o.— 3.

EXHIBIT XXIX.—GREYMOUTH HARBOUR. Return showing Number and Tonnage of Steamers which loaded Coal at Greymouth from 1st December, 1886, to 30th September, 1890.

Summary showing the Number of Days in Succession when Bar has been unworkable.

204

Date. Number of Steamers. Registered Tonnago. Date. ! N »°* e r Hegisterea Steamers. Tonnage. 1886. 1889. I >ecember 24 5,379 January .. February .. March April May June July August September October .. November.. December.. 32 27 22 22 27 32 40 46 35 32 41 35 8,815 6,514 5,235 5,464 6,796 8,519 8,903 10,466 7,619 7,122 7,476 5,534 1887. -January February March April May June July August September .. October November .. I >ecember 29 81 87 32 34 40 30 21 27 83 33 35 G,989 6,309 9,027 7,912 7,537 9,471 0,887 5,765 6,691 8,764 8,347 7,919 391 88,463 1888. 385 91,678 1890. January February March April May June July August September .. October .. November .. December 33 34 22 80 48 83 25 83 52 80 89 25 7,705 8,126 5,321 7,056 10,456 8,312 6,254 7,611 14,214 8,266 10,731 7,211 January .. February .. March April May June July August September 34 48 36 35 85 48 29 9 22 7,848 9,899 8,013 8,279 8,255 10,963 7,139 2,248 2,974 296 65,618 403 101,203

Date. Number of Consecutive Days. Date. Number of Consecutive Days. Date. Number of Consecutive Days. Date. Number of Consecutive Days. 1887. June 15 July 6-8 July 13 July 27 Sept. 2-6 Sept. 8-10 Sept. 12-13 Sept. 18 Sept. 30 Oct. 14 Oct. 18 Oct. 20-24 Nov. 8 Nov. 24 Nov. 27-28 Dec. 3 Dec. 5 Dec. 26 Dec. 27 1 8 I 1 5 3 2 :i l 1 J 5 1 1 u ] ] 1 1 1888. Jan. 22-23 .. Jan. 26 Feb. 6 Feb. 18 March 8 March 11-21 .. April 3-4 .. April 14-16 .. May 22 June 12 June 14-16 .. June 23 June 25 July 7-8 .. July 18-19 .. July 23-24 .. Aug. 22 Aug. 24-26 .. Aug. 30-31 .. Sept. 5 Oct. 2 Oct. 5-6 .. Oct. 9 Oct. 20 Oct. 22 Oct. 29-31 .. Nov. 1 Nov. 15-17 .. Nov. 22 Dec. 2 Dec. 10 Dec. 13 Dec. 24 2 1 1 1 1 12 2 8 1 1 8 1 1 2 2 2 1 8 8 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 8 1 1 1 1 1 1889. Jan. 7 Jan. 30 Feb. 21 March 9-10 .. March 13 March 25 April 13 April 27-28 .. April 30 May 6 June 9-12 .. July 16 July 18 Aug. 15 Aug. 24 Sept. & Sept. 11 Oct. 6-10 .. Oct. 12 Oct. 21 Dec. 17-19 .. Dec. 31 1 1 1 2 I 1 J. 2 I J 4 1 1 I 1 ] J 5 1. 1 8 ! 1890. March 2 March 24 March 30 May 31 June 17 Aug. 3-5 .. Aug. 29 Sept. 30 Oct. 15-19 .. Oct. 21-22 .. Oct. 26-29 .. 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 5 2 4 "IT"! 33 21« 61