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No. 5.

Return showing the Quantity and Value of Coals imported into New Zealand during the Quarter ended the 31st March, 1912.

No. 6. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Annual Production of Coal and Shale in the Dominion, and the Quantity of Coal imported since 1878.

No. 7. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1910 and 1911, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

Country whence imported. Quantity. Value. few South Wales Total Tons. 53,421 £ 53,170 53,421 53,170

Coal raiBed in the Dominiou. Coa Coal imported. tl import* ;ed. Year. Prior to 1878 L878 L879 1880 L881 L882 .883 L884 !885 .886 1887 1888 .889 !890 891 ,892 1893 .894 .895 .896 .897 .898 .899 i900 .901 .902 .903 :904 1905 .906 .907 .908 .909 .910 1911 T Yearly Increase ioub or Decrease. !_ 709,981 .. I 162,218 231,218 69,000 299,923 68,705 337,262 37,339 378,272 11,010 121,764 43,492 480,831 59,069 511,063 30,232 534,353 23,290 .. ! 558,620 24,267 613,895 275 586,445 Dec 27,450 637,397 50,952 668,794 31,397 673,315 4,521 691,548 18,233 719,546 27,998 726,654 7,108 792,851 60,197 840,713 47,862 907,033 66,320 975,234 68,201 1,093,990 118,756 1,239,686 145,696 1,365,040 125,354 ' 1,420,229 -55,189 .. j 1,537,838 117,609 .. ! 1,585,756 47,918 1,729,536 143,780 1,831,009 101,473 1,860,975 29,966 1,911,247 50,272 2,197,362 286,115 2,066,073 Dec. 131,289 J Tons. 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,038 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 223,918 I F luerease over Decrease over Preceding Year, j Preceding Year. lue Free crease ov ceding Y< 6,664 24,904 26,722 14,379 135 9,151 4,520 24,378 25,371 36,070 38,521 13,182 67,059 ver ear. I 1 '. Pi Decrease o 'receding Y 16,072 33,778 380 6,042 18j 242 10,329 12,643 5,889 17,124 8,009 1,483 4,763 6,442 15,772 21,911 16,727 29,623 25,807 8,460

Output of Coal. Name of Coalfield. 1911. 1910. Increase. Decrease Approximate Total Output of Coal up to 31st December, 1911. Tons. Tons. Lawakawa and Hikurangi .. 105,201 107,866 Vhangarei, Kamo, Ngunguru, and ; 33,958 46,931 Whauwhau Vaikato .. 252,262 228,962 lokau ' • • 3,811 4,405 liranda .. 2,640 12,344 )rury .. .. 156 'elorus .. •• .. 120 iollingwood 23,325 28,600 Suller .. 770,291 831,200 teefton .. 13,896 14,451 trey 411,181 466,661 ianterburv 18,812 23,708 Hago .'. 282,870 291,441 iouthland 147,826 140,517 Tons. 23,300 7^309 Tons. 2,665 12,973 594 9,704 156 120 5,275 60,909 555 55,480 4,896 8,571 Tons. 2,126,083 782,173 2,848,408 77,798 117,226 1,196 831 194,702 10,652,523 204,840 6,346,977 640,277 7,364,586 1,925,579 Totals 2,066,073 | 2,197,362 131,289 131,289 33,283,199 33,283,199