MINES STATEMENT BY THE HON. JAMES McGOWAN, MINISTER OF MINES.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1908 Session I, C-02

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1908. NEW ZEALAND.

MINES STATEMENT BY THE HON. JAMES McGOWAN, MINISTER OF MINES.

Mr. Speaker,— In presenting my ninth annual Statement on the mining industry of the Dominion, I desire to congratulate members on its continued advancement. Although there was a falling-off in the yield of gold for the twelve months, there are indications that it will be made up by the increasing yield from some of the leading mines during the current year. Owing to the drought that prevailed there was a scarcity of water for hydraulic elevating and sluicing in Otago and Westland, and many of the claims were consequently idle for several months. As might reasonably have been expected, there has been a falling-off in the number of dredges working, and a consequent decrease in the yield of gold from that source. Coal-mining, on the other hand, has shown a distinct advance, the output for last year being the largest yet recorded. New coal areas are in course of development on the West Coast to keep pace with the constantly increasing demand for the high-class bituminous coal mined in that part of the Dominion. There is a very large area within which brown coal is mined, and, with the introduction of producergas plants, we may look forward to seeing its utilisation for power purposes, not alone in connection with mining, but for many other industries. Brown coal has given good results, more particularly in Germany, in the manufacture of producergas. • Kauri-gum continues a valuable export, and affords employment for a large number of men. The census of 1906 disclosed thelact that there were upwards of three thousand men engaged in this industry. Up to the end of 1907 the export of gum had reached a value of over £14,000,000. The heavy fall in the metal markets throughout the world has given a set-back, for the time being, to the development of our copper lodes, but as prices are now gradually recovering there is likely to be renewed activity in that direction. Scheelite-mining is becoming firmly established in Otago, and deposits of this mineral have also been mined at Top Valley, Marlborough. There is an abundance of manganese and antimony in New Zealand, but the low price at which these minerals can be produced in countries having an unlimited supply of cheap labour preclude competition to any great extent on our part. The enormous deposits of haematite ore at Parapara are still unworked, but remain a valuable asset to the people of this country. The total value of gold, silver, and minerals produced within this Dominion now exceeds one hundred millions sterling, while our population has only just reached one million.

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The gross value of all minerals produced during 1907 amounted to £3,775,835, being £96,156 less than the value of the production during 1906. This decline is entirely confined to the yield from the alluvial-gold mines, the production from all other branches of mining showing an increase, and that from the quartz, coal, and scheelite mines constituting a record. The number of persons ordinarily employed in or about New Zealand mines during 1907 was 13,081, being an increase of 185 on the number so employed during the previous year. The proportion of fatal mining accidents during 1907 amounted to T45 per thousand persons employed. This compares favourably with most other countries. MINERAL PRODUCTION. The annexed Table No. 1 shows the quantity and value of gold, silver, and other minerals, including kauri-gum, exported during the year ended 31st December, 1907 ; also the quantity of native coal consumed in the Dominion during the same period. The quantity of gold entered for export was 508,210 oz., valued at £2,027,490 —a decrease of £243,414 as compared with the export returns for the previous year. The value of other minerals, including silver, coal, and kauri-gum, produced during the year was £1,748,345 —an increase of £147,258 as compared with the production during 1906. The quantities and values of the chief mineral products for the past two years are summarised for comparison as follows :—

The total value of gold, silver, coal, and other minerals (including kauri-gum) produced up to the 31st December, 1907, was £100,523,086. GOLD-EXPORT. The quantity of gold entered for exportation through the Customs for the year 1907 was as follows : Auckland, 298,101 oz. ; Nelson, 4,688 oz. ; West Coast, 87,069 oz. ; Otago and Southland, 118,352 oz.: total, 508,210 oz., valued at £2,027,490. AURIFEROUS-QUARTZ MINING. This, the most important branch of the mining industry in the Dominion, continues to increase both as regards the quantity of ore treated and the gold - production.

Year ending 31st December, 1906. Year ending 31st December, 1907. Product. Quantity. V.ilue. Quantity. Value. *old ... ... ... 563,843 oz. Silver ... ... ... 1,390,536 „ £ 2,270,904 143,572 50£ 1.56S 508,210 07. 1,562,603 „ 56 tons 5 „ 1,492} , 128,950 „ 8,210 07.. 2,603 „ £ 2,027,490 169,484 595 26 30,448 114,737 3opper-ore danganese-ore ... ... 16 tons tfixed minerals ... ... 1,297 „ Colonial coal exported, inelud- 141,641 „ ing that used by Home steamers Colonial coal used in New 1,587,895 „ Zealand (auri-gum ... ... 9,154 „ ... ... ... 5 „ 40 18,421 122,614 793,948 522,486 6 1 128 1,702 6 1,702,059 „ 56 tons 5 „ 1,492} „ 8,950 „ 2,059 „ 8,708 „ 15 „/ 851,029 8,708 „ 15 „/ 579,888 15 5 2,118 3a3inatite Antimony i . 98 „ i . 98 „ Total value of production for 1907 1906 ... £3, .. £3,1 f75,835. 571,991. Total decrease !96,156.

