MINES STATEMENT. BY THE HON. JAMES McGOWAN, MINISTER OF MINES.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1905 Session I, C-02

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1905. NEW ZEALAND.

MINES STATEMENT. BY THE HON. JAMES McGOWAN, MINISTER OF MINES.

Mr. Speaker,— In presenting my annual Statement to Parliament I have to record a fallingoff as regards the production of precious metals and kauri-gum during the year 1904, as compared with the previous year (1903), when the production of gold was greater than it had ever been since 1871, the highest recorded export of gold from the colony being made in that year. It is, however, worthy of note that the gold-export for 1904 exceeded that of 1902 by upwards of £36,000 and had not the condition of the rivers in Otago militated against gold-dredging being conducted to the best advantage, the production of gold for last year would undoubtedly have been greater. The output of coal and other minerals has increased. The increase in the case of coal is very considerable, and, as will be seen in the remarks dealing with the coal-mining industry, is actually more than double as compared with the increase recorded for the year previous. MINERAL PRODUCTION. The annexed Table No. 1 shows the quantity and value of gold, silver, and other minerals (including kauri-gum) exported during the year ending the 31st December, 1904, and also the quantity of native coal consumed in the colony during the same period. The amount of gold entered for export was 520,323 oz., valued at £1,987,501, and of silver, 1,094,461 oz., valued at £112,875, making a total value of gold and silver amounting to £2,100,376, this being a decrease of £28,952 as compared with the export returns for the previous year. Other minerals, including coal, lignite, and kauri-gum, represent a value of £1,338,858, or a decrease of £62,468 as compared with that of the previous yea~. The quantities and values of the chief mineral products for the past two years are summarised for comparison as follow :— Year ending 81st Deoember, 1904. Year ending 81st December, 1903. Product. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. £ £ Gold ... ... ... 520,3230z. 1,987,501 533,3140z. 2,037,831 Silver ... ... ... 1,094,461 „ 112,875 911,914 „ 91,497 Copper-ore ... ... ... ... 6 tons 123 Manganese-ore ... ... 196 tons 570 70 „ 210 Mixed minerals ... ... 1,404 „ 10,168 625 „ 7,014 Colonial coal exported, including that used by Home steamers ... ... 165,220 „ 139,898 152,332 „ 128,927 Haematite... ... ... 7 „ 96 ... 1 Colonial coal consumed in New Zealand 1,372,618 „ 686,309 1,267,861 „ 633,931 Kauri-gum ... ... 9,203 „ 501,817 9,357 „ 631,102 Shale (treatedin New Zealand) ... ... 36 „ 18 Total value of production for 1903 ... ... ... £3,530,654 1904 ... ... ... 3,439,234 Total decrease ... ~. ~, £91,420

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The total value of gold, silver, coal, and other minerals (including kauri-gum), produced up to the 31st December, 1904, was £89,252,474. From the following table (which is compiled from returns by the Customs) it will be seen that for the six months ending the 30th June, 1905, there is a decrease in the value of gold and silver exported as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year.

Comparative Statement of Gold and Silver entered for Export during the First Half of the Years 1904 and 1905.

GOLD EXPORT. The quantity of gold entered for exportation through the Customs for the year 1904 was as follows : Auckland, 223,010 oz. ; Marlborough, 473 oz.; Nelson, 5,049 oz.; West Coast, 122,310 oz. ; Otago and Southland, 169,478 oz. : total, 520,320 oz., valued at £1,987,501. GOLD-MINING. Quartz. The winning of gold from quartz reefs is carried on in various parts of the colony, the chief centres of this branch of the mining industry being the Ohinemuri, Thames, and Coromandel Counties in the North Island, and the Inangahua County in the Middle Island. Taking the Northern Goldfields, it may be said that the production of gold is greatest in the Ohinemuri County, in which the extensive mines of the Waihi Gold-mining Company, as well as those of other companies at Karangahake and Komata are situated. The output from the Waihi Gold-mining Company's mines for the year 1904 was 259,978 tons of quartz, from which bullion to the value of £673,101 18s. 4d. was obtained. The severa mills are provided with modern plant for the extraction of gold and silver from the ore, the actual crushing-power being 330 heads of stamps. Over 1,200 persons are employed, and dividends amounting to £297,544 4s. were paid during the year. It is very satisfactory to note that the orebodies continue to maintain their characteristic sizes at the lowest levels yet sunk to, and give promise of yielding a very large output for several years to come. At the adjoining property of the Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company preparations are being made for the output and treatment of quartz, a modern mill comprising a forty-stamp battery with cyanide plant being in course of erection. This is an indication that in the near future an increase in the amount of bullion produced at Waihi may be looked for. Active work has also been in progress during the year with a view to proving the continuation of the reef-system beyond the Waihi Grand Junction Company's holding, and also for the purpose of testing the ground near Waihi Beach. For the purpose of treating accumulations of tailings in the bed of the Ohinemuri River, a plant has been erected near Waihi. For some time operations were necessarily of an experimental character, and have, it is understood, been so satisfactory as to warrant the extension of the present plant, and the proposal to erect one of much larger capacity lower down the river. Mining at Karangahake is now carried on by the New Zealand Crown Mines (Limited) and the Talisman Consolidated (Limited), the latter company having taken over the Woodstock Mine at which active operations by the former proprietary ceased early last year. The acquisition of the Woodstock property will facilitate very materially the working of the Talisman Mine at lower levels. Some 430 persons are employed by the named, and bullion to the value of £137,468 was obtained during the^year

Half-vear ending 30th June, 1904. Half-year ending 30th June, 1905. Difference for First Half of 1905. Quantity, Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Gold Silver Oz. 267,305 522,335 £ 1,024,082 54,149 Oz. 250,617 537,310 £ 1,011,323 55,418 Oz. 16,688 14,975 £ 12,759 1,269 789,640 1,078,231 787,927 1,066,741 Decreased value £11,490

