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No. 2. STATEMENT showing the REVENUE of the GOLD FIELDS collected in the several Districts, and the GOLD DUTY of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND, for the period from 1st JANUARY to 31st MARCH, 1874. PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

Miners' Eights. Business Licenses. WaterEaces, Sluices, &c. Q-old Mining Leases, Bents, and Boyalties. Eegistration. Fees and Fines, Wardens' Courts. Surrey Fees. Memorial Deposits of Companies. Depasturing Licenses and Assessments. Timber and other Licenses. Withdrawals of Leases. Miscellaneous. Net Amount Gold Fields Ee venue. Total Eeoeived, including Publicans' Licenses. £ 8. (1. £ s. d. ! £ s. d. I £ s. d. £ s. d. £ a. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. (31 0 0 13 0 0* £ s. d. J2 2 0 £ s. d. £ S. d. 234 0 0 £ s. d. 18 0 0 688 6 7 9 15 6 8 4 0 12 6 35 3 6 £ s. d. jl,027 14 1 £ s. d. 1,030 14 1 Shorthand ... COBOMANDEL ... 95 0 0 25 0 0 15 0 0 146 19 5 8 12 6 3 6 0 61 3 0 355 0 11 355 0 11 I ! f 31 0 0 [300* J2 2 0 329 0 0 25 0 0 33 0 0 835 6 0 18 8 0 11 10 0 12 6 96 6 6 1,382 15 0 1,385 15 0 Gold Duty received in the Province during the Quarter, £1,508 5s. 6d. PEOVINCE OF NELSON. CoMJNG'WOODt Westpoet Brighton and Charleston Cobden Eeepton Wangapeka ... 10 0 0 65 0 0 107 0 0 3 0 0 24 0 0 5 5 0 16 0 0 4 15 0 180 8 9 124 2 3 12 6 12 10 0 50 17 6 0 6 0 1 14 0 7 2 0 ... ... ... ... 0 5 6 26 1 6 7 "6 0 16 9 0+ 293 19 3 336 7 9 47 0 0 339 0 0 126 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 211 0 0 243 0 0 3 0 0 19 0 0 4 5 0 200 17 6 494 1 3 19 5 0 3 17 6 50 0 0 28 12 6 15 0 2 17 0 7 11 0 12 14 0 5 0 0 0 5 6 6 2 6 21 6 6 59 0 0 833 11 0 934 19 3 22 10 0 483 0 0 148 5 0 32 4 0 696 0 0 47 10 0 1,023 9 9 ... ... ... 5 0 0 61 7 6 2,496 16 3 Gold Duty received in the Province during the Quarter, £2,382 Is. 5d. PI ;OVINCE OF MAELI IOEOTJGH. Havblock Blenheim 17 0 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 110 24 11 0 35 3 2 ... 35 3 2 17 0 5 0 0 35 3 2 1 10 0 110 69 14 2 59 14 2 Gold Duty received in the Province during the Quarter, £30 15s. Id. Note. —The items marked thus * represent Fees on Publicans' Licenses, and are excluded from last column but one, and included in the "Total" column. t To 24th January, the date of last Beturn received from Collingwood.