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prices received for the gas in the different centers of consumption. 

 The mean for the whole State was 29.4 cents a thousand in both 

 years. The actual prices range from 20 cents to over 50 cents a 

 thousand, the latter being reported from the isolated fields in the 

 central counties. 



Production of natural gas 



YEAR 



OUTPUT 

 1000 CU. FT. 



VALUE 



NUMBER 

 OF WELLS 



1904 



1905 

 1906 

 1907 

 1908 

 1909 

 I9IO 

 I9II 

 I912 



I9I3 

 I914 



I915 



399 

 639 

 007 

 052 

 860 

 825 

 815 

 127 



564 

 055 

 714 

 no 



987 

 130 

 086 



145 

 000 



215 

 643 

 571 

 659 

 429 

 681 

 040 



te2 197 



607 000 

 766 579 

 800 014 

 987 775 

 045 693 

 411 699 

 547 077 

 882 297 

 549 227 

 570 165 

 085 324 



925 

 I 100 

 I 280 

 I 340 

 I 403 

 I 660 



I 750 



1 797 



2 051 



It would be of interest to give the statistics according to counties 

 or districts represented in the production, but owing to the fact 

 that the larger distributing companies may take their supplies from 

 several fields it has become difficult to segregate the output in this 

 way, although the figures for a few of the counties can be stated 

 separately. In all about 200 individuals and firms are represented 

 in the industry. Chautauqua county alone has over 100 pro- 

 ducers, but most of them are small with only a single well each, 

 used for family supply. The production of this county in 191 5 was 

 1,210,378,000 cubic feet valued at $335,610. Erie has the largest 

 output but the exact figures can not be stated. The four counties 

 of Allegany, Cattaraugus, Erie and Genesee, which are tributary to 

 Buffalo, contributed a total of 5,580,928,000 cubic feet with a value 

 of $1,631,194. This represented a large decline from the total re- 

 ported for the preceding year, as the result of the falling off in 

 Erie county. Genesee county increased its flow somewhat and 

 Allegany and Cattaraugus counties contributed about the usual 

 amount. The statistics do not include gas used in the pumping of 

 oil wells in the Allegany-Cattaraugus field. Among other counties, 

 Ontario contributed a total of 158,301,000 cubic feet valued at 