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At Waitekauri only a limited amount of productive mining was dore during the year, about forty persons being employed in all classes of work on seviral properties in this locality. Prospecting on the Waitekauri Gold-mining Company's property has not resulted in any fresh discoveries being made. The Komata reefs—which give employment to one hundred persons —have been successfully worked, and good dividends earned. Mr. Hardy's mines at Waiorongomai, near Te Aroh.°., Piako County, have been taken over by a company. For a considerable portion of the year the properties were non-productive in consequence of alterations to, and extensions of, the plant being carried out. In the Thames County the principal new work has been at the Golden Belt Mine, Neavesville, where a low-level adit was in course of driving during the year, and a battery of forty heads of stamps with cyanide plant was also being erected. The Tairua-Broken Hills Mine has not maintained the steady output which characterised previous operations, the output and relative value of the ore having decreased. During the latter part of the year work was commenced with a view to opening up the mine at a lower level. With the exception of the discovery (made near the end of 1904) of some good gold-bearing stone at the Waiotahi Mine, there is little change to note as regards the industry at the Lower Thames. Mining is being carried out at a number of properties, none of which are worked on a large scale. Boring operations, which were conducted with the object of prospecting at greater depth than has been reached by any of the shafts hitherto sunk, have not given the satisfaction which was anticipated. This was owing in a great measure to a succession of mishaps, and the question of the existence or otherwise of payable reefs at considerable depth has yet to be settled. Shaft-sinking and extensive crosscutting will, in all probability, be necessary to effect this. jThe pumping plant at the Queen of Beauty shaft, Thames, which was in the first instance subsidised and finally secured by the Government, was, after standing for a period of some three years, overhauled and put to a working test under the direction of the Inspecting Engineer to the Mines Department in October last. Subsequently an arrangement was entered into with the Thames Drainage Board for the working of this plant for the drainage of the field hitherto effected by the old Big Pump. Mining in the Coromandel County during the year 1904 was much the same as during the preceding year ; work was conducted on a comparatively small scale at a number of claims, the Royal Oak of Hauraki Mine, at Tokatea, employing the largest number of persons. A somewhat serious drawback to the mining industry exists in connection with the drainage of mines near the lower township, work at levels below that at which natural drainage can be effected having been suspended in consequence of owners of adjacent properties failing to agree as to the proportionate costs of pumping which each should bear. It has been suggested that a consolidation of interests would probably afford the most practical solution of the difficulty, and enable the mines to be worked more economically. A proposal has been made to the Department relative to prospecting the Tokatea Big Reef, and a subsidy at the rate of pound for pound up to £300 promised for this purpose. At Kuaotunu the Waitaia Mine is the principal producer. Other properties in the locality are also worked, but only on a very small scale. Two small mines are also worked in the neighbourhood of Gumtown. In the Middle Island quartz-mining has been successfully carried on in the West Coast Inspection District. In the neighbourhood of Reefton (Inangahua County) gold to the value of over £200,000 has been won during the year by the registered companies operating in the locality. Mining is also carried on by private parties in various places in the County, the mines being mostly on a small scale. In Buller County quartz-mines are being worked near Lyell and Westport. also at Taitapu (Collingwood County). Some attention has recently been directed to the quartz reefs near the head of the Wilberforce River on the dividing-range between Canterbury and Westland, and, although the discc cry of a reef of considerable size has been reported, there is not as yet sufficient information available to warrant any statement as to the probable extent of this hitherto unworked field.

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In Marlborough the only work done during the year so far as qUartz-mining s concerned was at Top Valley, operationsjbeing^ confined to the driving of a low-level tunnel to enable the lodes to be worked to greater advantage. The Otago Mining District is more largely productive of alluvial gold than that won from reef-mining, but gold is obtained from the working of quartz reefs in the Nenthorn, Barewood, and Wakatipu sub-districts, although none of the mines are at present conducted on a large scale. There appears little doubt that the existing facilities for working auriferous alluvial deposits without very great capital cost have militated, to some extent at least, against the more extensive development of quartz reefs in the Otago goldfields, and it is only a matter of time when the question of reef-mining must be more fully recognised than is at present the case. Hydraulic and Alluvial Mining. This branch of the gold-mining industry is carried on in the several goldfields of the Middle Island, and is well established. There have not been any new developments of material importance during the year but the work, as a whole, may be said to give steady and remunerative employment to a considerable section of the mining community. It is, however, to be noted that year by year auriferous alluvial deposits in various parts of the Island are getting worked out, and, as a natural consequence, the yield of alluvial gold must gradually decrease unless other areas of gold-bearing country are discovered and opened up. In some known instances payably auriferous ground exists, but so far has not been systematically worked owing to the scarcity of water locally for sluicing purposes, although supplies are feasible by the expenditure of capital in the construction of water-races, dams, &c. During the last few years the extension of hydraulic-mining methods has been somewhat neglected in consequence of the adaptability of dredges for working on alluvial flats. Experience has, however, proved that under certain conditions the hydraulic system of mining is preferable to dredging, and in a few cases it has been found necessary to revert to the former method. Dredge Mining. The number of dredges at work at the end of the year 1904 was 186, a decrease of about fifteen as compared with the number in commission at the corresponding period of the preceding year. The reduction in the number is mainly due to the fact that during some four years immediately preceding, a large number of dredges were placed on claims either unsuitable for dredging, owing to their natural features, or too poor to admit of the machines being profitably worked. As a natural result the industry is now being worked on commercial rather than speculative lines, and although there is very little probability of the number of working dredges being increased, this branch of alluvial mining will continue to add to the colony's production of gold for some years to come. The experiment of tree-planting (referred to in my Statement of last year as having been instituted in Southland) on a river-flat area which has been dredged appears to have been very successful, and a suggestion has been made* that where swamp lands have been turned over by dredges the cultivation of native flax might be advantageously adopted. PROSPECTING. The sum of £2,569 lis. Bd. was expended in subsidies for the year ending the 31st March, 1905, to prospecting associations and parties of miners actually engaged in prospecting. THE CYANIDE PROCESS OF GOLD-EXTRACTION. The royalty obtained by Government in respect to the purchase rights of this invention now amounts to £9,356, or practically 93J per cent, of the sum originally paid. The balance will, in the natural course of events, be received during the present year, and thereupon all further royalty charges for the use of the cyanide process in New Zealand will cease.

* See report of Inspecting Engineer, page 16.

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WATERCOURSES FOR TAILINGS, ETC. The sum of £1,880 Bs. sd. was paid during the year as compensation to landowners in respect to rivers and streams which have been proclaimed as watercourses into which tailings and mining debris may be discharged. SCHOOLS OP MINES. The various schools of mines continue to ; prove valuable institutions for the education of mining and metallurgical students, several of whom qualify, year by year, for responsible positions in connection with the working of mines and reductionworks. Including the grants made to the School of Mines in connection with the Otago University at Dunedin, the expenditure on behalf of schools of mines in the colony during the last year was £2,381 ss. sd. COAL-MINING. A very marked increase in the production of coal and lignite is recorded for the past year, the total output being 1,537,838 tons, as compared with 1,420,229 tons produced during the year 1903. The increase for the year 1904 was 117,609 tons as against that of 55,189 tons recorded for the previous year, the output of the several districts being shown in the following table of comparisons.

