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On the 10th November Thomas Blake, an employee, had the misfortune to get his arm broken by a rolling stone. The face of the quarry was being operated on a gradient of about 50° of batter : a stone rolling down struck him on the arm, witli the above result. Blake himself informed me that he had plenty of time to gel clear, as he saw the stone rolling, and that he walked towards the face and stood behind a portion that he considered sufficient protection, but the stone swerving in the direction where he stood struck his arm. He told me that had he walked away from the face instead of towards it he would not have been struck. This accident occurred in the Whakatane Harbour Board's quarry. Whale Island. I inspected the face shortly afterwards, and found that the operations were being conducted in a satisfactory manner. ,

ANNEXURE E.

MINING STATISTICS.

Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Hauraki Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1920.

Locality ami Name ot Mine. A\erage Number <>i Mrn employed, ' Quartz crushed. Gold ol ilaini a. Cyanide. Value. Amalgam, Tha: es County anh Ho iirini. Waiotahi — Waiotahi Evening Star Karaka— Gloaming Occidental Tairua Golden Hills Golden Belt Kirikiri — Horseshoe Prospectors 2 0 2 1 2 6 2 7 2 0 Tons cut. qr. lb. 125 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 ()/.. dwt. 15 8 24 5 Cz. dwt. £ s. d. 39 17 6 57 8 4 2 1 7 0 2 0 10 0 0 104 14 0 10 295 0 0 1 7 0 2 6 152 O (I tl 398 II 0 0 I IS 7 218 1 53 0 224 4 Hill 13 0 1,385 7 0 2 7 0 I 1 10 86 2 1 12 4 10 105 10 12 7 ti 334 8 3 Totals 28 28 775 4 0 22 681 5 277 4 2,586 9 1 Waihi— Waihi* Waihi Grand Junction* 531 296 Waihi BoKOUQH. 142,239 5 2 24 51,294 12 3 12 531 296 340,236 184 91,763 S 233,466 9 6 86,960 8 0 Totals 827 827 193,533 18 2 8 432,000 6} 320,420 17 0 Owharoa — Rising Sun 15 15 OiiiNKMuin CountI Clean-up Of. battery 524 6 800 10 5 CoiI.V 'Y. Waikoroiniko — Four-in-hand Kuaotunu— Waitaia Prospectors Totals ■• 3 2 14 19 0 3 0 13 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 01 0 51 0 ! 12 4 183 0 0 122 16 0 34 6 8 III 7 0 0 13 124 4 340 2 s Te Puke Mail's Cold Reefs 29 29 Tauranga Counts Clean-up of battery 708 7 1,700 0 0 Thames County and Borough Waihi Borough Ohinemuri County Coromandel County Tauranga County 28 827 15 19 29 28 827 15 19 29 SUMMARY. 775 4 0 22 193,533 18 2 8 Cleaning-u p bat te ry 7 0 0 13 Cleaning-up battery 681 5 277 4 ' 2,586 9 1 432,000 64 320,426 17 6 524 6 800 10 5 340 2 8 708 7 1,700 0 0 124 4 Totals, 1920 Totals, 1919 1 9181 1,078 918f 1,078 194,316 2 3 15 226,614 10 3 25 805 9 15,690 2 433,510 3| 514,392 18 325,853 19 8 475,998 11 10 Decrease .. 160 160 32,298 8 0 10 14,884 13 80,594 14| 150,144 12 2 •Gold obtained from the Waihi am t During the year 140 men were mi Waihi Grand iloyed at unpri .limnInn .Minus is hen iductive quartE-mlntng <- i valued at £4 4s. iperations. rer ounce and silver at 2s. per ounce.