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

(I.) Quartz-mining The following is a statement showing the tons of ore treated, and the amount of dividends paid by quartz-mining companies in each of the inspection districts during the years 1916 and 1917 :—

The following is a statement of the quartz treated, dividends declared, and the number of persons employed by the principal gold-quartz mining companies during 1917 : —

During the year the most interesting developments in connection with the quartz-mining industry were carried out by the North Blackwater Development Syndicate under the direction of Mr. David Ziman, and at Te Puke by Muir's Gold-reefs (Limited), a new company. At North Blackwater, in the winding-shaft at a depth of 1,350 ft., a crosscut was projected to the main lode operated successfully by the adjoining Blackwater Mines (Limited), which up to the end of 1917 had obtained, from 358,678 statute tons of ore treated, bullion to the value of £732.600, and had distributed in dividends £162,494.

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i VI (uartz-miuing ... )redge mining ... .lluvial mining ... Totals, 1917 Totals, 1916 Dividends paid, Numbe r of Persons „ r N , U f ab " of ra t> ,"' i n ordinarily em- forking Quartz (By Registered Com- ployed and Alluvial Muuv panics only.) and Dredges. £ 203,069 2,030 82 4,800 260 35 5,710 618 198 213,579 2,908 315 208,089 3,614 368

Inspection Distriot. Statute Tons of Ore treated. 1917. 1916. Dividends paid. (By Registered Companies only.) 1917. j 1016. Northern (Vest Coast Southern 298,396 318,456 105,539 121,066 5,381 2,840 409,316 442,362 I £ 195,619 7,450 j 203,069 £ 158,566 26,499 185,065 Totals

Name of Company. Quantity of Quartz treated during 1917. Quantity of Quartz treated during 1917. Statute Tons. 171,198 103,687] 16,007 Dividends paid. ! 'C - ! °J| ST? e> Total to -%o° .-„ EndofDe- | if m/ ' cember, £ S 5 1917. I j j i £ £ 99,181 5,189,696 601 38,438 228,620 353 51,750 1,099,222 \ .150 6.250 18,750 i 62 Northern District— Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited) Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company (Limited) Talisman Consolidated (Limited) Waihi-Paeroa Gold-extraction Company* .. ... West Coast District— Wealth of Nations Biaekwater Mines (Limited) New Big River Gold-mining Company (Limited) Progress Mines of New Zealand Murray Creek Gold-mining Company Other quartz-mines throughout New Zealand 17,133 34,417 5,201 19.840 9,728 32,105, 79 162,494 120 7,200 98,400 i 43 326.562 95 21.727 75 250 .. 152 Totals, 1917 409,316 203,069 409,316 203,069 .. 2,030 _| i ieen included when t: en include ed when the ore was previously * 147,700 tons of re-treated tailings not included in total, having r orushed and treated at the mines.