WON FROM THE SOIL.
METALS, COAL AND GUM. The annual report of tho Mines Department states that there has been a decrease in the production of metals during the year. r fhe value of mineral exports, however, shows an increase of nearly £2,000.0U0, this being largely due to the fact, that 157,02:W of gold entered for export in IMS was not exported until 191!). The total value exported for 1018 was .€2,047,f10f1, and for 1910, £4,424,089. The value of bullion obtained from quartz mines in lftlf) amounted to .C 573,662, obtained from treating 286,057 tons. The dividends paid amounted to £118,831. The Government has now under consideration a proposal for the development of oil resources, with the object of definitely proving whether they are of commercial value. The sum of £44,50 was paid in subsidies. ' The production of kauri gum, for 1910 was 4128 tons, valued at £255,812, as compared with 2419 tons, valued at £157,313, for 1918. There was a profit of £5787 made on winning coal at the State mines, and after deducting losses sustained by the depots, amounting to £s7fi6, there remained a credit balance of £2l on the year's operations.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 11
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194WON FROM THE SOIL. Taranaki Daily News, 11 September 1920, Page 11
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