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No. 12. Number of Miners employed during the Years ended 31st March, 1900 and 1901.

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Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Totals. Mining District. 1901. 1900. European. Chinese. Eurojiean. Chinese. European. Chinese. .UCKLAND — North Hauraki and Coromandel .. Thames Ohinomuri Tβ Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga Groat Barrier .. ? 400 570 2,235 16 400 572 2,235 16 400 572 2,235 10 667 838 1,891 15 8 1 38 5 5 10 "l0 . . 7 3,226 3,233 3,233 3,458 Iahlborouoh— Pelorus, Queen Charlotte Sound .. Wairau, North Bank Gullen'a Creek Waikakaho Wakamarina 50 19 3 61 "20 70 19 3 63 70 19 3 63 60 19 3 61 2 Felson— Wangapeka, Baton, and Sherry .. Takaka Collingwood Motueka Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's, Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell .. Murchison .. .. 1 Owen .. .. .. ) 133 22 155 155 143 11 24 140 0 207 992 140 160 106 "25 598 25 ■• 11 24 165 6 805 1,017 140 160 106 11 24 165 6 965 1,123 140 19 23 151 20 952 459 130 240 9 249 249 280 35 35 10 45 35 80 130 120 30 120 30 150 260 1,915 90 300 262 300 331 667 Vestland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth Arnold .. .. J Okarito 2 100 51 45 2,582 90 300 262 300 331 2 100 51 45 2,913 92 400 313 345 2,424 107 400 480 450 750 195 3 753 195 948 943 85 1 85 1 86 79 Itago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui Waikaia Wyndham Waiau Orepuki Roundhill and Wilson's River Wakatipu Goldfields —Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby St. Bathan's Hyde .. Macrae's Maorewhenua and Kurow Pembroke Gore Preservation 1,737 394 3 1,790 36 500 912 394 2,184 2,459 25 420 893 '«J0 130 11 80 19 200 130 36 700 1,042 47 700 1,079 498 10 200 15 20 600 90 200 140 5 50 6 504 10 200 15 20 600 90 230 140 5 50 644 15 250 15 580 16 280 25 65 70 20 65 I 70 20 845 [ 675 "so 250 320 300 150 75 12 26 90 30 133 30 25 70 4 10 30 100 400 150 75 23 68 90 30 133 80 25 70 4 10 30 425 220 79 33 98 90 42 153 80 425 218 86 34 97 90 42 93 11 42 "l2 20 12 20 50 3,817 851 Summary. 349 4,166 851 5,017 4,807 auckland Iarlbobough fELSON . . Vestland Itago 7 133 1,915 1,787 3,817 331 394 851 3,226 22 667 3 349 3,233 155 2,582 1,790 4,166 331 394 • 851 3,233 155 2,913 2,184 5,017 3,458 143 2,424 2,459 4,807 Totals 7,659 1,576 4,267 11,926 1,576 13,502 13,291