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The production from and the number of persons employed at the collieries of the Dominion are shown in the following table :—

SECTION II.—PERSONS EMPLOYED.

The following statement shows the tons of coal raised, persons employed, lives lost by accidents in or about collieries, &c, to 1923.

Name of Colliery. Locality. Class of Coal. Output for 1928. Total Total Output to Number of 31st December, Persons 1923. ordinarily employed. Northern District. Hikurangi (2 collieries) Wilson's Colliery Taupiri Extended Rotowaro Pnkemiro Waipa West Coast District. Westport-Stockton Millerton Denniston Paparoa Blackball Liverpool (State) Southern District. Kaitangata and Castlohill (3 collieries) Taratu Linton Wairaki (2 collieries) 163 other collieries Hikurangi Huntly Semi-bituminous Brown Tons. 51,265 48,701 111,029 105,408 149,923 70,500 Tons. .1,440,288 155 122,890 138 3,096,310 322 470,8)9 195 882,062 235 672,285 121 », • • Ngakawau Millerton Denniston Roa Blackball Rewanui Bituminous 93,559 212,034 136,877 34,030 62,541 133,717 1,898,997 260 0,625,537 527 8,503,211 465 421,984 101 3,166,689 270 1,243,475 286 Kaitangata Brown Lignite Brown Various 112,929 33,965 39,617 31,200 541,939 4,149,623 369 537,102 67 126,728 63 99,095 55 24,064,076 1,371 Nightcaps All coalfields '. . Totals 1,969,834 1,969,834 57,521,141 5,000 57,521,141

Average Ni imber of Persons employed during 1923. Inspection District. Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. I Southern West Coast Northern 326 627 400 782 1,108 1,768 2,395 1,097 1,497 Totals, 1923 1,353 3,647 5,000 Totals, 1922 1,191 3,365 4,556

Year. Output, in Statute Tons. Persons ordinarily empl loyed. Total. Lives lost by Accidents in or Tons raised aboat Collieries. per each Per- p _ son employed Per Million .n h „ 11 „„ fl Number below Ground. Tons l p° U a 8 „° of Lives produced. lost. Above Ground. Below Ground. Prior to 1900 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 13,444,437 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 2,197,362 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 2,208,624 2,257,135 2,068,419 2,034,250 1,847,848 1,843,705 1,809,095 1,857,819 1,969,834 t 617 688 803 717 763 833 1,174 1,143 992 1,159 1,136 1,365 1,130 1,053 1,176 1,050 988 1,090 1,102 1,095 1,152 1,218 1,191 1,353 t 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 2,926 3,149 3,365 3,647 t 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 4,078 4.367 4,556 5,000 t 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 4,078 4.367 4,556 5,000 t t t 165 593 3-65 1-62 4 600 2-42 1-09 3 655 1-46 0-69 2 065 2-81 1-40 4 609 2-60 1-21 4 651 3-78 1-83 6 ' 687 3-46 1-62 6 662 6-55 307 12 641 2-68 1-28 5 630 3-66 1-67 7 634 7-28 3-48 10 706 6-77 3-26 14 681 4-13 2-08 9 590 3-18 1-41 6 639 21-53 10-35 49* 711 4-07 2-16 9 752 2-65 1-50 6 715 1-93 1-00 4 703 2-95 1-50 6 648 5-41 2-53 10 630 0-54 0-24 1 574 552 2-28 10 552 3-23 1-31 6 540 2-53 1-00 5 Totals .. 57,521,141 369 * Y( ;ar of Ralph's (Huntly) explosion. t For returi is for previous yei irs see page 32, Mines State] lent, 1921.