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Battery Returns from Quartz-mines in the Southern District for Year ended the 31st December, 1902.

Statement of Value of Gold won from Quartz crushed for all Districts for Years ended the 31st December, 1901 and 1902.

Name and Locality of Mine. Ordinary Quartz crushed. Produce of Amalgam. Retorted Gold. Melted fiold. Value. Tailings treated. Gold from Tailings. _J Ton cwt. qr. ' 178 0 0 306 0 0 12,178 0 0 Oz. dwt. gr. 307 12 0 Oz. dwt. gr. 113 15 0 25 7 0 1,759 14 0 Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. 460 18 9 71 13 0 6,743 15 8 Ton 27 Oz. £ s. d. STew Star, Preservation Inlet Upha, Preservation Inlet Indian Glenrock, Wynaad (now Premier Sunrise, New Zealand) Macetown 5hotover, Skipper's >omwell Proprietary, Bendigo .. Jendigo Tailings Syndicate, Bendigo Mount Highlay, Hyde Barewood, Barewood ).P.Q. (Waipori), Waipori Sundries 184 0 0 5,659 10 0 213 19 0 106 0 6 1,752 1 23 397 13 4 877 lio 88 281 4 9* 285 17 7* 2,133 0 0 200 0 0 2,253 5 7 687 0 0 8,553 6 10 4,199 10 0 1,318 0 0 l,806"l 2 6,911 17 7 250 36 140 8 Of Total 9,178 10 0 17,499 1 0 [ 6,264 2 15 [23,826 4 9 1,154 |234 707 10 4 1,752 1 23 A return of 41 tons scheelite hi Sundries include the returns ol as alBO been n f ten mines ov iade. 'ned by privi ite parties, wh< t Tailings ti D do not desire their returns to be pub blish id. * Tailin igs treated by c; 'anide. reated by Huntingdon Mill.

Mining District. Year ended the 31st December, 1902. Year ended the 31st December, 1901. Hauraki Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast ... Otago and Southland... Totals ... £ 802,927 212,151 24,534 1,039,612 £ 726,012 196,952 19,944 1,039,612 942,908 Gross Totals and Value of Gold purchased by Banks for Year ended th 31st December, 1902. Bank. Gold purchased. Gold purchased. Value. Hauraki Mining District. Oz. dwt. gr. Bank of New Zealand ... ... ... I 81,743 7 0 Bank of New South Wales ... ... ... 16,490 5 12 £ s. d. 119,837 7 7 30,811 10 9 , Totals ... ... ... ... 98,233 12 12 98,233 12 12 150,648 18 4 150,648 18 4 Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland Mining Dislri. '.stland Mining Districts. 34,979 15 18 9,691 0 22 29,164 1 23 1,453 0 0 36 11 0 icts. 136,528 5 11 38,382 19 5 113,684 15 3 5,693 0 0 134 6 9 Bank of New Zealand ... ... ... 34,979 15 18 Bank of New South Wales ... ... ... 9,691 0 22 National Bank of New Zealand ... ... 29,164 123 Union Bank of Australia ... ... ... 1,453 0 0 Private buyers ... ... ... ... 36 11 0 ■ [ 136,528 5 11 38,382 19 5 113,684 15 3 5,693 0 0 134 6 9 Totals ... ... ... ... 75,324 9 15 75,324 9 15 294,423 7 4 294,423 7