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1895. NEW ZEALAND.

COAL-MINERS' RELIEF FUND. (DETAILS OF ADMINISTRATION.)

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 6th Day of September, 1895. Ordered, "That there be laid before this House a return showing—(l) The amount at credit of the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 1894; (2) the amounts subscribed during the year ending 31st March, 1895, 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 and tlie district, and reason for applying for assistance ; (4) the applications granted and the amounts paid to each applicant; (5) the balance to credit or otherwise of tho Coal-miners' Relief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund on. the 31st March, 1895 ; (6) the cost of administration for the year ending the 31st March, 1895; or a continuation of the return ordered to be placed upon the table on the motion of the honourable member for Bruce (Mr. Allen) in 1894."—(Mr. Mob bison.)

The Coal-minees' Relief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund. (1.) The amount at credit of the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 1894,— Coal-miners'Relief Fund ... ... ... ... £496 9 7 Sick and Accident Fund ... ... ... ... 925 18 1 (2.) The amount subscribed during the year ending the 31st March, 1895, by the owner of every coal-mine to the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and Sick and Accident Fund, — Coal-miners' Relief Fund (details attached) ... ... £452 6 10 Sick and Accident Fund (details attached) ... ... 760 1 7 (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, — Coal-miners' Relief Fund (list attached; see also 4). Sick and Accident Fund (no particulars available). (4.) The applications granted, and the amounts paid to each applicant,— Coal-miners' Relief Fund (details attached) ... ... £137 13 4 Sick and Accident Fund (details attached) ... ... 315 15 4 (5.) The balance to credit or otherwise of the Coal-miners' Relief Fund and the Sick and Accident Fund on the 31st March, 1895,— Coal-miners'Relief Fund ... ... ... ... £835 2 11 Sick and Accident Fund ... ... ... ... 1,370 4 4 (6.) The cost of administration for year ending 31st March, 1895, — Coal-miners'Relief Fund ... ... ... ... £4 10 3 Sick and Accident Fund ... ... ... ... 138 H. J. H. Eliott, Under-Secretary Mines Department, Wellington, 8th October, 1895. 1—C. 16.