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TS I -6 Name of Mine and locality. or »S£*™- N ame and Address of Owner. iSpofSS" otherwise). -Nanager. g ot Loal. g s Coal . seams worked. g ll '1| 1 I *.■§! „! ! Nrrab r of Persons £-3 Thickness: System of ZS Tr , t ., Total Total urd.uarily employed. Depth of Shaft CJassiflcaton || lm ckm«s Thickness Under- JJ ™. Output to Output to „"*™ . ot or ofCoal. B - nnal-aaams worked. ground s.s ""P.lf- or 31st Decern- 31st Decern- £ > . Ventilation. Length of Tunnel | g Coal seam,., working. |-g 1B2 '- ber,1926. ber, 1927. S S 3 NORTHERN INSPECTION DISTRICT A T orfft Auckland District. i i Hikurangi. Hikurangi .. . Crown lease and J. Makinson .. Hikurangi Coal Co., Ltd., Auckland i 5 ; Sub - bitu- ' 1 ! 7'to 10' 7'to 9' .. freehold minous Kerr ft Co.. Hikurangi .. | Freehold .. A. H. Taylor .. Kerr & Wyatt, Hikurangi .. 7J Ditto .. I 1 I 5' to 6' 5' to 6' . . Silverdale, Hikurangi .. .. ; Crown lease .. A. Ball .. S. G. Foot, Hikurangi .. .. ! 9_ „ .. I 1 I 3'to 5' 5' Northern Co-operative. Hikurangi ,, .. E.A.Cunningham E. A. Cunningham & Co., Hikurangi 9 | „ .. | 1 ; 4' ..4' Wil-iin-. Hikurangi .. .. Crown lease and G.Davidson .. Wilson's Collieries, Ltd., Auckland 10 „ .. i 1 8' .. S' freehold Warn. Whangarei .. .. Freehold .. J. Cadman .. British Standard Cement Co., Ltd., 17 ,, .. 1 5'to 13' ! 9' Whangarei Ruatangata, Kamo .. .. ,, .. R. Dickson (P.) .. Kamo Potteries, Ltd., Whangarei 7£ ,, .. I j 8' 6' Glen Nell, Hikurangi .. .. Crow T n lease .. J. Melntyre .. J. Melntyre & party. Hikurangi.. 3 „ .. 14' -.4' Hillside, Hikurangi .. .. Freehold .. ! Wm. Tunstall .. dimming * party, Hikurangi" .. 1$ ,, .. 1 ' 5' . . 3' 6" Bolton's, Hikurangi .. .. ,, . . F. Johnson. .. Johnson & party, Hikurangi .. l| ,, .. 15' .. 5' Tons. Bordand 2 S 87,005 pillar Ditto ..IT 5,361 ..IT 3.961 ..IT 361 ..IS 66,029 1 T ..IS 1,955 ..IT 1,097 ..IT 1.204 ..IT 1,952 ..IT 3.423 Tons. Tons. • 154,203 241,208 56 I 150 30,335 35,696 3 ! 8 26,060 30,041 1 I 4 29,042 29,403 1 3 293,513 ! 359,542 42 142 45,803 I 47,758 2 j 5 5,723 ! 0,823 1 4 1,107 2,311 1 2 400 ! 2.361 1 4 229 3.652 1 4 206 I Blackman ' S. 350'. fan S. 340'. 11 Natural .. T. 528'. 5 „ .. T. 120'. 4 .. .. T. 40'. 184 Sirocco fan S. 200', T. 924'. 7 Fan .. j S. 105'. 5 „ T. 400'. 3 Natural .. T. 40'. 5 „ . . T. 66'. 5 „ . . T. 40'. Waikato District. Rotowaro, Rotowaro .. .. Crownleaseand A. Penman .. Taupiri Coal-mines, Ltd., Auck- 10 Brown .. 3 7'to 27' 7'to 15' .. freehold land Pukeiniro, Pukemiro .. .. Freehold .. A.Burt .. .. Pukemiro Collieries Co., Ltd.. 12 „ .. 1 4'to 18' 4'to 15' .. Auckland Waipa, Glen Massey .. .. ,, .. T. Thomson .. Waipa Railway & Collieries, Ltd., 14 „ .. 1 8' to 10' 6' to 8' Wellington Waikato Extended, Huntly .. j ,, ..I J.Leonard .. Roose Shipping Co., Ltd., Mercer 11 „ .. 