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The following table shows a comparison of the output and death-rate in respect of coal and shale mines in New Zealand, and certain other countries, for the years 1904-6 inclusive : —

The following statement shows the tons of mineral raised (coal and shale), persons employed, lives lost, &c., from 1878 to 1906 :—

Country or State. Death-rate from Accidents per 1,000 Persons employed. Number of Per- j Tons of Mineral sons employed per | raised per Life Life lost. lost. Tons of Mineral raised per each Person employed Underground. New Zealand— 1904 1905 1906 New South Wales — 1904 1905 1906 Great Britain— 1904 1905 Transvaal, 1905-6 United States of America, seventeen States providing 90 per cent, total output _j 1-21 1-83 1-62 0847 1-69 1-38 1-244 1-35 3-86 3-53 822 546 615 1,180 589 723 384,459 264,293 288,256 501,651 277,932 364,705 609 651 687 541 599 650 803 740 643 275 232,962 215,515 29,289 175,000 360 361 455

Year. Output of Mineral. Persons empl lyed. Tons of Mineral raised per Life lost. Persons employed per each Life lost. Lives lost per Thousand Persons employed. Tons of Mineral raised per each Person employed Underground. Number of Deaths. Above. Below. Total. Prior 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 ... I 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,365,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 1,585,756 1,729,536 147 361 393 338 392 388 414 466 512 416 485 590 506 525 590 531 556 554 617 688 803 717 763 833 1,174 366 888 890 1,145 1,213 1,111 1,275 1,251 1,334 1,277 1,196 1,298 1,393 1,274 1,347 1,381 1,447 1,599 1,843 2,066 2,082 2,135 2,525 2,436 2,518 513 802 1,038 963 1,043 1,249 1,283 1,483 1,605 1,499 1,689 1,717 1,846 1,693 1,681 1,888 1,899 1,799 1,937 1,912 2,003 2,153 2,460 2,754 2,885 2,852 3,288 3,269 3,692 4,771 115,609 149,961 337,262 189,136 210,882 160,277 170,354 139,655 153,474 146,611 79,674 167 ,198 673,315 138,309 119,924 145,331 12,013 210,178 907,033 325,078 273,497 413,228 682,520 355,057 384,459 264,293 288,256 15 401 519 963 521 624 421 494 375 422 313 231 423 1,681 377 316 360 29 478 2,003 717 615 918 1,443 713 822 546 615 66-27 2-49 1-92 104 1-91 1-60 2-34 2-01 2-66 2-36 2-37 4-33 2-36 0-66 264 3-16 3-33 34-07 2-09 0-49 1-39 1-62 109 0-69 1-40 1-21 1-83 1-62 443 475 540 456 440 503 481 261 477 523 563 533 516 618 588 609 627 609 593 600 655 665 609 651 687 341 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 4 4 8 4 1 5 6 5 66J 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 6 Totals... 23,430,955 54,895 193 * No life lost. f Year of Kaitai igata exploi don. T + ear of Bri inner exploi lion.