COAL PRODUCTION

Evening Star, Issue 22973, 2 June 1938, Page 17

COAL PRODUCTION

4,257 MEN EMPLOYED U PER CENT. INCREASE OF TONNAGE [Pee United Press Association.! WELLINGTON, June 1. The coal produced in New. Zealand last year amounted to 2,277,799 tons, an .increase in the output of 137,582 tons, of 6:43 per cent, over the production for 1936, The figures relating •to the classes of coal produced in 1937, the number •of mines operating and the employment provided by the.industty were made available this evening by the Minister of Mines (Mr P. C. Webb). ; Last year’s production of bituminous, brown, and lignite ’coals in tons was as follows:

Totals 778,498 975.228 524.073 The total production of coal is therefore 2,277,799 tons. There were 195 mines in operation in the Dominion, in 1935 and a total of 4257 men were employed, 1469 in the . North. Island, 1850 bn the West Coast, and 933 in-the Otago arid. Southland district, said Mr Webb. In 1936, 1103 persons were employed above ground and 3154 below ground. There were 172 coal mines in operation in the Dominion in 1937 and a total'of 4417 men were employed—l47B in the North Island, 1956 on the West Coast, and 983 in the Otago and Southland' district. Of persons ordinarily employed in or about coal mines during 1937, 1129 were employed above ground and 328 g below ground.

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Bituminous 41,694 928,290 Brown 736,804 45,598 ' 493,913 Lignite 1,340 .120,155