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The prosperity of our quartz-mining companies is demonstrated by the fact that during 1907 they paid in dividends £628,866, equivalent to 40-7 per cent, of the value of the bullion won by them, which, with one exception, is the highest proportion so paid in any country. The Waihi Gold-mining Company declared during the year £396,726 in dividends, as the result of treating 356,974 tons of ore, for a return of £826,010. The total dividends paid by this company to the end of 1907 amount to £2,693,274. The Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company, which adjoins the Waihi Mine, and operates upon a continuation of the same vein system, has increased its production with the attainment of depth ; the yield from this mine during the past year was £71,742, as the result of treating 40,875 tons of ore. On the Karangahake Goldfield, the Talisman Consolidated Mine has been most successful, the production for the year constituting a record for this goldfield ; £184,446 was obtained from 46,025 tons treated, at the high average value of £4 (is. 2d. per ton, and £75,000 was declared in dividends. The features of the year on the Ohinemuri Goldfield have been the steadily, increasing bullion-producing powers of the Waihi and Talisman Mines, the result of enhanced ore values obtained from the development of the deepest levels, together with more complete extraction of the precious metals. On the Thames Goldfield, formerly the most productive in the Dominion, there has been a decline in the gold-production, due to the practical exhaustion of many of the most important mines above water-level. It is satisfactory to report, however, that a commencement has been made in deep sinking and unwatering operations from the Queen of Beauty pumping-shaft by the May Queen Company. Owing to the central position of this shaft, these operations, when completed, will enable the whole of the valuable area, from which bullion to the value of between £7,000,000 and £8,000,000 sterling has been won, to be made easily accessible at the lowest levels by means of cross-cuts of inconsiderable length from the Queen of Beauty shaft. These deep-sinking and unwatering operations are subsidised by the Government, as the work is considered of national importance. During the past year a slight decline in the production of gold from the Reefton Goldfield has occurred, but developments of recent date indicate that an improvement may be expected during the present year. The most important feature of this goldfield during 1907 was the development of a reef of considerable thickness at the No. 11 level (1,450 ft.) in the Progress Mine, which disbursed £34,375 in dividends during the year.' The Consolidated Goldfields (Limited) improved their output and gold-produc-tion at the Wealth of Nations and Golden Fleece Mines, and carried out considerable underground developments. Some rich ore has recently been met with at the New Big River Mine ; 600 tons yielded gold to the value of over £3,000. The Blackwater Mines (Limited), on the newly discovered Blackwater Goldfield, have erected winding plant and equipment, and developed their mine, with a view to starting milling operations when the plant now being installed is completed. The discovery of this promising field was due largely to the prospecting subsidy granted by the Government. ALLUVIAL AND DREDGE MINING. The decreased gold-yield last year was undoubtedly accelerated by shortage of water for sluicing purposes, which prevented many claims from working in Central Otago and the West Coast for nearly half the year. The most important event during 1907 in this branch of mining was the formation of a company for the purpose of unwatering and working the deep auriferous gravels of Ross Flat, Westland. During the early days of mining this goldfield produced a large quantity of gold from the shallow ground before operations had to be abandoned, owing, to the inundation of the workings. The company proposes to generate electric power at the Kanieri Forks for transmission to the mines, a distance of about twenty-two miles, to be there used for pumping and general mining purposes. This work, being the first serious attempt to operate the deep alluvial deposits of this Dominion, has received a substantial Government subsidy.

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The dredge-mining industry during 1907 has been more satisfactory than other branches of alluvial mining, for, although a decline of £81,565 has to be recorded in the gold-production by dredges, it is satisfactory to report that there has been an increase of £277 in the amount earned per dredge during the year. There is reason to believe that this industry has settled down to a steady and more permanent level. Claims are now worked systematically by well-proved methods, and, as a result, the dredging industry, taken all round, is run on sound commercial lines, as it was for many years prior to the disastrous boom period. I ()AL-MINING. The production of coal for the past year is the highest yet attained, being 1,831,009 tons, which exceeds the output during 1906 by 101,473 tons. The output from the three mining districts is shown in the following table : —

Comparative Statement of Coal and Lignite raised during the Years 1906 and 1907.

The comparative tonnage of the various classes of coal, &c., for the years 1907 and 1906 is summarised as follows : —

The total recorded output of the various classes of coal, lignite, and oil-shale is now 25,261,964 tons. There continues to be an increasing demand for the high-class bituminous coal from the West Coast mines, and with a view to meeting these requirements new collieries are in course of 'development on the Buller and Grey Coalfields, in addition to which existing mines are being further equipped and prepared for increased outputs. The collieries of the Westport Coal Company (Limited) produced during the year an output of 610,759 tons; the State collieries' output amounted to 240,773 tons ; while in the North Island the Taupiri collieries produced 161,046 tons. STATE COLLIERIKS. ()]>erations at the State collieries continue to be extended to meet increasing demands. Depots for the sale of the superior household fuel mined at Point Elizabeth and Seddonville are now established at Wellington, Christchurch, Wanganui, and Dunedin. A short line of railway has 1 een surveyed, and will be immediately constructed, to the extensive coal reserves on the western slope of Mount Davy, within the State colliery areas near Point Elizabeth. The manufacture of briquettes from the waste slack from the Seddonville State Coal-mine was commenced during the past year. The fuel produced is of a high quality, and is largely used on the Government railways. The net profits of the two State collieries during the financial year ended 31st March, 1908, amounted to £8,440 Bs. 3d.

Inspection District. ™ -sri-isr — Increase or Decrease, 1906 and 1905. Northern West Coast... Southern Tons. 316,977 1,052,022 462,010 Increase Decrease Tons. 15,791 89,107 3,425 Tons. 301,186 962,915 465,435 Tons. ! Increase 41,310 106,688 Decrease 4,218 Totals 1,831,009 Increase 101,473 1,729,536 Increase 143,780

Class of Coal. Output for 1907. Output for 1906. Increase or Decrease for 1907. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch-coal... Brown coal Iiignite Totals Tons. 1,184,211 22,060 515,797 108,941 1,831,009 Tons. 1,077,408 24,961 521,003 106,164 1,729,536 Ton-. 1 Increase 106,803 Decrease 2,901 5,206 Increase 2,777 Increase 101,473

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KAURI-GUM. The export of kauri-gum for the year 1907 was 8,708 tons, valued at £579,888, being a decrease in production of 446 tons, but an increase in value amounting to £57,402. The total export of this mineral had, at the end of 1907, reached 284,027 tons, valued at £14,022,905. The value of the gum-production during 1907 was only exceeded on three other occasions since the export was commenced fifty-four years ago. As the area of unworked gumfields is still considerable, and English varnishmanufacturers prefer the best article to the cheaper and inferior substitutes for kauri-gum recently introduced in the American varnish-manufactories, there is still a considerable life for the industry, as shown by the high price obtained during 1907. SCHEELITE. An industry which promises to become of considerable importance has been established by the scheelite mines of Otago, the value of the exports from which amounted to £15,486 during the year, being.an increase of £12,079 on the production for 1906. A number of leases for soheelite-mining have recently been taken up in Otago. This is, doubtless, due to the success attending operations at Mount Highlay, near Macrae's Flat, and at Mount Judah, at the head of Lake Wakatipu ; also to the high prices ruling for the tungstic acid extracted from the scheelite concentrates. The acid is principally used in the manufacture of high-grade steel for armour-plates and big guns. COPPER. The sudden and severe fall in the market-price for many of the industrial metals, including copper, has proved disconcerting to forecasts and projects based upon values that have been found to be inflated and unstable, and has acted prejudicially towards the development of several old copper-mines which had been reopened during the late era of high prices. At Mount Radiant, near Karamea, on the West Coast, further explorations have proved the existence of a large area of strong, low-grade cupreous quartz veins, and several leases have been taken up, but there has been so far no development of commercial value, and it is therefore premature to express an opinion as to the value and prospects of the field. During the past year 56 tons of copper-ore, valued at £595, were exported. OTHER MINERALS. The development of other minerals within the Dominion has been hitherto unimportant. During 1907 a little attention was devoted to prospecting for antimony and cinnabar, but the results are not considered of much commercial value. Operations on the Parapara ironfield have been dormant, the flotation of a company in England for the purpose of working this extensive haematite deposit having been as yet unsuccessful. No developments of commercial value have been disclosed by the oil-boring operations carried out in Taranaki during the year, which remark applies also to operations at Kotuku, near Lake Brunner. With a view to obtaining further knowledge regarding the economic possibilities of the Poverty Bay district for petroleum, the Geological Survey Department are now conducting explorations in that part of the Dominion ELECTRICITY IN MINES. The application of electricity as a motive power has until recently been somewhat retarded by reason of the rival claims of hydraulic power, so generally available on our mining fields ; but with the extension of operations more favourable attention has recently been devoted to electricity, which power has now been installed at some important mines. With the advent of electricity in the mines of Great Britain and other countries, regulations have been adopted to render its use as safe as possible, and it is proposed to establish somewhat similar safeguards in this Dominion.

