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There were thirteen first-class passes, fourteen second-class, and fifteen third-class. During the year 200 assays were made in the assay department by the staff. This is an increase of thirty-five over the number in 1903. This number does not include all the assays and analyses made in connection with the experimental plant. Of the 200 sixty-nine were done for the Mines Department. A tabulated list of these follows :—

Result. Laboratory No. Description. Locality. Sender. Gold per Ton. eflwperl^^ 3127/3 (1) (2) (3) 3128/1 3133/1 Black flinty stone Yellow flinty stone Green flinty stone White quartz Ruamahunga River Mr. Hogg, M.H.B. .. Oz. dwt. gr. Trace Oz.dwt.gr. Trace .. £ a. d. Nil. Wairau Valley .. Reef Hill, Masterton Hokitika Prospecting Association Ditto .. Mr. D. Robertson .. Mr. Hogg, M.H.R. .. 6 1 16 0 2 2 0 1 16 Traoe .. 0 "6 10 Nil. Trace 3137/21 (1) Feldspar rock .. The Warden, Hokitika 0 0 20 0 7 13 0 4 0 (2) (3) W (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) Greensandstone Actinolite Ferro-magnesian mineral 0 0 20 ; 0 12 14 0 4 7 Trace 0 7 0 0 0 8 tl It Greisen Chlorite rook Quartz Tourmaline rook Igneous decomposed rock Ferro - magnesian rock (decomposed) Garnets and iron-oxide.. Ferro magnesian rock .. Quartz and ferro-mag-nesian rock Feldspar and talc (decomposing) Quartz, coloured by iron Magnetite Feldspar Tourmaline in rock Pyrites in ferro - magnesian rock Magnetite grains in rock Lead-ore 0 0 10 0 1214 0 31 0 95 0 12'14 1 18' 1 „ , .. 0 7 0 0 08 IT ' 1 Trace (13) (14) (15) 0 0 10 1 7 17 0 2 5 0 010 0 12 14 0 3 1 (16) (17) (18) (19) (20) . (21a) 0 0 10 Nil 10 4 Nil .. 0 3 8 Nil. (21b) 3140/1 Wangapeka District Napier District .. Mr. H.Owen 0 7 13 38 11 7' 5 7 3 3145/2 (1) (2) 3155/3 0) ' . 8) 3161/1 3163/3 (1) (2) (3) 3182/4 (1) (2) (3) 3183/1 3185/5 (1) (2 (8 (4 (5) 3195/1 3206/3 (1) (2) (3) 3209/1 3213/12 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) , (6 & 7) (8) (9) (10) (11) (12) 3215/3 (1) (2 (3 3216/2 (1) Quartz Mr. James Hay Traces 0 2 12 0 3 8 Traces Trace .. 0 5 1 ! 1 17 19 0 3 8 0 16 0 0 17 Traces Nil. Wilberforce District Mr. A. "h. Richards 0 1 6 0 6 7 1 17 19 0 8 9 0 13 20 0 2 12 0 16 0 5 0 15 2 7 11 8 1 17 2 2 15 8 0 10 2 0 5 0 Nil. // Te Puke Macrae's Flat .. Mr. J. A. Clark Mr. W. Donaldson .. Concentrates Tailings Quartz " Takaka, Nelson .. Mr. W. Baird !! Traces it Takaka.. Mangonui Mr. J. W. Soper .! Mr. Houston, M.H.R. Slight traces rt " ff . . . . » Traces White quartz Quartz and country Nodule of pyrites Concentrates Flint Gritstone Jasperoid quartz Quartz Jasper Basalt Flinty quartz Basalt Flinty quartz .. Basalt Flinty quartz White quartz Marlborough Wangapeka Mr. 11. Lyons Mr. R. McGregor .. 0 10 2*' 0 "3 18 Traces 2 "0 8 Nil. Traces Wangapeka Mr. H. Owen Beattie, Lang, and Go. Small amount Traoes Nil Traces 3 10 14 Nil .. Traoes 0 "7 0 Nil. *> Nil !! Nil .. it n Renwiok Marlborough Mr. B. McGregor .. Traces Traces Queen Charlotte Spund Ditto Grey mouth Mr. J. Hebberley .. n (2) 3221/1 Quartz and pyrites Mr. J. McAulay ' Galena 12-64 per cent.