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No. 13. Number of Machines employed in Alluvial and Quartz-mining, and the Value thereof, for the Year ending 31st March, 1899.

85

Machiner emplo; 'ed in Alluv: lal :inii ISMa lohit iery em] >loyi «di] QU£ irtz-] ii vj 1 ingMining District. St en em] wi] cru team- § lginea 3 ployed o nding, g j ishing, ? Aggre- § J gate a jS h.p. fa g u o •e nfffi II 53 '/1 t I o W 3 I X §| So .2 ft .2 <§.a a I 1 00 I Steamengines employed winding, crushing, &c. i a I 1 ft o ! 1 DQ 1 I i s .2* Approximate Value of all Mining Plant included in this Return. a o a o p AggreNo. gate h.p. I to I a I No. Auckland — Ohinernuri North Hauraki South Hauraki Tβ Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga . . ■ ■ ! 4 * 26 38 27 2 1,700 1,166 2,311 3 28 2 1 504 121 400 10 l< 26 1 53 161 £ 193,520 47,936 149,280 1 "250 Totals 93 5,177 34 1,035 42 1 214 390,986 Maelborough— Wakamarina Cullen's Creek Waikakaho Other places ! ; j 2 23 48 8 10 9,440 Totals I 23 I n 1 48 4 8 8 2 1 10 1 3 i " 9,440 ■• I I I ! Nelson — Wangapeka Collingwood Takaka Inangahua Charleston Lyell Murchison Westport Ahaura 45 30 95 78 630 53 100 e 3 7 1 71 5 3 24 100 I • • " 24 '2 26 *47 733 22 - 43 380 20 2 *3 65 60 27,050 50 181,517 800 18,000 16,000 10,000 22,700 1 2 1 3 "35 3 1 1 'i 35 22 i o 1 22 4 2 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 •• Totals 1 : II I j 1,031 11 214 Q 'J 1 i 46 1 28 780 35 515 J 30 2 4 2 66 276,177 Westland — Stafford Ross Hokitikaand Kanieri Greymouth Kumara Okarito 1 1 3 1 I 2l i 8,000 60 95 1,400 150 23 6 4 1 2 2 600 40 i 110 i 510 85 ■' . _ 30,000 14,000 2,600 13,280 2,500 120 o i 2 10 1 1 28 i 40 2 *2 •• 6 10 I .. Totals I 3 10 ' 9,728 15 1,345 3Q o 50 I g 4 16 3 62,500 Otago— Tapanui Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Clyde and Alexandra Roxburgh Black's Orepuki, Longwood, and Preservation Waikaia (Switzer's) Arrow Queenstown Naseby Kyeburn and Clarke's Hamilton's and Sowburn Hyde and Pullerton's Macrae's, StrathTaieri, and Shag Valley Serpentine St. Bathan's, Ida Valley, &c. Maerewhenua Wyndham I 24 15 560 2 22 5 - 38 31 35 34 130 4 I 2 13 38 if 14 i O q 23 8 7 2 2 1 50,000 58,000 49 l> . 2 4 3 i 1,700 4 25 7 36 1 1 8 21 1 1 1 200,000 6 250 5 4 32 4 20 11,000 90 300 250 400 3 6 50 50 4 12,000 25,000 40,000 "s ■3 4 5 40 75 3 355 169 39 50 32,000 Totals 141 4 3 3,854 25 334 53 79 1 J I 16 132 37 306 17 1 428,130 11 summa: Y. Auckland Marlborough Nelson Westland .. Otago 2 23 ; ii hi 13 164 i 3 4 1 48 1 1,031 10 9,728 3 3,854 1514,661 4 11 15 25 8 I 8 2 214 3 3 1,345 33| 3 334 I 53j 79 1,901 I 97 87 '.'. 3 3 1 50 .. 1 1 54 5 1 i i i 93 28 15 5,177 780 132 34 1 35 4 37 1,035 10 515 16 306 42 30 3 17 2 i 1 4 1 .. 214 2 66 390,986 9,440 276,177 62,500 428,130 1,167,283 Totals 8 55 51 2 136 ! 6,089 111 1,882 92 3 6 "I 2J280