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The production from, and the number of persons employed at, the principal collieries of the Dominion are shown in the following table : —

SECTION II.—PERSONS EMPLOYED.

SECTION III.—ACCIDENTS. The following is a summary of coal-mining accidents during 1911, with their causes.

Name of Colliery. Total | ftnlm ,, m Total Output N "™ ber Locality. Class ol Coal. I U ""P"; Ior to 31st De- D ot "*"• cember, 1911. F , e . rson ; s ordinarilyemployed. I Northern District. Hikurangi Taupiri ... Northern Kiripaka Tons. Tons. ... Hikurangi... Sejmi-bitu- 64,657 767,449; 82 ininous ... Huntly ... Brown ... 252,262 2,574,413 495 ... Hikurangi... Semi-bitu- 40,503 408,676 75 minous .-, Kiripaka ... Ditto ... 32,554! 278,007 45 West Coast District. Coalbrookdale Westport-Stockton State Coal-mines .. Blackball I Millerton ... Bituminous 299,64213,431,993, 565 i Deiiniston „ 323,368 1 6,045,799: 608 ... Mangatini „ 87,236| 332,129' 180 | Seddonville „ 60,045; 400,104 106 Point Eliza- „ 188,89211,413,463 519 ( beth ... Blackball... „ 156,82111,469,946 240 Southern District. Kaitangata Nightcaps ... Kaitangata Brown ... 134,829' 2,714,18L 322 ... Nightcaps ... 64,250: 788, 100 Other collieries, in all districts Various ... 361,014 12,672,886! 953 Totals ... 2,066,073 33,297,621 4,290 4,290 !_

Average Number of Persons durine 1911. Average Number of Persons employed during 1911. Inspection Distriot. 4 auring mil. Above Ground. Below Ground. (hnvft firnnr» ,rl Tnl.nl id. a id. Total. Total. ■lorthern Vest Coast iouthern 137 951 277 595 1,659 671 732 2,610 948 Totals, 1911 1,365 2,925 2,925 4,290 4,290 Totals, 1910 1,136 3,463 4,599

i Fatal Acoidents. Non-fatal Accidents. Number of „ , , Separate Fatal N " mb ,l r ° f Accidents. Deaths - [ Number of Persons Number of Sepa- i injured, including rate Non-fatal ! t»o.ein]ured by Accidents. Accidents which proved Fatal to their Companions. Ixplosions of firedamp ... 1 1 'alls in mine ... ... 11 11 liscellaneous —Underground... 1 1 On surface ... 1 1 Totals ... ... 14 ii 1 1 8 8 11 11 ... 20 20 14 14 20 20