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

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, 1907.

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Output of Coal. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to the 31st December, 1907. Name of Coal. Increase. Decrease. 1906. 1907. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch Brown Lignite Shale.. Totals Tons. 1,077,408 24,'JGl 521,003 106,164 1,729,536 Tons. 1,184,211 22,069 515,797 108,941 Tons. 106,803 21777 Tons. 2,901 - 6,206 Tons. 14,591,034 1,953,671 7,610,679 1,091,258 14,422 1,831,009 101,473 25,261,964 N

Number of Mines working. Number of Men employed at each Mine. Total Number of Men employed. Output of Coal during 1907. Average Output per Man. 110 28 9 26 1 to 4 in each 5 to 10 11 to 20 . 21 and upwards 196 183 119 3,412 3,910 Tons. 59,364 99,520 44,700 1,627,425 1,831,009 Tons. 468 173 468

Imported. Exported. Countries whence imported. Quantity. Value. Countries to which exported. Quantity, j Value. Inited Kingdom .. lew South Wales .. ictoria .. * [ueensland asmania.. Tons. 19 220,726 2 £ 44 213,302 19 United Kingdom Victoria New South Wales Queensland Western Australia Tasmania Fiji Bengal Maiden Peru U.S.A.—East Coast West Coast Tons. 76,373 2,600 21,923 1,500 6,200 5,060 4,047 10 25 600 1,130 574 1,278 7,047 663 £ 77,104 1,626 16,145 933 3,875 3,172 2,732 6 30 600 1,130 635 1,278 4,881 663 2 12 Totals .. Chili South Seas King Edward VII's Land .. 220,749 ZJ7T 213,377 Totals .. "129,030 114,815 * Includes SO tons not the product of New Zealand mines.