COAL-MINERS' RELIEF FUND AND SICK AND ACCIDENT FUND (RETURNS RELATIVE TO).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, C-07

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1894. NEW ZEALAND.

COAL-MINERS' RELIEF FUND AND SICK AND ACCIDENT FUND (RETURNS RELATIVE TO).

Return to an Order of the House of Bepresentatives dated Wednesday, the 18th day of July, 1894. Ordered, " That a return be laid before this House showing—(l) The amount at credit of the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 1893; (2) the amounts subscribed during the year ending the 31st March, 1894, by the owners of every coal-mine to the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund; (3) the applications made under ' The Coal-mines Act, 1891,' on the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and the various Sick and Accident Funds, giving the name of the applicant, the district, and the reason for applying for assistance; (4) the applications granted and the amounts paid to each applicant; (5) the balance to credit or otherwise of the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 1894; (0) the cost of administration for year ending 31st March, 1894."—(Mr. Allen.)

The Coal-miners' Belief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund. (1.) The amount at credit of the Coal-miners' Belief Fund and Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 189&-Coal-miners' Belief Fund ... ... ... ... ... £428 17 3 Sick and Accident Fund ... ... ... ... ... 366 3 1 (2.) The amount subscribed during the year ending the 31st March, 1894, by the owner of every coal-mine to the Coal-miners' Belief Fund and Sick and Accident Fund, — Coal-miners' Belief Fund ... ... ... ... ... £376 14 11 Sick and Accident Fund ... ■ ... ... ... ... 970 6 0 (3.) The applications made under "The Coal-mines Act, 1891," on the Coal-miners' Belief Fund and the various Sick and Accident Fund, giving the name of the applicant, the district, and the reason for applying for assistance, — Coal-miners' Belief Fund (list attached). Sick and Accident Fund (no particulars available). (4.) The applications granted, and the amounts paid to each applicant,— Coal-miners' Belief Fund (details attached) ... ... ... £127 15 0 Sick and Accident Fund (no particulars available) ... ... 431 10 2 (5.) The balance to credit or otherwise of the Coal-miners' Belief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 1894, — Coal-miners' Belief Fund ... ... ... ... ... £496 9 7 Sick and Accident Fund ... ... ... ... ... 925 18 1 (6.) The cost of administration for year ending 31st March, 1894, — Coal-miners' Belief Fund ... ... ... ... ... £3 15 0 Sick and Accident Fund ... ... ... ... ... Nil.

Coal-miners' Relief Fund. Applications made, Name of Applicant, and Reasons for applying.

Name. District. Reasons. dbertTee ...' lobert Woollams ?homas Fisher ... V. Patterson ... 5. Housely ames Sellick ... . H. Evans l. Schlinker ). Taylor . Zaracka Auckland ... Injury to hand. a Nature of injury not specified. Inflamed foot, ulceration of stomach. Struck in leg with pick. Nature of injury not specified. Injury to eye. Fracture of forefinger. Injury to finger. Scalded by hot water. a •' • a a • * • « ... a * ■ ■ a • • •

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Coal-miners' Relief Fund— continued. Applications made, Name of Applicant, and Reasons for applying— continued.

Sick and Accident Fund. No particulars available.

Coal-miners' Relief Fund. Statement showing the Applicants for Relief under "The Coal-mines Act, 1891," and the Amounts paid to them in respect of their Applications to the 31st March, 1894.

... H. J. H. Eliott, 68 gfPf tment ' Undersecretary. Wellington, 20th August, 1894. J Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (1,350 copies), £17s.

By Authority: Samuel Costall, Government Printer, Wellington—lB94.

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Name. District. Reasons. James Harris ... Eichard Pedro ... Timothy Callaghan Thomas Bell, jun. W. G. D. Bohning Peter Sneddon ... James McNair ... James Foster ... Charles Klausen Mrs. Knox Peter Campbell H. Whittleston J. Natchett Auckland ... it ••* Otago it , Injury to thumb. Injury to back and thigh. Injury to eye. Injury to thumb. Injury to hand. Fatal accident. Injury to shoulder and arm. Injury to foot and ankle. Injury to shoulder. Fatal accident to husband. Severe bruise to hand. a a a ••• a ■ • • n Sciatica.

Name of Applicant. Amount paid. P. Sneddon (relief and funeral expenses) J. Sellick A. Tee E. Woollams T. Fisher B. Housely J. H. Evans ... ... A. Schlinker Mrs. D.- Knox (funeral expenses of husband) D.Taylor J. Zaracka H. Whittleston ... P. Campbell Eichard Pedro ... J. McNair T. Callaghan ... ... ... ..'. C. Klausen J. Foster T. Bell, jun '..[ £ s. a. 38 5 0 2 10 0 6 13 4 5 18 5 3 4 0 10 0 14 16 8 118 25 0 0 2 13 4 0 10 0 13 4 1 15 0 10 5 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 2 18 4 2 3 4 0 15 0 Total £127 15 0