G.—2.

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Statement of Value of Bullion won from Quartz crushed for all Districts for the Years ended 31st December, 1917, 1918, and 1919.

Table 2. Gross Totals and Value of Bullion purchased by Banks for the Year ended 31st December, 1919.

Mining District. Inspection District. Year ended Year ended Year ended 31st December, 1917. 31st December, 1918. 31st December, 1919. lauraki larlborough, Nelson, and West Coast .. 'tago and Southland.. Northern West Coast .. Southern £ 751,974 158,007 1,818 £ 615,064 127,846 821 £ 475,998 97,712 310 Totals 574,020 911,799 743,731

Bank. Bullion purohased. Value. Hauraki Mining District (Nort hern Inspection Distrit t). Bank of New Zealand National Bank of New Zealand Oz. dwt. gr. 20,959 18 0 61,519 0 0 £ 63,742 185,405 s. d. 0 11 0 11 Totals 82,478 18 0 249,147 1 10 Marlborough, Nelson, and Westland Mining D Bank of New Zealand National Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales Private buyers is trie ts ( West Coast h 2,640 1 12 12,863 7 13 2,869 2 20 405 0 0 ■spection District). 10,434 4 4 49,213 15 1 11,233 13 3 1,582 10 9 Totals 18,777 11 21 72,464 3 5 Otago Mining District (South ;rn Inspection District^ Bank of New Zealand National Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales Bank of Australasia ... Commercial Bank of Australia 15,124 2 3 5,928 12 3 4,823 18 10 39 1 10 79 8 12 58,274 19 23,041 8 18,578 2 149 0 286 13 4 0 7 7 3 Totals 25,995 2 4 100,330 3 9 Totals, 1919 Totals, 1918 Totals, 1917 127,251 12 224,774 3 319,013 12 1 7 9 421,941 9 584,358 13 731,065 2 0 3 4