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No. 4. Table showing the Increased Production of Coal, Year by Year, during the last Ten Years, and the Decrease of Coal imported for the same Period.

No. 5. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Mining Districts, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1887 and 1888, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 6. Table showing the Different Classes of Coal from the Mines in the Colony.

Coal raised in the Colony. Coal imported. Year. Tons. Yearly Increase. Tons. Plus or Minus. Increase and Decrease. 1878 .. 1879 .. 1880 .. 1881 .. 1882 .. 1883 .. 1884 .. 1885 .. 1886 .. 1887 .. 1888 .. 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 69,000 68,705 37,339 41,010 43,492 59,069 30,232 23,290 24,267 55,275 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 + + 16,072 34,778 6,664 380 6,042 • 24,904 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889

Name of District. Output of Coal. Plus or Minus. Increase or Decrease. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to 31st December, 1888. 1887. 1888. Sawakawa .. vVhangarei, Kamo, and Whauwhau iVaikato Pelorus iVest Wanganui fVestport itcefton 3-reymouth Malvern fimaru Jtago Southland Tons. 35,078 15,265 48,367 Tons. 33,145 19,091 56,302 + + Tons. 1,933 3,826 7,935 Tons. 083,625 214,685 423,990 711 29,120 648,244 33,703 1,119,928 232,276 2,048 1,727,223 117,279 3,783 116,242 1,786 162,170 11,681 172 144,741 19,335 4,181 130,486 3,255 188,448 12,631 300 143,984 17,072 + + + + + + + 398 14,244 1,469 26,278 950 128 4,243 2,263 Totals 558,620 613,895 55,275 5,232,832

Output of Coal. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to the 31st December, 1888. Name of Coal. Plus or Minus.! Increase or Decrease. 1887. 1888. iituminous 'itch Srown .. jignite .. Tons. 317,273 81,048 142,113 18,180 Tons. 359,555 81,309 156,136 16,895 + + + Tons. 42,282 261 14,023 1,291 Tons. 2,484,687 803,948 1,797,725 146,472 Totals 558,620 613,895 55,275 5,232,832