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No. 3. Table showing the Output of Different Classes of Coal.

No. 4. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Annual Production of Coal and Oilshale in the Dominion, and the Quantity of Coal imported since 1878.

Class of Coal. Out] 1918. put. Increase. Decrease. Approximate Total Output to the 31st December, 1918. I 1917. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Brown Lignite Totals Tons. 1,122,308 705,773 206,169 2,034,250 Tons. 1,247,989 629,174 191,256 Tons. 761599 14,913 _L Tons. Tons. 125,681 31,171,005 >.. 14,480,157 2,541,678 34,169 48,192,840 2,068,419

Coal and St the Di iale raised in iminion. Coal imported. Year. Increase over Preceding Year. Tons. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons. Decrease below Preceding Year. Prior to 1878 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 .. 1885 .886 1887 ' .. 1888 .889 L 890 .891 .892 L893 .894 .895 .896 .897 1898 .899 .900 .901 .902 .903 .904 1905 1906 l907 1908 L909 .910 1911 .912 .913 .914 915 .916 .917 .918 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 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 2,197,862 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 2,208,624 2,257,135 2,068,419 2,034,250 Inc. 69,000 „ 68,705 , 37,339 „ 41,010 „ 43,492 „ 59,069 „ 30,232 „ 23,290 . 24,267 . 55,275 Dec. 27,450 Inc. 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. 131,289 Inc. 111,542 Dec. 289,610 Inc. 387,609 Dec. 66,990 Inc. 48,511 Dec. 188,716 34,169 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,068 364,359 468,940 518,070 353,471 293,956 291,597 255,332 6,664 24|904 26,722 14j 379 135 9451 4,520 16,072 33,778 '.380 6,042 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 17,124 8,009 4,483 4,763 6,442 15!772 24,378 25,371 21,911 36," 070 21,850 38,521 13,182 67,059 16," 727 29,623 25,807 44,310 176,291 104,581 49,130 164,599 59,515 2,359 36,265