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Waihi Mine. The following are the returns from this famous mine since 1890:— Tons. £ s. d. 1890 ... 21,112 13 0 1891 ... 23,935 5 11 1892 18,236 44,888 2 4 1893 ... ... ... ... ... 19,805 61,900 10 11 1894 ... ... ... ... ... 24,864 82,827 2 2 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 33,670 120,334 2 2 1896 34,400 137,321 8 2 1897 .. ... ... ... ... 40,764 144,040 9 7 1898 ... ... ... ... ... 77,929 253,304 12 5 Period ending 4th February, 1899 ... ... 8,538 24,256 0 0 Period ending 4th March, 1899 ... ... 7,152 22,076 0 0 Period ending 4th April, 1899 ... ... 7,635 22,095 0 0 Total to date ... ... ... £958,091 6 8 Waitekauei Mine. The following are details of the returns up to date :— £ s. d. To December, 1897 ... ... ... ... ... 85,490 11 0 For the year to December, 1898 ... ... ... ... 64,052 6 0 Period ended 28th January, 1899 ... ... ... ... 8,731 0 Period ended 25th February, 1899 ... ... ... ... 6,018 0 0 Period ended 25th March, 1899 ... 5,629 0 0 Total £169,920 17 0 New Zealand Ceown Mines. The details of the returns are as under:— Tons. £ s. d. Prior to 1898 ... ... ... ... ... 138,104 0 0 In the year 1898 ... ... ... ... 25,563 52,024 0 0 January, 1899 ... ... ... ... 2,664 5,592 0 0 February, 1899 ... ... ... ... 2,524 4,889 0 0 March, 1899 2,730 5,652 0 0 Total to date ... ... ... £205,261 0 0 MIDDLE ISLAND. Nelson and West Coast Districts. The chief quartz-mining centre in the Middle Island is the Eeefton district. A number of mines continue to be worked for a satisfactory yield of gold, and a considerable amount of prospecting and development work has been carried on. In the Lyell district the chief work has been confined to one mine—the United Alpine. In the Collingwood district some of the mines at West Wanganui are giving satisfactory yields. At Paparoa Eange some encouragement is being derived from the recent yields from the Crcesus Mine.

Abstract of Licenses for Special Claims and Licensed Holdings issued from the Wardens' Offices, and registered on or before the 31st March, 1899, in the Books of the Mining Registrars.

Date of License. Area. Locality. Block. Survey District. Name of Claim. Name of Begistered Owner. Haveloc. it. 5/8/88 5/8/88 5/8/88 1/10/94 JO/6/94 13/11/95 13/11/95 SO/7/96 J7/9/98 J7/9/98 .1/10/98 S2/10/98 A. K. P. 225 2 0 287 0 0 300 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 8 2 15 24 2 21 20 1 0 30 1 8 47 0 0 41 0 0 61 0 0 87 1 24 Endeavour Inlet Waikakaho Wakamarina .. Waikakaho Wakamarina .. Pelorus Wakamarina Star Captain Cook No. 1 Empire City Federation Extd. .. Great Yorkshire .. Captain Cook No. 2 Golden Bar Queeu of Sheba Pelorus Prospectors Trocadero Star Antimony Co. (Ltd.). Robert Ewing. Golden Bar Gold-mining Go. Walter J. Hunt. Robert Ewing. Golden Bar Gold-mining Oo. Alfred Rogera. G. B. Richardson. Rountree and Bradcock. Palliser and Raymond. Blenheim .. Wairau Valley 1/3/87 1/7/88 i/10/96 .2/8/97 19/3/97 11/7/97 .5/4/98 .3/5/98 16 2 0 63 3 34 16 0 0 19 0 0 100 0 0 38 3 18 29 3 30 30 0 0 Bedstead Gully VIII. Collingwoi id. Johnston's United Mining Co. Aorere Onakaka Boulder River.. Cole's Gully .. II. X. VIII. Waitapu .. Aorere I. S. M. Jacobsen. J. Taylor and others. D. C. Tana. Josiah Corby. Joseph Jacobsen. Robinson and W. P. Scott. William Johnston. II. Waitapu .. Licensed holding .. .4/9/98 28 3 29 VIII. Aorere n . •