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Under such regulations it has been found that when once a well-designed plant, of good material, has been properly installed in a mine, and is under the charge of a capable man, there is little, if any, danger in the use of electricity, even at high voltages. SCHOOLS OF MINES. The schools of mines, which have now been established twenty-three years, continue to contribute to the education of mining and metallurgical students at the principal mining centres throughout the ■ Dominion. The number of important positions occupied by students from these schools on many of the great mining fields of the world bears testimony to the efficiency of the curriculum, and the practical teaching of these schools has, no doubt, contributed to the low working-cost and the high proportion of dividends paid by the most important of our mining companies. Including the grants made to the schools of mines in connection with the Otago University, at Dunedin, the expenditure on behalf of these institutions during the past year amounted to £3,269 Is. 4d., and the aggregate expenditure since their initiation totals £49,851 19s. 4d. MINE-MANAGERS' CERTIFICATES. It has been decided to add to the list of subjects upon which candidates are examined an elementary knowledge of electricity, and of the treatment by first aid to the injured. Suggestions have been made that the period of practical experience necessary for a candidate for a mine-manager's certificate of competency should be reduced from five to three years in the case of mining graduates from our universities; but this proposal has not met with the approval of the Board of Examiners or the responsible advisers of the Government, principally on humanitarian grounds and the necessity for safeguarding the lives of the men employed. The conditions here are by no means analogous to those pertaining in many other countries, where a practical knowledge of gaseous and dangerous mines may be daily gained from ocular demonstration. As our certificates are reciprocal with those of other countries, it has been determined to maintain the present high standard of practical mining experience by our managers. PROSPECTING. Liberal assistance is offered under the Mining Regulations for prospectors —£2 for £1 expended by a local authority or a miners' association ; £1 per man per week to small parties engaged in prospecting new ground ; and up to ss. per foot for tunnelling or driving through hard rock. Whilst the State has for years encouraged small parties of prospectors, it cannot be affirmed that the results have been commensurate with the expenditure. It would, therefore, appear that the time has now arrived for a forward move. Prospecting parties, under the control of the Mines Department, should be properly equipped, and endeavours made to discover new lodes of auriferous quartz, deep leads of alluvial gold, or economic minerals. These parties would require to have thoroughly practical miners at their head, and should be guided in selection of locality by the advice of a Government Geologist. In this connection the Geological Survey Branch, which is carrying on extensive explorations, should be able to afford valuable, assistance. Small parties of prospectors have, as a rule, kept too close to the beaten tracks and the old workings. An endeavour should now be made to penetrate into outside districts, and so pave the way for mining developments in portions of the Dominion that are at present little known. ROADS AND TRACKS. The Government recognises the need for constructing roads and tracks to open up mineral lands, and that policy will be adhered to. The expenditure on roads and tracks, constructed by direct grants during the financial year ended the 31st March, 1908, amounted to £37,913 10s. Bd., and by way of subsidies to local bodies, £580 ss. 6d.

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GOLDFIELDS WATER-RACES. The total revenue derived from sales of water during the financial year ended 31st March, 1908, amounted to £2,359 3s. lid., and the total expenditure thereon, including maintenance, amounted to £3,477 3s. 9d., showing a deficit of £1,117 19s. lOd. INSPECTORS OF MINES. In accordance with the recommendations of the Royal Commission, a change has been made in the status of the Assistant Inspectors of Mines. These officers have now been raised to the rank of Inspector, with clearly defined duties. Each inspection district will in future have an officer whose duties will be chiefly devoted to the supervision of coal-mines, while the other Inspector will have charge of the various quartz and alluvial mines and dredges. These changes will, it is hoped, tend to the greater safety of'those employed in mining undertakings. DOMINION ANALYST. The work of this branch of the Mines Department is of considerable importance to the community. Numerous assays and analyses are made for the various Departments of the public service, and to assist prospectors and others interested in the development of the natural, resources of the Dominion mineral samples are reported on free of charge, the only stipulation being that full particulars of the locality where the samples were collected are supplied. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Last year the first annual report of the reorganized Geological Survey was issued, in addition to three bulletins giving respectively the results of detailed geological and topographical work 'in the Parapara Subdivision, Nelson ; in thel Coromandel Subdivision, Auckland ; and in the Cromwell Subdivision, Otago. During the season of 1907-8 a systematic survey has been conducted,in many parts of the Dominion—in the Whangaroa and Thames Subdivisions, Auckland ; in the Whatatutu Subdivisfon, Gisborne; in the Heaphy Subdivision, Nelson ; in the Mount Radiant Subdivision, Westport; in the Mikonui Subdivision, Westland ; and in the Mid-Wakatipu Subdivision, Western Otago. Special topographical work was carried out in the neighbourhood of the Franz Josef Glacier, while a reconnaissance exploration was made of the central part of the Urewera Country. The work in both the Mikonui and Mid-Wakatipu Subdivisions is now complete, and bulletins thereon will be ready for presentation to Parliament this session. The survey operations in the Whangaroa and Thames Subdivisions are well advanced, and are expected to be finished by the beginning of 1909. In addition to the work to be carried on in the two last-mentioned subdivisions, detailed investigations will also be continued during the coming season in the Whatatutu, Heaphy, and Mount Radiant Subdivisions ; while it is hoped to inaugurate new operations in the Bay of Islands and Waihi Subdivisions, Auckland, and in the Greymouth Subdivision, Westland. It is expected that some special topographical work will be done at the Fox Glacier, and a reconnaissance will be carried into the mountainous country of South Westland. CONCLUSION. In bringing my remarks on the mining industry to a close, I would like to emphasize the fact that, as the miner gave a great impetus to settlement in the early days, so he will be found the settler's best friend in time to come, for he will provide the nucleus for industries and settlements which must eventually become the backbone of this Dominion. New Zealand has great stretches of mountain ranges that are as yet but partially explored. If we cast our eyes around the world we see that it is from similar chains of mountains that a large portion of the mineral wealth is obtained. It is our bounden duty to neglect no opportunity of exploring the back country, for it is there, to a great degree, we must look for new discoveries of auriferous quartz lodes and economic minerals. The construction of roads and tracks has already done much to open up places that were- to a great extent formerly inaccessible, and that policy must be continued so as to allow the pioneer miner every opportunity of pursuing his hazardous and often ill-requited labours.

