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No. 16. Return of the Number of Licenses under "The Gold-mining Districts Act, 1873," for the Year ending 31st March, 1886.

No. 17. Return of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs awarded, for the Year ending 31st March, 1886.

H. J. H. Bliott, Under-Secretary for Goldfields. Mines Department, Wellington, 23rd June, 1886.

Authority: Geobqe Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.—lBB6,

Mining District. Number. Gross Acreage. Eental per Annum. Auckland— North Hauraki Grahamstown To Aroha .. 21 171 37 A. B. P. 148 2 1 1,326 1 5 158 2 0 £ s. a. 436 0 0 3,980 0 0 462 0 0 Totals 229 1,633 1 6 4,878 0 0

Mining District. Number of Mining Disputes adjudica te on. Aggregate Ami )unt of Value. Amount of Costs awarded. •SSSg 111 Claimed. Itecovered. Auckland— North Hauraki South Hauraki Te Aroha Marlboeough— Pelorus and Wairau Nelson— Collingwood Inangahua Lyell .. Westport Charleston Ahaura Murchison Westland— Hokitika and Kanieri Waimea and Stafford Totara .. Kumara Greymouth Arnold (Maori Gully) Greenstone Okarito .. .. Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Alexandra Eoxburgh Black's Clyde Waikaia Orepuki and Longwood Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) Queenstown Naseby .. Maerewhenua 7 126 43 21 6 15 15 8 11 19 10 9 24 15 6 4 £ s. d. 44"3 11 364 1 8 76 0 0 193 6 8 72G 6 0 90 10 0 51 0 0 190 0 0 41 7 0 1,015 0 0 2,037 10 0 51 11 0 61 10 0 £ s. a. 44 3 11 270 3 3 16 15 0 45 16 8 725 C 0 6 0 0 10 0 0 10 10 7 11 1 0 5 0 0 341 10 0 11 3 0 12 0 & s. d. 3 17 0 152 18 0 17 6 0 59 17 6 8 8 0 21 6 0 13 14 0 12 3 0 15 18 0 13 11 0 29 7 0 23 18 0 39 3 6 4 8 0 7 19 0 0 12 0 6 5 "i 3 4 3 150"0 0 1 24 14 5 6 11 2 17 31 7 11 49 1 256'l7 8 10 0 0 75 0 0 6 0 0 50 0 0 392 0 6 187 0 0 109 0 0 650 16 0 53 0 0 20 18 0 6 0 0 31 1 0 11 18 0 11 15 0 10 14 6 45 15 0 5 8 0 0 13 6 71 7 0 8 3 6 24 11 0 17 10 0 0 11 0 i 114 0 0 115 2 4 93 0 0 19 4 6 7 17 1 Totals 1,921 13 4 669 13 6 25 518 6,829 0 5