332 391,434 476,343 822,459 501,478 445,792 674,483 572,573 483,918 378,090 6,664 24,904 26,722 14,379 135 9,151 4,520 24,378 25,731 36,070 16,072 34,778 380 6,042 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 17,124 8,009 4,483 4,763 6,442 15,772 21,911 16,727 21.850 38,521 13,182 67,059 29,623 25,807 14,310 176,291 104,581 49,130 164,599 59,515 2,359 36,265 136,102 84,909 346,116 55,686 228,691 101,910 88,655 105,828 i