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No. 18. Return of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs Awarded, for the Year ending 31st March, 1882.

Note. —The returns numbered 8 to 13 and 15 to 18, inclusive, are compiled from statistics supplied by Wardens. Oliver Wakeeied, Under-Secretary for Gold Fields. Mines Department, Wellington, 10th June, 1882.

By Authority: George Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB2.

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Mining District. Number of Mining Disputes Adjudicated on. Aggregate Ai tount of Value. Amount oi' Costa Awarded, 3 SS - ■f1 et/J £ g <U £ Wd S *« <a 0 S 9 Claimed. Recovered. — ■ Auckland — North Hauraki ... South Hauraki ... M ABLBOBO UGH — Pelorus NlLSON— Collingwood Inangahua Lyell and Hampden Westport Charleston Ahaura Westland — Hokitika and Kanieri Waimea Totara Kumara Greymouth Arnold (Maori Gully) Okarito Otago— Tuapeka Cromwell Alexandra Roxburgh Black's Clyde ... Orepuki and Longwood ... Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) Naseby 65 207 20 10 11 18 4 24 14 5 41 11 40 67 21 8 £ b. A. 389 2 5 41 3 0 401 0 4 30 16 0 337 0 0 51 10 0 404 12 8 6 0 0 256 3 10 95 0 0 178 12 6 542 17 6 320 1 4 13 0 0 £ s. a. 27 0 0 305 11 0 31 3 0 10 0 0 2 0 0 78 10 8 8 0 0 345 1 0 6 0 0 22 5 6 7 0 0 26 10 0 362 6 0 17 16 4 2 10 0 £ s. d. 104 16 0 105 16 0 45 15 0 7 11 0 8 10 0 7 14 0 7 11 0 70 16 0 48 7 6 2 2 0 75 8 6 28 6 0 42 16 0 97 9 0 8 9 0 3 15 0 7 4 8 5" 8 12 1 7 51 10 4 7 3 32 71 26 316 2 0 223 8 6 39 15 0 0 10 25 0 0 4 0 0 46 18 6 0" 1 0 3 0 0 19 0 39 1 0 13 6 0 7 16 0 13 7 0 1 15 0 126 14 0 280 0 0 Records lost 18 0 0 53 0 0 by fire. 122 12 0 29 3 0 1 Totals 777 4,078 0 1 1,406 13 0 893 11 0 46