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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1679, 4 May 1904, Page 60

A return prepared by the secretary of the Harbour Boat'd shows that the consumption oif coal iil Wellington ha® oo*nsidbntbly increased during the last twelve iiibiitlis—a tpsbirhpiiy to the inC+edribig briskness bit local ■manufacture®, lit t'lifej twqitd. nibht'iio ended 1 Morph 3lsi, 1903, 89,187 ton® wore imported, bilk'hi tlie titelte mouth® elided 31st Mririiti \m the coal import® totalled 1011,095 tbits—eLii i iter ease of 11,318 tons, bit 12.7 per ceilt; The coal record® for tlici ybat 1903 showed an increase of 7.3 pet tetlli over those for 1902. Influenza I® rife in till© city. From tibia cause several of 'the Government department® and city offices have been working short-handed during the past few days. The number of arrivals in the colony during last month was 3186, and departures numbered 2753. For March, 1903, the figures wero 3040 and 27(L respectively.