0.—3.

The following is a statement showing the different companies that have been engaged in mining in the Beefton District since it was opened, showing the amount paid in calls; dividends received; the number of tons of stone crushed ; the yield of gold therefrom; and the value of the gold produced up to the 31st of March, 1895 : —

Quartz-mining Companies engaged in the Reefton District.

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Name of Company. Galls made. Dividends declared. Stone crushed. Yield. Value. \1 ... Ajax Alexandra ill Nations Alston Anderson's Creek ... £ s. 350 0 600 0 400 0 100 0 d. 0 0 0 0 £ s. 9 0 2,504 0 d. 0 0 Tons. 215 6,890 394 Oz. 408 6,441 168 £ s. d. 1,632 8 6 24,-958 17 6 651 0 0 1,687 10 500 0 0 0 475 0 0 6,791 5,363 20,780 12 6 Argosy ... Argus Band of Hope Big Eiver Big Eiver Extended Bannoekburn Blue Sky Boatman's Creek ... Boatman's Tailings Britannia Extended Britannia Quartz Company ... Caledonian Caledonian Extended Chicago ... Cumberland Dauntless Extended Durham ... Dillon . r . Eclipse ... Edinburgh Eldorado 3,500 0 2,400 0 450 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 26,900 0 0 82 390 6,564 2,497 105 25 9,411 4,792 407 6 4 96 5 0 37,644 14 7 18,075 7 0 "l38 122 617 472 15 0 1,068 19 0 104 3 416 13 4 4 2,250 0 0 "560 2,072! 8,065 10 0 651 0 600 0 4,200 0 550 0 800 0 1,200 0 100 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13,800 0 0 12',272 10,585 42,340 3 1 478 653 2,530 7 6 Empress... Energetic Energy ... Eureka ... Eureka Extended ... Exchange B'iery Cross Fiery Cross Extended Prampton and another Fraternal Frying-pan 3-allant ... jleneral Gordon ... 31obe ... Golden Treasure ... jolden Point jolconda jolden Arch α-olden Bar jolden Fleece Glolden Fleece Extended 3-oldenHill 3-olden Lead j-olden Ledge Grreat Eastern j-uide Happy Valley Hard to Find Heather Bell Hercules Homeward Bound... Hopeful Extended... Hudson ... [mperial... [nangahua Low-level Tunnel Independent 1,850 0 0 21,900 0 0 59,080 4,790 30,811 2,357J 119,322 7 8 9,358 11 9 5,666 13 10,195 0 2,900 0 4 0 0 4,824 10 0 9,243 0 0 1,072 8,372 119 516 7,894 17 2,065 0 0 31,436 3 4 68 0 0 300 0 687 10 4,250 0 1,500 0 15,675 0 19,600 0 7,350 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 600" 0 40,000 0 4,300 0 0 0 0 2,036 71,808 9,227 1,160$ 659 34,321 5,860| 376 2,623 7 8 136,174 12 0 22,815 14 1 1,468 3 5 149 139 538 12 6 400 0 0 1,460 25,087 39 10,786 1,831 564 31,753 9 2,216 552 2,256 0 0 123,070 12 0 36 7 1 8,885 0 7 2,039 0 0 6,773 0 1,900 0 7,300 0 0 0 0 55,OOo" 0 0 1,103 0 100 0 3,150 0 1,650 0 0 0 0 0 127 60 60 5,090 62 12,898 29 17 10 3,244 213 21,129 110 19 1 67 0 0 40 0 0 12,873 8 2 859 13 7 81,693 0 7 5,300 0 8,775 0 2,103 2 100 0 0 0 6 0 4,400 0 0 40,425 0 0 5,456 0 0 "811 468 1,813 10 0 2,345 1,179 4,568 12 6