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VII. STATE AID TO MINING. (1) Subsidized Prospecting. Upon subsidized prospecting operations 46 persons were intermittently employed during the year. The following is a statement showing the results of prospecting operations as reported by the Inspectors of Mines :—

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Number Amount of Amount of Distance „ , . Name of Prospecting Party. of Pro- Locality of Operations. Subsidy Subsidy driven Srr® Character of Operations. Remarks. spectors. granted.* expended. or sunk. * Northern Inspection District. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ft. Dawn of Hope Gold-mines (NX.) .. 4 Lucky Shot Mine, Thames .. .. 73 4 8 73 4 8 155 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Several small gold-bearing leaders opened up. School of Mines .. .. .. .. Thames .. .. .. .. 86 10 0 71 0 0 .. Quartz .. Crushing Goromandel Gold-mines, Ltd. .. .. 4 Nil Desperandum Claim, Coromandel .. 192 15 8 12 15 8 .. Quartz .. Sinking and boring Foreman and party, L. L. .. .. 3 Neavesville .. .. .. .. 73 2 6 5 12 6 .. Quartz .. Blocking-out (Alluvial) Work in progress. Jubilee Prospecting Syndicate .. .. 2 Imperial Claim, Karangahape .. .. 136 10 0 78 15 0 150 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Work in progress. Schulzki, R. .. .. .. 2 New Talisman Mine, Karangahake .. 52 10 0 52 10 0 100 Quartz .. Cross-cutting .. Nothing of importance found. Meagher, H. A. .. .. .. 2 Star Claim, Karangahake .. .. 47 5 0 18 18 0 40 Quartz .. Driving .. .. Work in progress. Harbour View Gold-mines, Ltd. .. 4 Harbour View Mine, Coromandel .. 500 0 0 .. .. Quartz .. Driving West Coast Inspection District. The Pool, Ltd. .. .. .. 4 Baton River .. .. .. .. 269 15 0 255 15 0 415 Alluvial .. Shaft-sinking and Satisfactory. tunnelling McVicar, D. A. .. .. .. 3 Alexander River .. .. .. 58 10 0 .. .. Quartz .. Prospecting Tait, E. W. .. .. .. .. .. Buller River, Newton Plat .. .. 150 0 0 .. .. Alluvial . . Completing plant and Subsidy not yet taken up. prospecting Cunningham, J. H. .. .. 4 Dunback .. .. .. .. 187 10 0 .. .. Quartz .. Driving Southern Inspection District. t Bendigo Deep Lead Syndicate .. .. 4 Bendigo .. .. .. .. 92 14 0 .. .. Dredging.. Boring Davidson, N. .. .. .. 2 Gimmerburn Gorge .. .. .. 150 0 0 110 0 0 55 Deep Lead Sinking .. .. Work in progress. Wetherstones Gold-mining Co., Ltd. .. 8 Wetherstones .. .. .. 1,816 10 6 1,249 12 10 .. Cement .. Sinking and driving . . Work not completed. Bendigo Rise and Shine Gold-mining Co., .. Bendigo .. .. .. .. 800 0 0 .. .. Quartz .. Sinking and driving .. Subsidy not yet taken up. Ltd. ........ 46 .. 1,928 3 8f »Includes authorizations in previous years. The total of the subsidies granted, less cancellations, during the year ended 31st March, 1936, amounted to £2,555 Is. 8d. t In addition, 8s. Id was paid on behaU of the Labour Department (Employment Division) on account of the trial of a gold-washing machine.