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1950 NEW ZEALAND

MINES STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. SULLIVAN, MINISTER OF MINES

Mr. Speaker,— I have the honour to present to Parliament the annual statement on the mining industry of the Dominion for the year ended 31st December, 1949. MINERAL-PRODUCTION

The following statement shows the quantity and value of the production of metalliferous mines, quarries, and coal-mines during 1949 and 1948

1949. | 1948. Mineral. Quantity. Value. 1 Quantity. Value. Fuels Coal Petroleum (crude) 2,813,275 tons j 236,463 gals. Metals £(N.Z.) 5,907,878* 7,389 ' 2,775,886 tons 1 83,112 gals. 1 £(N.Z.) 4,823,102 1 2,597 Gold Silver Antimony-ore Arsenic Iron-ore Copper-ore Tungsten-ore .. .. Manganese-ore , 84,874 oz. I 232,599 oz. 5 tons 19 tons 4,352 tons 13 tons 25 tons 305 tons 1 836,001 54,587 209 344 9,727 28 7,882 1,879 j . 93,903 oz. 232,563 oz. 9 tons 8 tons 4,776 tons 25 tons 525 tons 896,173 53,587 248 144 10,062 *9,800 2,487 Non-metallics Bentonite Clay for bricks, tiles, &c. Clay for pottery, fillers, &c. Diatomite Dolomite Fuller's earth Limestone, marl, &c., for cement Limestone for agriculture Limestone for industrial uses Sand, gravel, &c., for roads and ballast Sand, &c., for building aggregate Dimension stone for building Rock for harbour-work .. j Magnesite .. .. Pumice .. .. Quartzite .. .. Serpentine Silica sand 456 tons 157,910 tons 14,672 tons 94 tons 4,210 tons 465,026 tons 1,100,126 tons 43,901 tons 2,509,576 tons 1 3,341 36,109 7,934 59 2,105 89,208 554,468 22,747 822,177 | 624 tons 159,129 tons 17,402 tons 103 tons 6,912 tons 68 tons 417,660 tons 1,091,299 tons 69,068 tons 2,015,354 tons 4,462 37,209 16,272 143 3,456 200 68,454 473,709 28,563 608,140 440,697 tons 5,482 tons 66,269 tons 559 tons 13,124 tons 19 tons 54,453 tons 20,401 tons 150,315 6,698 12,594 391 6,845 19 17,057 59,032 396,812 tons 22,319 tons 63,059 tons 540 tons 6,863 tons 26 tons 38,637 tons 16,536 tons 141,504 34,380 10,633 378 4,955 13 10,447 44,774 Totals 8,617,023 7,285,892 * Value of coal assessed at 42s. per ton as per estimate in " Subsidy on Coal-production " section.