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No. 10. Statement showing the Price of Gold per Ounce, Price charged per Ton for crushing Quartz or Cement, and Prices charged for Water per Sluice-head per Week, during the Year ending 31st March, 1898.

Mining District. Price of Gold per Ounce. Price charged per Ton for crushing Quartz or Cement. Price charged for Water Sluicehead per Week. Remarks. Auckland— North Hauraki South Hauraki Ohinemuri Tβ Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga £ s. d. £2 16s. to £3 2s. 6d. £2 14s. £2 8s. to £3 £2 11s. to £3 9s. £ s. d. 0 5 6 0 8 0 0 7 6 £ s. d. £3 to £4 Nil Nil No mines crushing Mablborohgh—Pelorus and Wairau .. 3 17 0 0 2 6 Private arrangement. Nelson— Wangapeka Motueka Charleston Inangahua Gollingwood Takaka .. Westport Murchison Lyell £3 13s. to £3 15s. 3 14 0 3 19 0 £3 18s. to £4 Is. 10d. 3 13 6 3 14 6 3 19 0 3 17 6 3 17 6 0 16 8s. to 10s. 2 5 0 40 in. 0 10 0 0 10 0 Nil Nil Nil Westland —Hokitika, Kanieri, and ) Waimea Totara and Ross Stafford Greymouth Kumara 3 18 0 3 0 0 40 in. 3 18 0 3 18 0 £3 18s. to £3 19s. 3 18 0 0 12 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 40 in. 40 in. 20 in. by 2 in. opening. Ahaura Okarito £3 18s. to £3 19s. 3 18 0 0 12 0 1 10 0 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka.. Longwood Preservation Orepuki and Roundhill Waiau Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) and Queenstown Mount Ida Macrae's, Hyde .. Hamilton, Serpentine 3 17 6 3 18 6 3 10 6 3 16 6 3 16 6 3 14 0 3 15 0 Nil Nil 3 0 0 12s. 6d. to 15s. None let 20 in. by 2 in. 3 17 0 10 0 ( 1 10 0 Hogburn head, private races. 40 in. by lin., Government races. 20 in. by 2 in., and 4 in. pressure. Maerewhenua 3 17 0 10 0 Cromwell Waikaia Tapanui Wyndham Roxburgh .. ) Clyde and Alexandra Black's 3 17 0 , 3 14 6 3 15 0 3 16 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 10 0 3 17 6 10 0 ( Water used by ( owners Water used by owners 1 - 3 17 6 10 0