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No. 11. Number of Miners employed during the Years ending 31st March, 1899 and 1900.

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Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Totals. Mining District. European. Chinese. 1900. 1899. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. 1 Auckland— North Hauraki and Coromandel .. Thames .. .. Ohinemuri Te Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga Great Barrier .. 667 838 1,891 15 8 1 38 667 838 1,891 15 8 1 38 667 838 1,891 15 8 1 38 888 820 1,852 15 8 10 6 3,458 3,458 3,458 3,599 Marlborough— Pelorus, Queen Charlotte Sound .. Wairau, North Bank Cullen's Creek Waikakaho Wakamarina 50 19 3 59 10 "60 19 3 61 60 19 3 61 1 43 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, V Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley j Lyell .. Murebison Owen .. .. ... j 131 12 143 143 127 19 23 131 20 173 315 130 "20 19 23 151 20 819 355 130 19 23 151 20 952 459 130 24 27 96 20 807 878 161 133 104 646 40 'l33 104 275 5 280 280 320 35 40 55 90 40 130 128 170 90 170 90 260 295 Westland — Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth .. .. ) Arnold .. .. j Okarito 1,291 100 300 450 350 367 3 100 30 100 766 4 2,057 104 300 450 350 367 3 100 30 100 2,424 107 400 480 450 2,756 96 400 455 440 716 203 24 740 203 943 921 78 1 78 1 79 65 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui .. ... Waikaia Wyndham Waiau Orepuki Roundhill and Wilson's River Wakatipu Goldfields —Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby St. Bathan's Hyde .. Macrae's Maerewhenua and Kurow Pembroke Gore 1,994 437 28 2,022 437 2,459 2,377 40 450 915 5 200 150 2 50 14 42 500 929 5 200 150 47 700 1,079 47 715 1,143 410 10 200 25 20 350 120 200 140 6 80 30 440 10 200 25 20 350 170 300 140 6 80 580 16 280 25 | 675 585 40 300 18 65 70 20 "50 100 65 70 20 600 320 320 300 143 84 12 24 90 30 73 25 75 "ll 33 100 2 11 40 400 143 86 23 64 90 30 73 25 75 11 33 425 218 86 34 97 90 42 93 425 251 94 42 101 90 42 "l2 20 12 20 3,496 912 399 3,895 Summary. 912 4,807 4,813 Auckland Marlborough Nelson Westland Otago 131 1,291 1,994 3,496 367 437 912 3,458 12 766 28 399 3,458 143 2,057 2,022 3,895 367 437 912 3,458 143 2,424 2,459 4,807 3,599 127 2,756 2,377 4,813 Totals .. 6,912 11,575 1,716 4,663 1,716 13,291 13,672