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No. 9. Number of Miners employed during the Years ending 31st March, 1889, and 1888.

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Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Totals. "Mining District. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European.1 Chinese. 1888. 1889. AUCKLAND— North Hauraki South Hauraki To Aroha 300 847 105 300 847 • 105 300 871 76 300 847 105 Marlborough— Pelorus Wairau } 621 1,252 1,252 t 1,247 90 50 1,252 25 646 I J 646 Nelson— Baton Wangapeka Sherry and Tadmor Collingwood, Takaka, and West Wanganui Motueka Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's, Northern Terraces,Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell Murchison Owen .. 45 9 11 230 17 140 500 250 320 621 5 '270 289 "25 *400 25 646 45 9 11 255 17 540 500 250 352 5 '_70 289 47 300 789 700 250 358 140 646 45 9 11 260 17 810 789 250 359 7 "32 7 62 137 16 78 137 25 190 220 50 96 197 25 18 60 18 60 "25 Westland— Boss Waimea and Stafford Goldsborough .. .. Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth Arnold Greenstone Okarito Jackson's Bay 1,721 649 498 2,219 649 2,904 2,868 250 200 250 400 520 851 40 120 100 250 90 400 30 280 200 250 400 520 851 40 120 100 250 90 400 270 395 430 600 420 180 90 30 320 320 350 650 610 1,251 "90 19 1 "90 19 1 "91 19 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde .. Cromwell Alexandra Boxburgh Black's Tapanui Waikaia, Upper Waikaia, Nokomai, Waikaka, and Waikawa Longwood and Merrivale Orepuki Roundhill Wakatipu Goldfields—Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Naseby Queenstown Kyeburn and Clarke's Hamilton, Sowburn, (fee. Hyde and Pullerton's Serpentine Macrae's, Strath-Taieri, and Shag Valley Maerewhenua St. Bathan's and Ida Valley Nenthorn 1 40 450 30 340 95 170 140 30 198 200 2,580 1,001 6 440 10 180 80 75 42 30 131 300 80 20 30 "50 20 "l2 12 50 30 2,610 60 480 80 390 115 170 152 30 198 212 400 1,001 6 440 10 180 80 75 42 30 131 300 80 2,415 ~"~~57 940 53 500 250 276 178 90 308 [' 40 \ 120 { 430 350 } 3,611 66 920 40 570 195 245 194 60 329 512 350 480 170 350 140 100 200 170 550 140 100 310 600 310 650 | 45 15 45 15 | 60 101 31 115 ) 60 40 12 50 7 10 65 15 9 55 21 50 7 10 65 62 31 115 70 135 4 2 20 "lO 40 70 145 44 2 20 40 165 72 165 44 Summary. 2,919 1,733 468 3,387 1,733 5,014 5,120 Auckland Marlborough Nelson .. Westland Otago 621 1,721 2,580 2,919 649 1,001 1,733 1,252 25 498 30 468 1,252 646 2,219 2,610 3,387 649 1,001 1,733 1,247 140 2,904 2,4155,014 1,252 646 2,868 3,611 5,120 Totali .. 7,841 3,883 2,273 10,114 3,383 11,720 13,497