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OFFICIAL RISCORI)
Samoa. in the face of a hurricane which destroyed severa! !css fortunate warships, it has
been largely d in the vesseh of the British nay- stationed in the Pacific. The Restport
Coal Co~npany, with its great ~uines at Coalbrookdale and Granity. exports the
largest proportion of the coal that goes out horn the Buller-mouth. Then. there are the
two State cod-mines, one at Szddon~ille and the other at Point Elizabeth (near Greymouth).
which between them have an output of about -W,000 tons per annnm. On the
Grq are the Brumer, T~eside. and Bhkbal! Mines ; then there are s d e r luines
producillg good qualities of caal, both for local comu~lption and for export. The
Westport (Coalbrookdale) Conipanr conbibuted an escellent exhibit illustrative of
the i~iterior \wrliil:p of the prcliluct of this fal~lous n~oniltain nlillc. which has a11 at11111;ti
ontput of over half a nii:!ioll tolw. There \\-as a id!-sized nlodc: of the \vorhiig-facr
on a cod-scam with props. trucks. and other plant ronlp:?te ; a!so a a~tde! of a bridge
on thc compa~ir's inain hsulage-mad. with rai!s and trucks, al:d !argc blwks of the
Coalbrookdale fueZ togcthcr with coke and other products derived from eoa!.
The b?--products of the coa! \\-ere exhibited in a series of jars. A dew-conlbustion
grate. specia!ly designed for burning this coal and a modd of the coupan!-'s
stcain-collier " Csnopns" were also shown. The Testport Stwli-ton Coal C'ompany
(Limitsd) sho\~-ed an e!eetric !oc.omoti~-2 and a car contaiiu~lg coa! from this mine ; also
a relief model of the coinpanF's ma!-bcariilg area. showing the topographical features