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No. 3. Table showing Quantity of Gold exported annually from New Zealand from 1857 to 1939.

NO. 4. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1939 and 1938, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 5. Table showing the Output of Different Classes of Coal.

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Year. Quantity, j Yean Quantity. w Quantity. y eaj , Quantity. 1857 .. 10,437 ! 1878 .. 310,486 1899 .. 389,558 1920 .. 212,973 1858 .. 13,534 1879 .. 287,464 1900 .. 373,616 1921 .. 149,595 1859 .. 7,336 1880 .. 305,248 1901 .. 455,561 1922 .. 131,848 1860 .. 4,538 1881 .. 270,561 1902 .. 508,045 1923 .. 169,512 1861 .. 194,031 1882 .. 251,204 1903 .. 533,314 1924 .. 133,631 1862 .. 410,862 1883 .. 248,374 1904 .. 520,320 1925 .. 114,696 1863 .. 628,450 1884 .. 229,946 1905 .. 520,486 1926 .. 125,777 1864 .. 480,171 1885 .. 237,371 1906 .. 563,843 1927 .. 130,171 1865 .. 574,574 1886 .. 227,079 1907 .. 508,210 1928 .. 118,722 1866 .. 735,376 1887 .. 203,869 1908 .. 506,423 1929 .. 116,848 1867 .. 686,905 1888 .. 201,219 1909 .. 506,371 1930 .. 133,749 1868 .. 637,474 1889 .. 203,211 1910 .. 478,288 1931 .. 139,974 1869 .. 614,281 1890 .. 193,193 1911 .. 455,226 1932 .. 167,784 1870 .. 544,880 1891 .. 251,996 1912 .. 343,163 1933 .. 164,998 1871 .. 730,029 1892 .. 238,079 1913 .. 376,161 1934 .. 157,375 1872 .. 445,370 1893 .. 226,811 1914 .. 227,954 1935 .. 168,756 1873 .. 505,337 1894 .. 221,615 1915 .. 422,825 1936 .. 166,210 1874 .. 376,388 1895 .. 293,491 1916 .. 292,620 1937 .. 170,715 1875 .. 355,322 1896 .. 263,694 1917 .. 218,624 1938 .. 151,162 1876 .. 322,016 1897 .. 251,645 1918 .. 11,987 1939 .. 175,667 1877 .. 371,685 1898 .. 280,175 1919 .. 320,210

Output. Approximate Total Output Name of Coalfield. Increase. Decrease. up to 1939. 1938. 31st mber ' Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. North Auckland .. .. 7.1,029 44,838 26,191 .. 5,970,535 Waikato (including Taranaki) .. 731,676 717,879 13,797 .. 17,670,198 Nelson .. .. .. 17,011 16,574 437 .. 684,145 Buller .. .. .. 453,780 440,457 13,323 .. 25,937,148 Reefton .. .. .. 55,971 48,225 7,746 .. 1,113,639 Grey .. .. .. 506,580 479,133 27,447 .. 18,240,667 Canterbury .. .. .. 25,631 19,639 5,992 .. 1,144,813 Otago .. .. .. 192,642 188,389 4,253 .. 13,973,089 Southland .. .. .. 288,319 266,954 21,365 .. 8,085,835 Totals .. .. 2,342,639* 2,222,088 120,551 .. 92,820,069 * Increase, 120,551 tons.

Approximate Output. Total Output Class of Coal. Increase. Decrease. to the 31st December, 1939. | 1938. 1939. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Bituminous and sub-bituminous .. 1,044,609 977,850 66,759 .. 52,829,029 Brown .. .. .. 1,159,963 1,112,414 47,549 .. 34,451,156 Lignite .. .. .. 138,067 131,824 6,243 .. 5,539,884 Totals .. .. 2,342,639 2,222,088 | 120,551 .. 92,820,069