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Number of Subsidized Prospectors, the Amount of Subsidy granted and paid, also the Character and Result of Prospecting Operations from 1st January, 1914, to 31st March, 1915.

Name of Prospecting Party. Numbers of Prospectors. Locality of Operations. Amoupt of ! Subsidy granted. ] Amount of Subsidy expended. Distance Distance j .-.,»,„„ „, f .,„,,,. Character of driven. timbered. -"'"re OI cii.iu. Prospecting Operations. Remark.-. Northern Inspection. District. Hayes Bros. 2 Boat Harbour, Coromandel.. 5s. per ft. for 270 ft. £125 £37 10s., at 5s. per ft. Ft. Ft. 130 306 50 Quartz .. j Driving .. Opening up a run of ore of estimated value £4 per ton, „ .. „ .. j Driving in search of a lode. May Bell and Scotia Claim-; O'Keefe and party 4 2 Waitekauri Karangahake Luhrs and Ryan Tnrnbuli and Graham Ros and Andei'ion McGregor and party Dominion Company 2 ' 2 2 2 5 Mahakirau, Coromandel Thames district Whangamata Horahora Karangahake f 1 £1,000 at £2 subsidy for £1 subscribed 1,618* i Trenching and sur- No definite lode yet found, face prospecting „ - Ditto .. .. Found several low-grade quart.2 formations. ' „ .. .. Following the line of a lode. „ .. „ .. .. Nothing of value found. „ .. Driving .. Driving to strike a lode already located. £26 5s. per ft. for 350 ft. . West Coast Inspection District. Energetic Extended Syndicate .. Firmston and Franz 2 2 Murray Creek, Reefton . '. Blackwater £ s. d. 175 0 0 100 0 0 £ s. d. 76 10 0 43 5 0 306 t 173 f 984 + 240 400 180 100 200 83 Not measured up yet . Quartz . . Crosscut-drive .. The work is still in progress. „ .. Driving on reef .. Reef driven on 200 ft. not payable. ,, .. Crosscut-drive .. The w r ork is still in progress. ,, .. Surface work and Work in progress; prospects entrenching couraging. ,, .. Driving in small Small reef driven on not payable, reef Alluvial .. Drive in rock .. i Claim now being worked successfully. „ .. Surface prospecting Work in progress. Beaches .. Shaft-sinking .. Nothing has been done. Alluvial .. Drive in rock .. Work in progress. „ . ■ Driving .. Work incomplete; results to date encouraging. „ .. ,, .. Work is in progress. Victoria Range Syndicate Hopkins and party 4 2 Victoria Range Taipo Valley, Westland 481 0 0 52 0 0 246 0 0 Nil Howells and Chester 2 Mokihinui 135 0 0 60 0 0 Gibb and Friend 2 South Westland 100 0 0 100 0 0 Kulsen and Marks Lincoln and party McNieoll Bros. McBeath and party 2 2 Kanieri, Westland Ruatapu Beaches Mikonui, Ross Back Creek, Rimu 52 0 0 30 0 0 180 0 0 32 10 0 20 0 0 Nil 45 0 0 20 10 0 McPhee and party • • 2 Woodstock, Hokitika 150 0 0 Nil Mitchell Bros. 2 Stafford .. 20 0 0 - ,, .. ,, .. Work not commenced. Southern Inspection District. W. Mclvor Terry and party Browne and party Waipori Prospecting Companj- .. Stewart Island Tin Company . . 2 3 1 6 10 Waikaia Lawrence Waipori Stewart Island 41 5 0 46 3 0 100 0 0 800 0 0 800 0 0 19 18 9 46 |3 0 34 5 0 130 8 0 800 0 0 145 145 300 300 137 110 110 Alluvial .. .. Result undecided. ,, .. .. Ground unpayable. „ .. .. Result undecided. Alluvial, tin .. Jetty and tramway Not prospecting work. construction „ gold Water-race eon- „ struction ,, „ Tail-race construe- „ tion Wills and Shenahan 2 Alexandra 166 0 0 38 10 6 John Ry'ley .. 3 | Cardrona 50 0 0 50 0 0 I Gordon and party .. ... Carrick Gold-mining Company .. ! Kawarau. . Bannockburn 43 15 0 500 0 0 ,, „ .. No work yet done. ,, ,, • • ,, Total .. .. I 72 72 ! •Total. t Timber is used where required, but not measured separately.