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No. 4. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Annual Production of Coal and Oilshale in the Dominion and the Quantity of Coal imported since 1878.

No. 5. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1915 and 1916, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 6. Table showing the Output of Different Classes of Coal.

Coal and Sh the Do ale raised in jminion. Goal Imported, Year. Tons. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons, Increase over Preceding Year. Decrease below Preceding Year. Prior to 1878 1878 1879 1880 1881. 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1910 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,540 720,054 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,305,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 1,585,750 1,729,530 1,831,009 1,860,975 1,911,247 2,197,302 2,006,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 2,208,624 2,257,135 Inc. 69,000 „ 08,705 „ 37,339 „ 41,010 „ 43,492 „ 59,009 „ 30,232 „ 23,290 „ 24,207 „ 55,275 Dec. 27,450 Inc. 50,952 „ 31,397 4,521 „ 18,233 „ 27,998 7,108 „ 00,197 „ 47,862 „ 06,320 „ 68,201 „ 118,750 „ 145,090 „ 125,354 „ 55,189 „ 117,609 „ 47,918 „ 143,780 „ 101,473 ,. 29,900 „ 50,272 „ 280,115 Dec. 131,289 Inc.. 111,542 Dec. 289,010 Inc. 387,009 Dec. 60,990 Inc. 48,511 174,148 158,070 123,298 129,902 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,003 110,939 1.25,318 125,453 117,444 1.12,901 108,198 101,750 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 103,923 147,196 169,040 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,008 304,359 468,940 518,070 353,471 293,950 0,664 24,904 20,722 14,379 135 •• 9,151 4,520 24,378 25,371 86,070 21,850 38,521 13,182 07,059 176,291 104,581 49,130 10,072 33,778 380 0,042 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 17,124 8,009 4,483 4,763 6,442 15,772 21,911 10,727 29,023 25,807 44,310 104,599 59,515

Name of Coalfield. Output. 1916. 1915. I Increase. I I Decrease. Approximate j Total Output up to 31st December, 1916. Slorth Auckland .. Waikato (including Mokau) kelson rJuller .. 'nangahua Jrey nanterbury 3tago "Southland Tons. Tons. 126,506 117,882 359,608 342,533 26,147 26,629 714,015 710,969 11,402 12,151 544,071 529,245 19,465 15,954 281,552 293,604 174,369 159,657 Tons. 8,024 17,075 3,046 14,826 3,511 14 ,'712 Tons. '482 749 12,052 Tons. 3,512,634 4,560,665 308,671 14,401,071 264,509 8,710,458 718,597 8,853,137 2,760,429 Total 8 2,257,135 2,208,624 2,257,135 2,208,624 48,511 48,511 44,090,171 44,090,171

Class of Coal. Out; mt. Increase. Decrease. Approximate Total Output to the 31st December, 1916. 1916. 1915. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Tons. 1,422,074 653,898 181,163 Tons. 1,404,400 725,001 79,223 Tons. 17,074 101,940 Tons. Tons. 28,800,708 71,103 13,145,210 2,144,253 Brown Lignite Totals 48,511 44,090,171 2,257,135 2,208,624 48,511