Comparative Statement of Coal and Lignite raised during the Years 1903 and 1904.

The comparative tonnage of the various classes of coal, &c., for the years 1903 and 1904 is summarised as follows : —

The total recorded output of the various classes of coal, lignite, and oil-shale is now upwards of twenty millions of tons.

Output for 1903. Output for 1904. Inorease for 1904 over 1903. Northern District West Coast District Southern District Tons. 209,795 781,032 429,402 Tons. 17,750 27,216 10,223 i • Tons. 242,517 836,950 458,371 Tons. 32,722 55,918 28,969 Totals ... 1,420,229 55,189 I 1,537,838 117,609

Class of Coal, &c. Output for 1903. Output for 1904. Increase for 1904. lituminous and semi-bituminous coal 'itch-coal Irown coal ... • • • lignite Totals Tons. 879,891 21,116 441,814 77,408* 1,420,229 I Tons. 938,518 24,506 483,858 90,956 1,537,838 Tons. 58,627 3,390 42,044 13,548 117,609 117,609 * Including 36 tons of oil-shale.

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The following statement shows the production for the year 1904 by the principal coal-mine owners or lessees (i.e., those having an output of upwards of 10,000 tons) :—

A very large number of small coal and lignite mines are worked in various parts of the colony purely for the supply of local requirements, the outputs of these varying from a few tons produced to meet the necessities of a farmer having a deposit of lignite on his own land up to nearly 10,000 tons per annum. The total number of mines returned as having been at work during the year is 168, the average number of persons employed being 3,288. In comparison with the returns for the previous year it is to be noted that the number of mines worked shows a decrease of ten, but the number of persons employed is increased by 436. The decrease in the number of working mines is due to the stoppage of a few at which the output has been very limited. It is pleasing to note that during the pastjfew years there has been a very marked improvement in the ventilation of the underground workings of coal-mines in New Zealand, the old methods of natural ventilation, and ventilation by imperfect and inefficient furnaces having given place at the more important mines to a system of ventilation by mechanical methods whereby very much greater volumes of fresh air are being circulated through the mines. By this means the health of the workers is enhanced, and the atmospheric conditions under which they pursue their calling rendered much superior to those in which a great many operatives labour at workshops and factories. New Zealand State Coal-mines. Development-works were carried out at both Seddonville and Point Elizabeth Collieries during the year 1904, and coal from the last-named property was sent to the Port of Greymouth for shipment as soon as the railway-works were sufficiently advanced toperm tof this being done. ■In common with all new undertakings of this character a considerable amount of necessary work has had to be undertaken at both collieries (since the coal was reached) for the purpose of opening out the seams sufficiently

Name of Producers. Locality. Output for 1904. Inspection District. Westport Coal Company (Limited) New Zealand Coal and Oil Company (Limited) Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) New Zealand State Coal-mines Westport Kaitangata Huntly Seddonville (Westport) and Greymouth Blackball (Greymouth) ... Brunner (Greymouth) ... Tons. 534,008 119,094 116,461 94,063 West Coast. Southern. Northern. West Coast. Blackball Coal Company (Limited) Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Company (Limited) Hikurangi Coal Company (Limited) Nightcaps Coal Company (Limited) Tyneside Proprietary (Liuited) Northern Collieries Company (Limited) Allandale Coal Company (Limited) Hikurangi (Whangarei)... Nightcaps (Invercargill)... Brunner (Greymouth) ... Hikurangi (Whangarei)... Shag Point (Palmerston South) Saddle Hill (Mosgiel) ... Kaitangata 85,528 54,939 44,974 43,118 38,406 25,719 21,604 Northern. Southern. West Coast. Northern. Southern. Christie Bros. ... Taratu-Kaitangata Railway and Coal Company (Limited) Lovell's Flat Coal Company Freeman's Coal Company Lowden and Howarfch (Jubilee) Union Collieries Company (Limited) Ngunguru Coal Company (Limited) J. Dean Kiripaka Coal Company ... Puponga Gold and Coal-mining Company, New Zealand (Limited) Alexandra Coal Company (Limited) Cromwell and Bannockburn Collieries Company (Limited) J. and J. Smyth Abbotsford (Green Island) Fairfield (Green Island)... Mercer Kiripaka (Whangarei) ... Glentunnel (Malvern Hills) Kiripaka (Whangarei) ... Puponga (Collingwood) ... 21,284 20,293 19,414 17,210 17,187 15,342 14,367 13,447 12,604 12,430 a a Northern. it Southern. Northern. West Coast. Alexandra South Bannockburn (Cromwell) 11,069 11,063 Southern. a Gore ... 10,268 a

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to enable a reasonable output to be procured, and in other arrangements for with the coal on the surf ace"as* well as provision for effectively carrying on other work incidental to colliery operations. The production for the year was as follows : Seddonville Colliery, 33,808 tons ; Point Elizabeth Colliery, 60,255 tons : total, 94 063 tons Mr. A. B. Lindop, the General Mining Manager, died suddenly in the early part of the year. He was succeeded by Mr. James Bisho >. Details as to the working of the State Coal-mines and the financial results attained will be found in the reports of the management and the balance-sheet respectively. ACCIDENTS IN MINES. It is pleasing to note that the number of accidents of a fatal character were fewer curmg the yjar 1904 than was the case during the year immediately preceding. The following statement shows the fatalities in each branch of mining-work :

