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APPENDIX I. Statistics of Workings in Coal-mines, 1899.

Name of Mine and Locality. Name of Manager. CD CD O 3 S3 o o o CD CD o 6 CD o to En CD o 3 3 a S3 a 3 -3 3 an a* CD CO O a Dimensions of Shafts. Depth of Shaft or Length of Adit. 43 o Output for 1899. O rH So § a « o S gag Pi 4= P< co CQ Number of Men ordinarily employed. 0:0 L_ O h tj 3. la Pumps. CD o CD £3 a a 3 o o H o 03 CD 05 CD 03 o n Size of Shaft or Adit. Coal. Slack. Total. o NORTH ISLAND. Kawakawa District. Kawakawa (stopped) Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1794,865 I Tons. |794,865 semibitum. ditto ■• I I "• I - I •• I "I Kawakawa Mine (late New Bay of Islands Company) Hikubangi District. Hikurangi Coal Company .. Hislop, Robert .. 5J 2' to 4' the whole 1 in 5 bord and pillar 5' x5' adit 3,945 3,945 48,797 52,742 2 5 7 horse natural 14/11/9! Moody, T. P. 7' to 12' average 9' lin6 ditto 7' x6' 330' engine inclineplane adit 34,037 34,037 124,674 158,711 4751 steam 2 handpumps 15/11/9! Hikurangi Colliery Company West Bryans (stopped) Phcenix (stopped) Walton & Graham's (stopped) Whansarei District. Kamo (stopped) Kamo, New Kerr, George 3 14' 9' irregular 2 6' x9' 13,656 23 13,656 23 16,421 34,325 11,823 1,210 30,077 34,348 11,823 1,210 4 22 hand 15/11/9! is: " • •• 1 - I " I • • •• McDonald, Donald sk brown "a 8' and 5' average 6' 6" li'n8 bord and pillar 1 61' x 4}' 175' adit 949 100 1,049 225,037 7,853 225,037 8,902 i 3 M hand natural 7/7/9! - Whauwhau (stopped) Ngunguru District. Ngunguru Mine 70,853 70,853 " 'I •:■ Taylor, A. H. 7 semibitum. 3' to 7' the whole lin8 bord and pillar 7' x5' 4'x2' 1,716' s 600' 462' adit and engineplane adit 13,004 13,004 87,542 100,546 12 27 39 steamengine & horse hand 6" 2J" 35' natural 16/11/9! Kiripaka Coal-mine Waikato District. *Waikato Mine (stopped) *Taupiri Extended Glimo, George .. I ditto I 20' 14' I lin4 I I ditto I 7' x 5' I 1,609 I " [ 1,609 ! 1,609 " I 16/11/9! Cochrane, N. D. brown 20' to 50' 7' t'o'20' bord and pillar 10'diam. 170' 204' shaft 1,963 30,302 511 1,963 30,813 207,126 581,099 209,089 611,912 steamengine 16J" 14" 20" 14" 12" 12" 24" 170' fan 24/11/9! 13 1 varies, but about 1 in 7 2 12 62 '74 7" 5" 5" 7" 6" 6" 8'' "Taupiri Reserve ... 13 18' to 24' 10' to 16' about 1 in 7 ditto 1 1 2 9'x6' 7' 10' x 5' 50' 190' engineplane shaft 6,329 156 6,485 176,336 182,821 8 32 40 ditto 204' 260' 44' 132' 150' exhaust steam exhaust steam 24/11/9! 'Ralph's Taupiri .. ... 2 50' to 60' 7'to 20' about 1 in 7 29,108 560 29,668 12,725 42,393 11 60 71 23/11/9! Ralph's (stopped) Mokau District. Mokau Mine 23,019 23,019 29/l/0( •• 'I Cherrie, Robert .. 15 brown 7'6" the whole 5' 1 in 36 bord and pillar ditto 6'x6' 990' adit 3,483 3,483 16,108 19,591 3 ,8 11 hand natural ITernside Mine .. .. [ Lo*>, J. 2 5' 1 in 12 1 1 7' x 5' 6' x 4' 486' 1,393 1,393 657J 2.050J 3 4 29/l/0( Co-operative (stopped) Miranda District. Miranda (stopped) Bombay District. Bombay (stopped) 940 20,668 940 20,668 * 81* 2,462,160 81J 2603288 .. .. •I •• Totals, North Island 59 M 330 • ■ .. i .. 1139801 1,327 I |l41128 ! I27l| * These four mines included in the Taupiri Coal-mining Company (Limited).