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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 1925.
! Total >T ! fw«n* for Total Output to Number of Name of Colliery. Locality. Class of Coal. KV 31st December, Persons 1WZ0, 1925. ordinarily employed. Northern District. Tons. Tons. Hikurangi (2 collieries) .. .. Hikuran&i .. Sub-bituminous 65,781 1.562,775 162 Wilson's Colliery .. .. „ .. „ 53,115 232,104 149 Rotowaro .. .. .. TTuntly .. Brown .. 150,637 753,476 279 Pnkemiro .. .. .. „ .. „ .. 133,291 1,151,585 235 Waipa .. .. „ .. „ .. 56,790 793,401 116 GlenAfton .. .. .. Glen Afton .. „ .. 166,950 346,582 287 West Coast District. Westport-Stockton .. .. Ngakawau .. Bituminous .. 89,601 2,088,023 235 Millerton .. .. .. Millerton .. „ .. 224,883 7,107,541 430 Denr.iston .. .. .. Denniston .. „ 204,014 8,894,600 481 Cardiff Bridge .. .. Seddonville .. „ .. 21,855 56,711 27 Papajoa .. .. .. Roa .. „ .. 39,301 508,614 90 Blackball .. .. .. Blackball .. „ .. 95.343 3,365,597 296 Liverpool (State).. .. .. Rewanui .. „ .. 106,784 1,469,779 305 James (State) .. .. Rapahoe .. „ .. 24,381 72,651 76 Reefton .. .. .. Reefton .. Brown .. 23,467 133,196 59 Southern District. Jubilee .. .. .. Saddle Hill .. Lignite .. 23,576 480,114 31 Kaitangata and Castlehill (3 collieries) Kaitangata .. Brown .. 104,788 4,359,306 292 Taratu .. .. .. „ .. Lignite .. 34,462 605,969 58 Linton (2 collieries) .. .. Nightcaps .. Brown .. 67,436 228,857 101 Wa-iraki „ .. .. „ .. „ . 37,103 166,547 83 Black Diamond .. .. .. „ .. „ .. 29,868 141,442 52 Birchwood .. .. .. Ohai .. „ .. 27,327 87,812 63 131 other collieries .. .. All coalfields .. Various .. 334,242 6,172,397 870 Collieries abandoned or suspended, &c. Various .. „ .. .. 20,940,264 Totals .. .. .. .. 2,114,995 61,719,343 4,777
Average Number of Persons employed during 1925. Inspection District. —— Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. Southern .. .. .. .. 283 774 ' 1,057 West Coast .. .. .. .. 672 1,722 j 2,394 Northern .. .. .. .. 333 993 1,326 Totals, 1925 .. .. 1,288 3,489 4,777 Totals, 1924 .. .. 1,364 3,505 4,869
Lives lost by Accidents in or Persons ordinarily employed. Tona raiBed about CollierieB. Vpar Output, in per each PerStatute Tons. i son employed Per Million T . A Number Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. below Ground. Tons Persons of Lives produced. employed . lost. Prior to 1900 13,444,437 * * * * * * 165 1900 .. 1,093,990 617 1,843 2.460 593 3-65 1-62 4 1901 .. 1,239,686 688 2,066 2,754 600 2-42 1-09 3 1902 .. 1,365,040 803 2,082 2,885 655 1-46 0-69 2 1903 .. 1,420,229 717 2,135 2,852 665 2-81 1-40 4 1904 .. 1,537,838 703 2,525 3,288 609 2-60 1-21 4 1905 .. 1,585,756 833 2,436 3,269 651 3-78 1-83 6 1906 .. 1,729,536 1,174 2,518 3,692 687 3-46 1-62 6 1907 .. 1,831,009 1,143 • 2,767 3,910 662 6-55 307 12 1908 .. 1,860,975 992 2,902 3,894 641 2-68 1-28 5 1909 .. 1,911,247 1,159 3,032 4,191 630 3-66 1-67 7 1910 .. 2,197,362 1,136 3,463 4,599 634 7-28 3-48 16 1911 .. 2,066,073 1,365 2,925 4,290 706 6-77 3-26 14 1912 .. 2,177,615 1,130 3,198 4,328 681 4'13 2-08 9 1913 .. 1,888,005 1,053 3,197 4,250 590 3-18 1 41 6 1914 .. 2,275,614 1,176 3,558 4,734 639 21 53 10-35 49t 1915 .. 2,208,624 1,050 3,106 4,156 711 4-07 2-16 9 1916 .. 2,257,135 988 3,000 3,988 752 2-65 1-50 6 1917 .. 2,068,419 1,090 2,893 3,983 715 1-93 1 00 4 1918 .. 2,034,250 1,102 2,892 3,994 703 2-95 1-50 6 1919 .. 1,847,848 1,095 2,849 3,944 648 5-41 2-53 10 1920 .. 1,843,705 1,152 2,926 4,078 630 0-54 0-24 1 1921 .. 1,809,095 1,218 3,149 4,367 574 5 52 2 28 10 1922 .. 1,857,819 1,191 3,365 4,556 552 3-23 1-31 6 1923 .. 1,969,834 1,353 3,647 5,000 540 2*53 1-00 5 1924 .. 2,083,207 ] ,364 3,505 4.869 594 4'80 2-05 10 1925 .. 2,114,995 1,288 3,489 4,777 606 3'78 1-67 8 Totals .. 61,719,343 .. .. .. .. .. .. 387 * For returns for previous years see page 32, Mines Statement, 1921. t Year of Ralph's (Huntly) explosion. ■