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No. 14. SUMMARY.—NUMBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING for the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1878.

No. 15. TABLE showing the NUMBER of GOLD-MINING COMPANIES REGISTERED under "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and Amending Acts, the Joint Stock Companies Act, and "The Mining Companies Act, 1872," upon 31st MARCH, 1878."

_ac: iinehy ejjp: iyi; IN .LLUVI. .L-HININ' Quaetz-: IN 1 IG. Mining Districts. ED 1 o it 9 .-_ r - m c /. t3 9 -3 •> IS CO __ £ S Q - O tc *^ o a |a 53 •i. O * it I O W E ■fl .-_. w 31 *- u tu o t. J_* I ° fi| O ta _J4 q g _a 3 . fi -_> O c « 2 •a E £ o 2 O _0 ■fi - 5 n Steamengines employed AVinding, Crushing &c. AggreNo. gate '■■ P- « B o a s to B is 03 C BD a D i- § _r; DO J. CD rS f - - 7! >. - 5 L 5 to 9 pq Approximate Valui of all Mining Plant included in this Return. I. o_ a _3 ■r. = .UCKLAND [ablbobough... 'elson Vestland ITAGO ... 3 9 1 200 2,616 8,841 3,661 15,318 34 12 59 488 418 1111 6 58 41 118 "i1 20 ...I 12 6 105 7 137 I "a 120 70 1,919 8 112 5 '96 83 2,157 51 32 960 218 32 11 1 1 4 $ £ 268,900 400 90,105 19,597 93,830 5 4 i 23 188 15 "7 150 105 1 2 Total 13 105 2017 223 152 225 i 1366 ,57; 3J 472,832 106

Un T 1 18( dee " Mi* jIMIted L: >5," and 1 tng Companies [ABILITY Act, Amending Acts. Under Jo Ai iint Stock ct. Under " Mining impanies Act, 1872 " Mining District. No. Nominal Capital Paid-up Capital. No. Nominal Capital. Paid-up Capital. No. Nominal Capital. Paid-up Capital. .UCKLAND — *North Hauraki South Hauraki * £ s. d. £ £ £ £ s. d. 161 2,891,950 2,258,756 0 0 16 382,200 ■18 636,200 161 2,891,950 2,258,756 0 0 16 382,200 •IS 636,200 .ELSON — Inangahua Collingwood ... Charleston AVestport Lyell Ahaura Orwell Creekf Moonlight Creekf Nelson Creekf AVest AVanganui 6 1 2 138,000 85,966 13 4 1 9,000 1,200 31 1 2 3 5 562,000 10,000 24,400 80,000 28,800 133,265 16 4 1,076 3 2 27,471 0 0 26,068 14 11 i 11,000 11,000 0 0 138,000 85,966 13 4 9,000 1,200 13 716,200 198,881 14 5 Vestland — New River AVaimeaf Totara Kanierif Kumara Cliftonf Greenstone ... 2 2 16,000 20,500 13,500 0 0 18,000 0 0 i 8,000 8,000 i 4,000 ZfiOO i 5,000 3,500 41,500 35,000 0 0 12,000 10,500 •tago— Tuapeka Cromwell Clyde Black's Arrow (Wakatipu Gtold Field) Naseby Hyde and Fullarton's ... Maerewhenua St. Bathans and Ida Valley Serpentine 11 5 5 40,975 37,000 17,400 18,602 0 0 19,780 0 0 9,000' 0 0 i 10,000 2,455 2 4 1 4 5 10,900 87,000 6,000 38,000 63,500 6,090 15 60,440 0 4,500 0 13,100 0 44,300 0 3 5 43,995 24,620 35,841 1 6 24,620 0 0 "i 4 6,000 16,600 4,500 0 11,460 0 2 19,600 19,600 0 0 i 2,400 720' 0 31 183,590 127,443 1 6 10,000 2,455 22 230,400 145,110 15 * No record ke it here Bince Act of 1872 came in force. f No returns.