H.—26.

No. 4. COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Total Amounts of Gold Fields Revenue (exclusive of Gold Duty) collected in the several Districts during the Years 1878 and 1879, and the Quarters ending 31st March, 1879 and 1880, showing the Increase or Decrease in respect of each District.

1st January to 31st March, 1879. 1880.

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Provincial District. District. 1878. 1879. Increase. Decrease. _Trc___i_A__i>... rELSOI. TAMBOKOTOH Vestiand Grahamstown Coromandel Ohinenrari Collingwood Westport and Charleston Cobden ... Ahaura ... Reef Ion ... Wangapeka West Wanganui Lyell Notown ... Havelock ... Hokitika ... Kanieri ... Greymouth Ross Stafford ... Okarito ... Greenstone Maori Gully Clifton ... Kumara ... Jackson's Ray G'oldsb orough Dunedin ... JNaseby Black's and St. Bathan's Manuherikia Clyde Mount Benger Cromwell... Queenstown Arrowtown Lawrence... Switzers ... Orepuki ... £ 3,467 1,161 497 280 1,503 61 827 2,114 85 24 332 301 234 52 609 1,012 639 311 47 323 178 178 2,128 5 328 138 1,345 201 77 155 414 863 894 542 1,043 310 373 £ 2,224 647 347 156 831 678 1,198 44 32 366 232 187 43 313 674 379 277 97 325 156 199 817 20 288 122 1,036 217 135 191 215 719 301 431 859 243 49,1 £ "s 34 "50 2 £ 1,243 514 150 124 672 6L 149 916 41 69 47 9 296 338 260 34 "21 "22 ITAOO 15 1,311 40 16 309 16 58 36 199 144 593 111 184 67 118 Total ... Deduct Increase Net Decrease 23,051 15,490 358 7,919 358 7,561

-UCKIAND... .EESON [aelbokough Westland Grahamstown Coromandel Ohinemuri Collingwood Westport and Charleston Cobden ... Ahaura ... Reefton ... Wangapeka West Wanganui Lyell Notown ... _. Havelock ... Hokitika ... Kanieri ... Greymouth ... ' Ross Stafford ... Okarito ... Greenstone Maori Gully Clifton ... Kumara ... Jackson's Bay Goldsborough Dunedin ... Naseby Black's and St. Bathan's Manuherikia Clyde Mount Benger Cromwell... Quoenstown ,* Arrowtown ... .*, Lawrence... Switzers ... Orepuki ... 553 189 48 40 183 124 286 8 21 125 60 46 12 68 125 160 77 27 49 26 38 193 1 69 14 310 79 18 58 43 290 108 88 208 70 ' 142 3,956 377 154 42 69 286 128 265 4 24 121 67 90 20 56 247 171 55 23 50 37 65 197 29 103 4 3 7 44 8 122 11 1 11 27 4 176 35 6 21 4 _ 12 "22 4 92 55 351 64 26 25 66 206 129 170 198 53 229 4,212 23 41 41 1 'TAOO "8 15 "23 33 21 82 84 10 17 Total ... Deduct Decrease Net Increase "87 700 444 ""256 444 James C. Gayi: Eeceiver- General.