86 
STATEMENT No. 8. 
Showing the Mean Number of Miners employed, the Average Number of Accidents per 1,000 Miners, and 
the Average Number per 1,000 Killed and Injured in each of the Mining Districts of Victoria, during 
the Year 1884. 
Mining District. 
Mean Number _ 
of Miners 
employed. 
Average Number 
of Mining 
Accidents per 
1,000 persons 
employed. 
Average Number 
of Persons killed 
by Mining 
Accidents por 
1,000 persons 
employed. 
Average Number 
of Persons injured 
by Mining 
Accidents per 
1,000 persons 
employed. 
Ballarat 
6,625 25 
5*584 
1*660 
4*226 
Beech worth 
3,977*25 
1*508 
0*502 
1*005 
Sandhurst 
5,105*50 
11-556 
1*958 
9*989 
Maryborough ... 
4,963*75 
2*820 
1*007 
2*417 
Castlemaine ... 
4,444 75 
1*799 
1-574 
0*224 
Ararat 
2,225*25 
4*044 
1*348 
2*696 
Gippsland 
1,840*25 
3*260 
1*630 
2*173 
For Victoria ... 
29,182*00 
4*763 
1*404 
3*635 
STATEMENT No. 9. 
Showing the Mean Number of Miners employed, the Number of Accidents, Number of Persons Killed and 
Injured respectively thereby, and the Average Proportions of Killed and Injured per 1,000 Miners in 
each of the Eleven Years 1874-1884 inclusive. 
Year. 
Mean 
Number of 
Number 
of 
Number of Persons 
Total 
Killed and 
Average 
per 1,000 
Average 
per 1,000 
Miners 
Employed. 
Accidents. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Injured. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
1874 . 
46,512 
290 
90 
245 
335 
1*93 
5*26 
1875 . 
42,058 
275 
83 
217 
300 
1*97 
5 15 
1870 . 
41,531 
209 
55 
170 
225 
1*32 
4 10 
1877 . 
38,800 
213 
64 
154 
218 
1*65 
3*96 
1878 . 
37,212 
37,195 
121 
40 
106 
140 
1*07 
285 
1879 . 
146 
4S 
112 
160 
1*29 
3*01 
1880 ... 
3S,070 
134 
50 
89 
139 
1*32 
2*34 
1881 . 
38,430 
157 
72 
108 
180 
1*87 
2*81 
1882 . 
37,440 
165 
71 
130 
201 
1*89 
3*47 
1883 ... 
33,927 
171 
59 
128 
187 
1*74 
3*77 
1884 . 
29,182 
139 
41 
106 
147 
1*40 
3*63 
For f Totals 
eleven -1 
... 
2,020 
673 
1,565 
2,238 
... 
... 
38,221 
184 
61 
142 
203 
1*59 
3*71 
years (Means 
STATEMENT No. 10. 
Showing the proportions of Killed and Injured per 1,000 Miners employed in Alluvial and Quartz Mining 
during each of tiie Eleven Years 1874-1884 inclusive. 
Alluvial Mining. 
Quartz and other Lode 
Mines. 
All Classes of Mining. 
Years. 
Number per 1,000. 
Number per 1,000. 
Number per 1,000. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
Killed. 
Injured. 
1874 . 
1*21 
2*75 
3*40 
10*39 
1*93 
5*26 
1875 . 
1*52 
3*03 
2*84 
9*23 
1*97 
5*15 
1876 . 
1*15 
2*38 
1*64 
7*25 
1*32 
4*10 
1877 . 
1*37 
2*11 
2*11 
7*00 
1*65 
3*96 
1878 . 
0*61 
1*32 
1*79 
5*25 
1*07 
2*85 
1879 . 
1*11 
1*55 
1*57 
5*25 
1*29 
3*01 
1880 ... 
0*96 
1*27 
1*82 
3*90 
1*32 
2*34 
1881 . 
1*30 
1*76 
2*66 
4*21 
1*87 
2*81 
1882 . 
3*10 
1*73 
0*98 
4*78 
1*89 
3*47 
1883 . 
1*15 
1*73 
2*49 
6*39 
1*74 
3*77 
1884 . 
1*48 
2*044 
1*303 
5*59 
1*40 
3*63 
