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I. MINERALS ENTERED FOR EXPORTATION. The following statement shows the value of minerals entered for exportation from metalmines, quarries, and kauri-gum fields from the Ist January, 1853 to the 31st December, j.919 :

11. PERSONS EMPLOYED. The following statement shows the number of persons ordinarily employed in or about the metalliferous mines of the Dominion during the year : —

[11. ACCIDENTS. The following is a summary of persons killed or seriously injured in metalliferous mines during 1919 : —

The proportion of fatalities per 1,000 persons employed is TB2, but of the four fatalities included really only one occurred in or about a metal-mine. The accidental upturning of a boat belonging to a gold-dredge which was being dismantled accounted for three lives, and as dredging operations are controlled by the Mining Act these fatalities have been included among mining accidents,

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Classification. Gold Silver Quicksilver Tungsten-ore Other minerals Kauri-gum... Increase Total from the 1918. 1919. or 1st January, 1853, to the Decrease, 31st December, 1919. £ £ £ £ 782,650- 923,095 jInc. 140,445 \ 88,457,308* 171,456 103,037 ! Dec. 68,419 2,561,285 2,122 4,619 Inc. 2.497 6,741 37,922 29,489 Dec. 8,433 297,933 . ' 5,882 4,039 „ 1,843 429,407 157,313 255,812 Inc. 98,499 18,581,064 I I ■ * Kntered for export, but not all exported.

Classification. Northern. 1,153 14 Inspection District. West Coast. .089 2 Southern. 443 Total. 1919. 2,185 14 2 'iold, silver, and tungsten Oinnabar Asbestos Totals for 1919 Totals for 1918 1,167 1,277 591 763 591 763 443 542 443 542 2,201 2,582 2,201 2,582

Explosives. I Fall Gro' 3 °j In S. und. Miscellaneafts. ous Underground. About Dredges. Tol Sun :aoe, ;al. Inspection District. ' >"B ' *•■» CO OH •0 0 a — 2.2, — 'E '5* V 9 * OJ o s 2 C .3 4> O t S c 3 'E '5* co M CO a 0,0 'E '5* CQ £•0*. 13 JS"d «1 oi o .0, V o 11 HH S9 Northern West Coast Southern 2 j ... ... ; l I 3 !.'.' 4 2 2 1 "a 2 Totals i 2 i 3 ... 4 4