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No. 16. Return of the Number of Mining Leases or Licenses in Force on the 31st December, 1907, the Extent of Ground leased or held under License, and Rental per Annum.

ining .eases. District. No. Gross Acreage. Rental per Annum. Auckland— Coromandel Thames Te Aroha Paeroa Puhipuhi Waihi 118 146 22 80 30 66 A. R. P. 4,557 0 26 8,607 0 7 1,043 2 34 456 3 12 2,656 0 0 3,954 0 20 £ s. d. 437 19 9 1,305 1 0 284 10 0 1,186 0 0 145 15 4 1,141 14 0 Marlborough— Havelock Blenheim 2 14 79 2 2 1,906 2 0 30 7 6 100 8 2 Nelson— Collingwood Reefton Charleston Ahaura Lyell Murchison Westport Motueka 1 161 11 14 32 32 1 920 0 0 5,274 1 36 95 0 0 336 0 0 680 0 0 524 2 21 1,000 0 0 115 0 0 943 14 3 31 10 0 107 15 0 179 15 6 145 0 0 4 3 4 Westland— Kumara Hokitika and Kanieri Ahaura Greymouth Ross Okarito .. 49 80 250 149 21 5 513 3 12 1,122 3 16 3,250 0 0 16,076 3 38 570 0 0 560 0 0 166 17 6 334 5 4 1,200 0 0 2,011 1 2 83 5 0 28 0 0 Otago and Southland— Cromwell Wyndham Waikaia.. Black's .. Clyde and Alexandra Roxburgh Naseby Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) Queenstown Riverton and Orepuki Tuapeka Middlemarch Livingstone 120 2 50 115 2,115 0 0 21 0 0 1,340 0 0 5,022 0 0 1,223 0 32 2,227 0 0 3,609 2 0 2,183 2 36 2,685 0 0 26 0 0 121 3 0 638 1 8 7 5 0 388 9 0 1,482 12 6 313 8 9 265 18 6 316 17 0 241 4 0 812 0 0 9 15 0 30 7 9 78 550 282 50 96 2 24 Totals 2,653 74,758 3 12 14,488 2 0