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NO. 2 — continued. STATEMENT showing the Revenue of the Gold Fields collected in the several Districts, and the Gold Duty of the Colony of New Zealand, for the Period from 1st January to 31st March, 1881.

Gold duty received during the quarter in the undermentioned provincial districts :— Auckland ... ... £679 3 4 I Westland .. ... £1,773 19 10 Nelson ... ... 1,115 6 2 j Otago .. ... 2,041 14 11 James C. Gavin, Receiver-General,

No. 3. COMPARATIVE RETURN of Revenue derived from the Gold Fields in the several Districts of New Zealand during the Years 1879 and 1880, showing Increase or Decrease under each head of revenue.

District. Miners' Rights.' Business Licenses. Water-races, Sluices, &c. Gold-Mining Leases, Rents, and Royalties. Registration. Fees and Fines, Wardens' Courts. Miscellaneous Totals. Hawse's Bay. Napier £ s. d. £ s. d. | j £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 10 0 £ s. d. 10 0 Wellington. Wellington ! 11 0 0 11 0 0 Nelson. Collingwood Westport and Charleston i.haura ieefton Wangapeka West Wanganui Lyell ... STo Town 58 19 6 133 0 0 108 0 0 145 1 0 15 0 0 2 0 0 79 0 0 56 0 0 15 b 0 25 0 0 27 15 0 15 0 11 15 0 2 5 0 3 15 0 0 2 6 24 10 0 135 4 2 75 5 0 351 0 0 2 13 6 23 4 0 5 10 0 8 6 0 0 7 6 1 12 0 12 9 0 13 0 4 12 0 0 10 0 10 0 89 1 0 330 12 2 217 13 0 540 9 0 15 10 0 17 18 0 201 9 6 60 10 0 15 0 0 4 5 0 15 0 15 18 0 88 10 0 2 19 0 5 6 6 0 6 0 8 8 0 i "6 o Marlborough. lavelock 31enheim 597 0 6 82 15 0 24 12 6 693 6 2 45 13 6 28 4 0 1 11 0 1,473 2 8 24 0 0 15 0 0 0 17 6 37 10 0 2 14 0 80 1 6 2 0 0 2 "6 0 Westland. iokitika ■f anieri Greymouth Joss Stafford Ckarito Greenstone Maori Gully Clifton kumara rackson's Bay ... Goldsborough 24 0 0 15 0 0 0 17 6 37 10 0 2 14 0 2 0 0 82 1 6 19 0 0 50 0 0 225 0 0 67 0 0 34 0 0 15 0 0 69 0 0 25 0 0 46 0 0 126 0 0 10 0 64 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 19 0 0 8 0 0 8 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 6 2 5 0 5 5 0 2 7 6 4 7 6 0 17 6 12 6 2 7 6 3 5 0 0 10 0 0 7 6 7 12 6 35 0 0 62 10 0 14 0 0 2 10 0 0 7 0 3 15 0 7 15 0 1 12 0 3 8 0 0 12 0 2 13 0 3 9 0 2 12 0 5 2 0 2 18 0 1 19 0 6 15 0 0 10 12 0 10 0 14 0 1 15 0 0 10 6 24 10 6 72 2 0 295 18 0 144 12 6 64 5 6 27 10 0 82 13 6 33 16 6 53 5 0 185 13 0 1 10 6 83 5 6 3 18 0 43 0 0 10 0 0 8 0 11 0 0 6 3 0 0 10 0 3 0 3 10 2 9 0 Otago. Dunedin Naseby Blacks and St. Bathans Manuherikia Clyde ... Mount Benger ... Cromwell Queenstown Irrowtown Lawrence Switzers Crepuki 741 0 0 107 0 0 30 10 0 115 0 0 37 8 0 29 7 0 8 17 6 1,069 2 6 13 0 0 195 0 0 29 0 0 5 0 0 15 0 0 10 0 0 17 6 12 0 0 0 17 6 19 10 0 87 10 0 3 0 0 0 9 0 6 10 0 110 7 "i 6 0 10 0 1 5 0 8 0 0 39 6 6 324 6 6 52 8 6 22 0 0 21 0 0 52 0 0 107 0 0 55 0 0 81 0 0 80 0 0 46 2 0 109 0 0 23 0 0 3 0 0 13 0 0 28 0 0 5 19 0 6 0 0 0 15 0 1 15 0 3 2 6 3 5 0 4 7 6 3 5 0 2 10 0 2 2 0 3 5 0 8 15 0 0 5 0 25 10 0 88 10 0 11 6 8 50 15 0 0 15 0 0 2 0 2 5 0 5 12 0 3 0 0 2 18 0 110 0 13 0 2 10 1 10 0 0 12 0 2 3 0 6 3 0 3 18 0 7 13 0 19 0 4 15 0 4 15 0 0 15 0 2 3 0 12 16 0 25 0 0 32 4 0 59 15 6 171 5 0 157 15 6 121 5 8 176 11 0 59 11 0 159 11 0 34 10 0 810 2 0 108 19 0 38 12 0 329 11 8 26 7 0 40 9 6 24 19 0 1,379 0 2

District. Miners' Rights. Water- Gold-Mining Business races, Leases, Licenses. Sluices, Rents, and &c. Royalties. Registration. Fees and Fines, Wardens' Courts. Miicellaneous. Gold Duty. Total. .UOKLAND, — Year 1879 Year 1880 Increase* Decrease [awkb's Bay,— Year 1880 Wellington,—■ Year 1880 iELSON, — Year 1879 Year 1880 Increase* Decrease £ 611 1,717 1,106 £ 3 384 381 £ £ 2,391 2, 274 £ 68 85 17 £ 13 41 28 £ 131 291 160 £ 3,952 4,593 641 £ 7,169 9,385 2,216 117 16 18 1 1 1,509 1,662 153 301 226 51 97 46 1,409 1,493 84 240 208 24 85 61 3 24 21 4, 227 5,558 1,331 7,764 9,353 1,589 "75 32