C—3.

Batteries in Course of Construction, Auckland District.

Statement showing the Whole of the Quartz-crushing Machines and Appliances for treating Auriferous Ores in the Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast Mining Districts for the Nine Months ended the 31st December, 1900.

Battery in Course of Construction, Marlborough District.

135

Locality. Name of Company. Number of Stamps. Kemarks. Coromandel County. Tokatea West Tokatea 3 Thames County. Wbangamata .. Hape Creek Ghelmsford Ethel Reefs 10 20 Not completed. Ohinemuri County. Karangahake New Zealand Grown New Zealand Talisman 20 50 Not completed. 103

Locality where Machine is situated. Name of Machine Name of Owner. Iμ |1 Is •A t I OQ "o I a a 'A DQ 3 ? I I 3 q I a> « O -a 3 'A a CO l< "8 % 3 a t CD ■3 o ■J2 O I I A I o as "3 3 I i o I S S s i o Iβ CO <p J, a g a 5 i o A 3 QQ >. g S3 * o p< S a> > o •* p< 1(1 q "N 4 h 'f IJ 3-"s-i a--'A Marlborough County. Top Valley Jubilee Jubilee Gold-mining Co. .. W. H. 10 Collingwood County, Wi-st Wanganui, or Taitapu Ditto Taitapu Taitapu Gold-mining Co. .. 2( l . 1 0 Golden Blocks Golden Blocks Gold-min-ing Co. 8 i *9 1 Oreymouth County. Paparoa Ranges .. Taffy Crcesus (Paparoa) .. Taffy Gold-mining Co. Crce-ius (Paparoa) Gold-min-ing Co. Julian Gold-mining Co. .. . 1 0 . 1 0 t 10 Lower Paparoas .. Julian I . 1 0 Butter County. Lyell Alpine Extended .. Alpine Extended Gold-min-ing Co. Croesus Syndicate Britaunia Gold-mining Co. . 1 0 2( Stony Creek, Westport Waimangaroa Croesus Britannia 10 r . 1 0 . 1 0 Republic Republic Gold-mining Co. 10 2 . 1 0 Inangahua County. Reefcon Progress Progress Mines of New Zealand Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand Ditto .. Keep-it-Dark Gold-mining Co. New Inkerman Mines Golden Lead Gold mining Co. Cumberland Gold-mining Co. New Scotia Gold-mining Co. Last Chance Syndicate .. Big River Gold-mining Co. St. George Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand W. P. Gardiner and Sons .. , 1 0 M 1 Wealth of Nations.. 20 1 1 0 Golden Fleooe Keep-it-Dark 1 20 20 A i" i 2 1 1 1 i 1 10 Merrijigs New Inkerman Golden Lead 15 10 a 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 Cumberland 10 i 2 1 1 1 0 New Scotia 10 i 1 1 1 Big River Last Chance Big River King George Welcome 5 10 5 10 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 i i i 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 Capleston 2 Bourke's Creek Gardiner's 12 1 0 1 2 6 300 44 4 22 31 4 4 8 2 3 6 17 0 * The goia from the retort is placed in the crucible and operated on in the smith's fire.

Locality. Name of Company. Number of Stamps. Bemarks. 'op Valley, Marlborough ! Wellington Gold mining Co. 10 Driven by water-power.