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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, 1900.

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,ohi emplo; ■ed in Alluv: ial !iiiii igichinery employed ii Qn> irtz-i lining. Lner; Mining District. Steamengines employed winding, crushing, &c. 3 1 a d s Cm o •a a a! =•? o it .255 3 m ffl d W o I a •a 2 <a cs go 31 aa o CO Q IS Jo r XSl oi 5 3 I 3 in a 1 Steamengines employed winding, crushing, &B. O a a 3 1 I I CD n I I DO g Approximate Value of all Mining Plant included in this Eeturn. AggreNo. gate h.p. 03 1 I a 3 fee \-J H Q I 'Fj q AggreNo. gate h.p. J S I Auckland — Ohinemuri North Hauraki South Hauraki Te Aroha Puhipuhi 55 42 31 2 2,640 1,710 1,142 4 12 2i Q 534 178 1,235 10 1 1 59 186 £ 260,205 55,000 215,335 5! 1 "i 25 Totals 130 5,492 47 1,957 72 2 2 245 530,565 Marlborough— Wakamarina Oullen's Creek Waikakaho Other places I" 48 15 10 6,000 Totals 48 4 8 o 1 15 1 10 6,000 Nelson — Wangapeka Collingwood Takaka .. Inangahua Charleston Lyell Murchison Westport Ahaura 45 95 75 650 51 100 6 2 7 2 71 5 3 24 100 1 o 28 1 27 2 '758 2 22 d "23 - 440 "35 22 q 2 *3 65 m, 050 200,362 800 17,500 16,000 10,000 22,000 1 o 1 ••! ! 2 2 4 4 4 "35 22 "i 1 2 -i *8 1 "l8 1 Totals 1,016 10 214 Q o o 1 54 8 29 778 35 555 29 2 4 05 323,712 Westland — Stafford .. Ross Hokitika and Kanieri Greymouth Kumara Okarito 1 12 3 6 1 2 8,100 60 100 1,506 150 23 6 1 1 0 o 400 20 120 526 90 4 1 28 1 7 75 g 1 1 '2 6 "\ 2 40,000 20,000 3,000 13,760 2,800 120 6 10 "■ ■" 1 9,939 12 1,156 33 3 92 i Q Totals 12 3 9 1 12 79,680 Otago— Tapanui Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Clyde and Alexandra Roxburgh Black's Orepuki, Waiau, and Preservation Waikaia (Switzer's) Arrow Queenstown Naseby Kyeburnand Clarke's Hamilton's and Sowburn Hyde and Pullerton's Macrae's, StrathTaieri, and Shag Valley Serpentine St. Bathan's, Ida Valley, &c. Gore Wyndham 4 1' 8 •• 49| 12 110 2 15 560 1,600 275 500 250 400 o o 2 I 25 5 25 miles 10 50 50 4 1 20 12 33 l I 1 " 1 2 2 4 38 16 23 32 4 Q 7 4 31 35 34 15 20 40 75 2 2 1 1 430 8,000 70,000 52,000 245,000 12,300 16,000 25,000 45,000 13 106 35 •2-> 45 44,COO i 12 9 i 18,000 250 "i i " Totals 15 183 13 3,709 8 202 13 871 -1 i I i 2 131 36 ! 295 17 1 2 535,980 2 ! •• 15 SUMMARY. Auckland .. Marlborough Nelson Westland .. Otago Totals 1 .. 15 .. 16 's 9 13 2 48 4 1,016 10 9,939 12 3,709 8 14,712 34 8| 2 214 2! 3 1,156 38j 3 202 I 18 87 1,572 56 95 2 92 1 li 54 2 59 .. 130 .. 1 8 29 1 .. 2 15 11175 5,492 47 15 1 778 35 3 131 36 6,416122 1,957 10 555 12 295 72 1 29 3 17 2 2 2 4 ..245 " 65 ..310 530,565 6,000 323,712 79,680 535,980 1,475,937 12 183 1 '2 16 11 95 2,829 122 5 8 195