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Table I —continued. Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Bullion obtained in the Southern Inspection District for the Year ended 31st December, 1935.

Summary of Inspection Districts.

In addition, 164 persons were employed at unproductive quartz-mining.

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J Average Bullion obtained by Locality and Name of Mine. Quartz crushed. Value. Employed. Amalgamation. Concentration. Lake County. Skippers —• Tons cwt. qr. Oz. dwt. gr. Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. J. R. Tripp (Crystal Mine) .. 6 300 0 0 265 4 19 .. 1,899 14 8 Arrowtown — Ballarat Syndicate ~.. .. 2 3 0 0 1 8 14 ... 8 15 10 Vincent County. Bendigo— Bendigo Rise and Shine .. 10 50 0 0 46 7 8 .. 340 18 1 Conroy's Gully— Vincent Mining Executive Com- 2 79 0 0 6 10 15 .. 49 5 10 mittee Maniototo County. Oturehua — W. G. Becker .. .. 2 14 0 0 12 19 0 .. 91 19 0 Golden Progress .. .. 8 180 0 0 230 1 12 14 10 0 1,739 6 4 Waihemo County. Macrae's Hat — Callery and Bradbrook .. -4 680 0 0 171 2 14 .. 1,254 2 2 L. C. Galli .. .. .. 3 .. 4 5 6 .. 31 11 6 Otago Scheelite and Mining Co. 5 300 0 0 41 15 1 .. 286 10 7 Totals, 1935 .. 42 1,606 0 0 769 14 17 14 10 0 5,702 4 0 Totals, 1934 .. 37 1,743 0 0 745 8 4 26 0 0 5,204 12 4

Inspection District. employed Quartz crushed. Bullion obtained. Value. Statute Tons. Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. Northern (North Island) .. .. 1,057 • 211,425 506,675 4 0 556,855 10 2 West Coast (South Island) .. .. 309 52,233 26,588 2 4 215,959 15 6 Southern (Otago and Southland) .. 42 1,606 784 4 17 5,702 4 0 Totals, 1935 .. .. 1,408 265,264 534,047 10 21 778,517 9 8 Totals, 1934 .. .. 1,430 253,348 475,229 13 16 699,272 15 11