C.—2.

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 1933 :—

There were 177 fewer men employed than during the previous year, with a decrease in the value of the stone produced of £45,439. Quarry Accidents. The following is a summary of serious accidents during 1933 at quarries under the Stone-quarries Act:—

Accounts of the accidents are given in the District Inspectors' reports attached hereto.

VII. STATE AID TO MINING. (1) Subsidized Prospecting. Upon subsidized prospecting operations 190 persons were intermittently employed during the year. The following is a statement showing the results of prospecting operations as reported by the Inspectors of Mines : —

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a j§ a Output of Stone. || || g g 8 8| 8 Pr Name and Address of S ® o § £ ® ô ® ® 6 » S District. Government Inspector of g g ag «8 s | g 3 Stone-quarries. .2 B ggi ™ . ° °S aS § » ss . 8| |1 li §>5 »1 »1 ftg I 15 an? S© §2 S §> s§si 1 ® I w<! I s lis J* '3 9 JH <M I I Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. £ Auckland .. James Newton, Mines 171 901 301,783 .. 700 69,071 83,746 .. 756 73,726 Dept., Auckland J. F. Downey, Mines 13 63 45,984 .. .. .. .. .. .. 11,209 Dept., Waihi (Hauraki Mining District only) Hawke's Bay ; James Newton, Mines 32 120 26,397 .. .. 16,834 .. .. .. 8,228 Dept., Auckland Taranaki .. Ditto .. ..16 97 17,310 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,984 Wellington.. „ .. .. 30 123 49,401 .. .. .. 428 .. 4,000 10,544 Westland " 1 E ' J " Sooble > Mines 20 139 48,956 10,883 .. 5,452 22,151 .. 13,065 16,670 Marlborough j Dept., Reefton nt^ rbUry " \t. McMillan, Mines 37 268 132,092 47,860 I 1,294 100,531 30,714 .. .. 73,120 Southland .': J De I Jt " Dunedin Totals, 1933 .. 319 1,711 621,923 58,743 [ 1,994 191,888 137,039 .. 17,821 196,481 Totals, 1932 [ .. 332 1,888 714,732 86,240 j 884 [201,735 151,100 .. 5,020 241,920

Number ol Accidents. Number o( Sufferers. Cause. —i ——L— Fatal. Serious. Killed. Seriously injured. Haulage Machinery .. ., Explosives Falls of ground .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. . . 5 .. 5 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 6 .. j 6 ; I