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Arthur Dance was injured through falling from the loop while being lowered down a winze, on the 24th January, 1894, in the Komata Mine. This accident proved fatal. It will be seen that two of the accidents were fatal. The accident to Lough, in the Moanatairi Mine, was caused by the rock giving way, without any warning, at a head of a slippery or sandy nature. No blame could be attached to any one. The accident to Dance, at the Komata Mine, was due entirely to the man himself not taking proper precautions to use the strap before descending by a loop. Geneeal Bules. The general rules for the regulation of mines are, on the whole, well observed by the managers in charge of mines throughout the district. Geneeal Bemaeks. The returns of gold show for Coromandel a decrease of 2,9840z. 14dwt., for the Thames district a slight increase of 31oz. 12dwt., for Ohinemuri district an increase of 26,6780z. ldwt., and for Piako an increase of 7370z. 6dwt. compared with the returns for 1893. The total increase for the whole district is 25,0620z. 9dwt., of an estimated value of £30,256 16s. Id. The area drained by the Big Pump at the Thames shows a decrease : In Comer's Kuranui, 3960z. sdwt.; Moanatairi, 1,8430z. lOdwt.; Cambria, 5310z. 6dwt.; and Waiotahi, 1540z. 13dwt.: while an increase is shown in Hansen's Kuranui of 4520z. 18dwt.; Hazelbank, 3400z. 17dwt.; Victoria, 2210z. 18dwt.; and May Queen, 3,5370z. 13dwt., making a total increase of 2,4270z. 12dwt. In the other portions of the district, the Fame and Fortune, Dixon's Extended, Lone-hand, Adelaide, Magnolia, and Consols show a decrease on last year's returns. The chief prospecting works in the area drained by the Big Pump are driving a cross-cut in the Victoria Mine from the 300 ft. level in the Tookey Shaft to cut several known lines of reef, and driving the cross-cut in the May Queen Mine from the No. 6 level of the Saxon Shaft to drain the mine to a further depth of 100 ft. The levels in the Waiotahi Mine are also being extended to the eastward in new ground, and in the Moanatairi line the ground near the No. 9 reef, at the 150 ft. level in their shaft, is being again worked after having been idle for several years past. In the Fame and Fortune Mine the low levels are also being driven to the eastward on reefs that have not previously been explored at such a depth. In the other portion of the district the New Alburnia Mine is being opened up with a view of working quartz of low grade, and, as the locality is famous for rich deposits, there is every prospect of occasional good returns. On the whole, the present outlook at the Thames is not so promising as it was last year. In the Ohinemuri district, which shows returns largely in advance of last year, there is every prospect of a further increase next year. The Crown, Woodstock, Waihi, Komata, Golden Cross, and Grace Darling will be large producers, and the plant erected by the Cassel Company to treat the tailings at Waihi will add to the next returns. An increased yield may therefore be calculated on for next year in the Hauraki district. I have, &c, Geoege Wilson, Inspector of Mines.

Names of Managers in Charge of Mines in Hauraki District during the Year ending the 31st March, 1894.

Name of Mine. Locality. Name of Manager. Name of Mine. Locality. Name of Manager. Tokatea Mine Royal Oak Kapanga Mine Ocean View Try Fluke.. Red Mercury Great Mercury Just in Time Black Jack Waitaia Kapai and Vermont Sheridan's Norfolk City of Dunedin Seddon Hansen's Kuranui .. Comer's Kuranui .. Hazelbank Moanatairi Alfred Orlando New Whau New Alburnia Drainage Association (Big Pump) Victoria Waiotahi Cambria Fame and Fortune.. New Fearnought .. May Queen Coromandel Peter Reid. A. McLean. W. H. Argall. Finlay McLiver. John Goldsworthy. Thomas Blair. H. Goldsworthy. A. H. Richards. A. G. S. Black. John Barrett. H. P. Hornibrook. Daniel Sheridan. James McLean. W. Hetherington. John McDermott. Peter C. Hansen. Robert Comer. James Coutts, George S. Clark. Darling Conway. Thomas Radford. W. H. Lucas. Thos. A. Dunlop. W. H. Phillips. Crawford's Special (St. Hippo) Adelaide Lone Hand Claremont Karaka Occidental Pride of Karaka .. Magnolia Homeward Bound.. North Star Bonnie Scotland .. Maratoto Woodstock Crown Thames Thos. H. Crawford. Matarangi .. Kuaotunu * Tapu Tararu Thames Talisman.. Earl of Glasgow .. Smile of Fortune .. Madden's Folly Jubilee Mine Golden Cross Komata Waihi Tairua Maratoto Karangahake George W. Bull. Thomas Moyle. George Briant. John Smith. Alexander Bruce. John G. Vivian. Henry Rabe. Thomas Boyle. John P. Carter. P. McLiver. W. H. Nicholls. John McCombie. George N. McGruer (John McConnell, general manager). Alfred Shepherd. Malcolm Fleming. Robert Reid. James Madden. John G. Ralph. H. W. Moore. William Morgan. Thomas Gilmour (H. P. Barry, general manager). E. M. Corbett. H. H. Adams. W. Newsham. Thomas Gavin. Ovvharoa Waitekauri .. Whakamochan Komata Waihi Thos. A. Dunlop. James E. Smith. William Baker. Henry Willetts. John P. Williams. W. Henry Burch. Silverton Te Aroha Newsham's Loyalty .. Waiorongomai