Each of the foregoing accidents, as well as others of a serious though non-fatal character, were duly inquired into by or on behalf of the Department, and it may be added that very careful investigation is made into the cause of every serious or fatal accident required by law to be reported to the Department. KAURI-GUM. The export of kauri-gum for the year was returned at 9,203 tons, having a value of £501,817, or an average value of £54 10s. 6jd. per ton. Compared with the returns for the year 1903 (when the highest output was reached and value obtained after the fall in demand and values obtained of four years ago) these figures denote a decrease of 154 tons in quantity and of £12 18s. 4|d. per ton in value. SCHEELITE. The demand for this minera' is increasing. Hitherto t has been prepared for the market almost, if not quite, exclusively by Messrs. Donaldson Bros., of Macrae's, Otago, but the demand being now more than they can supply, action is being taken by other mine-owners in the same locality with a view to meeting requirements. Inquiries for scheelite containing a fairly high percentage of tungstic acid have reachedfthe colony from England and elsewhere. It is evident that a ready market is available for a steady supply of this mineral. HAEMATITE PAINT. Paint is still manufactured at Thames and Parapara from haematite, and the mineral is also obtained at Mataura (Southland), where it is used at the local papermills for colouring purposes. IRON. The lease for working the deposits of iron-ore at Parapara referred to in the Statement of last year has been executed and a deposit of £1,000 lodged with the Public Trustee as a guarantee that the conditions of the lease will be carried out. As it is provided in the lease that this deposit shall be forfeited unless the sum of £1,000 is expended within the first year of the term in mining operations, with further provision for expenditure up to £50,000, it may reasonably be expected that active operations for working the deposits of iron-ore at Parapara will be commenced at an early date.

Class of Mining. Number of Persons employed. Fatalities during 1904. Rate per 1,000. Gold-mining— Quartz-mines Hydraulic and alluvial mines Dredges Coal-mines I 4,757 6,141 I 6 5 4 4 1 1-26 1-46 3,228 1-23 14,126 19 1-35

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ROCK PHOSPHATE. „ material is being quarried near Milton, Otago, the output for 1904 being 2,678 tons. It is calcined near the quarries, and subsequently£treated at;Burnside Chemical Works, Dunedin, prior to its being sold for fertilising r purposes. PETROLEUM. Boring has been in progress at Moturoa, near New Plymouth, and oil was recently met with at a depth of nearly 2,300 ft. below the surface. It is premature* as' yet to make any statement as to the probable quantity of oil available, but from present appearances it is quite likely that the success which has lately been attained may lead to the development of a new industry in this colony. COPPER. Comprehensive prospecting operations have been in progress in the vicinity of Nelson, the results, according to latest accounts, being of a satisfactory character. Deposits of copper-ore are known to exist in other parts of the colony, and a syndicate has been formed with the object of testing those at Moko Creek, Lake Wakatipu. OTHER MINERALS. A small quantity of platinum is obtained at Round Hill, Southland. Prospecting operations have been in progress for tin at Stewart Island ; greenstone at Milford Sound ; and marl (for cement-making) at Burnside, near Dunedin. ROADS AND TRACKS. The expenditure on roads and tracks during the financial year amounted to £26 112 4s. 2d., this being a decrease of £19,481 18s. lid. as compared with the expenditure of the preceding year. The sum of £593 6s. sd. was paid in subsidies to local bodies, and roads constructed by direct grants have absorbed £25,518 17s. 9d. During the past twenty-three years the sums expended in subsidies and grants amount to £591,631 3s. lOd. DEPARTMENTAL. The work of the Department has been carried out by the Head Office staff in Wellington, and by the Inspectors of Mines and other officers at various centres in a painstaking and satisfactory manner. The inspection of mines, is, I have every reason to believe, systematic and thorough, and as frequent as is either necessary or desirable. Over-inspection is as much to be deprecated as the opposite extreme. It is found that managers of mines are almost invariably willing to meet all reasonable requests of Inspectors of Mines in matters concerning the safety and well-being of persons employed. Early in the present year the Geological Branch of the Mines Department was reorganised, Mr. J. M. Bell, Ph.D., F.R.G.S., being appointed Director of the Geological Survey. Dr. Bell has commenced a systematic geological survey, of the colony, and has a staff of assistants acting under his supervision. MINING BUREAU. The publication of the New Zealand Mines Record has been continued during the past year by the Secretary of the Mining Bureau. The applications made by public institutions and mining and engineering societies in Great Britain, the United States and other countries to be supplied with copies of the Record is evidence of its wide appreciation, whilst the references frequently made to the articles appearing in its columns in the mining and technical press show that mining matters in New Zealand are constantly brought under the notice of investors. Amongst the subjects dealt with of particular interest to the mining community in this colony may be mentioned the exhaustive reports as to the prevention of ankylostomiasis and phthisis amongst the miners in Cornwall and the Transvaal, and the suggestions made by competent authorities as to the best methods to be adopted for combating! the dust from rock-drilling operations, All the available literature on these subjects has received the attention which their paramount importance warranted,

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No. 1. Table showing Comparison in Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation, also the Quantity and Value of other Minerals for the Years ended the 31st December, 1903 and 1904, as well as the Total Value since the 1st January, 1853.

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For Year ending the 31st December, 1903. For Year ending the 31st December, 1904. Total from the let January, 1853, to the 31st December, 1904. Name of Metal or Mineral. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Precious metals — Gold .. Silver .. Oz. 533,314 911,914 £ 2,037,831 91,497 Oz. 520,323 1,094,461 £ 1,987,501 112,875 Oz. 16,626,144 5,308,513 £ 65,136,648 657,153 Total gold and silver 1,445,228 2,129,328 1,614,784 2,100,376 21,932,657 65,793,801 Mineral produce, including kauri-gum— Copper-ore Chrome-ore Antimony-ore Manganese-ore Hsematite-ore Mixed minerals Coal (New Zealand) exported Coke exported Coal, output of mines in colony (less exports) Shale .. Kauri-gum Tons. 6 70 625 152,332 £ 123 210 1 7,014 128,927 Tons. 196 7 1,404 165,220 £ 570 96 10,168 139,898 Tons. 1,417* 5,869 3,643 19,277$ 76J 24,277 1,899,390 16,370 18,201,851 14,422 255,282 £ 18,211 38,002 52,598 61,626 439 132,295 1,755,591 24,804 9,008,809 7,211 12,359,087 1,267,861 36 9,357 633,931 18 631,102 1,372,618 686,309 9,203 501|817 Total quantity and value of minerals Value of gold and silver, as above 1,430,287 1,401,326 2,129,328 1,548,648 1,338,858 2,100,376 20,441,875J 23,458,673 65,793,801 •• Total value of minerals, including gold and silver 3,530,654 3,439,234 89,252,474

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No. 2. Table showing the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation from New Zealand for the Years ended the 31st December, 1904 and 1903, and the Total Quantity and Value from 1857 to the 31st December, 1904.

