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APPENDICES TO THE MINES STATEMENT. APPENDIX A. REPORTS RELATING TO METALLIFEROUS MINES AND STONE-QUARRIES. The Inspecting Engineer of Metalliferous Minks to the Under-Secretary of Minus. Sir, — Wellington, Ist June, 1920. 1 have the honour to present the: annual report on metalliferous mines and stone-quarries, together with annexures and statistical information, for the year ended 31st December, 1919. In accordance with the usual practice, the tables showing expenditure on roads, bridges, traoks, prospecting operations, Ac., are for the period oovered by the financial year —viz., from the Ist April, 1919, to the 31st March, 1920. The reports, &c, arc divided into the following sections: — I, Minerals entered for Exportation. 11. Persons employed. 111. Accidents. IV. Cold-mining. (1.) Quartz-mining. (2.) Dredge Mining. (3.) Alluvial Mining. V. Minerals other than Gold. VI. Stone-quarries. (1.) Quarry Inspection and Statistics. (2.) Accidents. VII. State Aid to Mining. (1.) Subsidized Prospecting. (2.) Government Prospecting-drills. (3.) Subsidized Roads on Goldfields. (4.) Government Water-races. VIII. Schools of Mines. Annexures :— (A.) Summary of Reports by Inspectors of Mines. (B.) Summary of Reports by Water-race Managers. (C.) Summary of Report by the Inspector of Stone-quarries for the North Island (D.) Mining Statistics.