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QUARRY OUTPUTS The following table shows the outputs of quarries and the numbers of men ordinarily employed during 1946 :

QUARRY ACCIDENTS The following is a summary of fatal and serious accidents at quarries during 1946 :

STATE AID TO MINING Subsidized Prospecting A total amount of £21,314 was advanced during the year 1946-47 to the mining industry by way of subsidies, loans, and other forms of financial assistance. The Mines Department expended £25,144 in surveying, prospecting, and developing of areas.

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District. Number of Quarries. Men employed. Road Metal. Stone for Harbour-works Building or Monumental Stone. Limestone for Agriculture. Limestone or Marl for Cement Miscellaneous. Value at Quarry. Auckland Hauraki Hawke's Bay Taranaki Wellington Nelson, Westland, Buller, and Marlborough Canterbury, Otago, and Southland 178 31 27 22 44 34 110 836 116 85 62 103 143 542 Tons. 427,047 121,321 49,969 33,257 41,172 8,436 104,654 Tons. 415 54,357 Tons. 218 14,728 Tons. 220,929 46,326 35,045 528,273 Tons. 275,748 61,038 105,681 Tons. 420,862* 1 j 200 26,150 4,148 114,494f £ 320,738 50,896 25,790 12,778 56,886 18,413 272,091 Totals, 1946 446 1,887 785,856 54,772 14,946 929,794 442,467 566,854 757,592 Totals, 1945 398 1,718 861,096 43,673 2,480 812,635 436,036 478,503 710,448 * Includes clays for brickmaking, &c., 67,334 tons, valued at £9,387. t Includes phosphate for agriculture, 11,047 tons, valued at £3,314, and clays for pottery, &c., 28,848 tons, valued at £10,476. Excludes 14,002 tons of sand, valued at £6,747, produced at pits not subject to inspection.

Cause. Number of Accidents. Number of Men. Fatal. Serious. Killed. Seriously, injured. Palls from face Falls of ground Explosives Miscellaneous Totals 1 2 5 1 2 1 2 5 1 2 1 10 1 10