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No. 10. Number of Miners employed during the Years ending 31st March, 1888, and 1887.

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Alluvial Miners. Quartz-minors. Totals. Grand Totals. Mining District. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. 1888. 1887. Auckland — North Hauraki South Hauraki To Aroha Marlbobouoh — Pclorus Wairau tTBLSOH — Wangapcka Collingwood, Takaka, and West Wanganui Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westporfc, including Addison's, Northern Terraces,Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell .. Murchison Owen ., vVestland— Ross Waimea and Stafford Totara Hokitika and Kanieri Kurnara ... Greyrnouth Arnold Greenstone Okarito Jackson's Bay .. 3tago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde .. Cromwell Alexandra Roxburgh .. • Black's Tapanui Waikaia, Upper Waikaia, Nokomai, Waikaka, and Waikawa Longwood and Merrivale Orepuki Roundhill Wakatipu Goldfields—Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, ICawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Naseby Queenstown Kyeburn and Clarke's Hamilton, Sowburn, &c. Hyde and Pullerton's Serpentine Macrae's, Strath-Taieri, and Shag Valley Maerowhonua St. Bathan's and Ida Valley 90 50 47 225 133 500 250 327 50 200 10 200 305 400 330 230 120 89 30 266 200 4 20 20 30 90 30 270 190 60 1 300 871 76 75 390 27 120 "40 40 • 300 871 76 90 50 47 300 523 500 250 354 170 200 50 240 305 400 330 230 120 89 30 266 200 4 20 20 30 90 30 270 190 60 1 300 871 70 90 50 47 300 789 700 250 358 190 220 50 270 395 430 600 420 180 90 30 150 986 102 00 40 ' 13 165 850 670 252 218 210 260 370 396 585 420 575 555 225 74 50 l • 40 480 33 320 130 156 135 00 158 5 420 20 150 100 120 40 30 150 12 40 "'30 20 52 520 33 350 150 156 138 60 158 5 420 20 150 100 120 40 30 150 57 940 53 500 250 276 178 90 308 50 912 53 461 223 189 210 3 *307 37 120 80 250 350 50 3 40 120 80 300 '350 50 40 120 430 350 '400 "so *292 170 250 140 100 250 170 500 140 100 310 600 2G0 575 145 70 47 25 135 45 70 12 50 15 27 10 65 4 9 45 74 21 50 15 27 10 65 60 101 31 115 40 135 20 "lO 40 145 "20 40 165 42 148 Summary, (vuckland Maelbobough Kelson .. vYestland DTAGO 140 1,742 1,704 2,771 510 671 1,812 1,247 652 40 431 1,247 140 2,394 1,744 3,202 510 671 1,812 1,247 140 2,904 2,415 5,014 1,238 100 2,638 3,256 4,550 Totals 6,357 2,993 2,370 8,727 2,993 11,720 11,782