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No. 4. Table showing the Amount and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from New Zealand for the Years ending the 31st March, 1885, and 1886, and the Total Quantity and Value from 1857 to 31st March, 1886.

No. 5. Table showing the Comparison in the Yield of Gold from Quartz-workings in the Years ending 31st March, 1885 and 1886.

Year ending 31st March, 1880. Year ending Slst March, 1885. Increase or Decrease for Year ending 31st March, 1886. Total Quanti from Jan to 31st Ms [ty and Value uary, 1857, irch, 1886. Name of Golafield. Port of Entry. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Increase. Decrease. Oz. 40,034 183,015 Oz. 36,174 £ 143,217 Oz. 9,800 Oz. Oz. 1,490,650 £ 5,533,302 Auckland Auckland .. Marlborough ( Picton Nelson Blenheim .. 530 2 10 2,120 8 39 1,046 33 4,184 122 53,377 206,308 542 2,167 1,079 4,306 ' 537 Wollington 141 537 Nelson Nelson 2,269 469 220,951 878,598 2,738 10,406 8,399 West Coast - s Nelson Westport .. Greymouth Hokitika .. Wellington Dunedin .. 5,701 41,867 289,439 125,197 410 28 349 1,126 17,585 59,501 34,163 20 4,452 70,333 238,007 136,651 80 1,475 10,466 72,361 31,299 104 7 7^119 2,864 12^860 "84 7 Dunedin .. 112,395 449,523 115,712 24 462,642 96 3,317 24 2,701 3,663 4,616,894 18,325,684 Canterbury 24 96 Otago I \ Dunedin .. Inveroargill Riverton .. Oamaru .. Pieton Wellington 06,237 3,520 1,602 266,180 13,899 6,438 68,938 7,183 188 1 12 2 279,585 28,373 756 3 48 8 1,414 1 12 2 71,359 286,517 76,324 308,773 4,965 4,467,227 17,621,610 Totals .. 1,486 233,008 931,628 231,582 927,433 10,849,261 42,566,135

1884-85. 1885-86. Name of District. Number of Tons crushed. Ounces. Number of Tons crushed. Ounces. Soromandel 'hames .. 'e Aroha leefton .. Jj'ell lokihinui Vestport lindon .. 'ollingwood Jueenstown, Skippers, and head of Lake Wakitapu 456 31,496 11,042 34,549 5,025 715 3,201 37,705 9,898 23,994 3,318 1,107 520 36,548 6,552 27,198 9,039 1,050 1,065 150 1,250 6,487 3,382 64,922 4,489 14,591 9,594 i 2,362 1,432 40 437£ 7,140 650 230 5,073 163 154 4,826 Lrrow )romwell /Vaipori .. .. .. >. 3,236 400 3,267 316 350 3,347 130 80 2,887 105 50 Totals 92,872 88,299 94,016 111,432