Year ending 31st December, 1904. Year ending 31st December, 1903. Increase or Decrease for Year ending 31st December, 1904. District and County or Borough. Total Quantii from Janua 31st Deceu ty and Value uy, 1857, to iiber, 11104. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Increase. Decrease. Auckland — County of Coromandel County of Thames County of Ohinemuri County of Piako .. County of Manukau County of Marsden County of Whangarei Borough of Thames Te Aroha Town District Great Barrier Island County of Tauranga Borough of Waihi Oz. 2,910 5,437 44,314 189 £ 12,223 21,785 156,139 776 Oz. 9,689 9,781 54,449 1,117 £ 40,722 39,490 194,800 4,708 Oz. Oz. 6,779 4,344 10,135 928 Oz. £ 2,009 3 210 8,008 10 727 3 3,571 1 26 3 154,041 10 14,788 4 91 12 537,709 2 184 3 1,562 167,938 591,861 13,'897 3 223,010 791,529 232,681 832,334 9,671 3,464,706 12,858,706 Wellington 188 706 Mablbobough— County of Marlborough 473 1,890 972 3,845 499 89,099 347,214 Nelson — County of Waimea County of Collingwood ) 5,049 20,141 7,962 31,710 2,913 5,049 20,141 7,962 31,710 2,913 1,705,166 6,759,859 West Coast— County of Buller .. County of Inangahua County of Grey County of Westland Kumara Borough .. Hokitika Borough Ross Borough 10,533 62,716 33,007 14,373 42,125 250,825 132,023 57,479 12,696 59,288 33,239 17,066 50,798 237,151 132,990 68,346 3,428 2,163 232 2,693 "67 1,614 271 6,454 209 2,743 "836 10,969 142 1,129 19,993,821 122,310 489,177 425,241 501,090 2,931 5,023,225 Cantebbubt — County of Ashburton 99 387 Otago— County of Taieri .. County of Tuapeka County of Vincent County of Maniototo County of Waihemo County of Waikouaiti County of Waitaki County of Bruce .. County of Lake .. County of Wallace County of Fiord .. County of Southland County of Clutha .. Borough of Alexandra Dunedin .. Boiough of Mataura 1,813 39,820 62,098 7,031 2,563 2,618 949 5,832 8,405 319 38,020 10 7,311 161,139 250,979 28,200 10,370 10,531 3,815 23,571 33,869 1,279 153,600 40 3,159 46,544 57,620 8,132 4,027 2,024 688 7,053 7,495 515 28,952 249 12,728 187,949 229,410 32,715 16,323 8,114 2,759 28,565 30,205 2,067 117,019 998 4^478 594 261 1,346 6,724 1,101 1,464 1J221 910 9,068 196 239 169,478 684,764 166,458 668,852 3,020 6,343,451 25,175,131 Unknown 207 824 Totals .. 120,320 1,987,501 533,314 2,037,831 12,994 16.626,141 65,130,648

No. 3. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty for Exportation from the 1st January, 1857, to the 31st December, 1904. (This Return shows the Output of the various Goldfields. Gold entered at Nelson from Hokitika, Greyrmouth, and Westport is put under the Head of "West Coast," and Gold from Invercargill and Riverton under the Head of "Otago.")

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Aud land. Nell ;on. Mar lb i i rough. West Coast. lago. Wellii igton. Cantei •bury. Grand Totals. Year. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. £ £ 40,422 51,272 28,427 17,585 24,552 40,386 37,120 55,841 47,030 29,643 35,918 38,396 42,524 48,692 40,056 32,700 54,786 22,158 17,866 55,862 21,092 17,223 11,424 12,223 13,039 12,494 7,724 8,002 10,337 9,979 10,829 11,320 12,310 11,049 16.896 9,604 8,187 10,634 9,016 10,333 7,055 6,882 1,571 14,605 28,138 23,649 31,710 20,141 £ £ £ £ £ £ 40,422 52,464 28,427 17,585751,873 1,591,389 2,431,723 1,856,837 2,226,474 2,844,517 2,698,862 2,504,326 2,362,995 2,157,585 2,787,520 1,731,261 1,987,425 1,505,331 1,407,770 1,284,328 1,496,080 1,240,079 1,148,108 1,227,252 1,080,790 1,002,720 993,352 921, 797 948,615 903,569 811,100 801,066 808,549 773,433 1,007,483 954,744 913.138 887,839 1,162,164 1,041,428 980,204 1,080,0'. II 1,513,173 1,439,602 1,753,783 1,951,433 2,037,831 1,987,501 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 308 I 1,192 10,437 13,226 7,336 4,538 6,335 10,422 9,580 14,410 12,137 7,650 9,123 5,999 10,631 12,244 10,014 8,175 13,697 5,642 4,577 14,018 5,367 4,463 2,993 3,222 3,453 3,289 2,064 2,159 2,798 2,582 2,914 3,027 3,252 2,856 4,445 2,535 2,145 2,860 2,460 2,753 1,892 1,720 419 3,718 7,212 5,947 7,962 5,049 •• - - •• •■ ■ 10,347 13,534 7,336 4,538 194,031 410,862 628,450 480,171 574,574 735,376 686,905 637,474 614,281 544,880 730,029 445,370 505,337 376,388 355,322 322,016 371,685 310,486 287,464 305,248 270,561 251,204 248,374 229,946 237,371 227,079 ' 203,869 201,219 ' 203,211 193,193 251,996 238,079 226,811 221,615 293,491 263,694 251,615 280,175 389,558 373,016 455,561 518,045 533,314 520,323 - - I - 187,696 399,201 614,387 436,012 259,139 168,871 158,670 171.649 153,364 165,152 154,940 157,574 182,416 135,107 121,423 118,477 113,169 105,003 102,869 113,666 102,670 83,446 87,478 78,810 73,183 79,104 70,443 62,107 64,419 63,423 87,209 82,933 77,660 76.353 87,694 88,362 84,649 55,343 130,311 129,075 142,940 181,116 166,458 169,478 727,321 1,546,905 2,380,750 1,689,653 1,004,103 654,647 623,815 686.596 613,456 660,694 619,760 630,696 734,024 542,154 487,632 473,491 455,341 422,277 407,868 457,705 411,923 333,804 352,334 318,932 294,378 317,543 279,518 247,142 256,430 255,976 349,573 333,467 313,238 307,644 353,796 359,991 342,187 223,231 526,605 521,629 575,492 728.124 668,852 684,764 - 1,239 4,483 3,448 5,449 5,814 6,637 53,660 132,451 85,534 330,326 104,890 119,449 76,910 69,485 56,057 99,081 55,982 37,901 42,720 35,516 33,059 41,291 36,087 42,989 32,271 30,697 35,2^3 28,655 31,745 . 45,392 45,555 45,714 52,916 111,213 92,346 105,477 142,383 168,769 166,342 191,968 201,583 232,681 223,010 4,098 13,853 10,552 17,096 17,463 18,277 168,874 434,687 319,146 1,188,708 369,341 437,123 305,068 262,156 221,905 403,627 220,454 154,295 176,416 141,326 131,007 168,618 143,564 170,416 128,140 121,564 139,556 113,191 125,760 181,185 183,655 186,553 211,974 430,862 350,355 392,337 527,786 624,737 605,398 695,551 721,977 832,334 791,529 - 24,838 7,952 469 501 404 666 1,852 1,867 2,057 1,274 1,198 1,159 450 870 404 879 1,550 1,378 1,352 636 1,079 540 404 1,041 699 ' 5,189 6,073 5,649 3,898 2,165 2,536 2,695 916 810 781 - - 95,231 30,814 1,818 1,978 1,616 2,664 7,4(;8 7,468 8,228 5,050 4,748 4.636 1,796 3,197 1,617 3,460 5,650 4,531 5,400 2,524 4,306 2,160 1,451 3,759 2,547 20,167 24,285 22,576 15,429 8,644 10,123 10,771 3,588 3,195 3,003 ■• 1,463 289,897 552,572 511.974 405,762 317,169 280,068 232,882 172,574 188,501 157,531 158,678 133,014 153,198 144,634 112,822 144,090 127,544 130,048 116,905 111,686 117,861 112,671 98,774 100,139 101,696 89,096 109,268 103,106 99,127 86,950 89,429 79,317 58,817 79,948 90,031 78,923 113, 2S6 118,796 125,241 122,310 6,442,798 5,560 1,127,370 2,140,946 2,018,874 1,608,844 1,269,664 1,121,525 931,528 690,296 756,442 631,203 635,480 531,274 612,823 578,508 57!,061 575,258 509,971 519,978 467,152 446,517 471,325 446,287 395,430 400,405 406,451 356,308 437,126 412,383 396,516 347,464 357,719 317,161 235,430 319,789 360,149 295,733 454,006 475,272 501,090 489,177 30 io " " - - - - - 120 " - - - - •• 37 24 - - .. - .. ioi 380 96 47 169 - 24 96 •• - 33 52 132 206 - - .. - - 535 133 601 972 473 2,147 513 2.404 3,845 1,890 •• 28 23 22 2 111 90 83 7 ■• ■ - - Totals .. 3,464,706 12,858,706 285,747 1,128,702 88,945 346,637 25,625,555 6,343,549 25,175,521 273 : 1,044 123 483 10,626,144 65,136,648

