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

SUMMABY OF WOEKS CONSTEDCTED. The following statement shows the whole of the different classes of works constructed by the Department, either by direct grants or by subsidies to local bodies, during the last twenty years (the votes for this purpose having been under the control of the Hon. the Minister of Mines), for the purpose of opening up the mineral belts throughout the colony, and also for the development of the mining industry : —

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Bank. pure. iasei .. lue. % Otago and Southland Districts. Oz. dwt. gr. Bank of New Zealand ... ... 85,056 3 0 Bank of New South Wales ... ... 16,088 5 1 National Bank of New Zealand ... 26,522 19 11 Bank of Australasia ... ... 5,739 5 0 £ 326,472 62,255 102,703 22,917 s. 2 0 6 0 d. 4 7 5 0 Totals 133,406 12 12 514,347 9 4 Grand totals ... ... 256,269 3 8 883,108 14 3

Nature of Works. Total Cost of Construction, or Amount authorised to be expended. Expenditure, by way of Subsidy or otherwise, by Mines Department. Amount of Liability by Mines Department on Works in Progress. Up to Yeabs 1882-83 and 1883-84. Water-races Eoads on goldfields Eoads and tracks undertaken by County Councils, subsidised by Mines Department .. ■ • Works undertaken by prospecting associations, subsidised by Mines Department Construction of drainage and sludge channels, subsidised by Mines Department .. £ s. a. 29,252 1 11 21,437 11 2 £ s. d. 14,853 9 5 13,089 16 0 £ s. d. 14,398 11 6 8,347 15 2 52,841 17 0 21,844 16 7 10,207 15 9 13,216 13 4 3,350 0 0 3,400 0 0 5,750 0 0 2,468 15 4 .781 4 8 1884-85. 122,498 3 5 55,606 17 4 37,135 7 1 Water-races Roads on goldfields Eoads and tracks undertaken by County Councils, subsidised by Mines Department Eoads to mines, other than gold, subsidised by Mines Department .. ■• •• •• •• , •• Works undertaken by prospecting associations, subsidised by Mines Department .. . • •■ •• Construction of drainage and sludge channels, subsidised by Mines Department Diamond and other drills 4,846 1 9 13,667 10 1 14,596 2 9 9,630 9 6 4,648 11 6 12,384 15 9 13,566 14 1 6,293 16 6 12,739 17 6 4,594 10 0 111 19 0 2,888 1 0 850 0 0 108 0 0 3,692 0 0 4,050 0 0 3,600 0 0 1,050 0 0 1,858 0 0 1,931 4 8 45,174 15 11 33,648 7 9 38,284 10 5 1885-80. Water-races Roads on goldfields .. •• •• •• •■ Eoads undertaken by County Councils, subsidised by Mines Department Roads to mines, other than gold, subsidised by Mines Department .. .. • • •• •• - •• Works undertaken by prospecting associations, subsidised by Mines Department Construction of drainage and sludge channels, subsidised by Mines Department Schools of Mines 3,660 4 9 27,543 18 8 6,063 2 3 12,360 14 9 6,964 4 4 27,567 19 8 14,773 2 3 13,043 15 9 12,477 9 2 1,551 19 10 4,327 0 10 490 12 8 11,860 18 0 1,999 5 7 6,389 5 9 10,051 14 9 2,160 9 7 3,994 16 6 1,260 9 7 6,995 9 9 900 0 0 71,602 7 10 43,049 5 3 61,785 1 4 1886-87. Water-races .. Eoads on goldfields .. .. •■ •■ •■ Eoads and tracks undertaken by Councy Councils, subsidised by Mines Department Eoads to mines, other than gold, subsidised by Mines Department .. .. ■ • • • . Works undertaken by prospecting associations and companies, subsidised by Mines Department .. Construction of drainage and sludge channels, subsidised by Mines Department Diamond and other drills Schools of Mines 12,453 3 5 1,928 14 4 22,229 16 1 3,466 0 8 17,791 7 0 12,613 4 8 7,415 19 6 10,455 1 5 306 1 0 110 13 1 15,671 19 6 4,521 7 3 4,618 4 7 5,549 14 6 422 15 6 3,183 7 1 6,207 18 0 422 15 6 3,383 7 1 672 6 10 700 0 0 49,894 4 8 46,415 18 9 37,813 13 7