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Waimea-Kumara Water-races. The following tabulated statement shows the revenue, cost of maintenance, approximate quantity and value of gold obtained, and number of men employed on claims using water from the Waimea-Kumara and Callaghan's Races for the year ended 31st March, 1902: —

The following statement shows the claims that have been sluicing on the Kumara goldfield during the year ended the 31st March, 1902 ; also the number of men in each claim, fall and width of boxes in each tail-race, number of sluice-heads used in sluicing, number of cubic yards sluiced away per hour, and race from which the water used was supplied :—

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Month. Sales of Water. Cash received for Sales of Water. Outstanding Expenditure. Money.it each Month. Number of Men employed. Approximate Quantity of Gold obtained. Value of Goia obtained. 1901. April May June July August September October November December £ 5. a. £ s. a. 272 14 2 : 310 17 4 324 16 11 359 9 9 280 2 6 335 13 1 275 11 11 205 14 2 255 18 7 243 9 0 222 2 4 I 189 5 4 286 4 1 274 9 6 270 10 5 110 9 3 217 12 4 i 270 8 1 £ s. a. 221 19 '9 207 11 8 200 2 3 225 3 7 221 19 1 234 5 5 226 10 7 226 5 6 £46 18 2 £ a. d. 530 11 5 491 14 1 450 18 11 506 0 7 517 19 1 550 11 11 561 19 5 719 1 10 667 17 1 91 98 94 87 87 75 84 70 74 Oz. 602 728 630 612 586 495 639 599 478 £ . d. 2,347 16 0 2,839 4 0 2,457 0 0 2,386 16 0 2,285 8 0 1,930 10 0 2,492 2 0 2,336 2 0 1,864 4 0 1902. January February March 204 19 10 150 5 10 267 1 8 : 159 4 7 305 16 2 [ 271 14 10 216 17 10 223 18 7 239 9 4 721 6 1 829 8 2 864 S 3 71 68 84 475 589 731 1,852 10 0 2,297 2 0 2,850 18 0 Totals 3,183 10 11 2,881 0 9 2,691 1 9 815 (average) 7,164 27,939 12 0

Name of Party. a c a> -* p © © a Cβ o y> PR a M o . m g "S S I 1 o g o 53 Si's M a $2 ■SSI Cβ Pi OS Cβ Us •a 3 3 Race from which the Water is supplied. Remarks. No. 2 channel— Dillon and party No. 3 channel— , Light and party Neame and party Eochford and party Bochford and party 4 5 3 4 3 In. 7 6 5 8 4* In. 24 22 22 22 22 12 10 9 10 10 Cub. yd 84 60 45 80 45 Kumara Eace Sluiced six months. // Late Neville's. Sluiced five months. Williams and party Neame No. 2 ... 3 2 6 5 22 22 10 10 60 50 Sluiced one month. No. 4 channel— Cullen and party 6 7 24 11 77 Sluiced ten months. Long Tunnel Company. . No. 5 channel— Burger and party Thomson and party Morgan and party . . Thorn and party Candy and party Giffney and party Private races— Lee and party 8 5 4 3 4 4 5 7 8 8 8 8 8 7 26 24 24 24 24 26 26 22 10 10 10 10 10 11 154 80 80 80 80 77 Private race Kumara Eace )! It 3 '8 24 12 96 Sluiced four months. Pascoe and party Bowden and party 6 3 7 8 26 24 16 10 112 80 Sluiced one month. Sluiced two months. Eoberts and party 3 8 22 8 64 Moynihan and party Arnerich and party Carlssen and parsy 10 3 5 8 8 8 24 24 24 22 15 14 176 120 112 Private race tt Kumara Eace Sluiced seven months.