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No. 11. Number of Persons ordinarily employed in Mining during the Years ended 31st December, 1907 and 1908.

Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Tot ;als. Grand lotals. District, European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. 1908. 1907. GOLD-MINES. Auckland— Coromandel .. .. Thames Paeroa.. ... Te Aroha ... .. Tauranga Waihi .. Great Barrier Island 130 487 718 23 2 1,904 130 487 718 23 2 1,904 102 454 601 22 6 1,680 23 130 487 718 23 2 1,904 3,264 3,264 2,888 3,264 Marlborough— Blenheim 38 13 24 51 51 Nelson— Wangapeka and Sherry Takaka .. ..... Collingwood .. Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including' Addison's, \ Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, ■ Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley j Lyell .. .. .:. . Murchison .. .. 1 Owen .. .. .. f 20 30 150 250 63 "80 - 30 31 800 20 20 61 950 270 63 80 30 27 70 930 410 87 20 61 1,030 300 63 103 13 116 113 116 40 20 99 60 152 60 129 23 129 23 78 785 133 884 Westland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth .. .. | Arnold Okarito 1,669 133 1,814 1,802 19 150 227 60 30 25 29 5 "l7 24 150 244 60 30 25 29 58 230 276 73 24 180 269 89 315 90 315 90 918 405 12 771 174 22 793 174 1,567 967 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui Waikaia Wyndham Waiau .. .. \ Orepuki and Preservation t Ronndhill .. .. J Wakatipu Goldfields—Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby .. .. \ St. Bathan's Hyde \ Macrae's .. .. J Maerewhenua and Kurow Gore 16 230 425 270 8 300 6 275 1 40 25 18 "25 28 21 10 14 12 12 37 240 439 282 8 300 6 287 1 40 25 18 25 28 38 300 542 300 8 328 7 306 38 280 464 300 8 325 6 315 67 5 23 5 90 10 100 100 100 7 39 1 139 8 147 147 274 54 24 6 298 60 421 358 260 260 48 300 260 2,231 203 155 12 2,386 215 2,845 2,601