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No. 4. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Mineral Ores other than Gold (the Product of New Zealand Mines), Coal, Coke, and Kauri-gum, exported from the Colony up to the 31st December, 1904.

Silver. Copper-ore. Chrome-ore. Antimony-ore. Manganese-ore. Haematite-ore. Mixed Mineral Ores.* CoaH Coke. Kauri-gum. Total. Oz. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tous. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. I Value. Oz. Tons. Value. £ £ £ £ £ £ £ ! £ £ £ 15,972 28,864 4,514 18,591 35,251 20,037 20,776 9,851 9,888 11,107 27,026 60,590 46,060 70,572 77,491 72,493 111,307 ■ 175,074 167,958 154,167 85,816 79,986 138,523 109,234 : 118,348 132,975 147,535 242,817 253,778 260,369 336,606 342,151 ! 299,762 : 257,653 362,449 . 380,933 329,590 378,563 437,056 517,678 510,775 404,567 418,766 431,323 398,010 586,767 607,919 622, 293 446,114 450, 223 631,102 501,817 £ 15,972 28,864 4,514 18,591 35,251 25,066 23,501 12,883 11,708 36,850 31,344 65,500 46,060 72,287 81,419 74,680 115,100 188,082 192,715 164,982 96,321 91,957 149,272 129,372 137,711 154,687 168,001 275,799 271,623 281,016 350,086 353,024 362,779 318,783 419,844 459,301 439,260 467,465 544,633 614,360 593,330 487,132 516,393 516,149 495,069 675.834 738,849 772,903 662,178 682,008 858,874 765,424 1853 .. 1854 .. 1855 .. 1856 .. 1857 •• 1858 .. 1859 .. 1860 .. 1861 .. 1862 .. 1863 .. 1864 .. 1865 .. 1866 .. 1867 •• 1868 .. 1869 .. 1870 .. 1871 .. 1872 .. 1873 .. 1874 .. 1875 .. 1876 .. 1877 .. 1878 .. 1879 .. 1880 .. 1881 .. 1882 .. 1883 .. 1884 .. 1885 .. 1886 .. 1887 .. 1888 .. 1889 .. 1890 .. 1891 .. 1892 .. 1893 .. 1894 .. 1895 .. 1896 .. 1897 .. 1898 .. 1899 .. 1900 .. 1901 .. 1902 .. 1903 .. 1904 .. •• - ■■ - •• ■■ - - ■/ •• ! •:. - 11,063 37,123 80,272 37,064 36,187 40,566 29,085 12,683 33,893 23,019 20,645 20,005 18,885 5,694 16,826 24,914 16,624 12,108 20,809 403 24,105 32,637 28,023 22,053 63,076 54,177 85,024 94,307 183,892 293,851 349,338 326,457 571,134 674,196 911,914 1,094,461 5,306,513 1 1 11,380 23,145 9,910 9,850 i 10,380 7,569 3,171 7,556 5,755 4,512; 4,500 4,236! 1,286 ; 3,785' 5,125 3.169 1 2,946 ! 3,453' 4,043, 6,162] 5.151 1 3,996 9,7431 6,697, 10,679 ; 10,589j 20,8721 33,107, 40,838! 38,879 65,258 61,975 91,497: 112,8751 657,153! •• 351 245 137 110 51 246 84 1 "7 1 1 1 1 6 55 5,000 2,605 1,590 1,300 1,024 977 120 "ll5 1,105 •■ •• 3 8 116 52 3,843 595 768 281 - - .. I 25 ) 120 i 1,440 ! 520 124,719 i 4,318 I 4,910 . 1,315 " I '• " !l •• 1 •• •• ! ._ •■ •• 4 " - - - "l02 ■• i - - - I - I - - " " " - - I 2,516 2,140 ! 2,611 : 1,271 1 2,181 384 318 1 602 3284 1 305 1,085 1,080 482 1,153 521 319 534 210 65 180 217 135 166 I 208 1 - - •• ! ■■ •• •• •• •• •• 10,416 8,338 10,423 3,283 6,963 1,155 809 1,716 1,316 895 2,404 2,569 1,004 2,634 1,239 943 1,156 525 205 541 703 407 588 614 i •• ! .. I •' •• 1 - - .. - - •• - .. - - - .. "I I •■ I - ! •• - - - i - I .. ' 3,180 2,366 2 - I - I - I 14,824 i 9,664 1 8 •• - - 2 i - . 1 - - 261 973 1,027 750 1,672 1,696 990 724 1,463 3,385 1,854 2,658 I 6,362 7,144 1 7,020 1 6,621 3,207 6,522 6,104, 43,893! 46,136. 44,129: 68,087 86,405 69,614 91,664 78,911 69,136 75,004 85,987 79,524 76,073 50,332 89,4S0| 112,707' 159,643 188,677 152,332 165,220 - - ■• ! 4 ■■ I 2 I i i 400 I 1,228 1,210 I 800 ! 1,508 I 1,612 I 855 655 I 1,363 i 3,129 1,954 : 2,071 ! 5,139 6,187 1 5,977 5,610 2,380 : 4,879 4,461 51,257 52,133 : 44,650 64,971 84,3471 67,0031 91,173: 80,225' 72,099 73,438 83,342 71,984 69,595 50,381 j 83,085 98,136 142,176 154,747 128,927 139,898 •• .1 .. i ! 