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APPENDIX B.
REPORTS RELATING TO THE INSPECTION OF COAL-MINES. The Inspecting Engineer and Chief Inspector of Coal-mines to the Under-Secretary of Mines. Sir, — Wellington, Bth July, 1927. I have the honour to present my annual report, together with statistical information, in regard to coal-mines of the Dominion for the year ended 31st December, 1926, in accordance with section 42 of the Coal-mines Act, 1925. The report is divided into the following sections : — I. Output. 11. Persons employed. 111. Accidents. IV. Working of the Coal-mines Act — (a) Permitted Explosives. (b) List of Mines required by Law to use Permitted Explosives. (c) List of Mines required by J jaw to use Safety-lamps. (d) Dangerous Occurrences. (e) Electricity at Collieries. (/) Prosecutions. V. Legislation affecting Coal-mining. Annexures — A. Summary of Annual Reports by Inspectors of Mines. B. Colliery Statistics.
SECTION I.—OUTPUT. The output of the several classes of coal mined in each inspection district is summarized as follows :—
The following is a table showing the annual production of coal and the quantity of coal imported since 1911 :—
Output of Coal during 1926. : Total Output Class of Coal. . to the Northern District West Coast Dist rict Southern District TWoia End of 192G. | (North Island). (South Island). (South Island), j lotais. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons Bituminous and sub-bituminous 111*,918 1,084.470 .. 1,196,388 39,179,785 Brown .. .. .. 541,931 37,450 326,444 905,825 20,807,277 Lignite .. .. .. .. 256 137,530 137,786 3,972,280 Totals for 1926 .. 653,849 1,122,176 463,974 2,239,999 63,959,342 Totals for 1925 .. 672,403 951,396 491,196 2,114,995 61,719,343
I I I Total Quantity of 1 Total Quantity of Year. I Coal produced. Coal imported. Coal produced and Year. Coal produced. Coal imported. Coal produced and imported. i imported. I I ■ I I I • . Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 1911 .. 2,066,073 ; 188,068 2,254,141 1919 .. I 1,847,848 391,434 2,239,282 1912 .. 2,177,615 364,359 2,541,974 1920 .. I 1,843,705 476,343 2,320,048 1913 .. 1,888,005 i 468,940 2,356,945 1921 .. : 1,809,095 822,459 2,631,554 1914 .. 2,275,614* 518,070 2,793,684* 1922 .. 1,857,819 501,478 2,359,297 1915 .. 2.208,624 i 353,171 2,562,095 1923 . . 1,969,834 445,792 2,415,626 1916 .. 2,257,135 293,956 2,551,091 1924 .. ; 2,083,207 674,483 2,757,690 1917 .. 2,068,419 291,597 2,360,016 1925 .. | 2,114,995 572,573 2,687,568 1918 .. ! 2,034,250 255,332 2,289,582 1926 .. 2,239,999 483,918 2,723,917 * Includes 21 tons of shale.