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No. 3. Table showing Quantity of Gold exported annually from New Zealand from 1857 to 1938. Year. Quantity. Year Quantity. Year Quantity. Year Quantity. 1857 .. 10,437 1878 .. 310,486 1899 .. 389,558 1919 .. 320,210 1858 .. 13,534 1879 .. 287,464 1900 .. 373,616 1920 .. 212,973 1859 .. 7,336 1880 .. 305,248 1901 .. 455,561 1921 .. 149,595 1860 .. 4,538 1881 .. 270,561 1902 .. 508,045 1922 .. 131,848 1861 .. 194,031 1882 .. 251,204 1903 .. 533,314 1923 .. 169,512 1862 .. 410,862 1883 .. 248,374 1904 .. 520,320 1924 .. 133,631 1863 .. 628,450 1884 .. 229,946 1905 .. 520,486 1925 .. 114,696 1864 .. 480,171 1885 .. 237,371 1906 .. 563,843 1926 .. 125,777 1865 .. 574,574 1886 .. 227,079 1907 .. 508,210 1927 .. 130,171 1866 .. 735,376 1887 .. 203,869 1908 .. 506,423 1928 .. 118,722 1867 .. 686,905 1888 .. 201,219 1909 .. 506,371 1929 .. 116,848 1868 .. 637,474 1889 .. 203,211 1910 .. 478,288 1930 .. 133,749 1869 .. 614,281 1890 .. 193,193 1911 .. 455,226 1931 .. 139,974 1870 .. 544,880 1891 .. 251,996 1912 .. 343,163 1932 .. 167,784 1871 .. 730,029 1892 .. 238,079 1913 .. 376,161 1933 .. 164,998 1872 .. 445,370 1893 .. 226,811 1914 .. 227,954 1934 .. 157,375 1873 .. 505,337 1894 .. 221,615 1915 .. 422,825 1935 .. 168,756 1874 .. 376,388 1895 .. 293,491 1916 .. 292,620 1936 .. 166,210 1875 .. 355,322 1896 .. 263,694 1917 .. 218,624 1937 .. 170,715 1876 .. 322,016 1897 .. 251,645 1918 .. 11,987 1938 .. 151,162 1877 .. 371,685 1898 .. 280,175

No. 4. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1938 and 1937, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 5. Table showing the Output of Different Classes of Coal.

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Output. Approximate • ■■ ■. ■: Total Output Name of Coalfield. Increase. Decrease. up to 1938. 1937. 31st J ?®°® mber > lyoo. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. North Auckland .. .. 44,838 41,694 3,144 .. 5,899,506 Waikato (including Taranaki) .. 717,879 736,804 .. 18,925 16,938,522 Nelson .. .. .. 16,574 17,505 .. 931 667,134 Buller .. .. .. 440,457 432,378 8,079 .. 25,483,368 Reefton 48,225 44,077 4,148 .. 1,057,668 Grey .. .. .. 479,133 481,268 .. 2,135 17,734,087 Canterbury .. .. .. 19,639 22,580 .. 2,941 1,119,182 Otago .. .. .. 188,389 209,540 .. 21,151 13,780,447 Southland .. .. .. 266,954 291,953 .. 24,999 7,797,516 Totals .. .. 2,222,088* 2,277,799 .. .. 90,477,430 ♦Decrease, 55,711 tons.

Approximate Output. I Total Output Class of Coal. ! Increase. Decrease. to the j 31st December, 1938. j 1937. | 1938. I I Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Bituminous and sub-bituminous .. 977,850 969,984 7,866 .. 51,784,420 Brown .. .. .. 1,112,414 1,186,320 .. 73,906 33.291,193 Lignite .. .. .. 131,824 121,495 j 10,329 .. 5^01,817 Totals .. .. 2.222,088 2,277,799 1 .. .. 90,477,430 i..V ; , I .