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No. 4. COMPARATIVE RETURN of the TOTAL AMOUNTS of GOLD FIELDS REVENUE (exclusive of Gold Duty) collected in the several Districts during the YEARS 1875 and 1876, and the QUARTERS ended 31st MARCH, 1876 and 1877, showing the INCREASE or DECREASE in respect of each District.

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Provincial Disteict. District. 1875. 1876. Increase. Deceease. £ 4,552 1,004 1,842 348 1,320 750 236 2,394 3,058 169 32 416 435 121 36 589 568 634 975 231 535 530 349 £ 2,892 941 1,676 347 1,114 786 366 1,757 2,306 134 53 733 462 87 165 548 550 595 2,393 126 591 253 345 351 38 389 2,931 385 275 1,333 1,622 1,426 8,085 1,652 8,738 1,518 263 £ £ 1,660 63 166 1 206 .UCXLAND fELSON rARLBOROUGH rESTLAND Grahamstown Coromandel Ohinemuri Collingwood Westport Charleston and Brighton Cobden Ahaura Reefton Wangapeka West Wanganui Lyell No Town Havelock Hokitika Kanieri Greymouth Ross Stafford Okarito Greenstone Maori Gully Clifton Kumara Jackson's Bay Dunedin Naseby Black's and St. Bathans Manuherikia Clyde Mount Benger Cromwell Queenstown Arrowtown Lawrence Switzers Orepuki 36 130 21 317 27 129 1,418 637 752 35 34 41 18 39 105 "56 "277 4 359 3,301 552 438 815 1,548 1,728 9,907 2,802 9,543 1,237 286 351 38 30 •tago 370 167 163 518 74 302 1,822 1,150 805 281 23 Total ... Deduct increase Total decrease 53,640 48,226 3,426 8,840 3,426 5,414 1st Januaey ti 31st Maech. 1876. 1877. lUCKLAND Ielson Grahamstown Coromandel Ohinemuri Collingwood Westport Brighton and Charleston Cobdeh Ahaura Reefton Wangapeka West Wanganui No Town Lyell Havelock Hokitika Kanieri Greymouth Ross Stafford Okarito Greenstone Maori Gully Clifton Kumara Jackson's Bay Goldsborough Dunedin Naseby Black's and St. Bathans Manuherikia Clyde Mount Benger Cromwell Queenstown Arrowtown Lawrence Switzers Orepuki 676 149 251 100 485 234 144 527 1,199 30 4 176 170 25 12 131 121 144 250 44 123 87 114 352 92 410 61 190 234 69 323 568 121 1 84 131 15 13 80 101 144 129 18 98 33 55 518 2 33 13 1,511 118 48 389 384 356 753 407 2,683 811 59 159 "91 324 57 39 295 75 204 631 3 92 39 10 Iaelboeough Vestland 1 51 20 121 26 25 54 59 518 2 33 38 777 95 67 539 441 395 1,491 504 1,924 388 37 "734 23 "25 ITAGO 19 150 57 39 738 97 759 423 22 Total ... Deduct increase Total decrease 11,892 11,407 2,765 3,250 2,765 485 C. T. Batkin, Receiver-General.