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Battery Returns from Quartz-mines in the Southern District for the Year ended the 31st December, 1901.

Statement of Value of Gold won from Quartz crushed for all Districts for Year ended the 31st December, 1901, and Nine Months ended the 31st December, 1900.

Gross Totals and Value of Gold purchased by Banks for Nine Months ended the 31st March, 1902.

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Name and Locality of Mine. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold. Value. Achilles Gold-mines (Limited), Bullendale Glenrock Consolidated (Limited), Macetown New Star, Preservation Inlet Golden Site Extended, Preservation Inlet Alpha, Preservation Inlet Lawrence Bros., Bannockburn Shotover, Skipper's F. W. Gray, Bald Hill Flat... E. T. Symes, Bald Hill Flat. F. H. Perry, Rough Eidge ... Bonanza, Macrae's W. and'G. Donaldson, Macrae's H. N. Mills and Sons, Macrae's Ounce Eeef, Macrae's Golden Bar, Stoneburn, Dunback J. Davies, Stoneburn Mount Highlay, Hyde A. Parker, Hindon... Barewood, Nenthorn O.P.Q. (Waipori), Waipori ... Bella Reefs, Waipori Table Hill, Waitahuna Tons owt. qr. 377 0 0 2,148 0 0 15 10 0 42 10 0 770 0 0 I 86 0 0 1,241 0 0 115 0 0 I 98 0 0 4 0 0 175 10 0 800 0 0 1,824 0 0 385 0 0 i 580 0 0 75 0 0 1,324 0 0 11 0 0 I 1,271 0 0 3,196 0 0 58 8 0 160 0 0 Oz. dwfc. gr. 76 18 12 1,329 10 22 11 13 0 9 11 14 163 14 8 37 4 11 327 17 0 184 0 13 96 10 0 0 2 12 114 9 17 201 14 1 321 2 0 195 3 0 132 0 0 10 10 0 217 6 4 1 15 0 649 0 0 1,133 16 6 7 9 0 12 15 17 £ s. a. 296 3 0 5,001 1 9 44 15 6 36 11 6 579 15 8 142 18 0 1,233 18 11 708 8 0 371 10 6 0 9 8 440 16 6 775 15 6 1,236 4 0 75) 6 0 508 4 0 40 8 0 835 9 0 6 14 6 2,498 13 0 4,358 8 6 28 17 6 48 2 6 Totals ... 14,751 18 0 5,234 3 17 19,944 11 6

Mining District. line Mouths ended the 31st December, 1900. Year ended the 31st December, 1901. lauraki larlborough, Nelson, and West Coast •tago and Southland ... £ 457,037 106,807 16,947 £ 726,012 196,952 19,944 Totals ... 580,791 942,908

Bank. Gold won. Value. Hauraki Mining District. Oz. dwt. gr. Bank of New Zealand ... ... I 51,652 4 0 Bank of New South Wales ... 4,182 18 0 National Bank of New Zealand 1,198 0 0 Totals ... ... 57,033 2 0 £ 100,661 8,363 3,293 s. 0 5 0 d. 0 4 0 112,317 5 4 Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland Mining Bank of New Zealand ... .... 29,548 13 15 Bank of New South Wales ... 10,604 3 5 National Bank of New Zealand 24,145 18 0 Union Bank of Australia ... 1,455 0 0 Private buyers ... 75 14 0 Totals ... ... 65,829 8 20 istricts. 115,333 3 5 42,073 0 8 93,043 11 7 5,716 0 0 278 3 11 65,829 8 20 256,443 19