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No. 7. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD EXPORTED from NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTERS ended 31st MARCH, 1876, and 31st MARCH, 1877.

No. 8. STATEMENT showing the PRICE of GOLD per OUNCE, PRICE charged per TON for CRUSHING QUARTZ or CEMENT, and PRICES charged for WATER per SLUICE-HEAD per WEEK, during the YEAR ending 31st MARCH, 1877.

QUAETER ENDED :1st March, 1877. Quarter ended :1st March, 1876. Pbovincial Disteict of Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. .uckland relson... Westland Itago ... Oz. 10,067 18,215 20,978 32,981 £ 39,742 72,665 83,909 133,851 Oz. 13,809 17,152 13,794 38,521 £ 53,648 68,049 55,176 153,650 Totals 82,241 330,167 83,276 330,523 Customs Department, Wellington, 11th April, 18' William Se: ;ary and Inspectoi ID, of Customs. '7. Secre

Mining District. Price of Gold per Ounce. Price charged per: Ton for crushing Quartz orj Cement. Price charged for Water per Sluicehead per Week. Remarks. .UCKEAND — I £ s. d. 2 10 0 to 3 16 £ 8. d. 0 6 6 to 0 12 6 0 4 0 to 0 12 0 £ s. d. North Hauraki... 7/6 per h.p. 1/- per stamp-h. 2/6 per 10 h.p. for steam boilers. South Hauraki... 2 13 0 Iablbohough— Pelorus Wairau rELSON — Charleston 3 13 0 3 13 0 f 0 10 0 to 0 15 0 2 5 0 3 16 0 Inangahua 3 16 0 Cobden Ahaura Collingwood Westport Lyell... Westland — Waimea Totara No Town Greymouth Clifton Arnold Greenstone Kumara Kanieri Jackson's Bay ... 3 17 0 3 16 6 3 13 6 3 16 0 3 15 0 1 6 0 10 0 1 10 0 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 10 0 20 in. to the sluicehead. ( 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 14 6 to 3 16 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 1 10 0 2 0 0 10 0 4 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 0 0 10 0 1 40 in. to the sluicehead. Okarito } 6 0 0 100 in. to the sluicehead. Itago— Hindon 3 15 0 C 1 "o 0) ] to [ (600) ? 2 10 0 ] to ( 3 10 0 Tuapeka 3 15 6 Dunstan Queenstown Orepuki Switzers { 3 15 6 3 15 6 3 16 0 3 15 6 3 15 6 to 3 17 9 3 15 6 0 15 0 2 0 0 40 in. to the sluicehead. J Arrow ) 5 10 0 10 0 Mount Ida 10 0 1 10 0 16 in. by 1 in.