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The output of coal from each coalfield is as follows : —

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

SECTION II. —PERSONS EMPLOYED.

Coalfield. North Auckland Waikato (including Mokau) Nelson Buller Output during 1915. Tons. 117,882 342,533 26,629 710,969 12,151 529,245 15,954 293,604 159,657 Total Output to End of 1915. Tons. 3,386,128 4,201,057 282,524 13,687,056 253,107 8,166,387 P 699,1.32 8,571,585 2,586,060 Inangahua Grey Canterbury Otago Southland Totals 2,208,624 41,833,036 I

Name of Colliery. • rinimi i-jToWOutpuli Locality. Class of Coal. I to 31st Doial0 ' cember, 1915. Total Number of Persons ordinarily employed. Ts\/w4- in si/wivi Tin n -fiv/i n + Northern District. I or them District. Tons. Tons. ... Hikurangi... ; Semi-bitu- 69,254' 1,002,519 minous 110 Hikurangi Taupiri Extended and Ralphs Northern ended and Ralph is ... Huntly ...Brown ... 223,328 3,171,589 ... Hikurangi... ! Semi-bitu- 35,647 569,429 minous 469 ■15 Waipa ... ... Glenmaasey Brown ... 100,5681 149,876 145 West Coast District. 3S t Coast District. j 446 543 236 231 235 348 48 Coalbrookdale Westport-Stockton 0 . . „ , ■ | Point Elizabeth... State Coal-mines ( Liverpool tie iocktoc I Point Eli. nines - T ■ , i Liverpool izabeth 1 i Millerton ... Bituminous 291,813 4,697,883 1 Denniston „ 273,550 7,154,979! ... Mangatini „ 144,232 846,940' b... Dunollie ...Pitch ... 129,627 1,995,389; ... Rewanui ... ! Bituminous 108,573 189,687 ... Blackball... „ 216,897 2,252,054 ... Roa ... „ 43,427 196,899 Blackball Paparoa... Southern District. nii.t.he.Y'n. Di.ttt.r'l.nt. outliern uisvnci. 350 108 tjlt.iyii.tji iv uvavi tut. Kaitangata and Castle Hill Nightcaps and Castle Hill ... Kaitangata Brown ... 140,342 3,281,176 ... Nightcaps... „ ... ' 65,361 1,096,845 Other New Zealand collieries Zealand collieries s ... All coalfields Various ... 366,00515,527,771 842 Totals Totals ... 2,208,62441,833,036 41,833,036 4,156

Inspection Distriot. Average Number of Persons employed during 1915. Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. Northern West Coast Southern 212 691 903 ... I 573 1,749 2,322 ... I 265 666 93] Totals, 1915 1,050 3,106 4,156 1,050 3,106 4,156 Totals, 1914 1,176 3,558 4,734 1,176 3,558 4,734