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EURTHER REPORTS ON THE

Table L. Return showing the Number of Gold Mining Companies on the Thames and Coromandel Gold Fields on 30th June, 1871, with the nominal Amount of Capital and Amount of Capital actually and nominally Paid up. Number of Companies ... ... ... ... 130 Amount of Capital ... ... ... ... £3,030,719 Paid or called up ... ... ... ... £2,572,421 To be called up ... ... ... ... £458,298 The above Return is made from public lists, and is as near an approximation to the state of the Mining Companies as can be arrived at.

TABLE M. RETURN of Dividend-Paying Companies. THE following Return shows the Number of Dividend-Paying Companies on the Thames Gold Fields, including Coromandel and Tapu, and has been prepared by Mr. Sholl, of Auckland.

TABLE N. RETURN showing the Length of Tramways on the Coromandel and Thames Gold Fields, with the Rentals paid for each Tramway by the Lessees.

Names of Companies. Nominal Capital. Amount per Share. Amount of Dividends from 31st May, 1870, to 31st May, 1871. Total Amount of Dividends from 27th May, 1870, to 31st May, 1871. No. of Shares. 111 Nations ... Jelfast )ixon's No. 1 )auntless and Sink to Eise J-olden Crown Curanui jong Drive ihotover No. 1 Thames Jnas /"ale of Avoca Nolan's Can delight iVaitemata ilorniug Star... dultum in Parvo Llburnia unction Caledonian diddle Star ... Nonpareil 'rovidence Californian £ ... '' 54,000 ... ! 28,000 ... | 24,000 16,000 102,000 127,000 6,000 224,000 60,000 75,000 9,500 18,000 21,000 30,000 32,000 100,000 37,000 36,000 34,320 36,000 21,000 20,000 14, 760 10 5 10 5 1,000 10 5 10 10 5 1 5 5 5 4 5 10 5 12 25 5 5 5 £ s. d. 3 4 6 0 10 0 8 0 0 4 6 201 7 0 16 0 13 0 0 0 7 6 16 17 6 0 2 0 0 6 6 0 2 0 0 2 6 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 7* 0 5 0 0 2 6 108 10 0 0 5 0 0 13 6 0 0 6 0 2 6 £ s. 17,617 10 280 0 960 0 720 0 38,592 0 16,510 0 18,000 0 8,400 0 101,250 0 1,500 0 3, OSS 0 360 0 571 5 6,000 0 300 0 1,625 0 925 0 900 0 310,310 0 360 0 3,897 10 100 0 369 0 d. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,400 5,600 2,400 3,200 192 12, 700 1,200 22, 400 6, 000 15,000 9,500 3, 600 4, 200 (i, 000 8, 000 20, 000 3, 700 7,200 2,860 1,440 5,700 4,000 2,950 1,215,580 1,162 348 10 4 592,G32 5 0 This Return does not show the amount oi lights, or Leases which may not have been worki Tho gold obtained from these sources does ik gold obt: :d by Com it appear ii lined from clair sanies. is worked unde: Miners' l any public ace lunt.

Tramways. Length of Tramway. Length of Wire Tram. Yearly Rental. lape Creek Ce Papa Creek Jauraki Creek Hoanatairi 75 Chains 161 Chains 60 „ 111 „ Double action Tramway 40 Chains £ s. d. 63 0 0 25 0 0 240 0 0 65 0 0 I ■:. " 550 0 0 Hadman's Gully Fararu Creek Joromandel 88 Chains 136 „ Double action Tramway 34 Chains 75 0 0 Worked by Government. } - {