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RETURN No. 29. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

RETURN No. 30. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of the Number of Vessels discharged and loaded at the Ports of Lyttelton, Timaru, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, and Bluff, for the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

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Mine. 1800-1000. 1898-99. Increase. Decrease. Tons. 2,051 470 99 2,098 Tons. Tons. Tons. 68 787 Austin Brothers, Sheffield Springfield Coal Company, Springfield Brockley St. Helen's Levick, Whitecliffs Deans, J., Glentunnel Wairiri Coal Company, Glentunnel Park, G., Mount Somers Albury Kurow Ngapara Shag Point Allendale Coal Company... Walton Park ... Saddle Hill Fernhill Freeman's Mosgiel Loveil's Flat Lovell's Flat (Gibson and Lees) Nelson's Kaitangata Milton Lakeside, Stirling Anderson's, Stirling Penman, Kaitangata Conical Hills ... ... O'Hagan, C, Pukerau Orchard, B. C, Pukerau ... Glover, A., Otikerama Johnston, W., Waikaka ... Smyth, J., Gore Sleeman, C. P., Mataura ... Beattie, J., Mataura Brown's, Mataura Munro, E., Wyndham Darcy's, Nightcaps Nightcaps Coal Company, Nightcaps Quested, J., Nightcaps Smith and Logan, Kingston Crossing Graham, J., Fairfax 2,119 i,257 99 2,098 3,796 1,692 2,977 247 1,138 819 1,692 247 211 927 128 4 27 20,156 13,208 7,785 9,441 4,344 6,638 6,658 60 1,126 717 110,209 3S3 4 9 20,155 13,286 8,586 4,582 3,98o 7,520 6,681 36 8,128 928 101,660 290 4 30 40 2,472 432 49 6 128 18 1 4,859 364 '"78 801 "882 23 24 7,002 211 8,549 63 'do 4 90 2,675 488 6 203 56 40 43 6 12 12 270 i,"7 221 224 38 i,790 22,868 18 16 6 409 S81 95 238 84 i,752 20,706 20 16 536 126 139 14 46 38 2,162 2 6 Totals 220,134 212,209 20,221 12,296

Port. 1899-1900. I898-99. Increase. Decrease. JlSOHABOED :— Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. i,S85 316 150 164 89 228 No. 1,610 245 132 154 76 209 No. 71 18 No. 25 10 13 19 Totals 2,426 2,532 13 1 25 JOADED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff 1,643 37 127 189 1 227 i,575 242 123 199 9 209 68 75 4 IO 8 18 Totals 165 2,504 2,357 18