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No. 3. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1926 and 1925, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 4. Table showing the Output of Different Classes of Coal.

Output. Approximate Total Output Name of Coalfield. Increase. Decrease. up to inoi! 31st December, 1926. 1925. 1026 _ Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. North Auckland .. .. 111,918 131,540 .. 19,622 4,629,897 Waikato (including Mokau) .. 541,931 540,863 1,068 .. 9,091,163 Nelson .. .. .. 9,136 9,718 .. 582 426,559 Buller .. .. .. 667,464 576,252 91,212 .. 20,035,585 Inangahua .. .. .. 36,600 37,276 .. 676 571,536 Grey .. .. .. 408,976 328,150 80,826 .. 12,066,300 Canterbury .. .. .. 12,504 12,165 339 .. 934,171 Otago .. .. .. 209,253 229,633 .. 20,380 11,477,555 Southland .. .. .. 242,217 249,398 .. 7,181 4,726,576 Totals .. .. 2,239,999* 2,114,995 .. .. 63,959,342 * Increase, 125,004 tons.

Approximate Output. Total Output Clasa of Coal. Increase. Decrease. to the __ 31st December, 1926. 1925. 1926. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Bituminous and semi-bituminous.. 1,196,388 1,044,726 151,662 .. 39,179,785 Brown .. .. .. 905.825 911,425 .. 5,600 20,807,277 Lignite .. .. .. 137,786 158,844 .. 21,058 3,972,280 Totals .. .. 2,239,999* 2,114,995 .. .. 63,959,342 * Increase, 125,004 tons.