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Number Amount of Amount of Distance Ttfatiirp of Name of Prospecting Party. of Pro- Locality of Operations. Subsidy Subsidy driven Claim Character of Operations. Remarks. spectors. granted.* expended. or sunk. ! ! Northern Inspection District. £ s. d. £ s. d. j Ft. Golden Dawn Gold-mines, Ltd. .. 20 Golden Dawn, Owharoa .. .. 401 7 3 400 17 0 754 Quartz .. Driving, &c. .. Work mainly on gold-bearing reef. Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled. James, S. C. .. .. .. 2 Golden Lily Claim, Colville .. .. 19 16 11 10 7 11 22 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value located. Gigantic Mines, N.L. .. .. .. 6 Grace's Find, Neavesville .. .. 27 6 7 27 6 7 .. Quartz .. Trenching and driving Nothing of importance found. Dawn of Hope Gold-mines, N.L. .. 2 Lucky Shot Mine, Thames .. .. 56 14 0 40 3 4 85 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Driving on gold-bearing leader. Talisman-Dubbo Gold-mines, Ltd. .. 4 Talisman-Dubbo Mine, Karangahake .. 69 11 9 7 7 0 14 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Driving on gold-bearing reef. Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled. Morgan, H. L. .. .. .. 2 Scotia Claim, Waitekauri .. .. 38 15 0 38 15 0 155 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value found. School of Mines .. .. .. .. Thames .. .. .. .. 108 10 0 72 0 0 . . Quartz .. Crushing Kuranui Golden Hills .. .. .. Thames .. .. .. .. 736 9 6 725 3 8 .. Quartz .. Testing low-grade ores Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled. Coromandel Gold-mines, Ltd. .. .. 4 Nil Desperandum Claim, Coromandel .. 250 0 0 237 4 4 70 Quartz .. Shaft-sinking .. Work in progress. Schulzki, R. .. .. .. 2 New Talisman Claim, Karangahake .. 52 10 0 .. 30 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Work in progress. Karangahake Prospecting and Tributary .. Karangahake .. .. .. 37 0 0 .. .. .. Purchase explosives .. Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled. Association Hardy, M. Y. .. . . .. 1 Waiorongomai .. .. .. 25 0 9 25 0 9 .. Quartz .. Battery Hardy's Gold-mines Development Syndi- .. Waiorongomai .. .. .. 39 0 0 .. .. .. .. Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled, cate Testing Low-grade Areas, Thames .. .. Thames .. .. .. .. 1,275 00 73173 .. .. .. Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled. West Coast Inspection District. Toogood, A. J. (Pool Syndicate) .. 4 Baton River .. .. .. Ill 0 0 .. 171 Alluvial .. Shaft-sinking and Satisfactory. tunnelling New Zealand Mining Investments, Ltd. .. .. Awatuna Beach .. .. .. 125 0 0 .. .. Dredging.. Drilling .. .. Not taken up. Big River Gold-mines, Ltd. .. .. .. Big River .. .. .. .. 186 0 6 .. .. Quartz .. Driving, rising, &c. .. Cancelled. Borings Ltd. .. .. .. .. Fern Flat, Murchison .. .. .. 89 0 0 .. .. Dredging.. Shaft-sinking .. Not taken up. Cancelled. Golden Electric Dredging Co., Ltd. .. .. Okarito .. .. .. .. 210 0 0 .. .. Dredging.. Drilling .. .. Not taken up. Cancelled. Haast Development Syndicate .. 4 Haast Beaches, South Westland .. 253 14 0 238 2 8 1,067 Dredging.. Drilling .. .. Unsatisfactory. Balance of subsidy cancelled. Hunters Plains Alluvials, Ltd. .. .. .. Upper Matakitaki .. .. .. 60 0 0 .. .. Dredging.. Drilling .. .. Not taken up. Cancelled. Maori Gully Syndicate .. .-. 2 Maori Gully, Arnold Survey District .. 32 0 0 17 10 0 35 Alluvial .. Shaft-sinking .. Indefinite. Morgan, McFarlane, and Wallace .. .. " The Break," Kumara .. .. 75 0 0 .. .. Alluvial .. Driving tail-race Not taken up. tunnel Murchison Development Syndicate, Ltd. 4 Buller River, Tutaki Survey District .. 37 10 0 32 16 3 150 Dredging.. Drilling .. .. Unsatisfactory. Balance of subsidy cancelled. Robertson Maher Gold-prospecting Syndi- .. Armchair Valley, Marlborough .. .. 125 0 0 .. .. Dredging.. Drilling .. .. Not taken up. Cancelled. cate Waikakaho Valley Co. . . . 4 Waikakaho ... ...... 27 0 11 27 0 11 173 Alluvial .. Drilling .. .. Satisfactory. Southern Inspection District. Adams Flat Gold-mining Syndicate .. 2 Adams Flat, South Otago .. .. 2197 .. 288 Alluvial .. Sinking .. .. Results unsatisfactory. Unexpended balance of subsidy cancelled. Bell Currie Syndicate .. .. 4 Rock and Pillar Survey District.. .. 37 12 0 37 12 0 150 Alluvial .. Driving .. .. Values located, but ground difficult to work. Further work is necessary to prove the ground. * Includes authorizations in previous years. The total of the subsidies granted, less cancellations, during the year ended 31st March, 1935, amounted to £2,010 3s. 7d.