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No. 19. TABLE showing NUMBER of GOLD MINING COMPANIES REGISTERED under "Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and Amending Acts, the Joint Stock Companies Act, and "The Mining Companies Act, 1872," upon 31st MARCH, 1873.

No. 20. RETURN of CASES in the WARDEN'S COURT, and COSTS AWARDED, for the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1873.

Undee "Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and Amending Acts. Un: ieb Joint itock Act. c Under "it impanies Ac Iinixg ;r, 1872." Mining District. No. Nominal Capital. Paid-up Capital. No. Nominal Capital. Paid-up Capital. No. Nominal Capital. Paid-tip Capital. £ 2,258,766 300,690 £ 557,625 £ 300,153 — £ 2,000 £ .uckland — Grahamstown ... Coromandel 100 73 £ 2,891,950 616,200 32 1 r ARLB0E0UGH 5 43,600 3,469 fELSON Collingwood Inangahua Ahaura Charleston 3 3 29 1 3 13,700 2 I,' 00 570,780 3,(100 7,400 all. 10,041 286,281 180 6,010 i 8,100 7^110 Westland— Greymouth Kanieri Totara 2 4 4 10,000 10,530 45,000 10,300 8,; 93 42,250 ITAGO— Dunedin Tuapeka Mount Ida Blacks Dunstan Queenstown Switzer's 1 12 13 9 15 o 1 6,000 40,975 80,220 45,500 89,105 9,000 1,000 3,120 24,002 •li', 755 30,137 42,161 7,500 1,000 1 5^000 200

Number of Mining Disputes Adjudicated Aggregate Ami iunt or Value. .li'i :;v. Cases whbbbih igment has decreed seine Pehfoemance. Amount op Costs Mining District. awarded. on. Claimed. Recovered. No. Remarks. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ B. d. o Auckland— Coromandel Grahamstown 14 01 580 0 0 219 2 2 11 0 0 128 0 10 75 15 0 163 5 0 2 nS Marlborough 4 35 5 0 13 0 0 9 5 0 Nelson— Collingwood Westport ... Reefton Ahaura 3 120 102 77 135 0 0 3,973 10 9 1,545 15 10 3 20 0 0 203 4 0 353 2 11 205 13 0 203 3 O n3 213 o C ... o 8,1 Westland — Greymouth Waimea Kanieri Totara Okarito 73 151 40 71 16 345 0 0 622 9 6 33 0 0 327 , 0 0 300 0 0 155 0 0 124 7 0 6 10 158 8 6 112 0 0 70 2 6 57 9 0 24 15 0 71 0 0 20 3 0 9 I'i o a •5 a o i'e 6 Otago— Dunedin Tuapeka Mount Ida... Blacks Mount Bcnger Dunstan Arrow Switzer's ... 24 49 33 3 81 42 14 182 2 0 1,031 11 2 212 7 4 41 0 0 1,076 18 10 380 1 0 101 0 0 55 5 0 295 5 4 105 12 8 0 10 19111 8 23 1 0 29 0 0 28 9 0 94 5 0 ]3 9 0 2 12 0 59 13 0 38 1 0 5 10 "5 22 16 0 tl u S