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No. 1. Table showing Comparison in Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation, also the Quantity and Value of other Minerals for the Years ended the 31st December, 1906 and 1907, as well as the Total Value since the 1st January, 1853.

For Year endinp the 31st December, 1(K)7. For Year ending the I lrfl £%!"?££%, «,. :>,st December,W ; Name of Metal or Mineral. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. ! Value. 'recious metals— Gold .. Silver Oz. 508,210 1,562,603 £ 2,027,490 169,484 Oz. 563,843 1,390,$36 £ 2,270,904 143,572 Oz. 18,218,680 9,439,396 £ 71,528,978 1,090,751 Total gold and silver 2,070,813 2,196,974 1,954,379 2,414,476 27,658,076 72,619,729 lineral produce, including kauri-gum— Copper-ore Chrome-ore Antimony-ore Manganese-ore Haematite-ore Mixed minerals Coal (New Zealand) exported Coke exported Coal, output of mines in colony (less exports) Shale .. Kauri-gum Tons. 56 ' 98 : 5 1 1,492} 128,950 15 1,702,059 £ 595 2,119 26 5 30,448 114,737 15 851,029 16 1,297 141,641 5 1,587,895 40 18,421 122,614 6 793,948 Tons. 1,477* 5,869 3,741 19,353* 76J 27,698} 2,292,798 ! 10,405 22,954,744 14,422 284,027 £ 18,823 38,002 54,716 61,857 444 189,300 2,100,004 24,840 11,385,255 7,211 14,022,9u5 8,'708 579^888 9J154 522 ', 486 Total quantity and value of minerals Value of gold and silver, as above .. 1,841,3831 1,578,861 2,196,974 1,740,008 1,457,515 2,414,476 25,620,611J 27,903,357 72,619,729 •• Total value of minerals produced, including gold and silver 3,775,835 3,871,991 1100,523,086

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No. 2. Table showing the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation from New Zealand for the Years ended the 31st December, 1907 and 1906, and the Total Quantity and Value from 1857 to the 31st December, 1907.

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Year 31st Dece ending imber, 1907. Year ending 31st December, 1906. Increase or Decrease for Year ending 31st December, 1907. Total Quantity and Value from January, 1857, to 31st December, 1907. District and County or Borough. . Quantity. Value. . Quantity. Value. Increase. Decrease. UCKLAND — County of Coromandel County of Thames County of Ohinemuri County of Piako .. Borough of Thames Great Barrier Island Borough of Waihi County of Te Aroha Oz. 1,308 6,853 .. 66,345 18 .. 39,117 1,079 .. 183,381 £ 5,494 28,381 236,152 75 -164,634 4,106 748,237 Oz. £ Oz. 2,195 9,196 7,604 ' 31,362 59,748 212,607 '■ 6,597 456 1,976 .. 61,137 257,543 ! 444 1,593 635 18 681,264 19,548 Oz. 887 751 438 22,020 Oz. £ 298,101 1,187,079 ; 295,417 1,195,511 2,684 4,290,439 16,176,928 'ellington •• 188 706 Iarlborough— County of Marlborough 795 3,009 795 89,894 350,223 Ielson — County of Waimea County of Collingwood County of Takaka 3,598 295 1,180 2,944 J 11,746j 654 295 3,893 15,274 2,944 11,746 949 1,718,472 6,812,741 Vest Coast— County of Bnller .. County of luangahua County of Grey County of Westland Hokitika Borough Ross Borough 6,673 45,888 22,878 10,559 26 1,045 26,051 178,427 91,908 42,483 109 4,180 9,451 48,182 29,483 16,357 81 1,189 36,918 188,185 118,483 65,630 320 4,756 2,778 2,294 0,605 5,798 55 144 21,189,517 87,069 343,146 104,743 414,292 17,674 5,324,741 Ianterbury— County of Ashburton 387 Itaqo— Countv of Taieri .. County of Tuapeka County of Vincent County of Muniototo County of Waihemo County of Waitaki County of Bruce .. County of Lake County of Wallace County of Fiord .. County of Southland County of Clutha .. 1,037 22,293 32,490 4,056 876 2,379 220 4,468 4,439 14 46,080 4,192 1,636 90,601 37,229 131,342 40,370 16,885 7,456 3,532 2,188 9,549 2,451 884 453 i 18,109 12,342 17,873 6,840 ' 53 264 186,513 49,498 .. 6,560 151,024 162,550 29,996 8,797 9,879 1,799 49,574 27,592 1,056 200,452 46 599 14,936 7,880 3,400 1,312 72 233 7,874 2,401 250 3,418 12 118,352 478,982 160,739 649,325 42,387 6,794,640 26,997,652 Unknown 207 824 Totals 508,210 2,027,490 563,848 2,270,904 18,218,680 55,633 71,528,971

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No. 3. GOLD PRODUCED, 1857 to 1907. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from the 1st January, 1857, to the 31st December, 1907. (This Return shows the Output of the various Goldfields. Gold entered at Nelson from Hokitika, Grey mouth, and Westport is put under the Head of "West Coast," and Gold from Invercargill and Riverton under the Head of "Otago.")

