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VI. STONE-QUARRY INSPECTION AND STATISTICS. By section 2 of the Stone-quarries Amendment Act, 1920, the application of the Act was extended to include every place, not being a mine, in which persons work in quarrying stone and any part of which has a face more than 15 ft. deep, and also in any tunnel in the construction of which explosives are used. The Act, however, does not apply to any Government operations, or any road or railway cutting, or excavations for buildings. The following is a table showing the number of quarries under the Stone-quarries Act, also the number of persons ordinarily employed thereat, and the annual output and value of crude stone during 1930 : —

There were L 72 fewer men employed than during the previous year, and a decrease in the value of the stone produced of £65,908. Quarry Accidents. The following is a summary of serious accidents during 1930 at quarries under the Stone-quarries Act:—

VII. STATE AID TO MINING. (1) Subsidized Prospecting. Upon subsidized prospecting operations 245 persons were intermittently employed during the year. This number includes seventy-three persons prospecting under subsidies granted out of the Unemployment Fund. The following is a statement showing the results of prospecting operations as reported by the Inspectors of Mines : —

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3*J | Output of Stone. o g © -2 H s o <2 5 , J? a s3 s °® s b ,, • • i Name and Address of s «® oh "S § § ® © ® ?Z 6 aS b District Government Inspector of o£ « g g «j| go eg g a District. Stone-quarries. .g 5 SSs 2. 53 «-e 1 ■"S S & ll- si Si S3 ?! |1 if i ?! I s go" a'S § s s» a a a§§ ° a i § gg |Sg g is =a ,5«l ®oJ I | B to" S PQ Hi M OH g > Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. £ Auckland .. James Newton, Mines 165 872 532,114 .. .. 55,007 214,175 .. 6,321 167,760 Dept., Auckland J. F. Downey, Mines 14 99 92,196 .. 2,002 .. .. .. .. 31,167 Dept., Waihi (Hauraki Mining District only) Hawke's Bay James Newton, Miues 27 152 37,462 10,175 .. 15,090 .. .. .. 10,650 Dept., Auckland Taranaki .. Ditto .. ..10 45 16,080 633 .. 3,441 ! 5,831 Wellington „ .. ..44 227 162,344 .. .. 12,695 680 .. 20,000 44,788 Nelson .. 1 p t Spohlp \1 inrs Westland .. -n 14 138 10,505 24,347 74 5,684 35,189 .. 4,883 19,040 , T ., , i I Jeiit.. Keel ton Marlborough J 1 Canterbury 1 T MM;| , Mj .. ' J . McMillan, mines M 42g 238,332 91,494 1,620 112,894 49,804 .. .. 134,055 a r,i j i Dept., Dunedin Southland J 1 Totals, 1930 .. 318 1,958 1,107,033126,649 3,696 204,811299,848 .. 31,204413,291 Totals, 1929 .. 293 2,130 1,087,294 110,348 7,502 221,756 322,986 .. 11,408 479,199

; Number of Accidents. Number of Sufferers Cause. I = Fatal. Serious. Killed. [ I Haulage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. j .. 1 .. 1 Machinery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I Explosives .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 Falls of ground .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 3 1 3 Miscellaneous .. .. • ■ . . .. .. 1 .. 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. 1 7 1 7 Accounts of the accidents are given in the District Inspectors' reports attached hereto.