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RETURN No. 29. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1906.

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, 1906.

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Mine. 190S-6. 1904-5-Increase. Decrease, Springfield Coal Company, Springfield St. Helen's, White Cliffs Homebnwh, Glentunnel ... Mount Somers Coal Company, Mount, Son.ei-s Woolehed Creek Company, Mount Somere ... Albury Waihao Porks ... Gibson's Kurow Ngapara Shag Point Allandale Coal Company Saddle Hill Fernhill Freeman's Mosgiel ... Taratu Mine, Lovell's Flat Lovell's Flat Coal Company, Lovell's Flat... Hewitson, Lovell's Flat ... Benhar Kaitangata Bruce Coal Company Real Mackay Coal Company, Milton Anderson's, Stirling Conical Hills ... O'Hagan, C, Pukerau ... Penny, G-., Gore New Zealand-Express Company, Gore Sleeman, C. P., Mataura Beattie and Co., Mataura Cameron and Duncan, Mataura ... Mutch and Hurst, Mataura Groves, &., Nightcaps ... Nightcaps Coal Company, Nightcaps McKenzie, D., Nightcaps Clapp, J. O., Nightcaps... Grant, J., Nightcaps Spence, J., Nightcaps Clark, Nightcaps McBride, A., Nightcaps Quested, J., Nightcaps ... Lamont, D.. Nightcaps ... MeAKster, E., Pyramid ... Robson, R. W., Bush Siding Bowden's Bush Siding ... Causer, Glenham Sm th, Fairfax Tons. 16 857 11,641 3,843 2,089 199 238 24 160 144 139 1 9, 1 39 35,313 20,604 Tolls. 853 1,318 10,062 3,595 2,244 285 252 56 Tons. Tons. 837 461 I >579 248 I5S 86 14 32 114 450 19,865 3i,°55 9,333 7,157 725 19,099 '7,596 20 199 107,791 5,033 160 30 3" 726 4.258 11,271 343 18,063 5,690 6 194 110,007 5,897 3,47i H5 3,003 52 7.157 382 1,036 11,906 14 5 2,216 864 3.471 87 116 58 2,887 72 20 "645 7,228 2,745 1,489 282 3 6 3 7,291 2,786 228 63 41 1,261 4 4 50 43,669 119 39,757 1 50 3,9i2 119 8 8 431 298 5 6 18 84 655 270 133 6 22 18 84 1,215 560 270 6 6 27 27 Totals 23.663 298,901 291,833 3O.73I

Port, igoj-6. 1904-5. Increase. Decrease. DlSOHAEGED : — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. 1,726 347 200 174 97 232 No. 1,506 340 '9S 162 74 241 No. 220 7 s 12 23 No. 9 Totals 2,776 2,518 258 Loaded: — Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff i>757 348 187 197 25 232 1.755 341 183 170 7 241 2 7 4 37 18 9 Totals 2,746 2,697 49