Aucl land. Nelson. Marlbc irough. West Coast. Oti ;o. Wellii on. Cantei ■bury. Grand Totals. Year. Oz. Value. 0* Value. 0*. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 L870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 308 £ l|l92 10,437 13,226 7,336 4,538 6,335 10,422 9,580 14,410 12,137 7,650 9,123 5,91)9 10,631 12,244 10,014 8,175 18,697 5,642 4,577 14,018 •5,367 4,463 2,993 3,222 3,453 3,289 2,064 2,159 2,798 2,582 2,914 3,027 3,252 2,8.50 4,445 2,535 2,145 2,860 2,460 £ 40,422 51,272 28,427 17,585 24,552 40,386 37,120 55,841 47,030 29,643 35,918 38,396 42,524 48,692 40,056 32,700 54,786 22,15s 17,866 55,862 21,092 17,223 11,424 12,223 13,039 12.494 7,724 8,002 10,337 9,979 10,829 11,320 12,310 11,049 16.896 9,604 8,187 10,634 9,016 £ £ £ £ £ 96 96 £ 10,347 40,422 13,534 52,464 7,336 28,427 4,538 17,585 194,031 751,873 410,862 1,591,389 628,450 2,431,723 480,171 1,856,837 574,574 2,226,474 735,376 2,844,517 686,905 2,698,862 637,474 2,504,326 614,281 2,362,995 544,880 2,157,585 730,029 2,787,520 445.370 1,731.261 505,337 1,987,425 376,383 1,505,331 355,322 1,407,770 322,016 1,284,328 371,685 1,496,080 310,486 1,240,079 287,464 1,148,108 305,248 1,227,252 270,561 1,080,790 251,204 1,002,720 248,374 993,859 229,946 921,797 237.371 948,615 227,079 903,569 203,869 811,100 201,219 801,066 203,211 808,549 193,193 773,438 251,996 1,007,488 238,079 954,744 226,811 913,138 221,615 887,839 293,491 1,162,164 - 1,239 4,483 3,448 5,449 5,814 6,637 53,660 132,451 85,534 330,326 104,890 119,449 76,910 69,485 56,057 99,081 55,982 37,901 42,720 35,516 33,059 41,291 36,087 42,989 32,271 30,697 35,223 28,655 31,745 45,392 45,555 45,714 52,916 111,213 4,098 13,853 10,552 17,096 17,463 18,277 168,874 434,687 319,146 1,188,708 369,341 437,123 305,068 262,166 221,905 403,627 220,454 154,295 176,410 141,326 131,007 163,618 143,564 170,416 128,140 121,564 139,556 113,191 125,760 181,185 183,655 186,553 211,974 430,862 24,838 7,952 469 501 404 666 1,852 1,867 2,057 1,274 1,198 1,159 450 870 404 879 1,550 1,378 1,352 636 1,079 540 404 1,041 699 5,189 6,073 5,649 3,898 2,165 2,536 2,695 95,231 30,814 1,818 1,978 1,616 2,664 7,408 7,468 8,228 5,050 4,748 4.636 1,796 3,197 1,617 3,460 5,650 4,531 5,400 2,524 4,306 2,160 1,451 3,759 2,547 24,285 22,578 15,429 8,644 10,123 10,771 1,463 5,560 289,897 1,127,370 552,572 2,140,946 511.971 2,018,874 405,762 1,608,844 317,169 1,269,664 280,068 1,121,525 931,528 172,574 690, 296 188,501 756,442 157,531 631,203 158,0, 635,480 133,014 531,274 153,198 612,823 144,634 578,508 142,822 571,061 144,090 575,258 127,544 509.1171 130,048 519,978 116,005 467,152 111,686 446,517 117,861 471,325 112,671 446,287 98,774 395,430 100,139 400,405 101,696 406,451 89,i' 356,368 109,268 437,120 103,106 412,383 99,127 396,516 86,950 347,464 89,429 357,719 187,696 399,201 614,387 436,012 259,139 168,871 171.649 153,364 165,152 154,940 157,574 135,107 121,423 118,477 113,169 105,003 102,869 113,666 102,670 83,446 87,478 78,810 73,183 79,104 70,443 62,107 64,419 63,423 87,209 82,933 77,660 76,353 87,694 727,321 , 1,546,905 2,380,750 1,689,653 1,004,163 654,647 623,815 686,596 613,456 660,694 619,760 630,696 734,024 542,154 487,032 473,491 455,341 422,277 407,868 457,705 411,923 333,804 352,334 318,932 294,378 317,543 279,518 247,142 256,430 255,976 349,573 333,467 313,238 307,644 353,796 30» 120 10 37 101 380 24 47 169 24 33 52 132 206

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No. 3— continued. GOLD PRODUCED, 1857 to 1907 -continued. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from the 1st January, 1857, to the 31st December, 1907. (This Return shows the Output of the various Goldfields. Gold entered at Nelson from Hokitika, Greymouth, and Westport is put under the Head of "West Coast," and Gold from Invercargill and Riverton under the Head of "Otago")— continued.

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Auc! land. Nell >n. Marlbc trough. West Coast Otego. Wellington. Canterbury. Grand 'otalB. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 92,346 105,477 142,383 168,769 166,342 191,968 201,583 232,681 223,010 232,215 295,417 298,101 £ 350,355 392,337 527,786 624,737 605,398 695,551 721,977 832,334 791,529 935,602 1,195.541 1,187,079 2,753 1,892 1,720 419 3,718 7,212 5,947 7,962 5,049 6,469 2,944 3,893 10 ,"333 7,055 6,882 1,571 14,605 28,138 23,649 31,710 20,141 25,862 11,746 15,274 916 810 781 535 133 601 972 473 £ 3,588 3,195 3,003 2J47 513 2,404 3,845 1,890 79,317 58,817 79,948 90,031 73,923 113,286 118,796 125,241 122,310 109,704 104,743 87,069 £ 317,161 235,430 319,789 360,149 295,733 454,006 475,272 501,090 489,177 438,258 414,292 343,146 £ 88,362 359,991 84,649 342,187 55,343 223,231 130,311 526,605 129,075 521,629 142,940 575,4^2 181,116 • 728,124 166,458 668,852 169,478 684,764 172,098 694,214 160,739 649,325 118,352 478,982 6,794,738 26,998,042 •• .. £ - ■ £ 28 111 23 90 22 83 2 7 263,694 I 251,615 280,175 389,558 373,616 455,501 508,045 533,314 520,320 520,486 563,843 508,210 £ 1,041,42! 980,20' 1,080,69: 1,513,17! 1,439,60! 1,753,78! 1,951,43! 2,037,83: 1,987,50: 2,093,931 I 2,270,90< [ 2,027,491 .. .. .. - •• .. 795 3,009 .. 4,290,439 16,176,928 299,053 1,181,584 89,740 349,646 6,744,314 26,821,251 873 1,044 123 4S3 18,218,680 71,528,971 Note.— 1891, the goh n 1871 ar d 18 duty was abo 872 the gold duty was 1*. to 2s. 6d. per ounce; in 1873 and succeeding years the doty was 2s. per 20-carat, and in like proportion for gold of less value. Prom the 31st March, olisned in tbe South Island.

