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John Hayes, Inspecting Engineer.

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Black Diamond, Nightcaps .. Morley Village, Nightcaps .. Jones, Edendale •• •■ "■ I 220 301 280 220 301 280 I - •• Totals, Middle Island Totals, North Island 869,508 171,481 195,094 3,603 1064602 175084 11449914 2763591 12514515 2938675 623 65 1775 291 2398 356 Grand Totals 1040989 154531911 — 1688 1 2066 198,697 1239686! |l4213505 !2754 Add output of following twelve mines, included in previous statement but now abandoned : Motupipi, 360 tons ; Westport-Wallsend, 3,441 tons; Waimangaroa, 17,307 tons; Wellington, 2,299 tons; Inkerman, 2,665 tons; Inglewood, 314 tons; Devil's Creek, 343 tons; Inangahua, 71 tons; Murray's Creek No. 2, 450 tons ; Burke's Creek, 300 tons ; Eeefton, 36 tons : total .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27,586 Add output of Waikaka, Adam's Plat, and Waimea Mines, inserted twice in statement for 1891 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 6,518 Output of mines included in statement for 1890, but whose operations were suspended prior to 1890, less three, which are again included in body of statement— namely, Hill's Creek, 779 tons ; Lovell's Plat, 323 tons ; and Wyndham, 1,988 tons : total, 3,090 tons .. .. .. .. 132,732! Output of mines included in former statements, but whose operations were suspended prior to 1889 .. .. .. .. .. .. 172,529j 15,792,556