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VI. STONE-QUARRY INSPECTION AND STATISTICS. By section 2 of the Stone-quarries Amendment Act, 1920, the application of the Act was extended to include every place, not being a mine, in which persons work in quarrying stone and any part of which has a face more than 15 ft. deep, and also in any tunnel in the construction of which explosives are used. The Act, however, does not apply to any Government operations, or any road or railway cutting, or excavations for buildings. The following is a table showing the number of quarries under the Stone-quarries Act, also the number of persons ordinarily employed thereat, and the annual output and value of crude stone during 1929 : —
There were 31 fewer men employed than during the previous year, but an increase in the value of the stone produced of £17,309. Quarry Accidents. The following is a summary of serious accidents during 1929 at quarries under the Stone-quarries Act:—
Accounts of the accidents are given in the District Inspectors' reports attached hereto.
VII. STATE AID TO MINING. (1) Subsidized Prospecting. Upon subsidized prospecting operations 118 persons were intermittently employed during the year. The following is a statement showing the results of prospecting operations as reported by the Inspectors of Mines : —
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j|j§ Output of Stone. § 2 o "s • i. M ' i h H M l>r- a o O^j'O £ "i §* g H © oo £i 1 b p..,,!..!., Name and Address of 9 3 oh m § S ® © ® £ ® »! 53 ,* || * 4 II |5 51 | I S'E S| °ll Is "1 -I ?! J « sN -Sf §?« §s si S& Sis oSt l g |®C 18 1 8 g Ji= -gS 5-t .235 J | g a . [- a Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. £ Auckland .. James Newton, Mines 145 945 501,676 .. .. 47,338 247,683 .. .. 187,735 Dept., Auckland J. F. Downey, Mines 14 109 69,725 .. 1,118 .. .. .. .. 25,611 Dept., Waihi (Hauraki Mining District only) Hawke's Bay James Newton, Mines 21 113 28,263 13,347 .. 20,000 ! .. .. .. 16,034 Dept., Auckland Taranaki .. Ditto .. .. 7 49 12,784 1,148 .. 2,671 .. .. .. 11,249 Wellington „ .. ..47 262 183,903 .. .. 10,800| .. .. .. 54,414 Canterbury E. J. Scoble, Mines 12 115 95,705 24,017 .. 5,531 .. .. .. 49,014 Dept., Reefton Nelson .. ~] Westland .. I Ditto .. .. 16 195 12,050 24,416 416 4,087 36,249 .. 11,408 22,186 Marlborough J Otago .. \A. Whitley, Mines 31 342 183,188 47,420 5,968 131,329 39,054 .. .. 112,956 Southland .. / Dept., Dunedin Totals, 1929 .. 293 2,130 1,087,294110,348 7.502 221,756 322,986 .. 11,408479,199 Totals, 1928 .. 319 2,161 978,741 178,643 8,054 182,949310,782 .. 90,523461,890 I
Number of Accidents. Number of Sufferers. Cause. ; Fatal. | Serious. j Killed. Haulage .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. , Machinery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 Explosives Falls of ground .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 2 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 .. 1 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. 4