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Abstract of Licenses for Special Claims and Licensed Holdings issued from the Warden's Office, at Coromandel —continued.

Port Charles District. In this district very little work has been carried on during the year. In February last there were only three parties working their claims, &c The Eva Claim, one man's ground, is worked by the McNeil Brothers—two men. They have had a crushing of 1 ton 4cwt. 2 qr. of stone, which yielded 391 oz. 19dwt. of gold, valued at £1,058 ss. 4d., which they say was taken from small stringers near the surface. There is a large reef outcropping on the crown of the hill, which they are driving on in a level at a depth of 35 ft. Prospecting has also been carried on in ground owned by the Hauraki Peninsula Gold-mining Company, which lies between Big Stony Bay and Cape Colville. Cabbage Bay District. White Star Consolidated Mine. —During the year a considerable amount of work has been done driving on different levels, but no discovery of any importance has been made. At one time sixteen men were employed. Prospecting work has also been carried on in the Canopus, Cuvier Light, Antipodes, and City of Gisborne Claims. In the Queen Victoria Mine work was for a time carried on, and a parcel of quartz weighing 42 lb. yielded a return of 2 oz. 14 dwt. 7 gr., valued at £7 12s. sd. In the Jersey Claim, in which prospecting was carried on for a considerable time, a parcel of 8 tons 2-J-cwt. of stone was crushed, for a return of 70 oz. 6 dwt., valued at £205 12s. 6d. Kennedy Bay District. The Bay View Mine was worked by a party of tributers, who have driven a level to connect with the winze, from which a small return was obtained last year.

Date of License. Area. Locality. Block. Survey District. i _J Name of Claim. Name of Registered Owner. 23/12/96 A. B. P. 97 3 8 Matamataharakeke Tokatea Kennedy Bay XI. Harataunga West Derby West Derby Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). 2/7/95 10/5/97 14/7/97 2/4/97 29 3 32 99 1 0 15 0 0 24 0 17 II. IX. Coromandel Harataunga West Tokatea Whareroa Reef Wilga Zealandia .. Harold John Morrisey. Frederick Rollett. Coromandel V. Coromandel Zealandia Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Kuaotu iu District. 30 0 0 16 2 23 100 0 0 99 0 0 42 0 0 30 0 0 50 0 0 71 2 10 100 0 0 30 0 0 72 2 0 28 0 12 5 2 1 21 1 16 57 2 0 47 1 25 21 2 0 99 2 0 94 0 0 84 3 0 66 1 0 4 0 0 31 3 19 9 2 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 93 0 0 100 0 0 23 3 0 68 1 30 83 3 18 29 1 35 100 0 0 100 0 0 98 0 0 94 1 35 69 0 15 58 0 0 6 1 12 100 0 0 85 2 0 Kuaotunu .. V. Otama Alpine Fluke Alpine Fluke Aorere Aorere No. 2 Argentine Balfour Geraldine Golden Anchor Golden King Great Britain Great Consols Great Mercury Handsworth Hosie Irene Invicta Jumpers Jupiter No. 1 Jupiter No. 2 Jupiter No. 3 Jupiter No. 4 Kapai-Vermont Alpine Fluke Gold-mining Co. Alpine Fluke Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Aorere Gold-mining Co. (N.L). Midas Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Ajax Gold-mining Co. Balfour Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). William H. Cooper. Golden Anchor Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Golden King Gold-mining Go. (N.L.). William Jones Smith. John Drew Oolebrook. Great Mercury Gold-mining Go. (Ltd.). Louis Woodcock. Robert Workman. Irene Hauraki. Invicta Gold-mining Go. (N.L.). Donald Watson. Sir T. S. Tancred and John Whittaker. 4/8/96 4/8/96 7/4/96 14/9/95 18/5/96 12/11/95 21/12/95 6/12/95 29/5/96 10/3/96 12/3/96 19/11/89 12/5/96 29/10/95 22/9/96 11/10/97 24/1/96 25/2/98 25/2/98 25/2/98 25/2/98 1/10/95 15/5/95 12/5/96 24/7/97 13/11/95 13/9/95 13/11/95 24/4/96 7/6/97 4/8/96 29/4/97 11/10/97 24/10/93 24/7/97 24/7/97 8/11/97 7/10/96 6/2/96 5/8/97 1/10/95 18/5/96 24/4/96 Whitianga .. Mercury Bay Kuaotunu .. Whangapoua Kuaotunu .. II. V. II. V. II. XII. III., VI. V. II. V. II. I. IV., V. IV. V. Coromandel Otama Kapai-Vermont Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Kaimarama Kuaotunu .. Matarangi .. Kuaotunu .. Mahakirau .. Kuaotunu .. Matarangi .. Kuaotunu .. Mercury Bay Kuaotunu .. Mahakirau .. Kuaotunu .. Kaimarama Kuaotunu . . II. V. ill. III. IV. V. XV., XVI. V. I. II. XII. IV. XIV. V. IV. V. Hastings .. Otama Coromandel Otama Kuaotunu Extended Little Marlow Lucky Hit.. Maori Dream Maoriland Mount Margaret Murphy's Hill New Mint Nina ... Norena Ocean View Extended Otama Owera Phcenix Peru Prospect Sapphire .. Try Fluke Extended Try Fluke.. Waitaia Kuaotunu Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Ernest John Nankivell. Kuaotunu Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Maori Dream Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Maoriland Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Frederick E. Baume. Kauri Freehold Gold Estates (Ltd.). Robert Edward Workman. Lionel Nathaniel Benjamin. Norena Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Matarangi Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Juno Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Kauri Freehold Gold Estates (Ltd.). Phoenix Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). James McGregor. Prospect Gold-mining Co. (N.L.). Frederick A. Clarke. Mariposa Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). Coromandel Otama Coromandel Otama Hastings .. Otama Waitaia Gold-mines (Ltd ).