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Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Hauraki Mining District for the Year ended the 31st December, 1902 — continued.

Number of men employed on development-work in the whole district from which no returns of gold have been obtained : 150.

Battery Returns from Quartz-mines in the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Mining Districts for the Year ended the 31st December, 1902.

Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. Gold obtai: Quartz crushed, j Amalgamation. Gold obtained. ined. Cyanide. Estimated Value of Gold or Bullion. Ohinemuei County— coutim led. Karangahake— New Zealand Crown Mines .. New Zealand Talisman Woodstock 245 120 91 245 120 91 Tons cwt. lb.i 33,523 0 0 13,396 0 0 5,967 0 0 Oz. dwt. 5,462 6 Oz. dwt. £ s. d. 39,373 14 ! 74,764 4 2 50,409 0 20,163 13 0 9,437 0 9,917 13 7 456 Komata— Komata Reefs 456 83 52,886 0 0 5,462 6 99,219 14 104,845 10 9 S3 12,190 0 0 7,587 3 31,771 11 27,140 1 5 Maratoto— Hikutaia Gold Syndicate 12 772 2 970 5 ; 4,355 17 0 12 5,231 0 0 Totals 678 678 85,926 0 0 13,821 11 157,186 11 162,208 2 1 Pi. ,ko County. Waiorongomai— Empire and Mamoth Cadman 12 2 388 0 114 0 0 i o ! 768 12 70 0 1,467 0 11 202 8 0 14 14 502 0 0 838 12 1,669 8 11 ■ Great Barrier Coromandel County Thames County and Borough .. Waihi Borough Ohinemuri County Piako County '.'. 1 3 314 496 1,141 678 14 3 314 496 .,141 678 14 QMMARY. 10 0 22,588 11 15 31,852 11 111 180,034 0 0 85,926 0 0 502 0 0 21 0 9,859 4 23,389 3 659 0 13,821 11 838 12 9,307 10 20,487 18 608,286 7 157,136 11 2 14 10 44,946 1 1 69,658 13 4 1524,442 9 7 |l62,208 2 1 1,669 8 11 802,927 9 10 726,012 7 11 Grand totals, 1902 1901 .. 2 .. 3 2,646 3,224 !,646 !,224 320,904 3 14 308,350 6 39 48,588 10 30,900 17 795,218 6 581,858 11 Increase Decrease 578 12,553 16 87 17,687 13 213,359 15 76,915 1 11 578

Name and Locality of Mine. Quartz crushed. Yield of Gold. .pproximate Values. larlborough Distriot— Jubilee lollingwood District — Golden Ridge Golden Blocks Vestport Distriot— Red Queen, Mokihinui .. Britannia Stony Creek .. jyell District — Alpine Extended teefton District— Welcome Kirwan's Reward Golden Fleece Wealth of Nations Keep-it-Dark Progress Mines Industry Last Chanoe Taffy Tons. 644 3,442 2,402 20 129 200 2,369 Oz. dwt. gr. 151 19 13 2,223 3 14 2,119 0 0 14 12 0 138 0 9 32 1 10 1,368 3 0 £ a. d. 533 14 9 8,680 11 1 8,171 16 3 56 18 9 538 2 9 111 8 2 5,218 12 6 1,776 3,963 13,614 11,566 11,405 55,976 182 3 180 1,194 13 23 2,547 15 21 7,001 9 22 5,544 4 15 3,800 19 3 26,436 19 5 29 7 0 6 0 0 24 5 15 4,602 16 8 10,212 8 2 29,896 5 2 23,106 14 5 13,817 10 0 106,999 16 2 82 16 0 24 6 0 97 2 6 Totals .. 107,871 52,632 15 6 212,150 14 4