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There has been experienced a considerable shortage of skilled miners on the West Coast and Olago coalfields. In the North Island a number of Maoris are now working in the collieries, and they make very fair miners. The following statement shows the tons of coal and shale raised, persons employed, lives lost by accidents in or about coal-mines, &c, from 1878 to 1919 : —

I I Persons empl >yed. Tons raised per each Person employed Underground Lives Loi it by Minin dents. g AcciYear. Output, in Tons. . , „ , Above Below Ground. Ground. Per Million Tons raised. Per Thousand Persons employed. Number of Lives Lost. Total. Prior 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 709,931 162,218 147 366 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 361 888 480,831 393 890 511,063 338 1,145 534,353 392 1,213 558,620 388 1,111 613,895 414 1,275 586,445 ' 466 1,251 637,397 j 512 1,334 668,794 I 416 1,277 673,315 ; 485 1,196 691,548 590 1,298 719,546 506 1,393 726,654 525 1,274 792,851 590 1,347 840,713 531 1,381 907,033 556 1,447 975,234 554 1,599 1,098,990 617 1,843 1,239,686 688 2,066 1,365,040 803 2,082 1,420,229 717 2,135 1,537,838 763 2,525 1,585,756 833 2,436 1,729,536 1,174 2,518 1,831,009 1,143 2,767 1,860,975 992 2,902 1,911,247 1,159 3,032 2,197,362 1,136 3,463 2,066,073 1,365 2,925 2,177,615 1,130 3,198 1,888,005 1,053 3,197 2,275,614 1,176 3,558 2,208,624 1,050 3,106 2,257,135 988 3,000 2,068,419 1,090 2,893 2,034,250 1,102 2,892 1,847,848 1,095 2,849 366 888 890 1., 145 1,213 1,111 1,275 1,251 1,334 1,277 1,196 1,298 1,393 1,274 1,347 1,381 1,447 1,599 1,843 2,066 2,082 2,135 2,525 2,436 2,518 2,767 2,902 3,032 3,463 2,925 3,198 3,197 3,558 3,106 3,000 2,893 2,892 2,849 513 802 1,038 963 1,043 1,249 1,283 1,483 1,605 1,499 1,689 1,717 1,846 1,693 1,681 1,888 1,899 1,799 1,937 1,912 2,003 2,153 2,460 2,754 2,885 2,852 3,288 3,269 3,692 3,910 3,894 4,191 4,599 4,290 4,328 4,250 4,734 4,156 3,988 3,983 3,994 3,944 443 475 540 456 440 503 481 468 477 523 563 533 516 618 588 609 627 609 593 600 655 665 609 651 687 662 641 633 634 706 681 590 639 711 750 715 703 648 194-64 6-66 2-96 5-28 4-74 6-23 5-87 7-16 6-51 6-82 12-55 5-98 1-48 7-23 8-33 6-88 83-24 4-75 110 3-07 3-65 2-42 1-46 2-81 2-60 3-78 3-46 6-55 2-68 3-65 7-28 6-77 413 3-18 21-53 407 2-65 1-93 2-95 5-41 * 44-00 1-92 1-04 1-91 1-60 2-34 2-01 2-66 2-36 2-37 4-33 2-36 0-66 2 64 3-16 3-33 34-07 209 0-49 1-39 1-62 1-09 0-69 1-40 1-21 1-83 1-62 3-07 1-28 1-79 3-55 3-26 2-08 1-38 10-35 216 1-50 1-00 1-50 2-53 0 351 2 1 2 2 8 3 0 4 4 4 8 4 1 5 6 5 66] 4 1 3 4 3 2 4 4 6 6 12 5 7 16 14 9 6 49§ 9 6 4 6 10 Totals 50,055,131 345 * No life lost, ilosion. fYei ir of Kaitangata explosion. J Year of Brunn ir explosion. § Year of Ralph's (Huntly)