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No. 16. Return of the Number of Mining Leases or Licenses in Force on the 31st December, 1908, the Extent of Ground leased or held under License, and Rental per Annum.

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fining .eases. District. No. Gross Acreage. Rental per Annum. Auckland— Coromandel Thames Te Aroha Paeroa Puhipuhi Waihi .. 117 20 172 81 31 55 A. R. p. 4,167 3 32 971 0 14 ■10,611 2 13 4,982 0 3 3,314 0 0 4,458 3 25 £ s. d. 476 0 0 312 7 6 1,702 14 0 1,350 7 6 242 1 0 1,276 12 0 8P.::» 16 18 9' 173 13 0 Marlborough— Havelock Blenheim 4 32 55 0 0 1,564 0 0 Nelson — CoUingwood Reefton Charleston Lyell Murchison Westport Motueka 11 169 9 19 25 37 3 7,082 0 0 5,190 0 30 60 0 0 389 0 0 593 2 0 503 0 0 194 0 0 544 0 0 1,000 17 3 17 0 0 109 5 0 135 2 0 119 5 0 47 4 7 Westland — Kumara Hokitika and Kanieri Ahaura Greymouth Ross Okarito 2 80 250 123 17 10 327 3 11 925 0 0 6,000 0 0 17,090 0 0 194 0 0 829 0 0 173 14 6 201 3 9 1,500 0 0 1,115 0 0 55 12 6 64 7 6 Otago and Southland — Cromwell Wyndham Waikaia Black's Clyde and Alexandra Roxburgh Naseby Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) Queenstown Riverton and Orepuki Tuapeka Middlemaroh Livingstone ] 120 4 49 10 107 79 556 300 58 85 1 18 2,381 0 0 58 0 0 1,250 0 0 408 0 0 4,686 0 0 1,419 2 39 2,206 0 0 3,746 2 0 2,387 1 9 2,450 0 0 52 0 0 98 0 7 602 6 8 18 0 0 438 0 0 116 10 0 1,327 12 6 389 10 0 251 8 6 341 17 0 244 7 0 760 0 0 6 10 0 ,29 12 6 Totals .. 2,654 90,644 2 23 15,159 0 0