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Table No. 13. COAL RAISED IN COLONY, ALSO COAL IMPORTED, 1890 TO 1896.

Table No. 14. NUMBER OF HOLDINGS AND ACREAGE UNDER CULTIVATION AND IN BARE FALLOW, 1890 TO 1896.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—lB97.

Year. Raised in t. ie Colony. Yearly Increase. Imported. Total raised in the Colony and imported per Annum. Exported | Total (excluding Consumption Coal for Fuel j of Coal by Ocean within the Steamers). Colony. Yearly Increase in Consumption within the Colony Total. 890 891 .392 893 .894 895 896 Tons. 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 Tons. 50,952 31,397 4,521 18,233 27,998 7,108 66,197 Tons. 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 Tons. 748,336 794,112 798,768 808,992 832,507 834,852 894,607 Tons. 33,404 29,093 28,169 24,288 25,449 26,151 27,974 Tons. 714,932 764,019 770,599 784,704 807,058 808,701 866,633 Tons. 39,714 49,087 6,580 14,105 22,354 1,643 57,932

Year. oo 'CD a O u s ■4a if Si M i« m § OT ID at i—I C . ■- J3 co <b o fl 123 .Sum o 3 S .2 Cj CD & "3 © U pq d CO M O g 'd v ja "o ■a q 3 a % O u Cβ u o a i—I o o Bβ go's ago ill "S Cβ .1 i a j> t—i a I—I .890 .891 .892 893 .894 .895 .896 38,178 38,083 41,224 42,768 45,290 46,676 3,027,912 3,250,543 3,327,755 3,611,393 3,865,348 3,908,581 4,254,983 3,497,137 3,715,675 4,076,126 4,650,652 4,833,549 4,921,136 5,030,247 45,889 44,045 46,652 61,811 60,740 56,614J 96,818! 149,979 210,509 140,454 154,254 142.342 !l40,494 58,039 826,505 703,329 769,778 753,091 669,850 560,179 674,850 513,893 582,439 579,112 544,355 551,962 597,686 680,750 8,568 9,810 9,608 9,763 9,951 10,263 17,749 15,771 17,047 19,627 20,085 21,109 21,401 19,362 8,039,765 8,489,352 8,922,460 9,743,593 10,094,111 10,159,740 10,735,980 28,928 35,310 38,723 40,401 39,826 55,386 43,246 * Not colle< :ted in P. ibruary, 1896.