1 16i' .. ! 15J' Glen Afton, Glen Afton .. Crownleaseand P. Hunter .. Glen Afton Collieries, Ltd., Auck- 7 „ .. ! 1 16;}' .. | 15.' freehold land Pukemiro Junction, Pukemiro .. Crown lease .. C. V. Malony .. Clare & partners, Pukemiro Junct. 7 „ .. ! 1 2' to 25' i 2'to 18' .. Taupiri East, Ki mi Ilia .. Auckland L'ni- J. Holland (P.) .. Holland and party, Huntly .. 6 „ .. 1 18' .. j 13' versity lease Campbell, Whatawhata .. Crown lease . . R. Fox .. .. Campbell Coal Co., Ltd., Hamilton 6 ,, .. \ 1 I 12' ..9' .. Graham, Glen Afton . . .. Freehold . . W. Mills .. .. Graham Coal Co., Pukemiro .. 4 ,, l ! 6' .. 5' 6" Bordand 3 I 148,914 pillar Ditto .. 3T 149.272 . 11 63.130 .. IT! 9.397 „ .. IT 176,254 905,404 . 1,054,318 74 IBS 1,299,130 : 1,448,402 66 214 854,935 918,065 30 98 58.455 67.852 i 2 7 492,046 668,300 ! 69 227 272 (1) Waddle, cv! T. 3,000', T. (2) Sirocco fan 1.200'. 2S0 Fans (2) . . T. 4.000', T. 3.200'. 128 Sirocco fan T. 6.000'. 9 Natural .. T. 490' 296 sirocco fan T. 4.200'. Taranaki District. Old Stockman, llokau .. Freehold . C. Wright (P.) .. Chambers Bros., Awakino .. 7 Brown .. 1 ! 4' 6* .'. 4' 6" .. 2T| 11,450 •. 1 Ti 1,465 ..IT 3.732 ..IT 10,936 Bord and 1 I 521 pillar Ditto ..IT 70 „ ..IT 41 55.205 66,655 ! 6 12 5,180 : 6,645 ! 1 2 9.996 : 13.728 2 5 29,557 j 40,493 3 15 1,926 '• 2.447 . . 2 70 i 2 4 41 ; 2 2 9,422,799 , 9,422,799 ! .. 18 Natural . . T. 350'. 3 „ . . T. 320'. 7 ,. . . T. 90'. 18 Fan .. T. 240'. 2 Natural .. T. 130'. 6 Fan .. T. 110.' 4 Natural .. T. 50' Tangarakau, Tangarakau . . P.W. lease .. "R. Fleming . . W. Shanks * Co., Tahora .. 1 „ .. ! 1 , 5' .. 5' Power, Ohura .. .. Prospect license E. Gascoigne .. Power Coal Syndicate, Palmerston 1 „ .. 1 | 4' . . 3' 6" (Crown) North Output of coUierlts included in previous statements at which operations are abandoned or suspended .... .. i .. WEST COAST INSPECTION DISTRICT. Nelson District. I Mount Burnett .. .. Crown lease .. J. Bashall .. Marble Creek Syndicate, Colling- 1 Sub - bitu- 1 12' .. T wood minous Puponga .. .. .. „ .. A. J. McHardy .. Puponga Coal Syndicate, Puponga 24 Ditto .. 1 3' 6" to 6' Full height North Cape .. .. .. Freehold .. J. Bashall .. North Cape Coal Co., Nelson .. 17 ., .. 13' .. Stone's . . .. . . „ .. ! R. C. Stone .. R. C. Stone, Takaka . . .. | 9 Brown .. 2 4' and 5' '., Broxbourne .. .. .. ., .. | .. Gilbert Boyd, Motupipi, via 1 Lignite .. I 1 11' 6" .. 5' .. O'Rourke's .. .. .. ., ..I .. A. O'Rourke, Murchison .. j 8 Brown .. I 1 2' .. Full height Stoping .. 164 Bord and .. 7,577 pillar Ditto 3,252 , 200 176 Stoning .. 120 52 I 216 2 2 255,599 263,176 0 14 108,291 111,543 9 11 842 1,042 . . 2 176 .. 3 677 797 .. I 1 4 Natural 20 „ .. T. 9 ch. 20 j „ .. T. 12 ch. 2 „ .. T. 11 ch. 3 „ . . T. 4* ch. 1 .. .. T. 9 ch.