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No. 8. Table showing the Different Classes of Coal from the Mines in the Colony.

No. 9. Table showing the Number of Coal-mines in Operation, the Number of Men employed, and the Output of Coal per Man.

No. 10. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Coal imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1905.

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Name of Coal. Output of Coal. Increase. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to the 31st December, 1905. 1904. 1905. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch Brown Lignite Shale.. Tons. 938,518 24,506 483,858 90,956 Tons. 965,083 23,072 496,936 100,665 Tons. 26,565 dec. 1,434 13,078 9,709 Tons. 12,330,315 1,906,650 6,573,879 876,153 14,422 Totals 1,537,838 1,585,756 47,918 21,701,419

Number of Mines working. Number of Men employed at each Mine. Total Number of Men employed. I Output of Coal during 1905. Average Output per Man. 108 31 10 28 1 to 4 in each 5 to 10 ., 11 to 20 „ 21 and upwards 186 210 158 2,715 3,269 Tons. 62,531 91,846 61,135 1,370,244 1,585,756 I j i Tons. 336 437 387 505 485 ! 177 1,585,756 485

Imported. Exported. Countries whence imported. Quantity. Value. Countries to which exported. Quantity. Value. Tons. 183 168,757 106 £ Tons. 73,275 28 20,755 715 2,664 3,605 1,269 6,350 100 rnited Kingdom .. rew South Wales .. 'iotoria 240 155,475 71 United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales South Australia Western Australia Tasmania Fiji Hong Kong Bengal United States of America— On the West Coast Japan South Sea Islands £ 70,637 30 17,344 679 1,732 2,255 637 4,121 100 Totals .. 1,404 600 12,052 1,775 600 7,152 169,046 155,786 Totals 122,817 107,062