1 '21 87 15 53 25J 85 154 87 223 275 1,430 236 267 497 183J 953 2,132 2,218 2,544 4,306 51 107 288 105 - I - " "50 228 51 189 72 177 324 135 353 480 2,057 372 385 715 266 1,646 3,407 3,334 3,658 5,691 53 160 715 263 830 1,661 355 1,440 2.522 1,811 2,010 1,046 856 1,103 1,400 2,228 1,867 2,535 2,685 2,690 2,850 4,391 5,054 4,811 2,834 2,569 3,231 2,888 3,633 3,445 3,229 4,725 5,461 5,533 6,518 6,393 5,875f 4,920J 6,791 8,482 7,519 7,438 8,388 8,705 8,317 8,338 7,425 7,126 6,6414 9,905 11,116 10,159 7,541 7,430 9,357 9,203 11,063 37,123 80,272 37,064 36,187 40,566 29,085 12,683 33,893 23,019 20,645 20,005 18,885 5,694 16,826 24,914 16,624 12,108 20,809 403 21,105 32,637 28,023 22,053 63,076 54,177 85,024 94,307 183,892 293,751 349,338 326,457 571,134 674,196 911,914 1,094,461 830 1,661 355 1,440 2,522 2,167 2,263 1,300 1,018 3,997 1,995 2,996 1,867 3,077 3,904 3,801 3,600 6,070 6,750 5,882 3,558 4,119 6,631 7,975 8,6824 12,120 12,722 17,177 15,538 14,019 14,9534 13,071 51,4681 52,409| 51,6864 79,147 97,828 80,2874 104,164J 92,891 78,191 84,052 94,026 86,878 84,4654 68,2534 102,058 125,201 168,121 196,714 162,390 176,030 612 24 900 804 1 ■• I 2,674 1,955 2,784 22 11,335 4,303 8.597J 1 5 9 46 20 36 41 678 106 60 2 30 31 •• I OJ "l2 20 390 666j 62! 134 376 493 515 418 364 331 44 54 21 10 I 5,289 1,784 3,989 6,246 5,319 11,121 4,950 4,900 3,467 761 1,486 450 157 1 • • 50J 208 114 445 144 162 199 19 2 84 37 25 62 37 1,561 1,828 1,309! 2,1261 696i 415 625 1,404 993: 1,846: 4,142 2,955 9,985 I 273 6 631 650 353 880 1,335 5,892 4,792 6,591 12,751 7,775 4,422 7,014 10,168 1 •• "2 75 ! •• •• i "% •• . Hi 5 1 4 •• - " .. I •■ I " i ! " " 2 i 2! 70 I 9 18 14 9 - • 12 3 •■ "28 iio •■ I 101 136 45 105 3 30 " •• i 6 175 525 17 116 1 96 - i 123 "70 196 1 210 570 •• '7 •■ Totals 1,4174 18,211 5,869 i 38,002 3,643 52,598 19,277*i 61,626 I 764' 439 1 24,277i i 132,29s': 1,899,390 1 ■ 11,755,59111 16,370 24,804 2,225,6024 15,099,806|255,282 12,359,087| |5,306, 513| * " Mixed mineral ores " include sulphur. &c. Last year 36 tons of shale was mined at Orepuki. t Total output of coal in colony (including export, 1 approximately estimated at 18,577,825 tons, valued at £9,288,913.

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No. 5. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Coals imported into New Zealand during the Quarter ended the 31st March, 1905.

No. 6. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Production of Coal in the Colony, and Imported, Year by Year, during the last Twenty-seven Years.

No. 7. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Mining Districts, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1903 and 1904, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

Country whence imported. Quantity. Value. New South Wales Victoria United Kingdom United States of America Tons. 146,615 437 142 2 £ 137,427 437 226 3 Totals 147,196 138,093

Coal raised in the Colony. Coal imported. Year. Tons. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons. Plus or Minus. Increase and Decrease. 1878 .. 1879 .. 1880 .. 1881 .. 1882 .. 1883 .. 1884 .. 1885 .. 1886 .. 1887 .. 1888 .. 1889 .. 1890 .. 1891 .. 1892 .. 1893 .. 1894 .. 1895 .. 1896 .. 1897 .. 1898 .. 1899 .. 1900 .. 1901 .. 1902 .. 1903 .. 1904 .. 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,365,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 69,000 68,705 37,339 41,010 43,492 59,069 30,232 23,290 24,267 55,275 27,450 50,952 31,397 4,521 18,233 27,998 7,108 66,197 47,862 66,320 68,201 118,756 145,696 125,354 55,189 117,609 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 + + + + + 16,072 33,778 6,664 380 6,042 24,904 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 26,722 17,124 14,379 135 8,009 4,483 4,763 6,442 9,151 4,520 15,772 24,378 25,731 21,911 36,070 16,727 + + + + +