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No. 4. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Mineral Ores other than Gold (the Product of New Zealand Mines), Coal, Coke and Kauri-gum, exported from the Dominion up to the 31st December, 1907.

Chrome-ore. Antiini Manganese-ore. Hrematite-ore. Mixed Mineral Ores.* Coal.l Coke. Kauri-gum. Totals. Bit' ■i-r. Copper ore. my-ore. Tons Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons Value. Tons. Value. Oz. Tons. Value. Oz. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. ! 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 I860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1808 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1*81 1882 1S83 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 •• .. I •• I •• •■ ! 11,063 37,123 80,272 37,004 36,187 40,566 29,185 12,683 33,893 23,019 20,645 20,005 18,885 5,1.94 16,826 24,914 16,624 12,108 20,809 403 24,105 H2.637 28,023 22,053 £ - - .. •• ' 2,993 11,380 23,145 9,910 9,850 10,380 7,569 3,171 7,556 5,755 4,512 4,500 4,236 1,286 3,785 5,125 3,169 2,946 3,453 71 4,043 6,162 5,151 3,996 351 245 137 110 51 246 84 "7 £ " 5,000 2,605 1,590 1,300 1,024 - - - 977 "l20 •• - 3 8 111, 52 3,843 595 768 281 - £ " .. - . 25 120 1,440 520 24,719 4,318 4,910 1,315 ■ •• - - ■• - - - - - - - - £ - - " - - •■ - •• I £ - - - £ - • .. - •• - - - - - - - - • - - - - • £ - - - •• •• •• J 2 •• I 1 - 261 973 1,027 750 1,672 990 724 1,463 3,3-5 1,854 2,658 7,144 7,0.0 6,621 3,207 6,522 6,104 43,893 40,1:6; 44,129 68,087 80,405 69,014 91,664 78,911 £ .. .. .. .. 4 .. 2 .. 400 .. 1,228 .. 1,210 .. 800 .. 1,508 .. 1,612 .. 21 655 .. 1,303 87 3,129 15 1,954 53 2,071 254 5,139 85 6,18.7 154 5,977 87 5,610 223 2,38.0 275 4,8791,430 4,461| 236 51,257 '.07 52,133 497 44,650 61,971 953 84,347 2,132 67,0032,218 91 ,1732,5.4 80,225 4,306 £ - - - - I V "50 830 1,661 355 1,440 1,811 2,010 1,046 856 1,103 l,4o0 2,228 1,867 2,535 2,685 2,690 2,8.50 4,391 5,054 4,811 2,834 2,569 3,231 2, H88 3,633 3,445 3,229 4,725 5,461 5,533 6,518 6, 3. 3 5,875 J 4.920J 6,791 8,482 7,519 7,433 8,388 8,705 £ 15,972 28,804 4,514 18,591 35,2.51 20,037 20,776 9,851 9,888 1 1,107 27,020 60,59' 46,060 70,572 77,491 72,493 111, 307 17 .,074 107,958 154,107 85,8 6 79,986 138,523 109,234 118,348 132,975 147,535 242,817 253,778 260,309 336,600 342,151 299,702 257,653 362,449 380,933 329,590 378,563 437,056 517,078 •• •■ •• •• •• •• •• 11,063 37,123 80,272 37,064 36,187 40,566 29,085 12,683 33,893 23,019 20,645 20,005 18,885 5,694 16,826 24,914 16,624 12,108 20,809 403 21,105 32,037 28,023 22,053 830 1,601 355 1,440 2,522 2,167 2,263 1,310 1,018 3,997 1,9 5 2,996 1,807 3,077 3,904 3,801 3,000 6,070 6,750 5,882 3,558 4,119 6,631 7,975 8,682* 12,120 12,722 17,177 1.5,538 14,019 14,9534 13,071 51.4C8J 52.409J 51,680, 79,147 97,828 80,287 J li'4,104| 92,891 £ 15,972 28,864 4,514 18,591 35,251 25,066 23,501 12,883 11,708 36,850 31,344 65,500 46,060 72,287 81,419 74,1)80 115,100 188,082 192,715 164,982 96,321 91,957 149,272 129,372 137,711 154,687 168,001 275,799 271,623 281,016 350,086 353,024 362,779 318,783 419,844 459,301 439,260 467,465 544,633 614,360 •• - - - 1 "6 55 5 9 46 20 - - - "ll5 1,105 36 41 678 106 - - - - • - - - - •• 4 60 30 31 •• - "lC2 612 24 900 804 2,516 2,140 2,611 1,271 2,181 384 318 602 305 1,085 1,080 482 1,153 521 • - 10,416 8,3*8 10,423 3,2>3 6,903 1,155 809 1,710 1,316 895 2,404 2,569 1,004 2,634 l,jt8v 'oj - •• 12 ■ - 3,180 2,350 2 2,674 1,955 2,7-4 22 • - 14,824 9,664 8 11,335 4, :103 8,597 110 228 51 189 72 177 324 135 353 480 2,057 372 385 715 1,646 3,407 3,334 3,658 5 691 - - - i - 666 62 134 376 493 515 413 364 5,289 1,784 3,989 6,240 5,319 11,121 4,950 4,900 50J 208 114 445 144 102 199 19 2 84 993 1,846 4,142 2,955 9,9.-5 27-1 6 63i 20 "39O - - - - "2 - - 75 •• - " - - 'Ji •• 5 1 "oi •• - 4 ■ •• •• •• ..

