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Abstract of Licenses for Special Claims and Licensed Holdings issued from the Warden's Office at Coromandel— continued.

Port Charles District. In this district operations to a very limited extent only have been carried on, the whole of the mines, with the exception of the Eva, having suspended workings. The quantity of gold obtained by the Eva Mine was 85 oz., valued at £229 10s. The gold is chiefly obtained from small leaders. Two men were employed. Cabbage Bay District. There are five mines at present working in this district, but not to any great extent, and, in consequence, the yields are small. The production was as follows : The Jersey crushed 2 tons 10 cwt. for 1 oz. 4 dwt., valued at £3 4s. 10d.; the Belgic, 1 ton 10 cwt. for 2 oz., valued at £5 Bs.; Beattie and Ford, 1 ton 10 cwt. for 3 oz. 10 dwt., valued at £9 95.; Queen Victoria of Hauraki, 7 tons for 42 oz. 5 dwt., valued at £29 25.; City of Gisborne, 1 ton 19 cwt. for 14 oz. 15 dwt., valued at £41 ss. 10d. Twelve men were employed in these mines. Kennedy Bay District. Bay View Mine is the largest contributor in this district, but operations on the whole do not seem to be carried on with much vigour. The mines crushed as follows: .Flossie tributers, 1 ton 12 cwt., for 11 oz. 7 dwt., valued at £31 15s. 7d.; Morning Star, 2 tons 2 cwt., for 2 oz. ldwt.,

Date of License. Area. Locality. Block. Survey District. Name of Claim. Name of Registered Owner. 5/8/97 A. B. P. 66 0 0 Coromandel VI. | Coromande] New Hauraki Gold Properties (Ltd.) No. 2 New Tokatea New Tokatea Extd. Noko Nora North Star Orina Paul's Creek Peeblean Pigmy Poneke No. 2 Poneke No. 3 Pride of Tokatea Progress Castle -Rock Prospere Pukewhau.. Queen of the North.. Royal Mint Royal Oak of Hauraki Seotty's Standard Stanley Stirling Success Suez Extended Tainui Tainui Extended Tawera Tokatea of Hauraki Tokatea Hinemoa .. Tongariro Trig Hill New Hauraki Gold Properties (Ltd.). 28/5/95 27/8/95 24/7/97 30/6/97 24/7/97 7/6/97 23/11/95 15/9/97 23/12/96 8/7/96 21/1/96 7/6/97 23/7/96 7/7/98 1/12/96 31/3/98 11/2/96 27/2/96 21/2/98 2/7/95 28/8/95 15/12/97 10/3/96 5/2/95 18/5/96 19/9/96 24/7/97 1/2/90 23/12/96 23/3/97 15/9/97 16 1 28 14 0 0 82 0 0 25 3 16 99 2 0 48 2 10 36 0 32 8 3 0 32 0 32 53 1 8 15 3 5 38 0 18 60 0 0 29 3 26 17 0 10 52 2 22 9 2 10 39 1 9 68 0 17 30 0 0 88 0 0 100 0 0 15 2 6 5 0 25 100 0 0 42 0 38 71 0 0 75 2 2 91 2 11 30 0 0 15 1 20 Tokatea Kennedy Bay Preeee's Point Kennedy Bay Tokatea Coromandel Tokatea Coromandel Tokatsa .. I Tiki Coromandel Tiki Core mandel Tiki Tokatea II. X. Harataunga V. , Coromandel VI. Harataunga II. i Coromandel VI. "„ H. VI. II., VI. II. X. VI. x. II. X. II. Tokatea Consols Gold-mining Oo. (Ltd.). Arthur Frederick Witty. Henry Thomas Gorrie. Flossie Gold-mining Co. (N.Z.). Hauraki (N.Z.) Associated Gold-mines (Ltd.). William James Allen. Matthew Dyer. Pigmy Gold-mining Oo. (N.L.). F. Swindley and H. C. Bell. Henry C. Bell. Hauraki (N.Z.) Associated Gold-mines (Ltd.). Progress Castle RockGold-miuingCo.(N.L.). John FitzGerald. Pukewhau Gold-mining Co. (N.L). Queenof the North Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Rickley F. Gerdes. Royal Oak of Hauraki (Ltd.). Seotty's Gold-mine (Ltd.). Edward Claude Randle. Hauraki Golden Bay Mine (Ltd.). William Thompson McGregor. Success Gold-mines (Ltd.). New Golconda Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). S. W. Bedlington. J. M. Brigham, jun. Arthur Frederick Witty. Tokatea of Hauraki (Ltd.). Tokatea Hinemoa Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Charles M. McFarlane. T. Morrin, S. T. George, J. Russell, and J. W. Lennox. Matawai Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Welcome Find Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Zealandia Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Tokatea Coromandel v. "„ II., "vi. "„ II. Tokatea Kennedy Bay Tokatea X. Harataunga II. Coromande! III. IT. VI. Coromandel 14/3/93 5/2/95 2/4/97 20 0 10 8 18 24 0 17 Tiki Coromandel X. V. Vaiighan Welcome Find Zelanadia .. 100 0 0 30 0 0 28 3 3 80 0 0 28 0 12 5 2 1 57 2 0 99 2 0 94 0 0 84 3 0 66 1 0 4 0 0 31 3 19 94 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 29 1 35 100 0 0 6 1 12 100 0 0 85 2 0 Kuaotunu .. Kuaotut 1U District. 7/4/96 12/11/95 2/3/98 6/6/98 19/11/89 12/5/96 22/9/96 25/2/98 25/2/98 25/2/98 25/2/98 1/10/95 15/5/95 22/8/98 7/6/97 21/11/98 24/10/93 24/7/97 1/10/95 18/5/96 24/4/96 II. Otama V. XII. Coromandel XV. V. Otama II. V. IV., V. IV. Aorere Balfour Colorado Day Dawn Great Mercury Handsworth Irene Jupiter No. 1 Jupiter No. 2 Jupiter No. 3 Jupiter No. 4 Kapai-Vermont Aorere Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Balfour Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). W. Whitaker. J. H. Taylor. Great Mercury Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Louis Woodcock. Irene Hauraki. Sir T. S. Tancred and John Whittaker. V. "„ .'' Kapai-Vermont Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Matarangi ,. Kuaotunu .. Matarangi .. Mercury Bay Kuaotunu .. V. IV. II. I. „ XII. Coromandel V. Otama Lucky Maori Murphy's Hill Nordc-n'feldt Ocean View Extended Owera Try Fluke Extended Try Fluke Waitaia C. F. Brown. Kauri Freehold Gold Estates (Ltd-). F. A. White. Matarangi Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Kauri Freehold Gold Estates (Ltd. Mariposa Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Waitaia Gold-mines (Ltd.).