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TABLE U. RETURN of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1st April, 1870, to 30th June, 1871, for the Thames Gold Fields and Coromandel Gold Fields District.

TABLE V. —HIGHWAY BOARDS. RETURN of the Amount Expended by the several Highway Boards on the Thames Gold Fields, the mode of Assessment, the Amount received from such Assessment, the Sums received as Subsidy from the General and Provincial Governments, and from other sources.

I—COUNTY OF WESTLAND. INDEX. No. 1. County Engineer's Report. No. 6. Stafford Warden's Report. No. 2. Grey District Surveyor's Report. No. 7. Kanieri Warden's Report. No. 3. Okarito and Ross District Surveyor's Report. No. 8. Ross Warden's Report. No. 4. Greyniouth Warden's Report. ' No. 9. Okarito Warden's Report. No. 5. Greenstone Warden's Report. No. 1. Couxty Engineeu'sj Report, for Six Months ending 30th June, 1871. Sib,— County Engineer's Office, Hokitika, 11th July, 1871. I have the honor to report that, during the six months ending 30th June, 1871, the following works have been undertaken in the County: — Roads and "Works. Construction : Greek's Gully Track ; Kokatahi Road ; Bruce Bay and Haast River Track; Parts of Fitzherbert and Stafford Streets, as line of main road, Grey to Ross. Maintenance: Sea Beach to Arthur's Pass, road; Staffordtown to Greenstone, road; Coal Pits to Maori Gully, road ; Arahura River to Hokitika, road; Ross to Woolhouses, road; Sea Beach to Lamplough, road; Lamplough to Brodie's, track. 4

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GOLD FIELDS OF NEW ZEALAND.

Thames. Coromandel. 3irths Deaths Harriagea 594 162 95 21 (; 3 Totals 851 851 30 The District Registrars at the Thames and Coromandel report tin ixisting on the part of many persons with respect to the registrat ■eason to believe that a considerable number of births take place •egistered at all. i it there is considerable negligence ion of births, and that they have in these districts which are not

Highway Boards. Mode of Assessment. Amount of Kates. Amount Received. Subsidy from G-overnment. Other Sources. Total Beeeipts. Expenditure. Balanco in hand. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. aJ | £ 8. d. £ s. d. £ b. d. £ s. d. Paraioai Board: From 24 Feb., 1870, to 30 Juue, 1871. lid. on value to sell. 161 5 2 142 9 2 I 197 11 Ol 30 17 9 370 17 11 362 5 1 8 12 1C Waiotahi Board: To 31 Bee, 1868... Id. on value to sell. 1 farthing on val. to sell, l^d.on value to sell, lid. on value to sell. 502 1 0 474 1510 • 474 15 10 474 15 10 ... To 31 Dec, 1869 ... 269 11 9 228 1511 I 150 0 0 184 2 11 562 18 10 562 1810 To 31 Dec, 1870 ... 759 4 9 636 8 0 378 G 11 104 4 0 1,118 18 11 1,118 1811 Nino months, to 30 June, 1871. 823 11 0 719 10 0 | 453 6 11 117 0 10 1,289 17 9 1,289 3 2 Kaueranqa Board: Year ending 4 Oct., 1S70. Nine months, from lOcl., 1870, to30 June, 1871. ljd. on value to sell, lid. on value to sell. 864 14 4 467 2 6 ! i 215 0 0 219 5 0 901 7 1 041 6 6 i 740 0 0 367 10 5j! i 757 11 M 163 13 5 1,288 15 6J 1,442 19 71 I 2,15116 el Totals 4,120 8 0 3,036 11 10i 819 3 11 6,007 12 4i 6,192 7 lli 8 12 H By direction lave been made u iOt.h June, 1871. of the Provincial Gov ip to 30th June, 1871, jrnment, tin which ia a e amount( return for )f the W; the nine .iotahi aud Kaueranga Boardi nonths from October, 1870, t<