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Tlie following statement shows the tons of coal ami shale raised, persons employed, lives lost, &c, from 1878 to 1916: —

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Year. Output. Persons empi iyod. ed. Tons raised per each Person emTotal, ployed Underground. Tons raised por Life lost. Persons omployed per Life lost. Lives lost per Thousand Persons employed. Number of Deaths. Above. Below. Prior 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 1916 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,365,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 1,585,756 1,729,536 1,831,009 1,860,975 1,911,247 2,197,362 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 2,208,624 2,257,135 147 361 393 338 392 388 414 466 512 416 485 590 506 525 590 531 556 554 617 688 803 717 763 833 1,174 1,143 992 1,159 1,136 1,365 1,130 1,053 1, 176 1,050 988 366 888 890 1,145 1,213 1,111 1,275 1,251 1,334 1,277 1,196 L,298 1,393 1,274 1,347 1,381 1,447 1,599 1,843 2,066 2,082 2,135 2,525 2,436 2,518 2,767 2,902 3,032 3,463 2,925 3,198 3,197 3,558 3,106 3,000 513 443 802 1,038 963 1,043 1.249 475 1,283 540 1,483 456 1,605 440 1,499 503 1,689 481 1,717 468 1,84.6 477 1,693 523 1,681 563 1,888 533 1,899 516 1,799 618 1,937 588 1,912 609 2,003 627 2,153 609 2,460 593 2,754 600 2,885 655 2,852 665 3,288 609 3,269 651 3,692. 687 3,910 662 3,894 641 4,191 633 4,599 634 4,290 706 4,328 681 4.250 590 4,734 639 4,156 711 3,988 750 4,635 149,961 337,262 189,136 210,882 160,277 170,354 * 139,655 153,474 146,611 79,674 167 ,198 673,315 138,309 119,924 145,331 12,013 210,178 907,033 325,078 273,497 413,228 682,520 355,057 384,459 264,293 288,256 152,584 372,195 273,035 137,335 147,577 241,975 314,667 46,441 245,403 376,189 23 519 963 521 624 421 494 375 422 313 231 423 1,681 377 316 360 29 478 2,003 717 615 918 1,443 713 822 546 615 326 778 599 283 306 355 708 96* 462 665 41-00 1-92 1-04 1-91 1-60 234 2-01 2-66 2-36 2-37 4-33 2-36 0-66 2 64 3-16 3-33 34-07 2-09 0-49 1-39 1-62 1-09 0-69 1-40 1-21 1-83 1-62 3-07 1-28 1-79 3-55 3-26 2-08 1-38 10-35 2-16 1-50 0 35 1 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 4 4 8 4 1 5 6 5 66 } 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 6 12 5 7 16 14 9 6 49§ 9 6 Totals... 44,104,614 325 ♦No life 1 ixplosion. rat. t Year o: Kaitangi ,ta explosr m. { Ye; ir of Brun: ier explosion. § Year of Ralph's (Huntly)