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below ground in all districts, especially the Waikato coalfield, such output for the Dominion being 630 tons during 1920, as against 750 tons during 1916 (the record year). The following statement shows the tons of coal and shale raised, persons employed, lives lost by accidents in or about collieries, &c, from 1877 to 1920 (prior to 1877 no returns of output, &c, were made to the Mines Department) : —

Output, in Tons. Pert ions empli lyed. Tons raised per each Person employed Underground. Lives Lost by Aceidi or about Collieri Per Per Million Thousand Tons Persons raised. , employed. Per Million Tons raised. Per Thousand Persons employed. onts in I0S. Number of Lives Lost. Year. Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. Prior 1877 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 1917 1918 1919 1920 570,947 138,984 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 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 2,068,419 2,034,250 1,847,848 1,843,705 * * * * * * * >!-■ * 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 1,090 1,102 1,095 1,152 366 888 890 1,145 1,213 1,111 1,275 1,251 1,334 1,277 1,196 1,298 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 2,893 2,892 2,849 2,926 513 802 1,038 963 1,043 1,249 1,283 1,483 1,605 1,499 1,689 1,717 1,846 1,693 1,681 1,888 1,899 1,799 1,937 1,912 2,003 2,153 2,460 2,754 2,885 2,852 3,288 3,269 3,692 3,910 3,894 4,191 4,599 4,290 4,328 4,250 4,734 4,156 3,988 3,983 3,994 3,944 4,078 443 475 540 456 440 503 481 468 477 523 563 533 516 618 588 609 627 609 593 600 655 665 609 651 687 662 641 633 634 706 681 590 639 711 750 715 703 648 630 I 194-64 6-66 2-96 5-28 4-74 6-23 5-87 T 7-16 6-51 6-82 12-55 5-98 1-48 7-23 8-33 6-88 83-24 4-75 110 307 365 2-42 1-46 2-81 2-60 3-78 3-46 6-55 2-68 3-65 7-28 6-77 413 318 21-53 4 07 2-65 1-93 2-95 5-41 0-54 t 44 00 1-92 104 1-91 1-60 2-34 2-01 T 2-66 2-36 2-37 4-33 2-36 0-66 264 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 10-35 216 1-50 100 1-50 2-53 0-24 0 35 J 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 4 6 10 1 Totals 51,898,836 346 fNoli explosion ife lost. {Ye; ,r of Kait; ilosion. Year of Irunner ex] ilosion. || Year of * Unknown. Ralph's (Huntly .ngata ex] .