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No. 4.-continued. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Mineral Ores other than Gold (the Product of New Zealand Mines), Coal, Coke, and Kauri-gum, exported from the Dominion up to the 31st December, 1907— continued.

Silver. Copper-ore. Chrome-ore. Autiuiony-ore. Manganese-ore. Hematite-ore. Atixtnl O .res. Coal Coke. Kauri -gum. T.nal. Oz. Value. Tons. Value. Tone Value.! Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons Value. Tons. Value. Tons. I Value. 1 Tons Value. Om, Tons. Value. 1893 1894 .. 1895 1896 .. 1897 1898 .. 1899 1900 .. 1901 1902 .. 1903 .. 1904 1905 .. 1906 1907 .. 63,076 54,177 85,024 94,307 183,892 293,851 349,338 326,457 571,134 674,196 911,914 1,094 461 1.179744 1,390,536 1,562,603 £ 9,743 6,697 10,679 10,589 20,872 33,107 40,838 38,879 65,258 71,975 91,497 112,875 120,542 143,572 109,484 "h 12 3 £ - - •• I 2 70 •• •• •• •• "28 £ " - 110 331 44 54 21 10 - •• I £ 3,467 761 1,486 450 157 101 136 319 534 210 65 180 217 135 166 208 £ 943 1,156 525 205 541 703 407 5S8 614 £ - - 87 25 62 37 1,561 •1,828 t1,309 ♦2,126 §696 ||415 H625 •'1,404 t+632 J J 1,297 §§1,492 J |l||27698J • 650! 353 880 1,335 5,892 •4,792 f6,591 ♦12,751 §7,775 l|4,422 117,014 ♦•10,168 +T8.136 JJ18.421 §§30,448 !|||189,300 69,136 75,004 85,987 79,524 70,073 56,332 89,480 112,707 , 159,643 188,677 1 2,332 165,220 122,817 141,641 128,950 £ 72,699 73,438 83,342 71,984 69,595 50,381 83,0-5 98,136 142,176 154,747 128,927 13 ',898 107,062 122,614 114,737 51 107 288 105 9 18 53 8,317 160 8,338 715 7.425 263 7,126 .. I 6,6414 14 9,905 9 11,116 .. I 10,159 7,541 7,430 9,357 9,203 15 10,8>3 6 9,154 15 8,708 £ 510,775 404,567 418,766 431,828 398,010 586,767 607,919 622,293 446,114 450,223 631,102 501,817 561,444 522,480 579,888 63,076 .54, 177 85,024 94,3o7 183,892 293,751 349,338 826,457 571,134 674, 196 911,914 1,094,461 1,179,744 1,3.10,536 1,562,603 78,191 84,052 94,026 80,878 84,4654 6S,25S| 102,058 125,201 168,121 196,714 162,390 176,030 134,406 152,113 139, 324 J 2,651,445] £ 598,330 487,132 516,393 516,149 495,069 675,834 73-<,849 7 72',903 662,178 682,008 658,874 765,424 797,381 807,139 897,316 17,601,642 45 105 3 30 • • • 175 525 - - 70 196 55 16 5 210 570 105 40 26 17 116 1 96 - - "6 123 - 7 - "4 - - " 15 5 15 17 ■• I - 56 595 98 2,118 "5 ■ • Totals 5,869 1 I 444 J 2,292,798 2,100,004 14,840 284,027 14,022,905 9,4o9,396 i,439,396| l,090,75l! 1,4774 18,823 38,002 3,741 54,710 19,3534! 61,8571 764 16,4051 * Including 1,765 tons of sulphur, value £4,097. 1 Including 1,227 tons of sulphur, value £3,483, and 70Z. of platinum, value £23. J Including 219 tons quartz, value £4,450 ; 54 tons scheelite-ore, value £2,635 ; 131 tons silver-ore, value £559 ; 1,692 tons sulphur, value £4,824. § Including 390 tons quartz, value £6,663; : 5 tons fireclay, value £39; 2 tons scheelite-ore, value £83; 143 tons sulphur, value £360. || Including 231 tons auriferous ore, value £2,560; 39 tons scheelite-ore, value £1,200 ; 1 ton silver-ore. value £1 ; 100 tons sulphur, value £475 ; unenumerated, 44 tons, value £186. 11 Including 472 tons auriferous ore, value £4,449; 21 tons lead-ore, value £170 ; 42 tons scheelite-ore, value £1,439; 2 tons tin-ore, value £180; unenumerated, 88 tons, value £776. •• Including 977 tons auriferous ore, value £8,898 ; 100 tons ironsand, value £59 ; 17 tons scheelite-ore, value £791; unenumerated, 310 tons, value £420. +f Including 535 tons auriferous ore, value £5.997 ; ironsand, value £4 ; 1 ton pyrites, value £40; 28 tons scheelite-ore, value £1,848 ; unenumerated, 68 tons, value £247. J J Including 1,186 tons auriferous ore, value £13,910 ; 55 tons scheelite-ore, value £3,407; unenumerated, 56 tons, value £1,074. §§ Including 1,244 tons auriferous ore, value £14,650 ; 73 tons ironsand, value £37 ; 137 tons scheelite-ore, value £15,486 ; 37 tons unenumerated, value £174 ; ij tons tin-ore, value £101. |||| Silver-ore, 178J tons, value £2,057.

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No. 5. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Coals imported into New Zealand during the Quarter ended the 31st March, 1908.

No. 6. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Annual Production of Coal and Shale in the Dominion, and the Quantity of Coal imported since 1878.

