C.—2.

SECTION II.—PERSONS EMPLOYED.

The following statement shows the tons of coal raised, persons employed, lives lost by accidents in or about collieries, &c., to 1939 :—

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Average Number of Persons employed during 1939. Inspection District. Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. Southern .. .. .. .. 265 665 930 West Coast .. .. .. .. 603 1,644 2,247 Northern .. .. .. .. 352 1,233 1,585 Totals, 1939 .. .. 1,220 3,542 4,762 Totals, 1938 .. .. 1,195 3,368 4,563

| Lives lost by Accidents in or Persons ordinarily employed. T , , about Collieries. Year. Output, in per each Per- r p^_ Statute Tons. son employed Per Million . J , Number Above Ground. Below Ground. I Total. below Ground. Tons Persons of Lives produced. cmploycd . lost. Prior to 1900 13,444,437 * * * * * * 165 1900 .. 1,093,990 017 1,843 2,460 593 3-65 1-62 i 1901 .. 1,239,686 68S 2,066 2,754 600 2-42 1-09 3 1902 .. 1,365,040 803 2,082 2,885 655 1-46 0 69 2 1903 .. 1,420,229 717 2,135 2,852 665 2-81 1-40 4 1904 .. 1,537,838 763 2,525 3,288 609 2-60 1-21 4 1905 .. 1,585,756 833 2,436 3,269 651 3-78 1-83 6 1906 .. 1,729,536 1,174 2,518 3,692 687 3-46 1-62 6 1907 .. 1,831,009 1,143 2,767 3,910 662 6-55 307 12 1908 .. 1,860,975 992 2,902 3,894 641 2-68 1-28 5 1909 .. 1,911,247 1,159 3,032 4,191 630 3-66 1-67 7 1910 .. 2,197,362 1,136 3,463 4,599 634 7-28 3-48 16 1911 .. 2,06(3,073 1,365 2,925 4,290 706 6-77 3-26 14 1912 .. 2,177,615 1,130 3,198 4,328 681 4-13 2-08 9 1913 .. 1,888,005 1,053 3,197 4,250 590 3-18 1-41 6 1914 .. 2,275,614 1,176 3,558 4,734 639 21 53 10-35 49f 1915 .. 2,208,624 1,050 3,106 4,156 711 4-07 2-16 9 1916 .. 2,257,135 988 3,000 3,988 752 2-65 1-50 6 1917 .. 2,068,419 1,090 2,893 3.9S3 715 1-93 1 00 4 1918 .. 2,034,250 1,102 2,892 3,994 703 2-95 1-50 6 1.819 .. 1,847,848 1,095 2,849 3,944 648 5-41 2-53 10 1920 .. 1,843,705 1,152 2,926 4,078 630 0-54 0-24 1 1921 .. 1,809,095 1,218 3,149 4,367 574 5-52 2'28 10 1922 .. 1,857,819 1,191 3,365 4,556 552 3-23 1-31 6 1923 .. 1,969,834 1,353 3,647 5,000 540 2-53 1-00 5 1924 .. 2,083,207 1,364 3,505 4,869 594 4-80 2-05 10 1925 .. 2,114,995 1,288 3,489 4,777 606 3-78 J -67 8 1926 .. 2,239,999 1,336 3,823 5,159 586 6-69 2-90 15 1927 .. 2,366,740 1,386 3,988 5,374 593 4-23 1 -86 10 1928 .. 2,436,753 1,366 4,010 5,376 608 3-69 1-67 9 1929 .. 2,535,864 1,370 4,127 5,497 614 4'73 2-18 12 1930 .. 2,542,092 1,437 4,430 5,867 574 5'50 2'38 14 1931 .. 2,157,756 1,414 4,331 5,745 498 1-85 0"69 4 1932 .. 1,842,022 1,257 3,379 4,636 545 6-51 2-59 12 1933 .. 1,821,258 1,192 3,194 4,386 570 3-84 1-59 7 1934 .. 2,060,315 1,229 3,249 4,478 634 3-88 1-78 8 1935 .. 2,115,184 1,127 3,104 4,231 681 0-94 0-47 2 1936 .. 2,140,217 1,103 3,154 4,257 678 1-87 0-94 4 1937 .. 2,277,799 1,129 3,288 4,417 693 2-64 1-36 6 1938 .. 2,222,088 1,195 3,368 4,563 659 4-86 2-41 11 1939 .. 2,342,639 1,220 3,542 4,762 661 7-26 3-57 17 Totals .. 92,820,069 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5ijP * For returns for previous years see page 32, Mines Statement, 1921. t Year of Ralph's (Huntly) explosion.