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IV. GOLD-MINES. The following statement shows the value of the bullion-production, also the dividends declared, number of persons employed, and number of gold-mines and dredges : —

*In addition to the gold produood from the gold-mines, Bilver was obtained from them, hence the word " bullion " is used in preference to " gold." f The bullion-production is from 52 dredges, but the dividends given are only from 21 of these, the property of registered companies. The profits of privately owned dredges and mines are unobtainable, which renders this statement incomplete. { The bullion-production is from 283 alluvial claims, but the dividends are only ascertainable from those few that are the property of registered oompanies. (1.) Quartz-mining. The following is a statement showing the tons of ore treated, the value of bullion produced, and the amount of dividends paid by quartz-mining companies in each of the inspection districts during the years 1914 and 1915 : —

The following is a statement of the production, dividends declared, and the number of persons employed by the principal gold-quartz mining companies during 1915 : —

Quartz-mining ... Dredge mining + .,. Alluvial mining J Totals, 1914 Production of Bullion, 1915.* (All Mines.) £ 1,030,524 164,605 153,360 1,348,489 Dividends paid, Number of Person8 Number of m w -fSn ordinarily em- Working Mines, (By Registered Com- nloved Dredges, and panies only.) " ' ' Claims. £ 237,165 2,703 62 26,332 427 52 11,118 1,019 283 274,615 4,149 397 62 52 283 274,615 4,149 397

Statute Tons of Ore treated. Value of Bullion. Dividends paid. (By Registered Companies only.) Inspection District. 1915. 1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. 1914. lorthern Vest Coast louthern 330,199 151,161 3,269 347,194 148,069 6,076 £ 796,685 231,150 2,689 £ 911,733 239,237 3,244 £ 210,016 27,249 £ 266,165 22,100 Totals ... 484,629 501,339 1,030,524 1,154,214 237,265 288,265

Name of Company. Northern District — Waihi Gold-mining Company (Ltd.)* Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company (Ltd.) Talisman Consolidated (Ltd.) West Coast DistrictDominion Consolidated Blackwater Mines (Ltd.) New Big River Gold-mining Company (Ltd.) Other quartz-mines throughout New Zealand During 191 Quantity ; Value of Quartz of treated, j Bullion. Statute Tons. £ 171,725 327,394 112,3211 200,270 26,230 188,620 17,484 ! 12,472t 54,643] 109,285 2,938! 11,869 99,288 180,614 During 1915. Average Value per Ton. £ s. d. 1 18 1J I 15 8 Total to 1915. End °< D °- cember, 1915. i £ £ 99,181 14,676,902 46,047 ] 151,750 Dividends paid. sis. a■ p. sag 753 43G 7 3 10 64,688 1.1,030,222 280 0 II 3 2 0 0 4 0 9| i 2,250 ! 2,250 24,999 137,495 91,200 80 207 60 1 16 4 Unknown 887 Totals, 1915 . . 484,6291,030,524 484,6291,030,524 2 2 6 237,165 Unknown 2,703 * The total value of the output of this given arc free of incomo-tax. f In addition, scheelite concentrate, value company at the end of i £14,133, was obtained ft company at the ond of tl io year was £ 11,114,432. The divide; ids here £14,133, was obtained fro: rn tho quartz treated,