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(5.) Government Water-races. • ,v The l r Waimea 7- K J . U^f ra w an l M ° Unt Ida Wat er-races, which render possible hydraulic mining in the Kumara district Westland, and the Naseby district, Central Otago, have supplkd 00 miners with water for sluicing during 1913, by which they obtained gold to the valueof about race S l l 0 L t ;nti^t r olt d Son he fi 31 Q t r l M t^ h • ""i*- f ° r Saks ° f "»*« from the races amounted to £3 305 6s. 9d., the expenditure in upkeep and supervision during the same ks^^ 1 9d " as compared with £2 5 88 os - Bd - and &™ »■• 3d - -p-^; New branch races have been constructed to serve miners in the Waimea-Stafford districts and a race-deviation ,s now being constructed from the Erin-go-bragh Water-race recently 2 chased by the Government, to Argus Terrace, near Maori Point, Westland where alluvill gold has been intermittently mined for many years. ' alluvial gold The Kumara Water-race extension, which carries by inverted siphon a large supply of water across the va ley of the River Taramakau to the northern terraces at Westbrook hasbeen very badly supported by the miners of the district, who strongly urged the Government to construct this costly extension and loudly proclaimed the richness and extent of the country which would be served. Independently o mining, this siphon is of considerable value for hydro-electri^ -power the water-supply being considerable and the pressure adequate. P ' In Central Otago the Mount Ida Race has been extended for nearly a mile towards its proposed terminus to enable new ground to be worked. towards its

VIII. SCHOOLS OF MINES. annum wltW Goy f rjm f it f aminations the following students won scholarships (value £50 per annum, with free class fees tenable for four years at the Otago University School of SKnea? viz., Messrs. L. Grange, of the Waihi School; and L. Stevenson, of the Thames School. ° f ** G ° VernmeDt ««*»*»• « ** -hools of

Upon comparison with the results obtained at the examination for the previous year it will be seen that the average number of marks per paper has decreased, but the number of student submitting themselves for examination has increased. T stuctentB

,-g Locality of Sohool of Mines, o Oh Average Number of : , T , . „ . Marks awarded JMumber of Students | Number of Papers per Paper submitted. examined. submitted. Total Marks awarded. I 1 2 3 4 5 6 Thames Waihi Karangahake Reefton Coromandel .. Westport Per Cent. 60-83 16 24 57-20 18 34 56-47 ii 30 49-66 14 27 39-23 7 13 38-43 12 23 1,459 1,945 1,694 1,341 510 884 Totals, 1913 „ 1912 51-87 62-00 78 66 151 123 7,833 7,629