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No. 5. 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. 6. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1912 and 1913, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 7. Table showing the Different Classes of Coal from the Mines in the Dominion.

Coal raised in the Dominion. Coal imported. Year. Tons. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons. Increase over Decrease over Preceding Year. Preceding Year. Prior to 1878 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 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 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 1,831,009 1,860,975 1,911,247 2,197,362 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 69,000 68,705 37,339 41,010 43,492 59,069 30,232 23,290 24,267 55,275 Dec. 27,450 50,952 31,397 4,521 18,233 27,998 7,108 66,197 47,862 66,320 68,201 118,756 145,696 125,354 55,189 117,609 47,918 143,780 101,473 29,966 50,272 286,115 Dec. 181,289 111,542 Dec 289,610 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,068 364,359 468,940 6,664 24,904 26,722 14,379 135 161072 33 ,-778 380 6,042 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 17,124 8,009 4,483 4,763 6,442 9^151 4,520 15^772 24j 378 25,371 21,911 36,070 16^727 21,850 38,521 13,182 67,059 29,623 25,807 44,310 104,581

Name of Coalfield. Output of Coal. Increase. I Decrease. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to 31st December. 1913. 1913. 1912. Tons. 102,710 243,316 3,560 14,717 679,283 13,708 349,856 14,430 306,647 159,778 Tons. 116,147 263,938 3,762 29,071 826,105 11,046 435,239 16,764 294,063 181,480 Tons. Tons. 13,437 20,622 202 14,354 146,822 Tons. 3,127,113 3,474,084 85,120 239,321 12,157,911 229,594 7,132,072 671,471 7,965,296 2,266,837 North Auckland .. Waikato Mokau Nelson Buller .. Inangahua Grey Canterbury Otago Southland 2,662 85 ,'383 2,334 12|584 21,702 Total* 37,348,819 1,888,005 2,177,615 289,610

Name of Coal. Output of Coal. 1913. 1912. Increase. Decrease. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to the 31st December, 1913. Tons. 1,160,274 2,397 624,852 100,482 Tons. 1,417,608 4,115 544,675 211,217 Tons. Tons. 257,334 1,718 Tons. 22,486,327 1,993,594 11,074,944 1,793,954 Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch Brown Lignite 80,177 110,735 Totals 289,610 37,348,819 1,888,005 2,177,615