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The following statement shows the tons of coal and shale raised, persons employed, lives lost by accidents in or about coal-mines, 4c., from 1878 to 1917 : —

i i i Year. Persons employed. .Tons Lives Lost, raised per Ontnnt each er " er 6r Number " ' son em Million Thousand by Above. ; Below. ! Total. ployed Un- Tons Persons Acciderground. raised, employed, dent. I ) " ...... 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 1908 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 Totals •No life lost. fYef explosion. 709,931 ... ... ... 162,218 147 366 513 443 * * 0 231,218 802 ... 194-64 i 44-00 35t 299,923 1,038 ... 6-66 j 1-92 2 337,262 963 ... 2-96 104 1 378,272 1,043 ... 5-28 ! 1-91 2 421,764 361 888 1,249 475 ! 4-74 j 1-60 2 480,831 393 890 1,283 540 6-23 2 34 3 511,063 338 1,145 1,483 456 587 2-01 3 534,,353 392 1,213 1,605 : 440 * * 0 558,620 388 1,111 \ 1,499 | 503 7-16 2-66 4 613,895 414 1,275 : 1,689 I 481 6-51 2-36 4 586,445 466 1,251 1,717 468 6-82 2-37 4 637,397 512 I 1,334 1,846 : 477 ' 12-55 4-33 8 668,794 416 | 1,277 1,693 523 ' 5-98 ', 2-36 : 4 673,315 485 1,196 1,681 563 1-48 , 066 1 691,548 590 1,298 , 1,888 i 533 7-23 | 2-64 '' 5 719,546 506 I 1,393 1,899 516 : 8-33 8-16 6 726,654 525 | 1,274 i 1,799 j 618 6-88 j 3-33 5 792,851 590 I 1,347 I 1,937 588 83-24 . 34-07 66J 840,713 531 1,381 1,912 609 4-75 2-09 4 907,033 556 1,447 2,003 627 110 0-49 ; 1 975,234 554 1,599 2,153 609 307 1-39 ! 3 1,093,990 617 1,843 j 2,460 593 3-65 1-62 | 4 1,239,686 688 2,066 2,754 600 2-42 .1-09 i 3 1,365,040 803 2,082 2,885 655 1'46 0-69 2 1,420,229 717 "2,185 2,852 665 2-81 1-40 4 1,537,838 763 2,525 ! 3,288 60!) 2-60 1-21 4 1,585,756 833 2,436 3,269 651 3-78 1-83 6 1,729,536 1,174 2,518 3,692 687 ; 3-46 1-62 j 6 1,831,009 1,143 2,767 3,910 662 655 307 i 12 1,860,975 992 2,902 3,894 641 2-68 1-28 5 1,911,247 1,159 ; 3,032 4,191 633 3-65 1-79 7 2,197,362 1,136 j 3,463 4,599 634 728 355 i 16 2,066,073 1,365 | 2,925 4,290 '706 6-77 3-26 j 14 2,177,615 1,130 ! 3,198 4,328 681 > 413 \ 208 9 1,888,005 1,053 ! 3,197 ! 4,250 j 590 j 318 1-38 6 2,275,614 1,176! 3,558! 4,734 639 21-53 1035 49§ 2,208,624 1,050 3,106 4,156 i 711 i 4 07 216 9 2,257,135 988 3,000 3,988 750 ! 2-65 150 6 2,068,419 .1,090 2,893 3,983 715 1-93 1-00 4 46,173,033 ... ... ... 329 iar of Kaitangata explosion. J Year of Brunner explosion. S Year of Ralph's (Huntly) The output per ce shows a decline, when lost is the lowest for sh ach person employed underground, although higher than in most countries, eas the output per life losi is phenomenally high. The proportion of lives xteen years.