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Gross Totals and Value of Gold purchased by Banks for Year ended the 31st December, 1905.

SUMMAEY OP WOEKS CONSTEUCTED. The following statement shows the whole of the different classes of works constructed by the Department, either by direct grants or by subsidies to local bodies, during the last twenty-four years (the votes for this purpose having been under the control of the Hon. the Minister of Mines), for the purpose of opening up the mineral belts throughout the colony, and also for the development of the mining industry : —

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;anl pure' liasei VIC. Hauraki Mining District. Oz. dwt. gr. Bank of New Zealand ... ... ... i 49,609 10 0 Bank of New South Wales ... ... ...J 5,249 8 0 £ s. a. 107,009 6 10 13,010 18 11 Totals ... ... ... ;.-. i 54,858 18 0 54,858 18 0 120,020 5 9 Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland Mining Dii '.stland Mining Districts. 28,145 4 0 29,475 0 8 12,049 3 2 2,404 0 0 109,822 18 11 114,395 11 7 47,483 17 5 9,567 0 0 Bank of New Zealand ... ... ... 28,145 4 0 National Bank of New Zealand ... ... 29,475 0 8 Bank of New South Wales ... ... ... 12,049 3 2 Union Bank of Australasia ... ... ... 2,404 0 0 Totals ... ... ... ... 72,073 7 10 72,073 7 10 281,269 7 11 Otago and Southland Districts. t\rr rtTTfV /vu •,nd Districts. Oz. dwt. gr. Bank of New Zealand ... ... ... 103,035 10 8 Bank of New South Wales ... ... ... 10,076 0 13 National Bank of New Zealand ... ... 39,729 14 17 Bank of Australasia ... ... ... ... 1,580 15 5 Union Bank of Australasia ... ... ... 16,080 10 0 Private buyers (A. H. Vernon-King) ... ... 530 5 4 Oz. dwt. gr. 103,035 10 8 10,076 0 13 39,729 14 17 1,580 15 5 16,080 10 0 530 5 4 £ s. d. 395,657 18 10 39,020 5 5 153,457 0 3 6,155 1 8 63,336 9 6 2,067 2 7 Totals ... ... ... ... 171,032 15 23 171,032 15 23 659,693 18 3 Grand totals ... ... ... 297,965 1 9 297,965 1 9 1,060,983 11 11

Nature of Works. Total Cost of Construction, or Amount authorised to be expended. Expenditure, by way of Subsidy or otherwise, by Mines Department. Amount of Liability by Mines Department on Works in Progress. Up to Years 1882-83 and 1883-84. £ s. d. 29,252 1 11 21,437 11 2 £ s. d. 14,853 9 5 13,089 16 0 £ s. d. 14,398 11 6 8,347 15 2 Vater-raees toads on goldfields toads and tracks undertaken by County Councils, subsidised by Mines Department Vorks undertaken by prospecting associations, subsidised by Mines Department ionstruction of drainage and sludge channels, subsidised by Mines Department 52,841 17 0 13,216 13 4 21,844 16 7 3,350 0 0 10,207 15 9 3,400 0 0 5,750 0 0 2,468 15 4 781 4 8 1884-85. 122,498 3 5 55,606 17 4 37,135 7 1 Vater-races toads on goldfields toads and tracks undertaken by County Councils, subsidised by Mines Department loads to mines, other than gold, subsidised by Mines Department Vorks undertaken by prospecting associations, subsidised by Mines Department Ionstruction of drainage and sludge channels, subsidised by Mines Department Mamond and other drills .. .. 4,846 1 9 13,667 10 1 13,566 14 1 4,594 10 0 14,596 2 9 9,630 9 6 6,293 16 6 111 19 0 4,648 11 6 12,384 15 9 12,739 17 6 2,888 1 0 850 0 0 108 0 0 3,692 0 0 4,050 0 0 3,600 0 0 1,050 0 0 1,858 0 0 1,931 4 8 45,174 15 11 33,648 7 9 88,284 10 5