TABLE I. —APPENDIX M. STATEMENT showing Number of Miles Run by Engine No. 88, Class K (Express), 12-inch cylinder, for a period of One Month, Engine burning Native Coal exclusively; average Consumption per Mile; and Cost in Pence compared with a similar period when Engine was burning Coal imported from New South Wales.

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No. Mileage. Fuel Consumed, Cost. Average Consumption of Coal per Mile. Cost in Pence per Mile. Tons Hauled. Cost in Pence for Fuel per Ton per Mile. m :WCASTLE. 88 3.667 Cwts. 607 £ •• d43 17 7 i Lbs. 1853 2-87 178,170 '°59 88 2,674 702 28 1 2 ] NATIVE. 29-40 2'55 158,996 ■043 Balance in favour of native coal ('32d. per mile x 166,125 total mileage of Class K Engines, for ear ending 30th June, 1879), £221 10s. Fuel calculated —Newcastle, at 28s. lid. per ton; native, at 16s. per ton. Alison D. Smith, Locomotive Engineer. Statement showing Number of Miles Run by Engine No. 84, Class J (Heavy G-oods), 14-inch cylinder, for a period of Two Months, Engine burning Native Coal exclusively ; average Consumption per Mile ; and Cost in Pence compared with a similar period when Engine was burning Coal imported from New South "Wales. No. Mileage. Fuel Consumed. Cost. Consumer Coal Cost in Pence per ' per Mile. MlleTons Hauled. Cost in Pence for Fuel per Ton per Mile. NEWCASTLE. 84 7,335 Cwts. 2,113 £ s. d. Lbs. 152 '5 ° 32-26 499 982,298 •°37 NATIVE. 84 5,°75 1,830 76 14 o 4038 3-63 I 695,813 •026 Balance in favour of native coal (l'SGd. per mile X 204,070 total mileage of Class J Engines, for year ending 30th June, 1879), £1,169 lGs. Fuel calculated —Newcastle, at 28s. lid. per ton; native, at 16s. per ton. Alison D. Smith, Locomotive Engineer. Statement showing Number of Miles Eun by Engine No. 77, Class P, 10|-inch cylinder, for a period of Three Months, burning Native Coal exclusively; average Consumption per Mile; and Cost in Pence compared with a similar period when EDgine was burning Coal imported from New South "Wales. No. Mileage. Fuel Consumed. _J Cost. ConsumpUofof Coal Cost in M P. ence Per per Mile. MlIc* Tons Hauled. Cost in Pence for Fuel per Ton per Mile. NEWCASTLE. 77 9,820 Cwts. 1,446 i £ s. d. Lbs. 104 11 6 16-49 2'55 565 ,069 •040 NATIVE. 77 9.5°4 2.394 95 J5 3 28-21 2-41 647,909 .038 Balance in favour of native coal ('14d. per mile x 207,390 total mileage of Class F. Engines, for ear ending 30th June, 1879), £120 19s. 6d. Fuel calculated —Newcastle, at 28s. lid. per ton; native, at 16s. per ton. Alison D. Smith, Locomotive Engineer.