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No. 15. Return of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs awarded, for the Year ending 31st March, 1900.

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Mining District. Number of Mining Disputes adjudicated on. Aggregate Amount of Value. Claimed. Recovered. Amount of Costs awarded. rH ct .3 "O ri •Sar&S at ft at O 8> opei-; aiTS ri ri Auckland— North Hauraki South Hauraki Te Aroha Puhipuhi Ohinemuri 95 5 £ s. d. 324 5 1 6 15 0 £ s. d. 320 17 6 5* 5 0 £ s. d. 86 3 3 615 0 70 1,716 10 0 150*13 0 28* 3 0 Marlborough 17 96 6 3 22 10 0 6 12 0 Nelson — Collingwood Inangahua Lyell and Murchison Westport ... Charleston Motueka Takaka 5 37 6 37 6 22 15 0 919 15 5 ill 3 495 0 0 13 10 0 484 15 5 1 11 3 5 0 0 2 7 6 101 18 4 7 0 0 1 12 0 24 16 0 2 1 Westland— Kumara Greymouth Hokitika and Kanieri Stafford Ross Ahaura Goldsborough 6 2,5 2 3 3 31 27 7 6 2,894 10 0 56 0 0 72 3 9 12 0 0 1,082 9 6 152 16 0 6 0 0 7 0 0 12 0 0 496 17 9 6 18 6 38 7 0 3 3 0 3 2 0 13 0 66 0 3 15 1 Otago— Tapanui Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Roxburgh Black's Clyde and Alexandra Waikaia Orepuki, Longwood, and Preservation Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) Queenstown Mount Ida Maerewhenua Wyndham Gore 6 30 70 18 16 33 9 5 29 110 0 0 1,065 5 0 1,032 9 6 307 10 0 240 0 0 289 13 7 26 16 0 22 15 0 359 19 6 26 4 0 115 0 0 307 10 0 57 1 0 24 10 0 22 15 0 3 14 6 0 12 6 53 11 6 23 5 0 21 9 0 50 0 0 47 11 0 7 18 0 2 15 0 40 2 0 1 i 7 267 11 0 2* 2 0 Totals 572 11,449 8 4 2,235 10 5 633 6 10 20