No. 7. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Mining Districts, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1906 and 1907, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

Country whence imported. Quantitj Quantity. Value. United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales Tasmania .. Tons. 19 2 220,726 2 £ 44 19 213,302 12 Totals .. 220,749 220,749 213,377

Coal raised in the Dominion. Coal imported. Year. Tons. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Increase over Decrease over Preceding Year. Preceding Year. Tons. Prior to 1878 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1836 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,761 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 61?, 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 69,000 68,705 37,339 41,010 43,492 59,069 30,232 23,290 24,267 55,275 dec 27,450 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 47,918 143,780 101,473 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 6] 664 24,904 26|722 14|379 135 16!072 33,778 380 6,042 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 17,124 8,009 4,483 4,763 6,442 9451 4,520 15 ', 772 24,378 25,371 21^911 36,070 21,850 38,521 13,182 16 \ 727 • Totals .. 25,261,964 4,011,948

Name of District. Output of Coal 1 Increase. Decrease. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to I 31st December, 1907. 1900. 1907. l Kawakawa and Hikurangi Whangarei, Kamo, Ngunguru, and Whauwhau Waikato Mokau Miranda Pelorus West Wanganui Westport ... Reefton Greymouth Canterbury Otago Southland Tons. 99,695 21,005 Tons. 105,866 32,987 Tons. 6,171 11,982 Tons. Tons. 1,701,775 630,163 155,719 4,244 20,523 162,226 4,957 10,931 6,507 723 9,592 5i737 4,185 2,874 7,631 1,998,289 57,178 73,646 711 124,066 7,660,897 155,297 4,712,969 554,103 6,215,274 1,377,596 20,155 608,269 13,651 320,840 26,553 302,981 135,901 14,418 649,212 9,466 378,926 23,679 295,350 142,981 40,943 58,086 7,080 Totals 1,729,536 1,831,009 101,473 25,261,964

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No. 8. Table showing the Different Classes of Coal from the Mines in the Dominion.

Table showing the Number of Coal-mines in Operation, the Number of Men employed, and the Output of Coal per Man.

No. 10. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Coal imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1907.

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Output of Coal. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to the 31st December, 1907. Name of Coal. Increase. Decrease. 1906. 1907. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch Brown Lignite Shale.. Totals Tons. 1,077,408 24,'JGl 521,003 106,164 1,729,536 Tons. 1,184,211 22,069 515,797 108,941 Tons. 106,803 21777 Tons. 2,901 - 6,206 Tons. 14,591,034 1,953,671 7,610,679 1,091,258 14,422 1,831,009 101,473 25,261,964 N

Number of Mines working. Number of Men employed at each Mine. Total Number of Men employed. Output of Coal during 1907. Average Output per Man. 110 28 9 26 1 to 4 in each 5 to 10 11 to 20 . 21 and upwards 196 183 119 3,412 3,910 Tons. 59,364 99,520 44,700 1,627,425 1,831,009 Tons. 468 173 468

Imported. Exported. Countries whence imported. Quantity. Value. Countries to which exported. Quantity, j Value. Inited Kingdom .. lew South Wales .. ictoria .. * [ueensland asmania.. Tons. 19 220,726 2 £ 44 213,302 19 United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania Fiji Bengal Maiden Peru U.S.A.—East Coast West Coast Tons. 76,373 2,600 21,923 1,500 6,200 5,060 4,047 10 25 600 1,130 574 1,278 7,047 663 £ 77,104 1,626 16,145 933 3,875 3,172 2,732 6 30 600 1,130 635 1,278 4,881 663 2 12 Totals .. Chili South Seas King Edward VII's Land .. 220,749 ZJ7T 213,377 Totals .. "129,030 114,815 * Includes SO tons not the product of New Zealand mines.

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No 11. Number of Persons ordinarily employed during the Years ended 31st December, 1906 and 1907.

District. Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Totals. European. Chinese. European! Chinese. European.| Chinese. 1906. 1907. GOLD-MINES. AtTCKXAND^ - Coromandel Thames Pae ro i.. Te Aroha Tauranga Waihi.. .. Grtat. Barrier Island 102 454 601 22 6 J, 680 23 102 454 601 22 6 1,680 23 130 454 601 20 1 1,500 102 454 601 22 6 1,680 23 2.8S8 2,888 2,706 2,888 Marlborough— Blenheim 10 14 24 15 Nelson— Wuiigareka and Sherry .. Takaka Collingwood Inangaltna Ahauia Charleston Westport, including Addison's,\ Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, Y Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley J Lvell .. Muiohison Owen .. 27 40 150 300 87 80 50 30 700 60 13 27 70 850 360 87 113 80 50 10 21 60 980 400 89 160 27 70 930 410 87 113 100 46 53 99 57 99 78 78 78 78 828 130 856 1,684 130> 1,875 1,814 Westland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara .. Greymouth Arnold .. •• j Okarito 50 200 231 51 2 30 23 22 6 "l7 56 200 248 51 2 80 28 22 49 • 230 255 . 73 58 230 276 73 748 170 748 170 930 918 12 12 32 12 1,292 252 23 1,315 252 1,569 1,567 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde. Roxburgh. Black's, and __A!exaj)dr& Cromwell Tapanui Waikaia Wvndham Waiau .. ) Orepuki and Preservation r Roundhill .. .. J Wakatipu Goldfields—Arrow, Macetown, Oardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby .. .. ) St. Bathan's Hyde Macrae's .. ) Maerewhenua and Kurow 'Gore 16 240 500 270 8 300 7 273 67 1 50 30 18 28 30 5 21 10 12 12 3 23 5 37 250 512 282 8 300 7 276 90 1 50 30 18 "28 30 10 42 352 568 306 8 300 10 * 316 94 38 300 542 300 8 328 7 306 100 100 7 39 1 139 8 170 147 287 61 67 6 354 67 322 421 48 300 48 300 48 343 48 300 2,416 230 187 12 2,603 242 2,874 2,845

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No. 11 — continued. Number of Persons ordinarily employed during the Years ended 31st December, 1906 and 1907— continued.

Summary of Persons ordinarily employed in or about New Zealand Mines during 1907. Gold-mines "... ... ... ... 9,138 Metalliferous ... ... ... ... 251 C0a1... ... ... ... ... 3,692 Total ... ... ... 13,031 Being an increase of 185 persons more than employed during the previous year.

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Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Totals. District. European.I Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. 1906. 1907. GOLD-MINES. Summary. iucKLANn, Northern Inspection I)I>TRICT Marlborough We-t Co«st I Selson .. • Inspection Dis- \ VV'KSTLAND j TBUT ( >iago 7. Southern Inspection Disirict 10 829 1.292 2,416 130 2.52 230 2,888 14 856 23 187 2,883 24 1,684 1,315 2,603 130 252 242 2,706 15 1,875 1,569 2,874 2,881 2' 1,81' 1,56' 2,841 12 Totals 4,546 612 3,968 12 8,514 624 9,039 9,1

DIAGRAM showing QUANTITY & VALUE of GOLD exported annually from N.Z. For the years 1857 to 1907.

DIAGRAM showing QUANTITY & VALUE of KAURI GUM exported annually from N.Z. — For the years 1853. to 1907 .

DIAGRAM showing ANNUAL OUTPUT of COAL from N.Z MINES. For the years 1872 to 1907.