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APPENDICES TO THE MINES STATEMENT. APPENDIX A. REPORTS RELATING TO METALLIFEROUS MINES AND STONE-QUARRIES. The Inspecting Engineer of Mines to the Under-Secretary of Mines. Sir,— Wellington, 16th May, 1917. I have the honour to present my tenth annual report on metalliferous mines, together with annexures and statistical information, for the year ended 3lst December, 1916. In accordance with the usual practice, the tables showing expenditure through the Mines Department on roads, bridges, tracks, prospecting operations, &c, are for the period covered by the financial year —viz., from the Ist April, 1916, to the 31st March, 1917. The reports, &c, are divided into the following sections:— I. Production of Minerals. 11. Persons employed. 111. Accidents. IV. Gold-mining. (I.) Quartz-mining. (2.) Dredge Mining. (3.) Alluvial Mining. V. Minerals other than Gold. VI. Stone-quarries. (1.) Quarrying Operations and Statistics. (2.) Accidents. (3.) Summary Report by Inspector of Stone-quarries for North Island. VII. State Aid to Mining. (1.) Subsidized Prospecting. (2.) Government Prospecting-drills. (3.) Subsidized Roads on Goldfields. (4.) Government Water-races. VIII. Schools of Mines. Annexures, — (a.) Summary of Reports by Inspectors of Mines. (b.) Reports of Water-race Managers. (c.) Reports of Directors of Schools of Mines. (d.) Mining Statistics. (e.) Examinations under the Mining Act, 1908, and Lists of Certificate-holders.