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No. 15. Return of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs awarded, for the Year ending 31st December, 1902.

District. Number of Mining Disputes adjudicated on. Aggregate Ami Claimed. lunt of Value. Recovered. Amount of Costs awarded. ■S 3* 6 rirr'S 2 SJ S s si a 3: it »r?8t; Bri^ Auckland— Coromandel Thames Te Aroha Paeroa Waihi 4 48 £ s. d. 2,606 16 1 £ s. d. 905' 3 5 £ s. d. 35 0 0 9 6 0 4 16 14 7 127' 0 2 595 12 3 82 14 1 212 5 9 33 6 0 9 18 0 3 Maelboeough 13 84 15 0 51 15 0 4 13 0 1 Nelson — Inangahua Collingwood Lyell and Murchison Westport Charleston Takaka Wangapeka 5 5 18 25 2,592 10 0 1,715 1 6 446 8 7 571 7 7 2,492 10 0 7 13 6 53 8 1 167 18 0 56 19 0 81 15 6 34 2 0 23 8 6 3 5 9 17 6 9 17 6 0 10 0 Westland— Kumara Greymouth Hokitika and Kanieri Stafford Ross Ahaura Okarito 26 10 6 476 7 8 800 8 8 187 16 0 6 18 0 252 2 8 711 8 8 27 6 0 6 18 2 10 0 5 7 0 13 6 0 3 2 2 23 1 85 14 7 182 16 7 51 0 0 82 7 6 51 0 0 36 3 0 1 3 0 "i •' 3 Canteebuby— Ashburton Otago and Southland— Tapanui Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Roxburgh .. .. 1 Black's Clyde and Alexandra . .* J Waikaia Orepuki, Longwood, and Riverton .. Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) Queenstown Gore Mount Ida Wyndham 18 52 18 10 14 43 33 13 21 18 11 3 1,102 16 7 410 15 4 150 0 0 is'11 3 345 16 3 322 11 0 10 0 0 2115 0 56 14 6 32 6 0 5 0 0 10 434 7 7 141 0 0 254 6 0 586 14 0 76 7 6 414 7 7 103 6 8 140 7 2 57 2 3 44 15 0 30 3 0 26 4 0 17 6 10 3 6 0 1 14 0 30 22 ' 2 1 Totals 473 13,629 14 4 6,570 9 .0 544 18 6 201