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There have been no coal vessels sent to the Coromandel Field, the supply' to that place having been sent indirectly. Parcels of Newcastle coal have been sent to the Thames, amounting to some hundreds of tons.

Table R. Return showing the Quantity of Blasting Powder, used for Mining Purposes, passed at the Custom House, at the Port of Thames, on which duty was paid, during the Year from Ist July, 1870, to 39th June, 1871. lbs. Quarter ending September, 1870 ... ... 14,192 „ December „ ... ... 13,572 March, 1871 ... ... 15,585 June „ ... ... 23,978 67,327=30 tons llcwt. lqr. 81bs. Blasting powder on which duty has been paid at the Port of Auckland, and used on tho Thames Gold Field, is of course not included in the above return.

TABLE S. RETURN of the Price of Provisions and other articles in general use on the Thames and Coromandel Gold Fields.

Table T. Retukx showing the Kates of Wages in the Thames and Coromandel Gold Fields, as also the Charge for Cartage. Labourers' "Wages. 42s. per week. Carpenters' Wages, 54s. per week. Mechanical Engineers' Wages, GOs. per week. Engineers (Drivers), 50s. per week. Stokers, 50s. per week. Miners, 36s. to 45s. per week. Man, dray, and two horses, 20s. per day. It will be observed that the rates of wages on the gold fields have considerably increased since the last Ecturn was presented.

Articles. Wholesale. Ketail. Flour (Adelaide) ... „ (Auckland) ... Potatoes Bread Butcher's Meat Hams (English) „ (Colonial) ... Bacon (English) Butter id kegs „ (fresh) Tea (average) Coffee ... per ton ... jj ... ... jy ... ... per lOOlbs. ... ... per lb. ... )* ... ... ,, ... ... i, ... ... ,, ... £19 £18 10s. £4 30s. Is. 4d. to Is. 5d. 9d. and Is. lOd. and Is. 10H and Is. Is. 3d. 2s. 3d. and 2s. 6d. Is. 3d. 5|d. and 5J 3s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. £20 Is. 5d. £6 £3 and £3 10s. 3s. and -Is. Gd. 6s. £9 Is. and Is. 3d. 20s. per lOOlbs. 19s. 6s. 5d. per 21bs. 4d. to Gd. per lb. Is. and Is. 2d. Is. and Is. 2d. Is. and Is. Id. Is. 6d. 2s. Gd. and 3s. Is. 6d. 5Jd. and 6d. 4s. 6d. and 5s. 3J-d per lb. Is. Id. 6d. £7 £4 4s. and 5s. 6s. 6d. £9 10s. Is. 3d. and Is. 6d. Sugar Tobacco (duty paid) Biscuits (Lamb's) ... Candles (Sperm) ... „ (Mould) ... Hay Straw Oats Maize Chaff Bran Coals (Newcastle) ... ,, (Bay of Islands) Timber . Shingles Palings Slabs ... ,, ... ... j, ... ... per ton ... per lb. ... ,» ... ... per ton ... u ... ... per bushel ... ... py ... ... per ton ... per bushel ... ... per ton ... per 100 feet ... per 1,000 ... ... per 100 ii 25s. 10s. 10s. 10s. 303. £3 to £7 30s. 13s. 12s. 12s. 35s. £3 10s. to £8 Props ... ,, ...