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Wairio Goal-mine, Nightcaps. —Not working. Awaiting completion of new private branch line of railway from Wairio Station. Beaumont Goal-pit, Nightcaps. —Opencast workings; stripping kept well ahead of workingface. Mount Linton Coal-mine, Nightcaps. —A small output derived for local consumption. Diamond Lignite-pit (lately Bush Siding Pit), Seaward Bush. —Opencast pit recently reopened for output of lignite for district use. Lynwood Coal-pit, Te Anau. —Worked for supply of fuel for the Government steamers on Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri. Private Pits. Wellwood Park Lignite-pit, Pukerau. —Small output for own use. Otikerama Station Lignite-pit, Pukerau. —Output for station requirements. Biverview Lignite-pit, Gore. —Small output for own use. Tuach's Lignite-pit, Waimumu. —Small output for local use. ACCIDENTS. Three fatal accidents were recorded during the year : two by falls of coal from roof; one killed owing to re-entering his working-place after igniting a shot at the face; and in a fourth case suicide was committed subsequent to a minor accident—this cannot be classed among fatal mining accidents. Seven persons were incapacitated, each for several weeks, by five ignitions of blasting-powder in or about as many mines in Southland. These accidents were due to the mishandling of powder and naked lights by the sufferers. Ten eye accidents, mostly non-serious, were reported as being chiefly due to flying coal from miners' picks. Fatal Accidents. 26/2/13. —New Brighton Colliery, Nightcaps: William Ferguson, twenty-five, miner; fractured skull by fall of coal from roof at working-face which had been previously examined by mine-manager and deputy and considered safe. 2/4/13. —Nightcaps Colliery, Nightcaps: James Hewitt, fifty-five, miner; injuries to chest, struck by flying'coal from a shot which deceased had previously ignited, and, unaccountably, re-entered the place without warning his fellow-workmen, two of whom had a narrow escape. 9/9/13. —Nightcaps Colliery, Nightcaps: Matthew McKenzie, thirty-four, miner; fractured skull and jaw; was thrown against a coal-box by a fall of coal from roof of his working-place. Serious Non-fatal Accidents. 6/1/13. —Kaitangata Colliery, Kaitangata: A. S. Gillanders, mine-manager; fractured leg; fell 550 ft. to the bottom of upcast air-shaft, which he was examining, when the hand-winch slipped out of gear. 108 days off work. 31/1/13. —New Brighton Colliery, Nightcaps : Walter Robinson, forty-five, miner; bruised groin while taking down coal. Ninety-eight days off work. 24/2/13. —Kaitangata Colliery, Kaitangata: William McGhee, thirty-eight, repairer; fractured left wrist; struck by a fall of coal while timbering. 121 days off work. 18/4/13. —Kaitangata Colliery, Kaitangata: Alexander Morrison, forty, miner; fracture of radius; struck by stone falling from roof. Fifty days off work. 22/5/13. —Kaitangata Colliery, Kaitangata: Joseph Hennessy, twenty-one, trucker; compound fracture of right leg, with subsequent amputation above knee. As alleged, playfully and improperly started haulage-winch, and leg became crushed between coal-box and winch-frame. 10/6/13. —Ryder's Coal-mine, Nevis: Walter George, twenty-two, miner; loss of right eye; struck by a " fire " while squaring timber. Thirty-nine days off work. 6/8/13. —Christie's No. 2 Colliery, Saddle Hill: William Scott, forty-two, miner; injured back by full truck of coal overturning on him while trucking. He committed suicide twenty-eight days after the accident owing to depressed mind. 9/9/13. —Nightcaps Colliery, Nightcaps: John Price, forty-four, miner; fracture of left fibula and scalp-wound by fall of coal from roof of working-place, when M. McKenzie was fatally injured. Seventy-four days off work. 10/10/13. —Kaitangata Colliery, Kaitangata: Alexander Morrison, forty-one, miner; fractured rib and sprain of back by fall of coal from roof of working-place. Seventy days off work. COAL-MINERS' RELIEF FUND, Payments to the fund for the year 1913, =£949 Bs. 2d. FIRECLAY AND PIPECLAY OUTPUT. Canterbury and Otago, 7,246 tons; building-sand output—Otago, 12,507 tons.