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Gold-yield, Reefton District, for Year 1905, from Quartz-mines— continued.

Statement showing the Comparative Returns from the Quartz-mines in the Reefton District from the 1st April, 1880, to the 31st March, 1901, and a similar Return for the Years ending the 31st December, 1901 to 1905.

Westport-Charleston Subdivision. In taking a general view of this subdistrict, from the Heaphy River in the north to Brighton in the south, one cannot help being forcibly struck with the great possibilities the district exhibits from a mining point of view. It has in the past produced large quantities of gold from very primitive workings, and has given remunerative employment to thousands of men. Scientific prospecting from bolt to boltjs what is urgently required to develop this division, together with the other divisions of the West Coast. Commencing in the north, we have the Heaphy Valley. Very little prospecting has been done here, but traces of alluvial gold have been found right up the river. There are, However, no tracks or

Name of Company. Galls. Dividends. Tons treated. Yield of Gold. Value of Goli'. iredges— Al Gold-dredging Company (Limited) Eeeve's Proprietary Company ... Blackwater Eiver Gold-dredging Company (Limited) Slab Hut Creek Gold - dredging Company (Limited) £ Nil Oz. dwt. gr. 780 16 0 Approximate. £ 8. d. 3,075 0 0 Nil 3,079 1,347 9 0 2,030 16 22 5,300 0 0 8,000 0 0 559 10 4 2,148 3 6 3,079 4,718 12 2 18,523 3 6 •ther alluvial gold — Sold to National Bank of New Zealand (Limited) Sold to Bank of New Zealand ... 1,835 1 5 7,144 19 4 1,140 3 13 4,512 0 2 2,975 4 18 £11,656 19 6

Years ending Oaile made. : Dividends J Quartz i declared, j crushed. : i Yield of Gold. Value of Gold. 31st March, 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 31st December, 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 £ s. 10,218 17 25,504 3 64,345 0 49,456 0 29,333 0 24,565 0 21,596 0 30,432 0 38,919 0 27,531 0 20,404 0 25,956 0 18,800 0 14,350 0 10,153 0 8,418 0 9,033 6 7,859 3 5,920 6 10,747 8 5,826 9 6,233 6 6,900 0 4,587 0 5,262 0 3,870 0 d. 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 8 9 7 8 0 0 0 0 £ 19,650 37,643 32,600 16,500 34,100 14,500 33,450 17,550 16,688 18,250 27,325 30,743 16,900 18,832 11,012 25,925 4,900 50 900 47,050 35,300 58,199 48,475 57,641 54,674 55,343 Tons. 25,926 14,894 18,928 23,433 34,349 27,198 23,930 24,403 28,564 32,394 39,643 35,562 37,693 34,518 26,602 29,816 13,270 9,751 42,305 58,277 82,618 97,870 98,485 109,571 113,375 106,150 Oz. dwt. gi. 17,597 14 10 20,154 0 0 19,194 0 0 16,547 0 0 23,997 0 0 14,591 0 0 21,143 0 0 16,775 0 0 18,663 0 0 17,780 0 0 23,347 0 0 23,390 0 0 20,171 0 0 18,413 0 0 13,426 10 0 22,025 0 0 8,365 4 20 4,266 7 1 21,487 18 15 26,693 3 18 33,979 5 5 46,066 16 12 46,561 9 9 58,840 6 15 49,693 16 7 44,091 6 11 £ s. d. 68,630 13 10 78,600 12 0 74,856 12 0 64,533 6 0 93,588 6 0 56,904 18 0 83,171 15 5 66,030 11 5 72,720 18 0 69,676 12 1 91,998 8 10 95,885 5 1 80,894 5 1 73,752 14 11 53,509 5 1 87,935 18 4 33,824 7 1 18,253 7 3 87,587 1 0 108,455 17 8 134,557 7 11 186,719 6 7 188,655 2 5 195,468 16 10 215,996 3 6 177,462 19 9 Totals ... 186,220 2 6 734,200 1,189,525 647,259 19 3 2,559,670 12 1