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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1611, 14 January 1903, Page 65

It is satisfactory to learn that in spite of quietness in the mining sharemarket and frequent freshets in the rivers of Otago and West Coast, the output of gold last year was the largest for the past twenty-nine years. The total quantity entered for export was 508,0430 z, valued at £1,951,430, as against 455,5610 z, valued at £1,753,783 for the previous year, or an increase of 52,4820 z, valued at £197,647, for the year. The output for the month of December was about £70,000 in excess of the same month of 1901. The quantity and value of gold entered for export at the different ports last month were as follows:—Auckland, 29,8840 z, valued at £111,238; Nelson, 2230 z, valued at £BB4j Westport, 4oz, valued at £18; Greymouth, 10,7790 z, valued at £43,118; Dunedin, £22,0420z, valued at £88,366; Invercargill, 11390 z, valued at £4669: ” total, 64,0710 z, valued at £248,293. For December, 1901, the quantity was 45,2360 z and the value £173,900. The silver export from Auckland in December was 82,5570 z, valued at £8204, as against 85,8050 z, valued at £10,225 for December, 1901. The federal War Office is taking steps to check some of the abuses which have crept up in the Australian army in imitation of older organisations. A general order recently issued notifies that from February Ist officers of the military forces will not be entitled to the services of soldiers as servants or personal orderlies. Also, officers claiming for horse allowance are to furnish quarterly a certificate that they have kept' a horse in serviceable condition, and. that it lias been available for the public service