G.—B.

No. 13. Number of Machines employed in Alluvial and Quartz-mining, and the Value thereof, for the Year ending 31st December, 1902.

30—C. 3.

265

ichi: tery emplo. 'ed in Alluvi ial tini: lg. Machii lery em; >loyi id i Qui irtz-i lin: ing. District. Steamengines employed winding, crushing, &c. III 9 a 3 a R3 ■a 3 j*. CD D h O B0 ft 13 a a aS OS3 H CD ft I a 3 a CD S3 * 3 9 QE2 O H o o3 H ui * £ d d cdO II la o (A 0 « a O Q 1-3 03 05 5 I 3 o 3 a 1 'A Steamengines employed winding, crushing, &c. 3 r2 o a q rS tn rH •3 ca CD S3 ir 3 ■fl $ CO I h 3 I u >. Oh u o DO a Approximate Value of all Mining Plant included in this Beturn. AggreNo. gate 3 7; a ■a o Jr 7: 1 AggreNo. gate h.p. oq I m 'fl rH a ■ a h .UCKLAND — Paeroa Coromandel Thames Te Aroha Waihi 17 20 27 25 1,402 900 1,252 65 3,594 11 7 1 4 340 30 462 10 345 10 1 53 2 9 32 187 £ 157,810 43,000 180,162 2,700 257,640 641,312 Totals 89 7,213 23 1,187 75 219 Iablboeough— Wakamarina Cullen's Creek Waikakaho Blenheim 2 16 26 2 3,000 4 2 2 21 1 2,500 Totals 2 16 30 2 2 3 2 20 1 5,500 Ielson — Wangapeka Collingwood Takaka Inangahua Charleston Lyell Murchison Westport Ahaura "2 "24 95 80 422 47 700 6 1 10 3 71 6 8 26 500 1 5 2 6 3 *3 24 1 27 5 '758 '2 22 '2 28 440 30 i 22 2 3 05 8,000 70,000 216,362 800 29,000 18,000 11,500 74,000 1 6 1 20 i 22 i 2 44 11 7 2 Totals 2 24 1,341 14 625 37 4 46 28 763 35 553 32! 65 427,662 Vestlanh — Stafford RossHokitika and Kanieri Greymouth Kumara 3 8 8,000 20 100 1,600 150 7 3 100 13 130 600 90 4 2 30 1 a 6 5 3 1 48,000 22,200 6,000 68,000 25,000 i 60 2 6 10 4 4 Totals 1 4 60 3 9,87i 12 933 36 23 6 5 31 169,200 (tago and Southland Tapanui .. :. Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Clyde and Alexandra Roxburgh Black's Orepuki, Riverton, and Preservation Waikaia (Switzers) Arrow Queenstown Naseby Kyeburn and Clarke's Hamilton's and Sowburn Hyde and Fullerton's Macrae's, Strath Taieri, and Shag ValleySerpentine St. Bathan's, Ida Valley, &c. Gore V 2 1 •■ 12 27 5 2 2 360 1,600 275 200 150 400 "I '5 25 3 25 8 10 30 50 4 5 2 1 23 24 57 1 3 4 3 1 'i 20 1 2 a 4 3 i 1 16 16 40 32 42 8 5 3 7 2 5 31 15 34 15 20 "so 75 2! ii 1 2,000 710 80,000 171,000 375,000 6,000 26,000 20,000 46,000 42,000 34 109 3 61 18 89 29 70,000 •• Totals 34 2 I 3,096J 14 146 20 3l I 16 184 -12 1 2 838,710 44 11 212 41 309 SUMMARY. i .uckland larlborough felson Vestland Itago .. 4 6 5 .. 2 6 11 89 7,213 23 2 35 1,187 20 553 75 1 32 3 12 219 641,312 5,500 427,662 169,200 838,710 2 2 1 5 16 24 4 44 60 34 8 2 30 1,344 9,870 3,096 14 12 11 2 625 933 212 2 36 14 3 37 23 146 46 28 763 3 1 2 65 20 "s 16 'l84 41 309 'i Totals 10 94 3 10 14,340 37 1,772 52 209 66 3 133 8,160 101 123! 284 2,082,384 88 2,069|