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RETURN No. 29. HURUNUI-BLUFF SECTION. Return of Coal Traffic from Local Mines during the Year ending 31st March, 1908.

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, 1908.

Mine. 1907-8. 1906-5. Increase. Decrease. Springfield Coal Company, Springfield St. Helen's, White Cliffs Homebueh, G-lentunnel ... Mount Somers Coal Company, Mount Somers Woolshed Creek Company, Mount Somers ... Albury Wuiliao Forks ... Gibson's Kui'ow Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 70 1,188 10,371 3>329 1,288 190 545 120 27 ■3i 259 16,817 40,997 22,369 37 '.303 10,8l2 4,086 1,806 211 351 303 5' 112 33 "5 441 757 5i8 21 194 '183 24 Ngapara Sling Point Allandale Coal Company Saddle Hill ... Fernliill Idabnrn Mosgiel Taratu Mine, Lovell's Flat Benliar Kaitangata Bruce Coal Company Renl Mackay Coal Company, Milton Anderson's, Stirling Conical Hills ... O'llngan, 0., Pukerau ... Sinytlie, Gore ... New Zealand Express Company, Otori Sleeman, C. P., Mataura Beat tie and Co., Matnura Collieries Company, Mataura Groves, Or., Nightcaps Niglitcaps Coal Company, Nightcaps McKenzie, D., Niglitcaps Varcoe, Nightcaps Grant, J., Niglitcaps Spence. J., Nightcaps Reed, Niglitcaps McBnde, A., Nightcaps Bradley, Niglitcaps Tinker and Co., Nightcaps Thomas, Nightcaps Quested, Nightcaps Wairio Coal Company, Nightcaps Edwards, Otilterama Withers, J., Gore Raymond Bush Siding ... Bowden, Ashers Smith, Fairfax Clark, Wyndham Greene, Wyndham 974 iS.551 203 97.542 8,094 7.532 55 2,800 64 20 ■.599 3,578 3.322 2,112 629 46,405 1,298 J 59 21,391 41,140 22,499 26 549 17.556 199 77.470 11,227 8,498 114 2,782 55 36 1,483 4,981 3.701 322 48,991 1,300 5 2 5 19 100 425 4 20,072 18 9 116 2,112 307 4,574 143 130 26 2,005 3.133 966 59 16 1,403 379 2,586 2 5 62 433 10 10 37 272 5 217 6 6 186 5 '3 5 92 3 S 125 6 6 186 8 8 76 76 996 996 937 62 25 937 66 214 4 4 189 10 6 Totals 291,706 285,064 25,146 18,504

Port. 1905-s. 1906-5. increase. Decrease. >rsCHAKOED : — Ly ttclton Timaru Oamaru Port Chalmers Dunedin Bluff No. 1,708 291 184 97 94 257 No. 1,848 298 177 190 88 247 No. 7 6 10 No. 140 7 93 Totals 2,631 2,848 217 lOADED : — Lyttelton Timurn Oamaru Port Chalmers Dnnedin Bluff 1,609 285 187 79 21 260 1,677 300 154 179 21 245 33 IS 68 «5 100 Totals 2,441 «35 2,576