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No. 4. Comparative Return of the Total Amounts of Goldfields Revenue (exclusive of Gold Duty) collected in the several Districts during the Years 1906 and 1907 and the Quarters ending 31st March, 1907 and 1908 respectively, showing the Increase or Decrease in respect of each District.

No. 5. Return of Gold Duty credited to Local Bodies for the Year ended 31st December, 1907, and Quarter ended 31st March, 1908.

Years 1906 and 1907. juai irs em my March, 1908. r,am iircl District. 1908. 1907. Increase. Decrease. 1907. 1906. Increase. Decrease. Auckland. Coromandel .. Thames Whangarei Ohinemuri .. .. Te Aroha Tauranga .. Waihi.. Puhipuhi £ 554 2,859 £ 463 1,882 £ 91 977 £ £ 171 652 £ 121 1,722 £ 50 £ 1,070 1,669 896 11 3,185 39 1,364 831 3 2,780 27 305 65 8 405 12 532 144 15 991 15 662 282 1 1,152 2 14 130 138 161 "l3 Nelson. 896 739 61 695 1,003 13 546 1,939 74 2,652 1,167 8 - 500 13 151 1,200 13 1,957 164 8 134 15 153 106 20 227 412 2 182 604 17 406 419 1 150 18 "*29 498 Motueka Collingwood and Takaka Westport .. Charleston .. Ahaura Reefton Wangapeka Lyell and Murchison 3 179 7 1 45 366 106 Marlborough. Havelock .. Blenheim 51 245 53 237 2 4 32 7 95 3 63 8 Westland. Hokitika Kanieri .. J Greymouth Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Okarito Kumara 332 8,515 122 282 62 1,176 361 5,022 228 322 109 247 3,493 29 106 40 47 126 3,860 75 109 4 389 58 3,603 23 76 15 76 68 257 52 33 312 11 '929 Canterbury. Ashburton 1 1 1 1 Otago and Southland. Hindon Naseby Alexandra .. \ Black's Clyde Roxburgh .. ) Cromwell Arrowtown Queenstown Pembroke Lawrence Waikaia Tapanui Orepuki, Preservation, I Longwood, and Riverton J Wyndham Middlemarch Gore ' 100 548 2,118 874 370 365 9 868 490 15 107 555 2,260 838 212 451 10 845 597 9 36 158 7 7 142 "86 1 50 138 692 414 79 81 2 333 169 40 157 679 295 74 75 1 341 237 10 13 119 5 6 1 "l9 "23 107 8 68 6 313 281 32 106 122 16 23 21 179 12 17 182 11 4 7 1 31 13 5 40 6 4 9 3 Totals.. 29,551 1 27,205 10,260 11,756 969 6,563 4,217 2,466 Net decrease .. Net increase 2,346 •• 1,497

Local Body. I For the Year ended For the Quarter ended 31st December, 1907. 31st March, 1908. Counties — Coromandel Ohinemuri Piako Thames Boboughs— Thames Waihi £ s. d. 130 14 11 6,584 5 6 1 16 0 648 0 1 £ s. d. 50 9 11 1,787 5 11 185' 2 8 5,657 3 2 18,230 12 0 479 0 4 5,978 13 1 Totals .. 31,252 11 8 8,480 11 11 B. B. Vincent, Accountant to the Treasury. The Treasury, Wellington, 5th May, 1908.