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Ohinemuri. Mining in this district is beginning to attract considerable attention, especially at Waihi and Waitekauri. At the former place mining is carried on by the Waihi Company on a larger scale than anywhere else in the colony ; and at Waitekauri preparations are now being made to carry on largo operations. The Waitekauri Mine has recently been purchased by Mr. T. H. Eussell, and 5—C. 4.

Averi Numi of Men 1 ployi •age ; iber f I For Owners. For Tri ibuters. Tailings. 1 em'ed. Locality and Name of Mine. I i & ~~ I I i Quartz : Mullock ! Betorted I crushed. j crushed. : Gold. Quartz crushed. Eetorfced > Quantity Gold. treated. Gold. I . i 1 Tapu— Kelly's Claim Sheridan's Broken Hill Manuel's .. Hawke's 2 3 4 Tons cwt. lb. Tonscwt.lb. Oif.dwt.gr.! 10 0 0.. 12 13 0; 28 5 0 .. 95 14 0 73 0 0 .. 46 10 4 0 0 .. 3 10 0 64 0 0 .. 6 17 0 Tonsowt.lb. " . Oz. dwt. gr.lToiis cwt. lb. b. Oz. chvt. gr Taravu— Norfolk .. Dunedin Sylvia Shellback— Noudenfeldt Kuranui— Hansen's Kuranui No. 3 Comer's ditto No. 2.. Turtle's ditto No. 1.. Deep-level Cross Moanataiari— 12 3 10 2 12 487 0 0 .. 457 16 0 180 0 0 .. 28 0 0 500 0 0 .. 30 0 0 25 10 0 .. 35 11 0 9,393 0 oj 'J52 2 0 30 0 0 0 Not given 12 2 12 3 4 ! .. 9,835 0 0 437 0 0 262 0 0 .. ■ 132 10 0 384 0 0 307 0 0 109 0 0 448 0 0 77 9 0 53 11 0 Moanataiari Alfred Coliban Freedom Orlando .. New Alburnia Whau .. .. Foster's Claim Dixon's No. 1 Dixon's Extended .. Grahamstown— New Prince Imperial Saxon Caledonian Waiotahi— Waiotahi New Manukau Cambria Trenton Fame and Fortune.. Blanche West Coast Berry's Claim Waiokaraka — May Queen Crawford's Special .. Karaka— Adelaide Lone Hand Claremont E. and M... .. j Hopeful .. ' .. j Hokianga .. .. j Hongkong .. 1 Una Hill and Te Papa— 1 Dives .. Occidental Magnolia .. .. j North Star .. j Hape Creek—Consols Souvenir Puriri— Puriri Tairua — Bonnie Scotland .. . Thames (sundries) 09 4 2 3 8 6 48 1 4,438 15 0 1,401 0 o| ° 76 0 0 .. 91 8 0 45 0 0 .. 26 14 0 02 0 0 .. 36 0 0 228 0 0 .. 283 15 0 321 0 0.. 277 13 0l I 865 0 0 27 0 0 1,032 0 0 i' 5 0 '.'. 6 10 126* 0 0 218 10 0 293 0 0 522 8 0 2 105 0 0 .. 102 10 0 32 0 0 26 15 ( "2 16 2,026 0 0 .. 538 0 0 ' ■ . 2 92 15 4 16,000 6 48 .. 7.024 10 0 240 0 0 .. 183 0 0 229 0 0 211 0 0 4 45' 0 0 132' 00 '.'. 33 6 35 20 55 2 2,106 0 0 .. 2,948 10 0 215 0 0 .. 290 0 0 1,045 0 0 .. 1,525 7 0 810 0 0 .. 1,201 0 0 3,922 0 0 .. 3,314 19 0 25 0 0 .. 10 15 0 y U 0 0 45 0 0 2 3 8 0 .. 62 18 0 ! 19 12 793 0 0 .. 1,133 17 0 300 0 0 .. 450 0 0 2 12 1 2 2 2 3 44 0 0 .. 31 0 0 766 0 0 .. 415 9 0 3 0 0 .. 62 14 0 6 1 54 .. 122 6 O; 0 2 7 .. 213 10 0: 43 0 0 .. 146 0 0 : GOO .. 27 0 0! 12 13 6 "2 9 005 0 0 .. 974 0 Oi 579 0 0 .. 1,968 0 0' 42 0 0 .. 30 0 0: 52' 0 0 150 0 0j 36' 0 0 .. 329 18 0 6 2 6 45 0 0 .. 21 10 Oj 113 0 0 149 15 0 3 108 0 0 .. 51 10 0 2 1,037 0 0 632 0 0 699 3 0 632 0 0i 114 0 0 24 0 Oi 115,000 0 03, ,3,61313 0 [ 65 Totals .. .. li i58G 115| ;37,679 7 109 21,261 0 0 31,119 10 0| 2,815 10 0 3,379 0 0 15,030 0 0: '3,613 13 0