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No. 7. Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold Entered for Duty for Exportation from New Zealand, from 1st April, 1857, to 31st March, 1883.

Department of Trade and Customs, William Seed, Wellington, 14th April, 1883. Secretary and Inspector.

No. 8. Statement showing the Price of Gold per Ounce, Price charged per Ton for Crushing Quartz or Cement, and Prices charged for Water per Sluice-head per Week, during the Year ending 31st March, 1883.

During the Quarter ended 31st March, 1883. Entered for Exportation to the 31st December, 1882. Total Entered for Exportation from New Zealand to the 31st March, 1883. Entered for Duty at Produce of the Gold Fields in Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Auckland Auckland Oz. £ 9,721 38,491 Oz. 1,360,399 £ 5,016,664 Oz. 1,370,120 £ 5,055,155 Wellington Picton Wellington Maryborough 583 2^332 35 51,120 137 197,311 35 51,703 137 199,643 Sfelson Nelson 833 3,095 1,632,551 6,480,465 1,633,384 6,483,560 STelson iVestport 3-reymouth Sokitika -West Coast 131 3,007 18,541 6,863 492 12,044 73,775 27,449 11,318,631 3unedin "nvercargill I Otago 28,542 113,760 2,824,848 11,204,871 2,853,390 28,935 2,353 116,708 9,411 4,205,000 16,564,695 4,236,294 16,690,814 31,288 126,119 Totals 70,967 283,797 10,073,959 39,464,143 10,144,926 39,747,940

Mining District. Price of Gold per ounce. Price charged per ton for crushing Quartz or Cement. Price charged for Water per Sluicehead per Week. Remarks. luckland —North Hauraki .. South Hauraki To Aroha Iablbobo' —Pelorus and Wairau fBLSOH- Wangapeka Charleston inangahua {^ff Collingwood Wcstport Lyell .. Vestland—Hokitika and Kanieri Waimea Totara .. Greymouth ) Greenstone J Kumara Okarito itago— Hindon Tuapeka Dunstan Longwood Orepuki Waikaia Arrow, Wakatipu Gold Field Mount Ida ,. Macrae's, Hyde \ Hamilton, Serpentine [■ Maerewhenua J i ( { £ s. a. 2 10 0 to 3 16 2 12 6 to 3 2 6 2 16 0 3 13 0 3 12 0 to 3 15 0 3 17 0 3 17 6 3 18 3 3 13 6 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 to 3 16 6 3 16 6 3 15 6 3 15 0 3 15 0 3 15 0 3 8 6 3 16 6 3 15 6 3 15 0 3 15 0 1 8s. to 14s. I 8s.6d.tol2s.6d. 12s. J I 10s. to 15s. £1 £3 £1 £3 15s. £2 10s. £2 £1 10s. £4 I 1 20 in. by 2 in. or 40 in. by 1 in. 2 in. by 20 in. 40 in. 40 in. 40 in. 40 in. 40 in. 40 super, feet. 20 in. by 2 in. ) £3 £3 20 in. by 2 in., or 40 in. by 1 in. £1 None sold £2 to £2 10s. £1 to £5 10s. £1 £2 10s. to £3 £1 £1 to £1 10s. 12s'. 6d. " 100 in. 40 in. to 60 in. 6 in. by 1 in. 40 in. by 1 in. 100 in. j 12s'. 6d. 16 in. by 1 in. 3 15 0 £1 13s.