DREDGING RETURNS.

Otago Witness, Issue 2355, 13 April 1899, Page 21

DREDGING RETURNS.

The Secretary of the Magnetic Drpdging Company reports a return of 1520z for last week. The Secretary of the Vincent Dredging Company reports a return of 2i\oz for 125 hours' dredging. The Secretary of the Golden Beach Dredging Company reports a. return of 440z 13dwt gold for 111 hours' dredging. The Stock Exchange reports the following returns for last week:— Otago Dredging Company, 290z sd\vt; Golden Treasure Company, &oz 12dwt for 3i days. Tho Dunedin dredge return is 15oz 6gr for 6 days. The river is up 3ft since Wednesday. Mr A. Johnston Brown reportß the following Terras:—Chatto Creek Dredging Company, . 15o?; Golden Point Dredging Company; 250z. Tho Clyde yield for last -week • was 18oz. The river is sft above normal mark. Mr Uabcz Burton reports that the Ettrick dredge return is 18oz sdwt. The -Manorbum Gold 'Dredging Company (Limited) reports a return of 41oz for 175 hours' dredging. The usual monthly dividend of Is per share was declared on Saturday. Our Cromwell correspondent telegraphs: — The Alpine return is 42ioz for four days' dredging- ' J Mr A. C. P. Commin, secretary of the Kyc- ! "burn Gold Dredging Company (Limited), re- J ports a return of 12oz gold for 138 hours' dredg- ' ing. i Friday's Dunstan Times reports:—The Molyneux Hydrsuilic dredge is still continuing her cut up along the river bank. She is now past the old coal-pit. Last week she got 19oz. We give in a tabtilated form the above returns, with the locality near which the dredges are working: —

Mr B. T. "Wheeler, jun., manager of the Golden Terrace Dredging Company, reports a return of 260z 6&wt 20gr for week ended 6th inst. The dredge master of the Matau Dredging Company (Limited) wired yesterday: "Tura- . ;l>ler arrived Wednesday ; got it in positkm, splendid fit. Cannot dredge before Tuesday or "Wednesday." ' . . The Upper Waipori Alluvial Gold Dredging Company (Limited) ' obtained last week 20oz .' Idwt of: gold for 131 hours' dredging. Tho Jutland Flat fWaipori) Gold Mining Company (Limited) obtained last week 13oz lgdwt of gold for 144 hours' wages time; 185 hours' actual dredging. The return from the Golden Gate dredge, Miller's Flat, for the week ending April 8 was 21oz gold. Tho return of the Empire Gold Dredging Company's dredge for last-week was 240z 13dwt.

fagnetic, Cromwell .. .. rolden Beach, Alexandra .. .lpine, Cromwell lanorburn. Alexandra .. .. >tago, Miller's Plat t olden Point r incent, Clyde lolyneux Hydraulic, Alexandra Ittrick, Moa Flat Hyde, Alexandra taaedin, Roxburgh . . . . !hatto Creek, Manulierikia „ [yeburn, Kyetmrn rolden Treasure^ Miller' s Flat .. Oz. dwt. 152 0 44 13 42 10 41 0 29 5 25 0 24 10 19 0 13 5 18 0 15 0 15 0 12 0 5 13 0 0 0 0' 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0