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No. 15. Return of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs awarded, for the Year ending 31st March, 1895.

Aggregate Amount of Value. ■1 §1 g §2 ii m P D O Mining District. Number of Mining Disputes adjudicated on. Claimed. Recovered. Amount of Costs Awarded. Auckland— North Hauraki South Hauraki Te Aroha Puhipuhi Ohinemuri 18 42 7 6 31 £ s. d. 15 18 6 59 0 0 £ s. d. 13 8 6 54' 0 0 £ s. d. 1 19 0 20 3 0 4 7 0 3 10 0 26 9 0 1,566 14 5 1,56614 5 i Mablbobough 10 136 10 0 3 0 0 5 2 0 3 Nelson— Collingwood Inangahua Lyell .. Westport Charleston Ahaura Murchison 2 11 19 2 36 1 12015 0 139 0 0 5 0 0 10 0 0 100 0 0 90' 0 0 93' 0 0 0 8 0 7 14 6 IT* 1 0 2 0 10 5 12 0 35 Westland— Kumara Greymouth Hokitika and Kanieri Stafford Boss Okarito Goldsborough 37 49 5 14 4 1 6 225 6 6 241 10 0 40 0 0 40 15 3 64 6 0 72 3 4 0 6 0 45 7 0 38 18 7 4 17 0 10 17 0 14 0 0 8 0 6 13 0 3 0 0 10 0 '3 Otago— Tapanui Hindon Tuapeka Cromwell Eoxburgh Black's Clyde and Alexandra Waikaia Orepuki and Longwood .. Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) Queenstown Mount Ida Maerewhenua Wyndham 1 23 25 16 6 15 10 28 20 13 31 6 69 14 0 111 3 0 158 16 8 441 13 0 25 0 0 181 10 0 735 8 1 49'l7 0 83 10 6 70 9 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 601 8 1 9 8 6 21 0 0 4 7 0 11 1 0 36 10 0 7 13 6 117 18 6 21 16 0 8 9 0 33 10 0 3 16 0 i 2 1 8 1 5 11 495' 8 0 534 0 0 327 10 8 Totals 495 5,456 2 5 3,092 17 6 475 19 7 72