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! Number i Amount of Amount of Distance Nature of ,. -d i Name of Prospecting Party. of Pro- Locality of Operations. Subsidy Subsidy driven Claim Character of Operations. Jiemarks. spectors. granted.* expended. or sunk. Northern Inspection District. ■ £ s. d. ! £ s. d. Ft. „ 1 „ , H. and J. McKenzie .. .. .. 2 Eclipse Mine, Mahakirau .. .. 42 0 0 42 0 0 80 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value iound. Turner and Evans .. .. .. 2 Port Charles, Coromandel .. .. 29 5 0 29 5 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing of value found. J. McNeil and Son .. .. .. 2 Long Trail Claim, Tokatea .. .. 172 10 0 167 5 0 310 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Gold-bearing reef located. Boswell and Todd .. .. .. 2 Four-in-hand Claim, Waikoromiko .. 40 8 6 40 8 6 77 Quartz .. Driving .. •. Nothing of value found. McNeil Bros. .. .. .. 3 Three Brothers Claim, Driving Creek, Coro- 146 1 0 146 1 0 262 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value found. rnandel Talisman-Dubbo Co. .. .. .. 2 Talisman-Dubbo Claim, Karangahake .. 138 6 0 96 19 2 214 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Gold-bearing reef driven on. A. J. Joyce .. .. .. .. 2 North Star Mine, Thames .. .. 26 10 0 19 17 6 30 Quartz .. Sinking .. .. Work on small gold-bearing reet. H. A. Plummer .. .. .. 2 Claim, Karaka Creek, Thames .. .. 7 19 7 19 13|- Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value found. A. J. Whiteside .. .. .. 2 Mclsaac Claim, Karaka Creek, Thames .. 47 5 0 47 5 0 90 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value found. G. H. Keene.. .. .. .. 2 Hauraki Claim, Coromandel .. .. 26 11 0 26 11 0 46 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value found. Waihi Prospecting and Mining Association 2 Prospecting licenses, Owharoa .. .. 60 0 0 44 9 2 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing of value found. Patterson and Boyce .. .. .. 2 Huruhuru No. 1 Block, Coromandel .. 7 16 0 7 16 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting . ■ Nothing of value found. Patterson and Gold .. .. .. 2 Huruhuru No. 1 Block, Coromandel .. 42 18 0 42 18 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing of value found. W. Gibb and partv .. .. .. 2 Te Arolia Mountain .. .. .. 31 4 0 31 4 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing of value found. J. W. Evans and mate .. .. 2 Surprise (White Star) Claim, Colville .. 54 12 0 42 18 0 116 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Nothing of value found. T. A. Black .. .. .. .. 2 Great British Mercury Mine, Puhipuhi .. 350 0 0 124 12 0 156 Cinnabar Driving .. . - Nothing of value found. Secretary, School of Mines .. .. .. Thames .. .. .. .. 25 00 500 .. Quartz .. Crushing "p]Vest Coast Dtstri/Ct Alexander Mines. Ltd. .. .. 8 McVicar Reef, Alexander River, Block NV, 47 18 4 47 18 4 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Payable reef found. Waitahu Survey District Boyd and party .. .. .. j 3 Wainui, Go-ahead, and Hancock Valleys, 111 30 111 30 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Small results. Anatoki A. T. Blair and Son .. .. .. 2 Italian Creek, Block VI, Reefton Survey 19 11 8 19 11 8 68 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Payable ground proved. District . . McQuilkin and party .. .. .. 2 Blue Spur (Hokitika), Block I, Kanieri 68 10 10 68 10 10 350 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Values proved, but insufficient. Survey District Bell Hill Gold Sluicing Co. .. .. .. Bell Hill (Grey), Block I, Kopara Survey 100 0 0 .. .. Alluvial .. Development .. Not taken up. ! District Collins and Hayward .. .. .. ! 2 Flax-mill, Bluff, and Top Valley Creeks, 101 8 0 101 8 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. [ Pine Valley Survey District Chaffey and party .. .. ..I 3 Roaring Lion River, Anatoki Survey District 46 160 31 40 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. Cain and Gilchrist .. .. .. 2 Duncan's Creek, Mahakipawa .. .. 31 4 0 31 4 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. David and Hedwig .. .. .. 2 Bayley's Creek (Ross), Block II, Totara 25 0 0 11 0 0 22 Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. Survey Creek Diamanti and Boon .. .. .. 2 Devil's Creek, Waka.marina, Block V, 24 0 0 24 0 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. Onamalutu Survey District Moutapu Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 3 Moutapu, Havelock, Block VI, Linkwater 90 0 0 73 0 0 180 Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. Survey District A. Donnellan .. .. .. 3 German Gully, Nelson Creek, Block VIII, 159 2 0 59 2 0 .. Dredging.. Boring .. .. Satisfactory. Ahaura Survey District Eyre and Mate .. .. .. 2 Ironstone Creek (Parapara), Collingwood .. 30 0 0 15 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Development .. Satisfactory. Fitzgerald and Hollingsworth .. .. 2 Cullen's Creek, Mahakipawa .. .. 32 10 0 32 10 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Small reef found, but not proved. Ferguson and Son .. .. .. 2 Snow's River, Collingwood .. .. 50 14 0 50 14 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. Forrester and mate .. .. .. 2 Upper Maruia River, Maruia .. .. 101 8 0 101 8 0: .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. Gill and Seymour .. .. .. 2 Okuru Beach, South Westland, Block X, 50 14 0 50 14 0 134 Dredging.. Boring .. .. Satisfactory. Okuru Survey District Guy Bros. .. .. .. .. 2 Gold Creek, Taipo River, Block III, Brown- 119 17 6 119 17 6 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. ing Pass Survey District Haines and Son .. .. .. 2 Upper Baton River, Wangapeka Survey 47 2 0 47 2 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing to report. District R. G. Honey and party .. .. 4 German Gully (Grey), Block III, Hohonu 40 0 0 40 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Development .. Nothing to report. Survey District 1 * Includes authorizations in previous years. The total of the subsidies granted during the year ended 31st March, 1932, amounted to £5,410 17s.