H.—9.

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No. 17. NUMBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING, for the Year ending 31st March, 1874.

Machinery employed in Alluvial Mining. Machinery employed in Quautz Mining. Mining District. Steam Engines employed Winding, Pumping, &c. s 3 I fa o o 02 m I Q on •5.3 ■8 3 o O g a 02 O Steam Engines employed Winding, Crusbing, &o. S 1 DO it i 1 to I Approximate Value op all Mining Plant included in this Return. •S o ° sgl No. Aggregate Horsepower. a 1 P J3 1 No. Aggregate Horsepower. .1 At P 1 I 1 I Auckland — Grahamstown Coromandel ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 44 8 1,522 252 45 11 819 111 17 6 3 ... ... 8 192,000 55,000 Shillings. 12 11 I i 1 1 1 52 1,774 56 930 23 3 8 Mablbobough... I I ... 310 1 ... 12 1 1 1 I 16 1 10 ' I I 1 1 247,000 3,050 No return. 3 1 ... 1 Nelson — Collingwood Westport ... Keefton Ahaura I I I 1 1 1 1 — 1 I ! ' I ' ... "2 ... iso "40 6 100 ... ... 250 ... ... 3 25 3 1 ... 10,000 Value unknown 36,000 5,700 No return, 20 to 25 -, 4 3,800 3,950 4,150 6,570 116 45 200 2 50 "b 9G 6 i 23 854 15 50 i ... \-T 4 I 2 63 370 15 50 250 1 2 50 11 1 121 9 1 1 51,700 Westland — Greymouth... Waimea Kanieri Totara Okarita ... M 4 10 4 16 14 75 265 45 29 2 6 32 3 9 40 I 1 [ 1 1 2 13 1 1 25 5 ... 2 1 ... ... ... 6 "i "i ... 5,820 7,048 3,480 40,000 3,200 59,548 ... ... ... I — 16 31 48 90 1 1 6 . — I 1 1 Otago — Dunedin Tuapeka Mount Ida ... Dunstan Queenstown Arrow Switzer's Orepuki 11,081 44 250 235 1,000 300 200 1,620 120 416 3 1 1 ... ... 20 20 I I I I — 4 15 10 800 50 40 23 20 2 100 1 1 — 1 1 4 4 16 24 54 45 1 4 6 9 3 10 35 35 60 59 M 1 1 1,723 6,000 9,500 60,000 58,000 2,500 3,900 250 ... 1 i * ... 3 2 5 3 "i 1 ... ... ... "l 5 20 5 3 5 30 50 40 16 "9 3 20 1 ... 3 2 "i ... ... ... I ... ... ... i ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... I i i 7 l 3,769 60 1,062 238 I 1 1 10 1 139 1 1 199 141,873 503,171 I 1 12 25 23 13 4 i Gross Total 1 I 4 I I ll 1 I 25 174 6 ... 2 ! 1 1 65 I — — — 9 32 19,110 1,849 355 12 78 251 1,979 91 1,260 45 8 1