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Battery Returns from Quartz-mines in the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Mining Districts, for the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

Battery Returns from Quartz-mines in the Otago and Southland Mining Districts for the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

Comparative Statement of Returns of Quartz crushed and Gold won for all Districts for Years ending 31st March, 1899 and 1900.

Name of Mine. Quartz Crushed. Yield of Gold. Approximate Total Values. Collingwood District— Golden Blocks Westport District— Britannia Cement Crushings Lyell District— . Alpine Extended Reefton District— Progress Mines Wealth of Nations Keep-it-Dark Sir Francis Drake Last Chanoe Big River Cumberland Gardiner and Son Paparoa Ranges— Crcesus-Paparoa Julian Taffy .. I. Tons. 649 136 19,360 46,001 2,702 16,660 1,237 490 1,225 861 Oz. dwt. gr. 2,170 0 0 55 17 21 217 10 0 4,406 7 6 22,378 1 3 1,003 5 12 3,783 16 13 304 14 21 210 9 12 1,564 10 12 203 7 9 92 0 12 £ a. d. 8,465 0 0 220 15 6 870 10 0 15,292 6 10 80,996 8 2 4,034 9 11 13,412 4 6 1,206 12 10 846 18 0 6,756 8 11 568 9 0 368 2 0 1,092 283 275 865 0 16 189 1 12 153 0 0 3,503 11 2 745 6 4 618 1 10 Totals 90,971 37,597 4 3 137,905 5 0 Estimated value for 1899 109,019 2 10 Increase for 1900 £28,886 2 2

Name of Company. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold. Approximate Value. Achilles Goldfields (Limited), Buliendale ... Glenrock Consolidated (Limited), Macetown Ditto, tailings... Morning Star Gold-mining Company, Preservation Inlet Alpha Quartz-mine, Preservation Inlet Golden SiteBxtended Gold-mining Company (Limited), Preservation Inlet Cromwell Proprietary Gold-mining Company (Limited), Bendigo Lawrence Brothers, Bannockburn James Lawrence, Bannockburn ... P. W. Gray, Bald Hill Plat E. T. Symes, Bald Hill Flat Bonanza (Beal and Peterson), Macraes W. and G. Donaldson (Golden Point), Macraes H. N. Mills and Sons, Macraes ... P. H. Perry, Bough Eidge O.P.Q. (Waipori) Gold-mines (Limited), Waipori Mount Highlay Syndicate, Hyde Canada Eeefs, via Milton Bella Eeefs, Waipori Tons cwt. qr. 1,222 0 0 2,030 0 0 42 10 0 1,033 10 0 446 0 0 274 10 0 Oz. dwt. gr. 796 19 1 1,356 18 16 68 10 0 432 2 0 22 15 0 55 7 0 500 0 0 308 11 21 291 0 0 311. 10 0 244 0 0 70 0 0 593 0 0 1,800 0 0 1,274 0 0 10 0 0 3,493 0 0 665 9 0 312 0 0 200 0 0 139 10 12 114 12 0 221 15 6 51 0 0 239 17 0 381 13 1 399 12 15 12 10 0 851 6 13 73 10 12 40 5 0 32 1 0 £21,777 Totals ... 14,812 9 0 5,598 17 0 21,777 Estimated value for 1899 ... 38,493 Decrease for 1900 £16,716

Mining District. 1899. 1900. Increase. Deorease. Hauraki Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast £ 575,642 109,019 £ 672,454 137,905 £ 96,812 28,886 £ Otago and Southland 38,493 21,777 16,716 Totals 723,154 832,136 108,982