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No. 10. Statement showing the Price of Gold per Ounce, Price charged per Ton for crushing Quartz or Cement, and Prices charged for Water per Sluice-head per Week, during the Year ending 31st December, 1902.

District. Price of Gold per Ounce. Price charged per Ton for crushing Quartz or Cement. Price charged for Water per Sluicehead per Week. Remarks. Auckland— Thames Coromandel Paeroa £ s. d. 2 16 0 £2 10s. to £3 2s. 6d. 4 4 0 £ s. d. 0 5 6 0 10 0 £ s. d. £3 to £4 Te Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga 4 4 0 No public batteries; no water sold. No public batteries. None sold on field. No mines crushing. Mablborough—Havelock Blenheim 3 17 0 £3 12s. to £3 15s. 10 0 Nelson — Wangapeka Motueka.. Charleston Inangahua Collingwood Takaka Westport Murchison .. 1 Lyell .. .. J £3 lis. to £3 15s. 3 13 0 3 19 0 £3 18s. to £4 3 13 6 3 14 6 3 17 0 0 16 2 5 0 3 17 0 0 10 0 Westland —Hokitika, Kanieri, and! Waimea .. j Totara and Ross Stafford Greymouth Kumara 8 18 0 2 0 0 40 in. 3 18 0 3 18 0 3 18 0 3 18 0 0 12 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 20 in. oy 2 in. opening. Ahaura Okarito 3 18 6 8 18 0 0 10 0 10 0 Otago and Southland —Hindon Tuapeka.. Longwood Preservation and Waiau .. Orepuki and Round Hill .. Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) and Queenstown Mount Ida .. 1 Macrae's, Hyde .. I Hamilton, Serpentine ) Maerewhenua 3 16 6 3 17 6 3 10 6 3 15 6 3 18 6 3 17 0 0 15 0 3 0 0 0 8 0 20 in. by 2 in. 3 17 0 10 0 40 in. by 1 in. 3 17 0 10 0 20 in. by 2 in., 4 in. pressure. Cromwell Waikaia Tapanui Wyndham Roxburgh .. \ Clyde and Alexandra I Black's .. .. J Gore 3 17 0 3 17 6 3 17 6 £3 16s. to £3 18s. 0 8 0 0 4 0 1 15 0 3 17 6 J Wattjr used by I owners. 4 0 0