TO CORRESPONDENTS.
\V. W.—The number of miners employed in New Zealand during the year ending 31st March, 1885, which is the latest official record, is 12,034, the returns of which are summarised as follow : District. Euro " Chinese. Totals, pean. Auckland ... 1,145 ... 1,145 Marlborough... 2GO ... 2GO Nelson ' ... 1,695 490 2,183 Westland ... 2 890 1,059 3,949 Otago ... 2,603 1,894 4,497 Totals ... 8,591 3,443 12,034 P. M.—A griffaun (an instrument with which Shcehan is said to have murdered his brother and mother at Castletown Roach, near Mallow, county Cork) is used for cutting bog roots and breaking the ground, and much resembles a mattock, though much larger.
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Kumara Times, Issue 2820, 5 October 1885, Page 2
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104TO CORRESPONDENTS. Kumara Times, Issue 2820, 5 October 1885, Page 2
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