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served my informant, " I noticed a mag- 

 got fly in the tent on the Tuesday of one 

 week, and on the following Saturday 

 sufEered from an itching in the arm and 

 chest. On Monday the spots had taken 

 the form of blind-boils, with a black speck 

 in the centre of each. A week later mag- 

 gots measuring one-third of an inch were 

 expressed from the 'boils.' The fly 

 observed was caught, and living maggots 

 excluded from the abdomen when 

 squeezed." 



Full-grown maggots from which adults 

 have been reared by placing them in sand 

 are of a white or dirty whi+ish colour and 

 much besprinkled with minute black 

 spots which, as a matter of fact, are really 

 spines. They measure about ^ an inch 

 in length, and at least one moulted skin 



has been excluded from a "boil" with 

 a maggot. 



The pupa resembles that of any ordinary 

 fly of the size of this, being stout and oval 

 in outline. It is of a dark purple colour 

 and, as a rule, covered with a mealy coat. 



The "boils" or swellings caused by 

 the presence of the maggots in the skin 

 are naturally a source of discomfort, but 

 in the majority of cases little pain seems 

 to accrue from them. I have, however, 

 met individuals to whom the attack had 

 proved most painful. After the maggots 

 have been excluded from the skin the 

 affected part usually heals rapidly, especi- 

 ally if the hole is treated with a little 

 antiseptic. The scar, however, remains 

 quite a conspicuous mark for months, but 

 whether it is permanent I cannot as yet 

 say. 



Coai Returns, 



Return of Coal raised and labour employed at the Natal Collieries for the month of 

 November, 1901 : — 



Name of Colliery. 



Natal Navigation 

 Dundee Coal Coy. ... 

 Elands Laagte 

 St. George's 

 Crown 



* Natal Marine 

 tNo. 42 ... 



Newcastle 



Dudley ... 



Natal Steam Coal ... 



Inkunzi -. 



West Lennoxton 



Central ... 



Hillside Colliery 



Total 



Corresponding month, 1900 



Labour Employed. 

 Above Ground. Below Ground 



E. 



N. 



I. 



E. 



15 



30 



177 



13 



14 



20 



108 



17 



11 



20 



160 



11 



11 



80 



47 



6 



6 



58 



3 



4 



»7 

 1 



137 



2 



20 



9 



27 



9 



3 



4 



17 



11 



3 



5 



17 



4 



2 



5 



31 



7 



1 



2 



10 







1 



2 



4 



9 



1 



11 



36 



1 



3 







No return. 



102 



487 



538 



85 



88 



471 



359 



54 











N. 



170 

 164 

 130 

 139 

 129 

 166 

 93 

 117 

 41 

 37 

 46 

 11 

 60 



1,303 

 1,600 



I. 



198 

 337 

 280 

 17 

 1 

 23 

 

 

 1 

 1 

 

 27 

 2 



887 

 546 



Coal raised, 

 tons. cwt. 

 11,193 

 10,575 

 9,406 

 4.219 

 2,208 

 2,076 

 1,855 

 1,620 



832 



685 



585 



573 



540 



13 

 9 

 

 

 



19 

 

 8 

 

 6 

 



13 



19 



46,371 7 

 36,997 18 



Hiuropeans i.-sb natives, .ioinuians empiu^eu iiuu->iiuvi"v,i.i.^ 

 tThe output for October was 1,969 tons 5 cwt. and not 2,055 tons 6 cwt. as shown 

 in Return dated 7th November. t /-ioav 



Minpii office CHAS. J, GKAx, 



^' December 9th, 1901. Commissioner of Mines. 



Return of Coal bunkered and exported at the Port of Durban for the montn ot 



November, 1901 : — ^ 



tons. 



•Coal Bunkered ... ... ... - - ^3,874 



Coal exported to Capo Colony - — ••• 



Beira 



Chinde 



142 

 39 



cwt. 

 2 

 16 

 3 

 14 



Total ... ... ••• - 2^'506 15 



•Included in this is Imported Coal, viz., 324 tons 7 cwt. 



GEO. MAYSiOJN, 



Custom House, Port Natal. Collector of Customs. 



