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The following tabulated statement shows the revenue, cost of maintenance, approximate quantity of gold obtained, and number of men employed on claims using water from the race: —

The following statement shows the claims that have been sluicing on the Kumara field during the year ended the 31st March, 1901; also the number of men in each claim, fall and width of tail-races, number of sluice-heads used in sluicing, number of cubic yards sluiced away per hour, and race from which the water was supplied:—

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Month. Water running over Dam. Quantity of Water lost. Holidays. No Water for Channel. Dams empty. April ... May ... June ... July ... August... September October November December 1900. 1901. Days. 7 7 Days. 10 n Days. 6 1 Days. Days. 4 5 1 4 6 4 3 9 i H 11 8* 12 3 6 1 3 7 January February March... 2 6 3 2 9 1 Totals 49 57f 24 18

Month. Sales of Water. Cash received lor Sales of Water. Outstanding Number Wvnoyiriitiivo Moneys at of expenditure. the En(J Qf Men em _ each Month, ployed. Approximate Quantity ol Gold obtained. Value of Gold obtained. 1900. £ a. a. 108 8 6 259 2 0 167 4 3 220 5 9 265 12 4 220 6 10 235 19 2 143 2 5 111 0 1 £ a. d. 259 12 6 220 10 0 154 0 0 234 0 0 146 19 6 271 19 0 143 0 0 192 0 0 64 10 0 2, e. d. 196 3 2 220 13 7 223 7 11 .234 2 6 239 1 9 162 9 6 134 18 1 143 8 1 157 17 6 £ a. d. 314 3 0 352 15 0 365 19 3 352 5 0 471 0 10 419 12 1 512 11 3 473 7 i 510 0 0 02. 195 455 293 389 467 396 415 257 189 £ s. d. 760 10 0 1,774 10 0 1,142 14 0 1,517 2 0 1,821 6 0 1,544 8 0 1,618 10 0 1,002 6 0 787 2 0 April MayJune July August September October November December 09 69 75 78 72 72 67 67 62 1901. 122 2 7 196 2 1 132 5 0 115 5 0 144 10 11 160 0 0 120 16 11 138 3 4 106 14 6 520 2 2 568 8 9 540 13 9 55 55 54 221 355 245 861 18 0 1,384 10 0 955 10 0 January February March Totals 2,181 11 0 2,106 6 11 2,077 16 10 66-25 (average) 3,877 15,120 6 0

Name of Party. a a -2..S 3 © 3 a 4S CO s O . PQ § •s g «.9 si ill »5 m d Race from which the Water is supplied. Remarks. To. 3 channel— Light and party Neame and party Eochford and party Eochford and party Williams and party To. 4 channel— Cullen and party Long Tunnel Company. . To. 5 channel— Burger and party Thomson and party Morgan and party Thorn and party Candie and party 'rivate races— Lee and party Pascoe and party Shrives and party Shroder and party Bowden and party Eoberts and party Moynihan and party Arnerich and party 5 3 4 3 3 6 7 5 4 3 4 4 In. 6 5 8 4* 6 7 6 8 8 8 8 8 In. 22 22 22 22 22 24 26 24 24 24 24 26 10 10 8 10 10 11 22 10 10 10 10 10 Cub. yd. 60 50 64 45 60 77 132 80 80 80 80 80 Kumara Eace t? Private race Kumara Eace Sluiced six months. Late Neville's. Late Conaghan. 3 6 3 3 3 3 10 3 8 7 12 9 8 8 8 8 24 26 30 26 24 22 24 24 12 12 10 10 10 8 22 15 96 84 120 90 80 64 176 120 it Sluiced months. two it Abandoned. n it n Private Eace. //