COAL. 



The returns for 1868 (as well as 1867) being thus in hand before 

 the close of last year_, I expected that soon after the beginning' of this 

 year we should be able to publish these returns. They have been 

 delayed^ waiting for a general report on the mineral resources of the 

 country, which Mr. Fryar was anxious to prepare. This can,, however, 

 come quite as conveniently apart from these purely numerical statements. 



A very few sentences will suffice to explain these. In the first 

 tables I have given the detailed statements of out-turn for 1867 and 1868. 

 And in the second tables, the yearly out-turn of each colliery is o-iven 

 for the successive years from 1858 to 186 8, inclusive, or for 11 years. 



So far as known, the total annual out-turn of good coal in India 

 during these 11 years has been as shown — the quantity being given 

 in Indian maunds. I have given also in this table the quantity raised 

 in Bengal alone, as compared with the whole of India, and the quantity 

 imported into Calcutta for the entire series of years. The two latter 

 columns taken together give the total quantity of coal required to meet 

 the consumption of Calcutta and of places supplied from Bengal. This 

 quantity, it will be seen, amounted in 1867 : — 



to 1,29,93,912 Mds., or 4,76,841 Tons, 

 and in 1868 to 1,53,94,420 „ or 5,64,933 





Coal raised in all 



Coal raised in 



Coal imported into 



Total consumption 

 for Bengal. 





India. 



Bengal. 



Calcutta. 



1858 



61,62,319 



61,62,928 







1859 



99,61,928 



99,61,928 



12,29,160 



1,11,91,088 



1860 



1,00,88,113 



1,00,88,113 



4,96,585 



1,05,84,698 



1861 



78,06,252 



77,85,085 



12,85,203 



90,70,288 



1862 



86,43,843 



86,30,843 



6,76,687 



93,07,530 



1863 



95,12,174 



95,04,975 



10,36,407 



1,05,41,382 



1864 



90,46,147 



90,32,405 



18,18,132 



1,08,50.537 



1865 



88,37,953 



88,10,425 



16,16,143 



1,04,26,568 



1866 



1,08,34,551 



1,07,90,035 



9,14,427 



1,17,04,462 



1867 



1,18,61,031 



1,18,47,178 



11,46,734 



1,29,93,912 



1868 



1,35,62,274 



1,34,65,829* 



19,28,591 



1,53,94,420 



* The produce of Assam is included in this. 



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