G—No. 4.

No. 16. TABLE showing approximately the NUMBER, DESCRIPTION, and VALUE of the WATER RACES, TAIL RACES, DAMS, RESERVOIRS, GROUND SLUICES, &c. for the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1872.

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REPOPvT ON THE GOLD EIELDS

Watee EACE3. Tail Eaces. Dams. Eeseevoies. Geound Sluices. Mining Disteicts. .2 CD a TO O O O co CD .-a a "So a CD Hi © © 5a o 2 © CD _a a 43 a 4a CO a o o co O © © © a CD a ta a o to o © a © TO O O o -43 TO o CD 'c3 a" a co a o o 4a co O O CD a CD 3 4a a CD CD CD a a CD a a a CD CD to a a © CO © P4 © TO © Auckland — Grahamstown ... Coromandel Wellington Mablboeough Nelson — Wangapeka* Collingwood 106 7 1 25 £ 30J 3| 236| 15 £ 24,360 2,000 2 £ 102 2 2 1 3 £ £ 100 200 £ £ £ £ 1,075 ... 200 ... ... ... 1,500 i'e 45 "5OO "16 1,300 500 '"70 '"50 ... "l "Vo "*50 10 69 5,000 £80 to £400 per mile. 12,360 10 511 40 207 6,640 18 80 per mile. "200 per mile. "47 From £5 to £25 Not known. "- 8 "800 1.000 18 £80 per mile. "200 Brighton* Westport* Charleston* Inangahua Buller (Lyell) ... Ahaura No Town Cobden Wbsttand — ■ Greymouth Greenstone Waimea Kanieri ,., Totara Okarito Otago — Dunedin (Hindon) Tuapeka Mount Ida Black's Teviot Dunstan Wakatipu Switzer's Orepuki I 5 40 12 2 38i Si 51 9 6 30 9 3 45 21 ... "l5 ... ... "3 3,000 ... ... 107 6,090 120 600 10,000 27 2,000 2,000 150 2,000 2,000 10 210 226 113 28,640 17,280 14,080 179 108 89 359 430 199 19,094 11,520 9,467 63 10 1,775 1,210 250 1,500 908 150 129 176 39 2,580 2,640 1,780 2,250 1,980 500 ... I I 130 105 105 500 150 150 300 100 100 374 35 397 28,794 25,408 42,989 246 55 212 474 156 490 24,100 25,408 21,437 177 12 500 15,158 9,314 14,724 7,705 2,035 10,000 314 27 444 11,424 1,476 6,921 7,326 1X41 3,743 Regis 3 140 tered as 3,050 8,765 Dams 3,050 4,500 5 38 439 45 15,000 1,944 45 20,000 1,944 351 33,600 210 250 29,500 253 7,590 4,000 170 3,400 3,000 50 1,500 12,000 31 17,690 53 76 9,840 35 1,760 1,360 23 2,964 2,614 1 200 4 230 211 30 132 76 504 75 50 120 49,000 101,200 24,000 18.050 59,880 200,000 18,850 6,400 2i Not known 917 396 11 460 947 140 290 266 893 215 24 102 27,000 71,500 9,000 16,320 31,850 200,000 8,800 5,100 4 No 237 85 98 12 384 No 60 58 informa 33,050 9,000 2,812 8,425 38,400 informa 3,500 58 tion. 29,900 8,000 2,560 8,328 38,400 tion. 3,500 4 170 105 30 76 22 56 80 14,000 14,800 3,500 3.342 1,710 5,600 80 8,000 13,600 1,800 3,175 1,690 5,600 In In In eluded in eluded in eluded in dams, dams, dams. 4 440 In In 8 In No 57 28,000 eluded in eluded in 350 eluded in informa 57t 19,000 tail races tail races 385 tail races tion 680 115 73 '"in! 311 eluded in 3,100 dams. 3,100 "24 "ioo "ioo 2 head races of 6 mues eac h parti ally com pleted * It is impossible to compile these Eeturns with even an approximation to accuracy. t Outsi Ide Gold Fields boui idary there are seven races, extending in the aggregate over tei miles.