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(6 ) The amount of pig iron and steel rails the Dominion could absorb per annum :- The imports for 1910 of the chief classes of iron and steel were as follows :— Tone. Iron and steel, angle ... ••• •■• ••• on' 297 Bar, bolt, and rod ••• ••• — 9g ' 896 Bolts and nuts ... ••• ••■ ■•• " - "YsOS HOOp ... ••• ■ •' ' ■' O ' QOrr galvanized ... ... •■• ••• " IQ ' A(yj Pipes and fittings .. ••■ 18*441 -r, -l " "' ... 21,311 Rails ... ••• ••• •• ■■ 7 147 Sheet and plate ... ••• ••• ••• •• Q . S ' Q(I , „ galvanized and corrugated ... 67 045 pi3iin ■ • • • ■ ■ * Total ... .- ••■ - ■•■ 539 ' 208 The probable annual requirements of the Dominion in the future may be taken as somewhat in excess of the above. H. J. H. Blow, Under-Secretary. Mines Department, Wellington, 7th August, 1911. Approximate Co* of Papef.-Preparation, not given ; printing (1,400 copiee). £1 10s. By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9ll. Price 3d]