C.—3.

Statement showing the Whole of the Quartz-crushing Machines and Appliances for treating Auriferous Ores in the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Mining Districts for the Year 1899-1900.

Batteries in Course of Construction.

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Locality. Name of Company. Number of Stamps. Eemarks. inangahua County beefton Totals .. .. i Consolidated Goldfields of 25 Fraser and Chalmers self-feeders; steam-power. New Zealand .. New Inkerman Mines .. 30 Old mill rebuilt, with self-feeders ; steam-power. .. ! .. 55