C—2

No. 6. Number of Miners employed during the Year ending 31st March, 1886.

3—C. 2.

17

Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Mining District. Grand Totals. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. .UCKLAND — North Hauraki.. .. .. South Hauraki.. Te Aroha Iarlborough— Pelorus Wairau and Queen Charlotte Sound Ielson— Wangapeka Collingwood, Takaka, and West Wanganui Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's, Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell Murchison Vestland— Waimea and Stafford Totara Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth Arnold Greenstone Okarito .. .. .. Jackson's Bay Itago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde Cromwell Alexandra Roxburgh Black's Waikaia, Upper Waikaia, Nokomai, Waikaka, and Waikawa Orepuki and Longwood Wakatipu Goldfield — Arrow, Maeetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Naseby Quoonstown Kyeburn and Clarke's Hamilton, Sowburn, &c. Hyde and Fullerton's Serpentine Macrae's, Strath-Taieri, and Shag Valley.. Maerewhenua St. Bathan's and Ida Valley 100 50 13 118 116 350 220 157 50 120 375 329 476 400 322 450 100 65 54 240 233 "5 30 8 205 81 124 25 268 95 50 145 900 95 6 2 32 300 '45 130 20 "e 145 900 95 106 52 13 150 416 350 220 202 180 140 375 335 476 400 322 450 100 65 54 240 233 "5 30 8 205 81 124 25 268 95 50 145 900 95 106 52 13 150 656 583 220 207 210 148 580 416 600 425 590 545 150 65 54 35 430 40 330 115 130 125 107 4 380 15 120 70 65 55 114 8 10 43 440 40 370 125 136 125 107 4 380 15 120 70 65 55 114 47 820 55 490 195 201 180 221 40 10 6 180 163 200 32 60 180 223 200 32 380 255 165 175 45 55 40 15 55 42 135 95 75 100 15 7 10 85 250 165 425 45 55 40 45 55 42 145 95 75 100 15 7 10 85 200 500 145 70 47 55 140 42 165 '30 '20 io 20 Summary. .uckland Iarlborough Ielson .. Vestland itago 150 1,144 2,571 2,382 516 848 1,462 1,140 8 527 6 424 1,140 158 1,671 2,577 2,806 516 848 1,402 1,140 158 2,187 3,425 4,268 Totals 6,247 2,826 2,105 8,352 11,178 2,826