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No. 18. RETURN of the NUMBER of LICENSES under "The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1871," for the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1877.

No. 19. RETURN of CASES in the WARDENS' COURTS, and COSTS AWARDED, for the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1877.

No. 19. Mr. Warden Feasee to the Undee Seceetaey for Gold Fields. Report on Agricultural Leases within the Hauraki Gold Mining Bislrict South (late Ohinemuri Gold Field), to 30th April, 1877. Since my last report, there has been a steady increase in the number of agricultural leases within the Ohinemuri District. The total number granted up to date is 104, representing an area of 5,180 acres. 7—H. 1.

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Mining Disteict. i 'Numbee. I Geoss Aceeage. Er Alm Annum. lT/CKLAND— North Hauraki Grahamstown Ohinemuri ... 38 91 80 a. e. p. 255 2 30 522 3 20 368 0 18 £ s. d. 767 0 0 1,611 0 0 1,097 0 0 Total 209 1,146 2 28 3,475 0 0

Number of Mining Disputes adjudicated on. CA; !es wherein judgment [as decreed specific Performance. Mining Disteict. Aggregate Ami itjnt of Value. Amount of Costs Awarded. Claimed. Recovered. No. Remarks. lTCKXAND — North Hauraki Grahamstown Ohinemuri ... Ielson — Collingwood Takaka Inangahua ... Lyell "Westport ... Charleston ... Cobden Ahaura Granville No Town ... Pestland— Waimea Kanieri Kumara Okarito Totara Greenstone ... Greymouth... Clifton Arnold Itago— Tuapeka Queenstown Cromwell ... Alexandra ... Teviot Black's Clyde Switzers Arrow Naseby Hyde and Fullarton's... Macrae's, Strath Taieri, and Shag Valley Serpentine ... Maerewhenua St. Bathans and Ida Valley 21 56 33 £ b. d. 130 6 0 301 10 0 £ b. d. 7 0 0 266 0 0 £ s. d. 5 9 0 29 6 0 33 7 1 33 6 1 32 8 10 2 7 3 16 0 1 10 0 177 9 0 6 17 0 1 1 2,530 18 0 40 0 0 177 1 2 10 0 0 The amount inserted is merely the amount paid into Court, and does not represent the amount for which judgments have been given. 90 16 0 5 10 0 134 0 0 8 0 0 12 0 0 64 17 10 10 0 16 0 0 5 0 0 3 11 0 12 2 0 8 4 0 17 19 0 0 13 0 5 2 0 i l 77 13 29 11 10 11 3 2 7 440 0 0 105 0 0 99 0 0 137 17 9 137 17 9 77 1 8 140 0 0 28 0 0 2 9 0 55 0 0 55 0 0 47 1 8 93 0 0 21 1 0 13 4 0 18 14 0 18 3 0 7 3 0 2 8 0 0 14 0 4 8 6 27 i 2 7 0 40 0 0 252 0 0 182 0 0 35 23 18 4 2 8 3 5 0 0 1,442 6 8 410 5 0 12 5 0 897 3 0 247 6 0 14 1 2 31 2 0 33 3 6 6 3 0 9 2 6 11 12 0 8 0 0 80 0 0 80 0 0 110 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 6 0 0 6 11 27 51 1 3 200 0 0 831 1 7 6 0 0 242 0 8 38 13 0 137 9 0 2 19 0 1 1 5 10 0 0 10 0 2 17 0 4 13 0 18 5 5