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SCREENING OF COAL The following table shows the percentage of coal sold as unscreened and the results obtained from the screening of the balance of the output: —

ACCIDENT INSURANCE It is very pleasing to report a decrease in the number of accidents during the year. The number of accidents for the year was 1,158, as compared with 1,225 for the previous year, notwithstanding that 17 mines were operated during the year. The Accident Insurance Working Account showed a surplus of £38,588 14s. 3d. on the year's working, as compared with £24,576 ss. Id. for the previous year. The Accident Insurance Reserve Account now stands at £118,302 2s. Bd. The cost of claims percentage on wages paid amounted to £2 55., as compared with £-2 17s. 9d. for the previous year, the average cost of each claim being £24 os. 3d. compared with £24 10s. 7d. during the 1946-47 financial year.

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Percentages of Screened and Small Obtained from Coal Screened. r . Percentage Sold as Mine. Unscreened. Screened. Small Mossbank 67-08 32-92 Black Diamond Opencast 6*41 79 •72 20-28 Wairaki Mine 68 •46 3154 Star 76 •05 23-95 Birehwood 71 •24 28-76 Liverpool Mine 100-00 Strongman 1116 84-02 1598 Blackball 8-79 30 •16 69-84 Wallsend 3-84 73 •93 26-07 Dobson 7-73 81 •13 1887 Paparoa 70-45 63-54 36-46 Burke's Creek 52 •17 4783* Garvey Creek 13-47 86-53* Wangaloa Opencast 71 •32 28-68 Waitewhena Opencast 4-37 36-30 63-70 Kemp's Opencast 3-27 37 •10 62-90 Stockton Mine and Opencast 37-37 62-07 3793 Kimihia Opencast 56-88 4312 Glen Afton Opencast 94 •86 514 Kamo 100 : 00 Percentage of House, Domestic, Kitchen, and Slack (North Island Grading). House. Domestic. Kitchen. 1 1 Slack.« Wilton 2-64 53-54 46-46 Mangapehi 12-12 31-77 56-11 Tatu 4-42 54-68 45-32 * Includes unscreened nuts.