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List of Special Claims granted at Westport from the 1st April, 1900, to the 31st December, 1900.

There were twelve special-claim licenses cancelled on surrender or forfeiture at Westport during the twelve months ended 30th April, 1901. District of Lyell and Murchison Courts. Dredging. The year just ended has seen a good deal of activity displayed in dredging in this part of the district, and a considerable amount of ground has been taken up as special claims or under prospecting license. Practically the whole of the Buller Biver from Westport to the Hope—a distance of about eighty miles —has now been pegged out. On the Matakitaki Biver all available ground is now taken up, right from its junction with the Buller Biver to Horse Terrace —a distance of about twenty miles. On the Glenroy Biver, which is a tributary of the Matakitaki, two special claims and a number of prospecting licenses have been granted during the year. A number of prospecting licenses have also been granted in the Botoroa and Maruia Bivers, both tributaries of the Buller. During the year 163 applications for ordinary mining privileges and thirty-four applications for special claims were dealt with at the Lyell Court, and the sum of £826 was received as goldfields revenue. Old Diggings Gold-dredging Company. —This company has a claim of 76 acres, situated in the Buller Biver at Berlin's. They have purchased the Consolidated Company's dredge, which has been employed in the Buller Biver at Three-channel Flat, and are just now waiting for a rise in the river in order to float the dredge down to the claim. The ground has been prospected with very satisfactory results. El Dorado Gold-dredging Company. —This company hold a special claim above the Old Diggings Company's ground, and are inviting tenders for the construction of a dredge. Rocklands Beach Gold-dredging Company. —This company's dredge has only just started work, and no returns are yet available. The company hold a special claim of 100 acres immediately above the El Dorado Company's claim. Welcome Gold-dredging Company and Premier Gold-dredging Company. —Both these companies are pushing on the construction of dredges on their claims as speedily as possible, and in both cases the pontoons will shortly be ready for launching. Both claims are situated between the Bocklands Beach Company's ground and Inangahua Junction. Buller Junction Gold-dredging Company. —This company's dredge commenced operations a few weeks back, and has obtained good returns from the time of starting. The claim is situated near the junction of the Buller and Inangahua Bivers, and the dredge is now working about a quarter of a mile above the junction. Consolidated Dredging Company. —This company's dredge has been "employed at Three-channel Flat during the past year, but has not obtained very encouraging results, and the dredge has

Date of Grant. To "whom granted. Area granted. Locality. 1900. April 5 5 S „ 11 „ 19 „ 25 May 1G „ 28 June 20 , 20 „ 22 „ 22 July 1 4 4 Aug. 3 „ 11 . 15 „ 15 „ 15 Sept. 5 5 Oct. 2 . 17 „ 17 „ 26 . 26 Nov. 2 2 „ 28 » 28 . 28 Dec. 13 . 13 „ 13 „ 13 Charles Adalbert Ulrich Edward Seager Thomas McCann and others Charles Adalbert Ulrich Jeremiah Duggan and others Britannia Gold-mining Company (Limited) Charles Adalbert Ulrioh T. J. Jones and F. Clifford J. M. Dennehy and others Wallace Mackenzie Wallace Mackenzie Charles Adalbert Ulrioh Wallace Mackenzie E. C. Kingswell Daniel O'Neill A. D. Bayfield Edward Trythall Alexander Duncan C. E. Harden and J. Bishop Peter Halligan and others Thomas Alexander Alexander Senior and others Benjamin McPherson .. Edward Trythall Wallace Mackenzie H. R. Cooke R. Johnson, jun. A. K. P. 31 2 39 11 0 32 20 0 0 10 0 0 29 1 0 G00 7 0 0 28 1 0 20 0 0 19 0 0 21 3 22 17 0 0 64 0 0 29 3 25 53 3 26 89 2 0 100 0 0 66 2 0 99 3 33 20 0 0 9 3 9 59 0 0 41 1 0 96 0 26 47 2 30 32 1 15 67 0 16 84 3 0 57 2 30 56 1 0 64 2 0 94 3 39 65 3 0 91 3 32 97 1 24 97 2 25 Ngakawau. Mokihinui. Addison's. Buller River. Bradsbaw's Terrace. Waimangaroa. Ngakawau. Bradshaw's Terrace. Waimangaroa. Mokihinui. Fairdown. Cascade Creek. Buller River. Fairdown. Addison's. Mokihinui. Addison's. Fairdown. Waimangaroa. Karamea. Walter Mclntyre Buller River. C. E. Harden and J. Bishop H. B. Cooke Wallace Mackenzie W.M.Bradley Fairdown. Karamea. Waimangaroa. Fairdown.