1.—6.

No. 20. Rough Estimate of Amount of Coal taken from New Zealand Coalfields, so far as Information can be obtained, with Balance calculated to remain.

No. 21. New South Wales Railway Charges. Dear Sir, Railway Department, Head Office, Wellington, 10th July, 1889. I am directed by the Railway Commissioners to inform you, with reference to your recent interview, that they regret they have not a spare copy of the New South Wales Railway scale of charges, but the rates for carriage of coal are as follow:—

Yours, &c, B. G. Pilcher, E. O'Conor, Esq., M.H.R., Wellington. Acting Secretary.

No. 22. Return of Ventilation and Number of Men Employed, West Coast Coal-mines, South Island, New Zealand, etc. Ventilation. Coalbrookdale Colliery (30th March, 1889).—District intake, 11,480 c.f.p.m. for 44 men; main return, 27,349 c.f.p.m. for 72 men. Greymouth-Wailsend Colliery (18th March, 1889). —Main return east side, 16,802 c.f.p.m.; for west'side, 25,200 c.f.p.m. : 42,002 c.f.p.m. for 112 men. Coal-pit Heath Colliery (25th April, 1888). —Part of return, 16,636 c.f.p.m. for 58 men.

Number of Men employed, 31st December, 1888.

105

Name. Probable Quantity in Field. Taken out. Still in Field. [awahawa and Whangarei... lolllingwood killer ... teefton ... Tons. 11,360,000 15,000,000 138,240,000 5,120,000 53,760,000 7,680,000 70,280,000 38,400,000 104,108,000 Tons. 898,310 29,120 648,244 33,703 1,119,928 232,276 1,727,223 117,279 Tons. " 10,461,690 14,970,880 137,591,756 5,086,297 * 52,640,072 7,447,724 68,552,777 38,282,721 104,108,000 Irey lalvern... )tago Southland )ther fields Totals ... 443,948,000 4,806,083 339,141,917

Where Trucks are provided by Commissioners. Where Trucks are provided by Owners. 7 miles ■2 ,, 10 „ 18 „ s. 1 1 2 2 d. 6 per ton 6 „ 1 ., 9 . s. d. 0 10 per ton 1 1 „ 1 5 „ 1 9 ,,

Above. Below. Total. 3runner Colliery ... ]oal-pit Heath Colliery Cyneside Colliery ... .Vallsend Colliery... voalbrookdale Colliery 33 23 10 32 80 148 93 20 112 327 181 116 30 144 407