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No. 11. Number of Miners employed during the Years ending 31st March, 1898 and 1899.

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Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Total. Mining District. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. 1899. 1898. Auckland — North Hauraki and Corornandel .. Thames Ohinemuri Te Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga Great Barrier .. 888 820 1,852 15 8 10 6 888 820 1,852 15 8 10 6 888 820 1,852 15 8 10 6 1,101 756 1,895 184 10 10 6 Maelbobough— Pelorus, Queen Charlotte Sound .. Wairau Oullen's Creek Waikakaho Wakamarina 3,599 1 7 3,599 3,599 3,962 36 19 3 59 1 43 19 3 61 1 43 19 3 61 1 •13 19 3 61 2 Nelson— Wangapeka, Baton, and Sherry .. Takaka Collingwood Motueka Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's,' Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, ■ Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell .. Murchison Owen .. .. .. ) 117 10 127 127 127 24 27 76 20 140 600 161 199 220 "20 468 58 24 27 96 20 608 658 161 'l99 220 24 27 96 20 807 878 161 42 146 20 803 779 149 310 10 320 320 400 35 30 63 98 30 128 103 180 115 180 115 295 320 1,573 564 619 2,192 564 2,756 2,762 Westland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth .. .. ) Arnold .. .. J Okarito 90 300 425 340 2 100 30 100 4 94 300 425 340 2 100 30 100 96 400 455 440 101 520 480 450 690 208 23 713 208 921 880 64 1 64 1 65 86 1,909 441 27 1,936 42 515 945 441 2,377 2,517 115 690 1,168 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui Waikaia Wyndham Longwood .. .. j Orepuki .. .. V Roundhill and Wilson's River j Wakatipu Goldfields —Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby St. Bathan's Hyde .. Macrae's Maerewhenua and Kurow Pembroke 40 460 915 395 20 226 18 390 5 200 198 150 20 70 130 2 55 30 40 4 80 435 20 230 18 470 5 200 198 150 20 70 130 47 ,715 ■t-,143 585 40 300 18 600 522 40 315 12 490 200 20 100 300 20 320 320 300 161 92 20 26 90 30 25 90 2 12 30 100 400 161 92 30 71 90 30 25 90 2 12 30 425 251 94 42 101 90 42 500 I 501 10 45 12 12 105 52 3,383 964 466 SUMMABY. 3,849 964 4,813 4,830 Auckland ., Marlbobough Nelson Westland Otago 117 1,573 1,909 3,383 564 441 964 3,599 10 619 27 466 3,599 127 2,192 1,936 3,849 564 441 964 3,599 127 2,756 2,377 4,813 3,962 127 2,762 2,517 4,830 Totals 6,982 1,969 4,721 11,703 1,969 13,672 14,198 Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparatioi not given printing (2,350 copies; I, £16 14s. 'rice 9d.] -1899. By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.