. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Colliery (2,240 lbs. Natal Navigation 300,797 Elandslaagte ... ... ... 194,393 Durban Navigation ... 164,198 .. ... 148,220 St. Georges ... ... 145,860 South African ... ... 144,953 Glencoe (Natal) ... ... 132,313 Natal Cambrian ... 125,937 Talana ... .. ... 97,999 Newcastle .. ... Hlobane .. ... Natal Steam ... .. ... 61,624 Ramsay ... 42,019 Hatting Spruit ... 40,908 West Lennoxton 22,031 Ballengeich ... ... 13,381 Other Collieries .. ... 10,5581,786,568 435 436. Natal Colliery In February, 1910, the last c
. Natal province : descriptive guide and official hand-book . Colliery (2,240 lbs. Natal Navigation 300,797 Elandslaagte ... ... ... 194,393 Durban Navigation ... 164,198 .. ... 148,220 St. Georges ... ... 145,860 South African ... ... 144,953 Glencoe (Natal) ... ... 132,313 Natal Cambrian ... 125,937 Talana ... .. ... 97,999 Newcastle .. ... Hlobane .. ... Natal Steam ... .. ... 61,624 Ramsay ... 42,019 Hatting Spruit ... 40,908 West Lennoxton 22,031 Ballengeich ... ... 13,381 Other Collieries .. ... 10,5581,786,568 435 436. Natal Colliery In February, 1910, the last completed month before the date of writing, the totaloutput was 184,112 tons. For many years the output has exceeded the Natal coal consumption, and now theshipping trade is much more important than the local market. During 1909. tons, being 779 per cent, of the total output, left Natal. Theamount included 404,322 tons exported by sea ; tons exported overland and tonsbunkered by vessels calling at Durban. Though, unfortunately for shareholders, the recent expansion of trade has been gainedpartially by considerable reductions in prices, colliery companies paid £ in dividendsduring 1909. an amount equivalent to 822d. per ton of coal extracted. The principal coalfields are: The Klip River (approximately 1,650 square miles inarea), the Utrecht and Vryheid (approximately 550 square miles), and the Somkele orZululand (area doubtful). There are, in addition, several smaller and less important coal-bearing areas. Whil
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