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No. 3. COMPARATIVE RETURN of REVENUE derived from the GOLD FIELDS in the several PROVINCES of NEW ZEALAND, during the YEARS 1876 and 1877, showing INCREASE or DECREASE under each Head of Revenue.

Auckland. Nelson. Marlborough. Westland. Otago. Heads of Revenue. 1876. 1877. ... O H 6 fi 1876. 1877. OS o tn fi 1876.1 18771 VI a CD ttl a q_ fi 1876. 1877. VI E 0_ u CD 1876. 1877. o_ fi 1 i fi 1 I I I £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ Miners' Rights ... . . 1,049 1,382 333 1,875 1,773 102 . 58 3 3,852 3,300 552 3,690 4,294 604 Business Licenses 865 984 119 8 8 1,090 1,426 336 878 781 97 Water-races, Sluices, &c. ... 106 26 80 65 G3 2 ... 260 230 ... j 30 154 191 37 Gold-mining Leases, Bents, and Royalties 3,497 2,457 1,040 3,790 591 ( 3,199 1G5 11 154 16,641 2,789 13,852 Registration 115 74 41 189 224 35 I 6 5 1 188 182 6 290 250 40 Fees and Fines, Wardens' Courts ... 82 74 8 72 44 28 1 1 192 149 43 298 210 I S8 i Survey Fees 4 9 5 909 256 653 150 28 122 235 235 Depasturing Licenses and Assessments 29 2 27 40 40 1,194 70 I 1,124 Timber and other Licenses 137 71 66 ! I ... \ "' I Withdrawals of Leases ... 4 4 15 15 Miscellaneous 490 280 210 288 116 172 i 5 4 1 59 15 44 5,236 261 4,975 Gold Duty 5,775 9,484 3,709 ... 7,753 ! 6,287 I 1,466 j I 45 45 5,548 9,510 3,962 11,848 11,316 532 Totals.., ! i Net 2,575 Net 5,432 I I Net 57 Net 3,347 Net 20,302 11,284 13,859 15,810 10,378 133 76 11,504 14,851 40,464 20,162 Note. —The decrease in the gold revenue as above shown is mai £18,245. This decrease is, however, only apparent, and is owing to was the practice, prior to the 1st January, 1877, to classify as gold i statements. nly accoi ;he circu ields rev unted for by an .instance (licit t' enue), were cc , apparent falling off in the item be rent? received from land on tl instituted land revenue by " Thi "Leases, Rents, and Royalti ic gold fields held under lease i Financial Arrangements Act. ies," which item shows ) for agricultural or goh :, 1876," and, as a com , in the aggregate, a decrease o' 1-mining purposes (which rents it sequence, are excluded from these c. T. Batkin, Receiver- General.