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Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Southern Mining District for the Year ended the 31st December, 1908 — continued.

Statement of Value of Gold won from Quartz crushed for all Districts for the Years ended the 31st December, 1907 and 1908.

Gross Totals and Value of Gold purchased by Banks for Year ended the 31st December, 1908.

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Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. luartz Goia obtained. Estimated crushed. Amalgamation. Cyanide. i Value. Taieri County. Tons. 4,793 Barewood— Barewood Welcome 21 4 Oz. dwt. 1,855 4 Oz. dwt. £ s. d 7,405 5 1( Totals 25 4,793 1,855 4 7,405 5 li Canada Reefs— Canada Reefing Company Other reefs Bruce 7 County. 22 110 4 0 22 11 15 8 86 16 Totals 132 26 11 102 4 Fiord County Lake County Vincent County Maniototo County Waihemo County Taieri County Bruce County SUM 6 18 5 1ARY. 1,182 289 Included in 5,850 4,793 132 ' 56 11 425 14 319 7 Waihemo Cou 489 5 1,855 4 26 11 209 0 I 1,688 4 l: 1,269 9 : 22 25 7 nty 3,517 1 ! 7,405 5 II 102 4 < LC i 414 0 Totals 83 12,246 3,172 12 414 0 14,191 5 £ I

Mining Distriot. I Year ended the 31st December, 1907. I . Year ended the 31st Deoember, 1908. Hauraki Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast ... Otago and Southland... £ 1,375,035 160,533 9,004 £ 1,302,665 160,156 14,191 Totals ... 1,544,572 1,477,012

Bank. Gold purchased. Value. Hauraki Minin sgr District. Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales National Bank of New Zealand Oz. dwt. gr. 101,984 13 5 6,890 17 12 2,108 0 0 £ 123,349 12,116 744 s. d. 8 6 5 0 0 0 Totals ... ... ... ... I 110,983 10 17 136,209 13 6 Marlborough, Nelson, and Wt '.stland Mining Distric, 29,482 2 15 15,625 19 3 9,490 7 0 2,836 0 0 5s. Bank of New Zealand National Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales Union Bank of Australia 116,035 17 7 60,878 12 8 37,634 5 11 11,264 0 0 Totals ... 57,434 8 18 225,812 16 2 Otago and Southlc \nd Districts. 250,100 14 24,376 5 126,707 18 42,016 11 26,648 0 11,715 0 7' 9 9 3 0 7 Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales National Bank of New Zealand Bank of Australasia ... Union Bank of Australia Private buyers 64,957 18 2 6,262 8 4 33,213 7 20 10,540 11 0 6,662 0 0 3,086 7 3 Totals ... 124,722 12 5 481,564 10 11 Grand totals 293,140 11 16 843,587 0 7