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190

A.—Number of Prospecting Licenses and Special Claims granted and expired or surrendered during 1902.

B. —List of Companies having Dredges actually at Work on their Claims on the 31st December, 1902.

I have, &c, E. 8. Hawkins, Warden. The Under-Secretary, Mines Department, Wellington.

Prospecting Pros Areas expired Areai during Year duri: ended ei 31st Decern-. 31st ber, 1902. bei ipeoting 3 gran e gp ec j a i Claims surrendered duringi Special Claims granted during ng year Year ended Year ended Q 2, ed 31st December, 1902. 31st December, 1902. Decem- -, 1902. No. Area. No. Dn idging. SI licing. I Reefing. Dredging. I Sluioing. Reefing. 1 Area. Area. No, No. Area. No., Aria. No. Area. No. Area. , No. Area. Greymouth ... Ahaura Reefton Westport Lyell 1 Murchison ) Charleston ... Acres. 53 4,050 4£ 109 7,929 3S 25 1,972 24 10 815 t 25 1,528 It 1 53 109 25 10 48 32 24 5 Acres. 4,143 1,962 1,403 191 29 32 o 10 Acres. 2,064 2,512 190 508 9 14 Acres.i Acres 266j 203! 1 96 1 8 4 Acres. 96 346 157 2 6 li 3 Acres. 82 347 83 81 10 2 6 Acres. 202 16 392 4 4 Acres. "87 148 '.7 8 34c 416 4 151 25 lo 1,205 14 804 2| 104 1 It 1 16 261 727. 20 3 42 1 50 1 11 1 14 ... 1 I i 222 16,294; 125 8,954 90 6,078 32 989 14 61t II 615 38' 1.320 1 20 641 12 291

Nama of Gold-dredging Company. J a? S,°.£ 3 s ai ti fe, <d& a a *Cr o a Ph S t. g° ng §S . r> CD rafT to £°'S Location of Dredge. Date of Completion of Dredge. ■a °S CD^ tn % - fe S o * asi 01 c3 r tn-. a °-s X MSh 33 ~Cr O o co 6Z51 No. of Ounces of Gold won from 1st January to 31st December, 1902. Amount paid or declared in Dividends to Shareholders. £ 9,900 3,000 8,500 9,255 9,000 9,000 9,375 10,000 9,000 9,000 9,475 12,000 7,500 £ Oz. dwt. gr. 1,051 15 2 116 3 6 184 15 0 945 6 17 853 5 7 390 14 21 2,386 10 12 1,381 8 10 309 10 10 342 14 5 £ s. d. Welcome Ahaura-Watterson's Garibaldi* Erickson's Reward Red Jack's Trafalgar Pactolusf Mosquito Aldinga Victory Blackwater River No Town Creek Callaghan's Creek 3^000 440 1,500 1,750 Buller River Ahaura River Moonlight Oreek Orwell Creek Red Jack's Creek Nelson Creek Dec, 1901 476 1,910 3,850 Mosquito Creek Nelson Greek 2,962 6,907 4,140 2,375 3,169 2,000 1,250 1,875 12201 J334JBlackwater River .. No Town Creek Callaghan's Creek .. Grey River.. 4,038 l,97l"6 14 764 15 12 2,400 0 0 312 10 0 Great Lead} 7,500 Nelson Creek Greymouth Lagoons (No Liability) Cornwall Maori King Stony and Mosquito Leads 8,500 17,740 1J235 Nelson Creek Blackwater River .. 5,333 1,741 4,130 4 8 90 14 11 9,775 0 0 10,925 5,785 11,375 1,500 200| New River, Marsden Maori Creek South Beaoh, Greymouth Paroa ... Redman's Creek, Reefton Boatman's Creek Buller River Jan. 24,1902 May 22, „ Sept. 4, „ 4,642 234 2,000 661 13 7 46 15 12 160 0 0 Leviathan Freeholds Al 15,000 8,500 1,500 Aug. 6, „ June 1, 1901 1,920 4,921 158 11 4 968 8 0 850 0 0 Reeves's Proprietary Buller Junction Fedderson's Mokoia Maori Gully Grey River Premier (Buller) Leviathan North Beach 12,200 9,375 11,000 9,000 8,900 8,500 10,375 15,000 8,325 Nov., Jan. 28, Dec. 28, 1902 Oct. 13, 1900 Deo. 7, 1901 Sept. 1, 1900 Dec. 4, 1901 4,765 4,985 931 1 6 1,205 16 12 610 0 0 625 0 0 1J875 235 Stillwater Greek Grey River Buller River Paroa North Beach, Greymouth Shellback Oreek Near Westport Matakitaki River 500 2,800 700 2,953 139 16 0 189 7 3 82 3 0 843 0 0 1,293 0 21 1,486 7 17 262 9 10 1,500 0 0§ 416 15 0 Shellback Waimangaroa River Kohikohi Amikitea In liquidation— Grey River Consolidated Ruby Creek Ford's Creek Stony Creek Orwell Creek.. Totara Flat Kangaroo Creek 8,615 12,000 12,000 12,500 547 2,034 2,599 April, 1902 Oct. 17, „ Sept. 3, 1901 Nov. 20, 1902 3,259 140 180 223 414 19 2 4 5 0 34 6 0 30 5 0 10,000 10,000 6,500 12,000 12,000 10,000 9,500 Grey River.. Ford's Creek Near Westport Orwell Creek Totara Flat Kangaroo Creek i ■■ 408,120 24,094 76,121 23,569 0 3 16,751 14 10 * New company formed. I T on for want of funds. § 2s. 6d. on r o dredges working, (reference shares. t Dredge closed down for last twelve mouths. Unable to carry