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SECTION II.— PERSONS EMPLOYED.

The following statement shows the tons of coal raised, persons employed, lives lost by accidents in or about collieries, &c., to 1934 : —

SECTION lII.—ACCIDENTS. The following is a summary of accidents in and about coal-mines during 1934, with their causes

For the year under review the fatal accidents were at the rate of 1-78 per thousand,persons employed in the industry, and at the rate of 3-88 per million tons of coal produced. In Annexure A appear accounts of the Inspectors of Coal-mines at Greymouth and Dunedin regarding eight fatal accidents which occurred during 1934 in coal-mines in their districts.

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Average Number of Persons employed during 1934. Inspection District. — ——— —— — * Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. Southern .. .. .. .. 284 661 945 West Coast .. .. .. ,. ! 588 1,493 , 2,081 Northern .. .. .. .. j 357 1,095 1,452 Totals, 1934 .. .. 1,229 3,249 4,478 Totals, 1933 .. .. 1,192 3,194 4,386

Lives lost by Accidents in or Persona ordinarily employed. Tons raiged about Collieries. Year. Output, in per each Per- " f" Statute Tons. son employed Per Million Tbn , er , Number Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. below Ground. ns Persons °* ives _■ j_ produced. empl a 0 ° y n e(1 lost. Prior to 1900 13,444,437 * * * * * * 165 1900 .. 1,093,990 617 1,843 2,460 593 3-65 : 1-62 4 1901 .. 1,239,686 688 2,066 2,754 600 2-42 1-09 3 1902 .. 1,365,040 803 2,082 2,885 655 1-46 0-69 2 1903 .. 1,420,229 717 2,135 2,852 665 2-81 1-40 4 1904 .. 1,537,838 763 2,525 3,288 609 2-60 1-21 4 1905 .. 1,585,756 833 2,436 3,269 651 3-78 1-83 6 1906 .. 1,729,536 1,174 2,518 3,692 687 3-46 1-62 6 1907 .. 1,831,009 1,143 2,767 3,910 662 6-55 307 12 1908 .. 1,860,975 992 2,902 3,894 641 2-68 1-28 5 1909 .. 1,911,247 1,159 3,032 4,191 630 3-66 1-67 7 1910 .. 2,197,362 1,136 3,463 4,599 634 7-28 3-48 16 1911 .. 2,066,073 1,365 2,925 4,290 706 6-77 3-26 14 1912 .. 2,177,615 1,130 3,198 4,328 681 4 13 2-08 9 1913 .. 1,888,005 1,053 3,197 4,250 590 3-18 141 6 1914 .. 2,275,614 1,176 3,558 4,734 639 1 21 53 10-35 49t 1915 .. 2,208,624 1,050 3,106 4,156 711 4-07 2-16 <t 1916 .. 2,257,135 988 3,000 3,988 752 2'65 1-50 6 1917 .. 2,068,419 1,090 2,893 3,983 715 1-93 1-00 ' 4 1918 .. 2,034,250 1,102 2,892 3,994 , 703 2-95 1-50 6 1919 1,847,848 1,095 2,849 , 3,944 648 541 2-53 10 1920 .. 1,843,705 1,152 2,926 4,078 630 0-54 0-24 1 1921 .. 1,809,095 1,218 3,149 4,367 574 552 2-28 10 1922 .. 1,857,819 1,191 3,365 4,556 552 3-23 1-31 6 1923 .. 1,969,834 1,353 3,647 5,000 540 2*53 1-00 5 1924 .. 2,083,207 1,364 3,505 4,869 594 4-80 2-05 I 10 1925 .. 2,114,995 1,288 3,489 4,777 606 3*78 1-67 8 1926 .. 2,239,999 1,336 3,823 5,159 586 6-69 2-90 ; 15 1927 .. 2,366,740 1,386 3,988 ! 5,374 593 4-23 1-86 10 1928 .. 2,436,753 1,366 4,010 5,376 608 3-69 1-67 9 1929 .. 2,535,864 1,370 4,127 5,497 614 4*73 2-18 12 1930 .. 2,542,092 1,437 4,430 i 5,867 574 5*50 2'38 14 1931 .. 2,157,756 1,414 4,331 5,745 498 1-85 0*69 4 1932 .. 1,842,022 1,257 3,379 4,636 545 6-51 2-59 12 1933 .. 1,821,258 1,192 3,194 4,386 570 3-84 1-59 I 7 1934 .. 2,060,315 1,229 3,249 4,478 634 3'88 1*78 j 8 Totals .. 81,722,142 .. .. .. .. .. .. * For returns for previous years see pa?e 32, Mines Statement. 1921. t Year ol Ralph's (Htmtly) explosion.

Fatal Accidents. Serious Non-fatal Accidents. Number of Persons Number of Number Number ol injured, including Separate Fatal D^t ha Separate Non-tatal those injured by Accidents. i Deaths. Accidents. Accidents which proved Fatal to their Companions. Explosions of fire-damp or coal-dust Falls of ground ...... 5 5 7 7 Explosives .. .. .. .. 1 1 Haulage ... .. .. .. 2 2 Miscellaneous —'"Underground .... .. .. 6 6 On surface .... .. j .. 3 3 Totals ...... 8 | 8 16 16