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No. 2. 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, 1883.

No. 3. Comparative Return of Revenue derived from the Gold Fields in the several Districts of New Zealand during the Years 1881 and 1882, showing Increase or Decrease under each Head of Revenue.

District. Miners' Eights. Business Licenses. Waterraces, Sluices, &c. Gold-Mining Fees and Leases, Hents, Eegistra- Pines, and tion. Wardens' Eoyalties. Courts. Miscellaneous. Totals. Auckland. Grahamstown Coromandel Ohinemuri Te Aroha £ s. d. 63 0 0 54 0 0 10 0 0 50 0 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 264 1 8 67 0 0 486 10 0 274 0 0 £ s. d. 16 12 6 0 7 6 £ s. d. 10 0 0 21 0 0 £ s. d. 87 10 6 2 0 0 £ s. d. 441 4 8 144 7 6 496 10 0 360 2 6 14 11 0 6 15 0 1416 6 Totals 177 0 0 1,091 11 8 31 11 0 37 15 0 104 7 0 1,442 4 8 Nelson. Collingwood Westport and Charleston Ahaura .. Reefton Wangapeka West Wanganui .. Lyell No Town 28 19 0 111 0 0 76 9 0 136 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 6 47 0 0 49 0 0 3 0 0 6 0 0 100 0 0 0 15 0 7 17 6 3 5 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 19 0 166 5 0 37 10 0 468 15 0 3 4 6 12 7 0 3 12 0 5 3 0 0 10 18 3 0 8 9 6 16 15 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 34 7 G 319 2 6 135 5 6 734 1516 2 316 21 18 6 96 10 6 53 13 6 3 0 0 4 2 6 1 17 6 20 19 0 40 0 0 2 'i 0 2 0 0 o"7 0 0 16 0 Totals 451 7 6 112 0 0 23 2 6 734 18 0 28 8 0 44 3 6 3 17 0 1,397 17 0 Mablbobough. Havolock 3 6 0 5 18 0 129 8 2 28 0 0 21 0 0 10 17 0 70 6 8 Westland. Hokitika Kanieri Greymoutli Ross Stafiord.. Okarito Greenstone Maori Gully Clifton .. Kumara Jackson's Bay Goldsborough 43 0 0 79 0 0 151 0 0 69 0 0 53 0 0 12 0 0 34 0 0 25 0 0 58 0 0 131 0 0 3 0 0 59 1 0 3 5 0 26 0 0 10 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 17 0 4 0 0 5 2 6 5 2 6 4 15 0 0 17 6 0 10 0 1 15 0 3 5 0 0 12 6 69 8 8 70 10 0 5 0 0 0 15 0 4 10 3 14 0 2 13 0 3 8 0 0 4 0 12 0 13 0 2 17 6 3 9 0 8 0 0 2 14 0 6 11 0 3 10 0 0 14 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 18 0 0 7 0 1 11 0 0 10 0 1 17 0 1 16 0 0 7 0 56 4 6 117 6 0 246 6 2 157 12 6 68 13 0 18 10 6 37 14 0 29 6 0 65 2 6 173 11 6 3 0 0 73 4 6 32 '6 0 i"o o 5 17 0 013 0 6 2 6 4 12 0 10 0 2 9 0 Totals 717 1 0 81 5 0 33 0 0 145 18 8 27 18 6 31 18 0 9 10 0 1,046 11 2 Otago. Dunedin Naseby Black's and St. Bathans Manuherikia Clyde Mount Benger Cromwell Queenstown Arrowtown Lawrence Switzer's Orepuki 8 0 0 128 2 0 32 0 0 18 0 0 10 0 0 30 0 0 55 0 0 65 0 0 58 0 0 95 0 0 19 18 6 50 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 12 6 14 15 0 0 15 0 1 17 6 0 7 6 2 10 0 3 0 0 5 2 6 3 7 6 3 12 6 0 14 0 1 17 6 9l"s 4 84 1 8 o'"5 0 0 11 0 7 17 0 1 19 0 0 17 0 0 4 0 0 17 0 3 9 0 17 0 2 7 0 16 0 0 9 0 0 13 0 C 12 6 2 4 0 0 17 0 2 10 0 21 3 0 6 5 0 21 6 0 0 12 6 18 0 14 13 6 254 9 10 123 15 8 22 18 6 24 16 6 34 4 0 104 14 0 197 12 0 74 19 6 185 13 2 21 14 0 92 18 6 15 'o 0 25 10 0 105 0 0 5 0 0 58 6 8 o"s o 6 0 0 0 2 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 Totals 569 0 6 62 0 0 39 1 6 397 6 8 21 16 0 62 18 0 0 7 0 1,152 9 8 Gold duty received during the quarter in the under-mentioned pr< £ s. d. Auckland .. .. .. 972 2 0 Westla: Nelson .. ..■ .. 1,231 18 10 Otago Marlborough .. .. 58 6 3 wincial districts: — £ s. a. ad .. •• 1,706 15 10 .. 3,127 11 2 James C. Gavin, Keceiver-General.

District. Water- Gold-Mining ' ■ Fees and ■ Miners' Business races, Leases, Eegis- Fines, Miscel- Gold Total. ' Eights. Licenses. Sluices, Eents, and tration. Wardens'! laneous. Duty. &c. Eoyalties. Courts. .UCKXAND — Year 1881 .. Year 1882 Increase Decrease t 1,199 725 '474 £ 203 355 152 £ "l2 ! 12 i 1 £ £ 3,876 110 7,099 148 3,223 38 £ £ £ £ 94 518 3,023 9,023 135 1,297 3,233 13,004 41 779 210 *3,981 * Net.