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No. 3. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1916 and 1917, together, with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 4. Table showing the Output of Different Classes of Coal.

No. 5. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Coal imported into and exported from New Zealand from and to each Country during the Year ended 31st December, 1917.

Name of Coalfield. Output. Increase. Decrease. Approximate Total Output up to 31st December. 1917. 1917. 1916. ' ""I Sorth Auckland Waikato (including Mokau) Molson liuller .. irey Canterbury Jtago Southland Tons. 101,320 369,318 19,616 652,183 14,766 460,213 .18,003 274,306 158,634 Tons. Tons. 126,506 359,608 9,710 26,147 714,015 11,402 3,304 544,071 19,465 281,552 174,369 Tons. 25,186 61,832 83j 858 1,402 7,246 15,735 Tons. 3,613,954 4,929,983 328,287 15,053,254 279,275 9,170,071 736,660 9,127,443 2,919,003 Totals 2,068,419 j 2,257,135 13,074 201,790* 46,158,590 • Net de icrease, 18H,7!fi toi IS.

Output. Increase. Decrease. Approximate Total Output to the 31st December, 1917. Class of Coal. 1Q1I7 I 1011! 1917. 10111. 1917. 1916. Bituminous and semi bituminous Brown Lignite Tons, 1,247,989 629,174 191,256 Tons. 1,422,074 653,898 181,163 Tons. 10,093 Tons. 174,085 24,724 Tons. 30,048,697 13,774,384 2,335,509 Totals 2,068,419 2,2.57,135 10,093 198,809* 46,158,590 * Net decrease, 1SH.716 torn

Country imported from or exported to. Imports. orts. Exp >orts.* Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. United Kingdom India Straits Settlements Bouth African Union Canada, via West Coast Australia Fiji Gilbert and Ellioe Islands Japan ftgypt Portuguese East Africa Chile Panama U.S.A., via East Coast U.S.A., via West Coast German Samoa Guam .. .. ... Hawaii Society Islands Tonga Tuamotu Archipelago .. Tons. £ Tons. 102,970 13,196 2,700 2,809 5,532 189,798 32,073 12,072 1,000 5,303 500 206 3,046 994 300 2,1.14 13,529 2,068 40,087 11 2,134 1,548 • .. 2,405 214,152 228,843f £ 117,414 22,614 4,864 3,839 252,116 5,532 33,563 11,871 1,550 750 220 6,'968 5 i 035 1,390 367 3,240 12,806 2,082 43,092 20 2,180 1,569 2,405 Totals 291,597 243,956 • Bunkers and cargo, and coal mined in other countries New Zealand prodilf-e. as well M in N r t*w Z lalaml. t Of this total 7,718 tons, val lue £7,893, waB not