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APPENDICES TO THE MINES STATEMENT. APPENDIX A. REPORTS RELATING TO METALLIFEROUS MINES AND STONE-QUARRIES. The Inspecting Engineer of Mines to the Under-Secretary of Mines. Sib,— Wellington, 11th May, 1921. I have the honour to present my foufteenth annua] report on metalliferous mines and stone-quarries, together with annexures and statistical information, for the year ended 31st December, 1920. In accordance with the usual practice, the tallies showing expenditure on roads, bridges, tracks, prospecting operations, <fee, are for the period covered by the financial year—viz., from the Ist April, 1920, to the 31st March, 1921. The reports, &c., are divided into the following sections : - I. Minerals produced and exported. 11. Persons employed. 111. .Accidents. IV. Gold-mining. (1.) Quartz-mining. (2.) Dredge Mining. (•'!.) Alluvia] .Mining. V. Minerals other than Gold. VI. Stone-quarry Inspection and Statistics. VII. State Aid to Mining. (1.) Subsidized Prospecting. (2.) Government Prospecting-drills. (3.) Subsidized Roads on Goldfields. (4.) Government Water-races. (5.) Schools of Mines. Annexures :— (A.) Summary of Reports by Inspectors of Mines. (B.) (1.) Report on a Konimeter Test of Mine-dust at Waihi, by A. H. V. Morgan, M.A. (2.) Notes on the Katat liermomcter, by Frank Reed, M.I.M.M. (C.) Summary of Reports by Water-race Managers. (D.) Summary of Report by the Inspector of Stone-quarries for the North Island. (E.) Mining Statistics.