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The following table shows the number of tons of stone and mullock crushed, and the yield of gold, from the northern goldfields since the returns have been supplied to the Mines Department. The Thames returns include the Ohinemuri District up to 1886-87 : —

Return of Stone, etc., crushed —Thames District.

Note. —Bullion from Ohinemuri equal to 68,4460z. 13dwt., valued at £107,000: this is reduced in the table to the value of gold. Bullion from Te Aroha equal to 2,5150z.; value, £2,500 ; this is reduced in the table to the value of gold,

District. Quartz and Mullock crushed or sold. Yield of Gold. Average Yield of Gold per Ton. Coromandel — 1st April, 1880, to 31st March, 1881 1881, „ 1882 1882, „ 1883 1883, „ 1884 1884, „ 1885 1885, „ 1886 1886, „ 1887 1887, „ 1888 1888, „ 1889 1889, „ 1890 1890, „ 1891 1891, „ 1892 1892, „ 1893 1893, „ 1894 1894, „ 1895 Tons. 720 3,358 2,907 1,043 456 550 305 1,923 2,149 1,690 5,650 13,029 15,163 12,629 15,451 Oz. 4,960 7,352 7,577 4,018 3,201 3,382 4,170 6,774 8,090 6,708 9,838 12,191 12,954 9,969 22,632 Oz. dwt. gr. 6 18 0 2 4 0 2 12 0 3 17 0 7 0 0 6 3 0 13 13 0 3 10 5 3 15 7 3 19 9 1 14 19 0 18 17 0 17 2 0 15 18 1 9 18 Totals 77,023 123,816 1 12 4 Thames — 1st April, 1878, to 31st March, 1879 "„ ' 1879, „ 1880 1880, „ 1881 1881, „ 1882 1882, „ 1883 1883, „ 1884 1884, „ 1885 1885, „ 1886 1886, „ 1887 1887, „ 1888 1888, „ 1889 1889, „ 1890 1890, „ 1891* 1891, „ 1892 1892, „ 1893 1893, „ 1894 1894, „ 1895 41,917 33,017 32,405 30,698 25,867 34,228 31,496 35,998 34,827 32,819 47,363 60,753 61,756 86,150 78,547 62,444 48,464 57,207 59,576 53,154 45,803 43,311 54,878 37,705 61,540 38,142 35,949 35,796 33,817 38,113 45,735 31,336 34,637 22,810 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 16 12 9 13 12 4 14 1 1 15 11 12 30 7 11 9 7 2 19 20 12 2 4 4 22 11 3 14 8 15 23 2 10 Totals 778,749 729,509 0 18 18 Ohinemuri — 1st April, 1887, to 31st March, 1888 1888, „ 1889 1889, „ 1890 1890, „ 1891 1891, „ 1892 1892, „ 1893 1893, „ 1894 1894, „ 1895 2,388 3,795 4,773 9,902 13,865 22,771 31,281 51,058 3,406 3,679 8,564 112,914 1 23,659 §43,405 35,666 110,628 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 8 19 15 6 14 18 2 3 13 9 21 2 2 3 18 8 Totals 139,833 241,921 1 14 14 Te Aroha — 1st April, 1883, to 31st March, 1884 1884, „ 1885 1885, „ 1886 1886, „ 1887 1887, „ 1888 1888, „ 1889 1889, „ 1890 1890, „ 1891 1891, „ 1892 1892, „ 1893 1893, „ 1894 1894, „ 1895 4,262 11,042 6,552 4,743 7,166 1,381 4,894 280 2,722 3,169 2,270 1,121 4,629 9,506 4,489 3,658 2,918 1,113 [|20,416 557 979 1,178 833 628 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 17 13 15 8 16 3 19 7 7 7 11 17 5 17 10 3 3 10 18 5 2 8 5 Totals ... 49,602 50,904 1 0 13 Grand totals from North Island ... 1,045,207 1,125,514 * This includes 50,856 tons of mullock crushed the li bullion. \ Includes bullion, 22,737oz. § Includes bulli ist two years, ion, 41,683oz. t The gold obtained includes 42,331oz. Bullion worth only 11s. 6d. per ounce.