THE COLONY'S GOLDFIELDS

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12592, 7 September 1906, Page 8

THE COLONY'S GOLDFIELDS

ANNUAL MINES'STATKMBNJViffI

(IFECML TO "TH». »«».") - )| WELLINGTON, Sepiwniw 6. - i The annual Mine* Statement wa* >I laid on the table of tie House to-day, ji together with the usual reports of t*k*jß inspecting engineer and the ii»pec€oifj|||j The returns included in-the at * t and report*. *how that fihe during th* year ended March subsidised road and track* was £4jH§|| Tlie total expenditure ott wad* tMflg direct grant* w« £40,612. return* For the yea* 1905 riicnr«d|M total value of £2,093,936, £1,987,601 in 1904. Thi* Aenmjm fooreaae of £106,485. Ite b ito ItiH eat return for many year*, ■M/WKH oeedi the higjh return of the JOTTjjgHEB by £66,105. The last year vru famq, m% fields. The AOfSP^Sj^/fflfli £438 258, £95.862-; total T*lueo«Jpd' ookmT' to the ■ end of. jjwu £67,280,684. . ■ v^fll - Tfce Government *••.' * B *pet | akQled operator* and a, ant to operate the three dia«joo*gl drill*, wihicli hare beeft eeomjed m#, the deTOlopnun* of iniiune. , . men wUI arrive In, t*e •»ftj| month*. Re«ul*tioiM a*e now bMDf drawn up far totting outjand the drilfc. • ■ • ; "i_';^ The GoTemiment.'eay* iib« ku decided *•* the day of UU «b**;j| tnan pw)*peobor,?lioweTi«r useful, m Way Jg hftveteen in tb* early.day», cd. v Erospectine require*; tk o*, j 8 rded out oa more antenuitic nMa,: •M^ J th».r*ffuktiobß will be'atneaoed.^***,^ oordin2r- ™®* the c seWP? w sl > "2Jl willing to a*M*t m writ of thw ffiu* g| •cter; it i» now averse toth* dietn*'-t| biitioJi of eub«d»e* to o*tfft'two M«u:* Pijring laet fia*nci»KjeaT the- «urn oC (| £1822. wa*- paid io> •übttdie* to P«»J^ Pe m*Minwter iope* that »W» l ' , fJ few months arranaetnen** moj be Dieted under which pn»pecUn« fWi'W.l carried on in the tJrewwa Mft£g& Numoroue applioatsoMi TJave alreaflJ! records the fact-thai aeveral Jioenee* for minine been taken up near Keao. miaine indication* have been W&gKjS e»"»yf of the ore girme * high f*ft?|d oentaee. A Koence for copper hag j& also been gramted for ike Maliarehara? ; | locality, near Woodvfll*. and a pany witli a fair capital hae liWl| X formed to frrtSier develop «i 4 M copper mine at An»e«d Valley, >eW eon. ' '..d