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No. 17. RETURN of the NUMBER of MINING LEASES in force on the 31st MARCH, 1873, the EXTENT of GROUND LEASED.

No. 18. RETURN of the NUMBER of AGRICULTURAL LEASES in force on the 31st MARCH, 1873, the EXTENT of GROUND LEASED, and RENTAL per ANNUM.

No. 21. RETURN of the NUMBER of LICENSES under "Gold Mining Districts Act, 1871."

Mining District. Number. Geoss Aceeage. Auckland— Grahamstown ... Coromandel ,.. 72 17 A. E. P. 432 2 10 189 2 39 Marlborough 5 67 2 30 Nelson— Wangapeka Collingwood Westport Charleston Brighton Inangahua Ahaura 8 21 20 73 11 24 5 72 2 6 157 1 4 132 0 10 330 0 33 51 0 11 204 0 38 27 0 0 Westland —■ Greymouth Waimea Totara Okarito • ... 11 3 10 1 174 1 19 31 0 0 71 0 21 5 0 0 OllOOTuapeka Mount Ida Black's Dunstan Queenstown Arrow Switzers 36 14 19 6 60 3 1 198 1 11 110 3 28 122 0 0 83 3 4 273 0 35 22 0 0 10 0 0

Mining- Disteict. NUMBEE. Gkoss Acbeage. Rental pee Annum. Nelson — Wangapela Collingwood Westport Charleston Brigliton iDangahus and Duller Ahaura and Cobden 1 18 18 14 Nil. 69 A. B. P. 20 0 0 591 2 32 502 1 27 112 3 21 £ s. a. 2 10 0 74 o o 63 12 6 14 12 6 2,900 2 31 361 8 9 Westland —■ Greymouth Waimea Kunieri Okiirito 11 12 6 3 174 1 19 37 13 7 29 0 0 65 0 0 35 4 0 11 7 0 5 16 0 7 0 0 Otago— Tuapeka Mount Ida Blftok's rreviot Duiistan Queenstown Arrow Dunedin Switzers Oicpuki 438 . 9 40 81 63 276 153 17 18 2 18,258 0 3G 1,866 0 0 6,003 0 0 4,334 0 28 13,728 2 1G 6,384 0 0 2,260 0 0 1,067 0 0 60 0 0 2,297 0 0 428 10 0 233 5 0 750 7 6 541 15 0 1,716 2 6 798 12 6 282 10 0 133 7 6 7 10 0 (For Tables 19 and 20, see folio' 'ill! lage.)

Mining Disteict. Number. Geoss Acreage. Rental pee Annum. Auckland— Grahamstown A. 499 E. 0 P. 39 75 £1,403