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■■■■•. : ■• " ;■■• Remarks on Thames District. ■ - .. , . , The yield of gold for the year shows a considerable increase compared with the return for 1898. The Waiotahi Mine is maintaining payable yields, and the new blocks of ground opened at the lately drained levels in the Cardigan and May Queen Mines show indications of highly profitable yields in the near future. Prospecting in the out-districts is being continued, and the new battery at Whangamata, when completed, will be employed on payable quartz. The Mahara Eoyal and other mines in Tapu district in which the reefs are being worked will again give fair returns, and the mines in the : Tararu district also largely augment the Thames return. The outlook for next year is of a hopeful character throughout the district. Ohinemuei Disteict. ..: This district comprises that portion of Ohinemuri County lying between the Thames River tothe westward and the Pacific Ocean to the eastward. The Waihi, Crown, Waitekauri, and other large gold-producing mines are situated in this district. Although there has been a falling-off in the prosecution of work in some of those more recently opened, active operations continue to be carried on for the development of the older mines, and fresh explorations point out the great value of their resources. A material addition to the yield of gold has been made from the mines throughout the district. The following list of claims will show the number of areas occupied for mining purposes:— Absteact of Licenses for Special Claims and Licensed Holdings issued from the Warden's Office at Ohinemuri, in the Hauraki Mining District, and registered on or before the 31st March, 1899, in the Books of the Mining Eegistrar at Ohinemuri.

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Date of License. Area. Locality. Block. Survey District. Name of Claim. Name of Eegistered Owner. !2/4/88 i/4/98 .5/3/99 A. R. p. 10 0 25 97 2 24 26 1 32 Karangahake Waitekauri .. Komata I. X. Aroha Ohinemuri Abbey Alpha Alpha Extended .. New Zealand Crown MineB. ;< Alpha Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). John Phillip Lawson and Henry Brett) of Auckland. Alpha Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Union Waihi Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Waitekauri Union Claims (Ltd.). Don of Waihi Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Waihi Consolidated Gold-mines (Ltd.). Waihi Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Waitekauri Consolidated Gold-mines (Ltd.). Waitekauri Union Claims (Ltd.). Waihi Gold-mining.Co. (Ltd.). Alfred Joshua Thorp, of Paeroa. Waitekauri Union Claims (Ltd.). Waitekauri Union Claims. . «; > Waitekauri Union Claims (Ltd.). Waihi South Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Alexander Spiers Thorburn, of Waitekauri. Waitekauri Gold-mining Co. 10/3/99 11/12/95 17/2/96 !3/3/96 10/11/96 .9/6/95 J7/2/96 .7/10/95 26 0 8 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 80 2 5 Waitekauri.. Waihi Waitekauri.. XVI. X. Alpha Surplus Amaranth Anglian Australia Bright Star Brilliant Britannia Burbank Waihi .' '. IV. XVI. XV, XVI. X. Aroha Ohinemuri Waitekauri.. i/5/96 11/1/99 .4/7/98 1/10/95 .4/6/97 1/10/95 1/8/96 .0/1/99 6 3 20 50 0 0 6 0 0 29 3 0 89 3 0 25 0 16 60 0 0 64 0 4 Waihi .' '. Hikutaia Waitekauri.. X., XI. XL, XV. II. X. California Caloric Cameron Central Waihi ! '. Waitekauri.. XV. XIV. Central Extended Christmas Box Colewinser .6/3/96 1/5/96 i/5/97 18/9/98 .6/6/96 1/6/93 14/8/98 10/5/96 15/3/96 .3/9/95 15/4/96 .9/11/95 .8/2/96 14/3/96 .5/2/99 .9/6/95 100 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 98 0 31 24 0 20 100 0 0 100 0 0 87 0 11 94 1 12 30 0 0 30 0 0 38 0 9 29 3 4 100 0 0 X. Crcesus Crosscut Crosscut Extended Crown Extended.. Crown Imperial .. Crown Mines Cuba Dauntless Dawn of Hope Earl of Glasgow .. Elliot E.M.C. E.M.C. Extended.. Excelsior Fashoda.. Favona Karangahake i". Aroha Patrick McKeever, of Karangahake. Crown Imperial Gold-mining Co. New Zealand Crown Mines Co. (Ltd.). Ohinemuri Syndicate (Ltd.). Edward Mann Corbett. Edward Bain. New Zealand Crown Mines (Ltd.). Ohinemuri Syndicate. Waitekauri Union Claims (Ltd.). Waihi" Owharoa Karangahake Owharoa Waitekauri .. I., II. XIV. XV XIV. I., II. XIV. X. Ohinemuri Aroha Ohinemuri Karangahake Maratoto Waihi II. VI. XVI. Aroha Ohinemuri Excelsior Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). John Edward Banks, of Thames. Waihi Consolidated Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Waihi Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Fiery Cross Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Hikutaia Gold Syndicate (Ltd.). Waitekauri Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Norman F. J. Hazard. Waihi Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Grace Darling Gold-mining Co. William Beamish A. Morrison, of Auckland. Ditto. Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Op. (Ltd.). Waihi Consols Gold-mining Co. Lionel McLeilan. John McLennan, of Waitekauri. Imperial Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Irving Gold-mining Co- (N.L.). 18/8/95 i/5/97 13/7/96 .6/3/96 .9/2/97 17/2/96 10/11/96 .0/1/99 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 2 20 96 0 0 89 3 7 100 0 0 Owharoa Whangamata Maratoto Waitekauri .. Waihi II. VIII. Aroha Ohinemuri Fern Spur Fiery Cross Florence Golden Cross Golden Lure Golden Bun Grace Darling Grafton No. 1 X., XI. XV. XV., XVI. X. Ohinemuri Waitekauri .. 13/11/98 13/3/96 30 0 0 90 0 0 Waihi '.'. XVI. Grafton No. 2 Grand Junction 12/7/95 17/10/96 i/10/98 17/2/96 1/8/96 98 2 30 23 0 32 48 3 25 62 0 15 100 0 0 Waitekauri .. XV. XIV. X. II. VI. Haines Morrin .. Heroic Huanui .. Imperial Irving Karangahake Maratoto Te Aroha.. Ohinemuri