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VI. STONE-QUARRIES. The following is a table showing for each inspection district the number of quarries nersons ordinarily employed thereat, also the number of certificated quarry-managersor foremen together with the nature of the material quarried during 1913:— anagers or toremen,

The following is a summary of persons killed or seriously injured durine 1913 at stone

Impaction District. Number of Quarries. as 1° Bh gi a © O >> -l <L> B ■Brti 11 fc /. cmSon Ihh. •J.3 *H o em ||1 agsa H H 03 fc M -a _hSS£ =3 '3 °> r-° ft rH H $,* -■ " . ft.. SiS s a§* I'asp EH ~ Material quarried, and PurpoM. Arthur's Pass Tunnel Hobson, Otamatea, Rodney, Waitemata Eden BuUer 2 38 196 228 4 47 12 106 Government railway-tunnel (greywacke). Scoria and basalt. 2 136 7 12 Rock, harbour-works and railway-con-struction. Scoria, basalt, and rubble. Mount Herbert, Akaroa, Malvern, Paparua, Heathcote, Halswell, Springs, Ellesmere' Waimairi, Selwyn, Wairewa CoUingwood, Waimea, Takaka Cook, Waiapu Grey Coromandel, Piako, Ohinemuri, Matamata' Patangata, Waipukurau, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay, East part East Taupo Hutt, Makara Inangahua, Murchison, Westland Marlborough, Kaikoura, Sounds.. Southern District (Ashburton to Stewart Island) Rotorua, East Taupo Tauranga Thames Waikohu Featherston, Wairarapa South, Masterton, Mauriceville, Eketahuna, Castlepoint Waimarino Waitotara Hawera, Waimate West, Patea, Eltham . '. Whangarei Woodville, Dannevirke, Weber .. . Mangonui, Bay of Islands, Whangaroa .. I Pahiatua, Akitio Whangamomona, Stratford .. .'. Waitotara Awakino North Oroua, Pohangina, Kiwitea, Rangitikei .. 6 3 2 4 8 10 12 2 2 33 2 1 8 2 2 62 25 31 33 63 85 28 5 28 486 5 21 21 27 11 2 3 17 3 3 1 39' 2 9 17 5 5 8 39 20 46 6 8 194 3 2 21 8 4 Road-metal. Limestone, blue and brown rock. Road-metal and ballast. Limestone. Bluestone. Road-metal and limestone. Rock. Limestone, phosphate, basalt, and schist. Road-metal. Stone. Road-metal. Sandstone. Limestone. i 2 8 65 5 12 2 4 20 11 12 Road-metal and papa cuttings. 2 4 5 7 8 176 38 30 1 8 4 Gravel. Limestone. Papa and limestone. Road-metal. Totals 165 1,808 158J 577

Number of Accidents. Number of Sufferers. Cause of Accident. Fatal. Serious. Seriously Injured. Killed. Explosives .. Falls of ground Machinery .. Haulage Miscellaneous 2 11 6 14 24 11 6 14 24 Totals 55 55