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Southern Inspection District. \ Rees Valley Mining Syndicate .. .. 4 Rees Valley, Glenorchy, Earnscleugh Sur- 40 0 0 .. 150 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Work in progress. vey District Gordon, Hope, and party .. .. 4 Junction Claim, Shotover River, Queenst own 36 0 0 26 6 6 58£ Alluvial Sinking and driving .. Work in progress. j river deposit Rallarat Creek Mining Syndicate .. 4 Head of Ballarat Creek, Skippers Survey 42 12 0 38 2 0 60 Reef .. Driving .. .. (Same as S. Pascoe and party.) Reef not District yet intersected ; work in progress. G. D. and A. G. Beale .. .. 2 j Scanlan's Gully, Macetown .. .. J 40 0 0 8 0 0 . . Alluvial .. Reconditioning water- Work in progress. i ■ race Haast Prospecting Syndicate .. .. 2 Ballarat Creek and Skippers Creek areas, 70 4 0 46 16 0 . . Reef .. Prospecting .. Results satisfactory; several outcrops ; Queenstown ~ discovered. Crown Terrace Prospecting Syndicate .. 2 Crown Terrace, Arrowtown .. .. 20 0 0 .. 185 Alluvial .. Boring .. No gold found. J. B. Aitken and T. Fearn .. .. 2 Precipice Creek, Glenorchy .. .. 17 5 0 .. .. Alluvial .. Driving and crosscutting Operations not yet commenced. Ballingall and Purton .. .. 2 Kennedy Flat, south bank Kawarau River, 9118 6180 56 Alluvial .. Deep lead, buried river Work proceeding. Kawarau Gorge course F. R. Whitelock and party .. .. 2 Chapman's Gully, Leaning Rock Survey 11 5 0 .. .. Reef .. . . Work not yet commenced. District A. Hughes and party .. .. 2 j Gees Flat, south bank Kawarau River, 84 6 0 84 6 0 j /49 Alluvial .. Driving .. .. No lead found. Cromwell \45 Deep lead Sinking .. .. Results satisfactory; work in progress. T. C. Hore and party .. .. 5 Serpentine and German Jack's Gully, Long 50 0 0 50 0 0 . . Alluvial and Surface prospecting, Work in progress. Valley Survey District deep lead sinking, and driving Otago Mining Development, Ltd. .. 4 Symes Reef, Fruitlands .. .. 187 10 0 187 10 0 300 Reef .. Driving .. .. Work not completed; still driving. Scott and McGill .. .. .. 4 j Rongahere, Clutha River .. .. 19 4 0 19 4 0 . . Alluvial .. Surface prospecting .. No payable gravels located. W. Murray and R. J. Bell .. .. 2 j Scotland Point, Cromwell .. .. 24 16 0 24 16 0 162 Alluvial .. Sluicing .. .. Work proceeding. R. J. and W. H. Bell .. .. 2 Below Scotland Point, Cromwell .. 9118 9118 75 Alluvial .. Open cut .. .. Work proceeding. North Bros. .. . . .. .. 2 Adams Flat .. .. . . .. 16 4 0 16 4 0 60 Alluvial . . Sinking .. .. Good prospects. Bruce, Kitto, and Waldron .. .. 3 Hawkesburn Basin, between Bannockburn 23 8 0 23 8 0 156 Alluvial .. Dip drive .. .. More driving required. and Clyde S. Macale and mate .. .. .. 2 Nevis Gorge .. . . .. .. 13 10 0 13 10 0 . . Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Fair prospects. J. Cairns and J. R. Percy .. .. 2 On Run 223m, Block VII, Lauder Survey 15 3 9 . . .. .. .. Work not commenced. District C. Boult and D. Campbell .. .. 2 German Hill area, near Poolburn .. j 9 0 0 9 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Still prospecting. Aitken and partner .. .. .. 2 Waikirikiri Valley, Clyde .. .. 2118 2118 225 Alluvial .. Driving .. .. Work still in progress. Magnus and Walker .. .. .. 2 Shanty Creek area, Alexandra .. .. 23 8 0 23 8 0 .. : Alluvial .. Sluicing .. .. Results satisfactory. Cornish Point Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 4 Cornish Point, Cromwell .. .. 150 0 0 150 0 0 50 i Alluvial .. Driving .. .. Nothing of importance found. Golden Crescent Sluicing Co. .. .. 3 Wetherstones, Lawrence .. .. 163 12 3 163 12 3 102£ j Cement .. Driving .. .. Results satisfactory. J. S. Harvey and mate .. .. 2 Preservation Inlet .. .. .. 39 4 0 .. j Alluvial and .. Work not yet commenced. | reefing Industries Ltd. .. .. .. 9 Wetherstones cement deposit, Lawrence .. 250 0 0 .. j Cement . . Driving .. .. Work in progress. R. Harding and party .. .. 5 California Gully, Block VII, Longwood 20 0 0 7 10 0 50 Alluvial .. Driving and sinking .. Work in progress. Survey District Wilson's River Gold prospecting party .. 4 Wilson's River, Preservation Inlet .. 259 4 0 187 4 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Work in progress. F. Moore and party .. .. .. 2 Preservation Inlet .. .. .. 50 0 0 42 0 0 . . Reefing .. Prospecting .. Work not completed. A.J.Thompson .. .. .. 2 Block X, Waiau Survey District .. 30 0 0 30 0 0 100 Prospecting Driving .. .. Nothing payable found. tunnel A. F. Wilson .. .. .. 2 Block VI, Garvie Survey District (Myrtle 60 0 0 60 0 0 264 Alluvial .. Open cut, rock .. Work not completed. Flat) Central Mines, Ltd. .. .. .. 3 Kawarau Gorge, Waitiri .. .. 81 0 0 81 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Sluicing .. .. Work not completed. Mcintosh and Lowe .. .. .. 2 Gow's Creek, Waikaia .. .. .. 11 2 10 11 2 10 107 Alluvial .. Sinking .. .. Nothing payable found. Upper Nevis Gold Dredging Co. .. 7 Upper Nevis .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 100 0 0 823 Alluvial .. Boring .. .. Results unsatisfactory. J. Tanner and party .. .. .. 3 Sawyer's Bay (ocean side), of Port William, 41 4 0 41 4 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing of importance found. Stewart Island W. Sutherland and J. Halliday .. 2 Pipe Clay Gully, Bannockburn .. .. 9118 9 118 200 Alluvial .. Driving .. .. Nothing found. John Stevenson .. .. .. 4 Upper Nevis .. .. .. .. 114 0 0 114 C 0 151 Alluvial .. Boring and sluicing .. Results satisfactory. 278 .. 4,811 2 11 * Includes authorizations in previous years. The total of the subsidies granted during the year ended 31st March, 1932, amounted to £5,410 17s.