Name of District. Output of Coal. Plus or Minus. Increase or Decrease. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to 31st December, 1904. 1903. 1904. Tons. Kawakawa and Hikurangi .. .. 71,684 Whangarei, Kamo, Ngunguru, and Whau- : 29,835 whau Waikato .. .. .. ..I 95,556 Mokau .. .. .. .. 6,150 Miranda .. .. .. .. 6,570 Pelorus West Wanganui .. .. .. 1,102 Westport .. .. .. .. i 571,306 Reefton .. .. .. .. 10,183 Greymouth .. .. .. .. 198,441 :: :: 23 : 527 Otago .. .. .. .. 307,562 Southland .. .. .. .. 98,313 Totals .. .. .. 1,420,229 Tons. 79,248 26,971 + Tons. 7,564 2,864 Tons. 1,401,356 556,580 116,676 4,280 15,342 + 21,120 1,870 8,772 1,555,027 44,214 25,835 711 68,715 5,851,591 124,308 3,737,451 467,576 10,657 5,299,212 972,430 + 12,430 570,273 15,119 239,128 25,120 + + + + 11,328 1,033 4,936 40,687 1,593 320|681 112,570 + + 13^119 14,257 1,537,838 + 117,609 20,115,663

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No. 8. Table showing the Different Classes of Coal from the Mines in the Colony.

No. 9. Table showing the Number of Coal-mines in Operation, the Number of Men employed, and the Output of Coal per Man.

No. 10. Return showing the Quantity and Value of Coal imported into and exported from New Zealand during the Year ended the 31st December, 1904.

Output of Coal. Increase. Approximate Total Output of Coal up to the ' 31st December, 1904. Name of Coal. 1903. 1904. bituminous and semi.bituminous >itch Jrown jignite ■bale.. Tons. 879,891 21,116 441,814 77,372 36 Tons. - f.~,:! 938,518 24,506 483,858 rJ 90,956 Tons. 58,627 3,390 42,044 13,584 36* Tons. 11,365,232 1,883,5786,076,943 775,488 14,422 Totals 1,420,229 1,537,838 117,609 20,115,663 ISO.

Number of Mines wording. Number of Men employed at each Mine. Total Number of Men employed. Output of Coal during 1904. Average Output per Man. 99 35 10 24 1 to 4 in each 5 to 10 , 11 to 20 , 21 and upwards 180 .. : 230 158 2,720 ! 3,288 Tons. 79,762 120,818 68,654 1,268,604 1,537,838 Tons. 443 525 435 466 467 467 168

Imported. Exported. Countries whence imported. Quantity. Value. Countries to which exported. Quantity. Value. Inited Kingdom .. rew South Wales 'iotoria .. rnited States of Amerioa .. Tons. 142 146,615 437 2 £ 226 137,427 437 3 United Kingdom New South Wales United States of America— On the West Coast Fiji Islands South Sea Islands Hongkong Tasmania Tons. 91,933 23,275 £ 87,022 19,962 1,384 5,197 7,349 33,075 3,347 1,779 3,474 4,186 21,497 2,176 Totals 165,560 140,096 Totals )U 147,196 138,093

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No. 11. Number of Miners employed during the Years ended 31st December, 1903 and 1904.

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (2,400 copies), £13165.

By Authority : John Macka*, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9os. Price Gd.]

Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand Totals. District. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. 1903. 1904. Auckland— "| Coromandel Thames Pa°roi.. Te Aroha Tauranga Waihi .. 2 220 278 1,905 28 1 1,300 220 280 1,905 28 1 1,300 240 380 636 27 5 1,250 220 280 1,905 28 1 1,300 Marlbobouoh— Havelock Blenheim Cullensville 2 3,732 3,734 2,538 3,734 52 6 10 4 52 10 10 63 29 18 52 10 10 Nelson— Wangapeka and Sherry Takaka Collingwood Motueka Nelson Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's, Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, ■ Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell .. Murchison 15 20 85 4 10 256 350 87 68 120 100 "64 663 50 15 20 149 4 10 919 400 87 72 120 100 14 20 172 4 1,130 479 125 110 15 20 149 4 10 1,039 500 87 72 170 10 180 180 180 75 95 2 25 36 111 95 2 25 69 130 113 120 Westland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth .. .. 1 Arnold .. .. ) Okarito 1,167 130 200 220 205 247 2 40 25 22 "l2 823 1,990 130 200 232 205 247 2 40 25 22 2,323 70 250 231 239 2,237 132 240 257 227 753 172 753 172 920 925 30 1 30 1 21 31 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui Waikaia Wyndham Waiau and Orepuki Preservation Inlet Athol, Te Anau, and Manapouri .. Roundhill, Riverton, and Colao Bay Wakatipu Goldfields—Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby .. .. ] St. Bathan's Hyde Macrae's .. .. J Maerewhenua and Kurow Pembroke Gore Stewart Island Campbell Island 1,538 262 12 1,550 262 1,731 42 560 898 1,812 20 530 700 1 100 65 21 16 10 41 546 710 1 100 65 42 646 775 300 5 160 8 98 25 10 810 5 160 8 98 8 3 48 60 25 352 6 180 10 3 171 335 5 190 8 118 8 3 56 66 "30 30 "20 "20 8 3 48 15 8 6 45 8 6 61 176 87 18 20 107 18 193 125 239 81 56 295 81 466 376 280 6 1 280 6 1 90 42 258 3 3 283 6 1 2,500 357 186 2,686 Sommaby. 357 3,508 3,043 Auckland Mablbobouqh Nelson .. Westland Dtago 2 68 1,167 1,538 2,500 247 262 357 3,732 823 12 186 3,734 72 1,990 1,550 2,686 247 262 357 2,538 110 2,323 1,731 3,508 3,734 72 2,237 1,812 3,043 Totals .. 5,275 866 4,757 10,032 866 10,210 10,893

DIAGRAM showing TOTAL QUANTITY & VALUE of GOLD exported from NEW ZEALAND, for the years 1857 to 1904.

DIAGRAM showing TOTAL QUANTITY & VALUE of KAURI GUM exported from NEW ZEALAND, for the years 1853 to 1904.

DIAGRAM showing TOTAL OUTPUT of COAL from N.Z. MINES. for the years 1872 to 1904.