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No. 7. RETURN of the QUANTITY and VALUE of GOLD ENTERED for DUTY for EXPORTATION from NEW ZEALAND, for the QUARTERS ended 31st MARCH, 1878, 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 endiug 31st MARCH, 1878.

Quarter ended 1st March, 1878. Quarter ended 1st March, 1877. Produce of Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. .uekland felson Pest Coast •tago... Oz. 15,446 1,139 47,361 38,684 £ 61,246 4,276 -189,418 156,544 Oz. 10,067 18,215 20,978 32,9S1 £ 39,742 72,665 83,909 133,851 Tot als 102,630 411,484 82,241 330,1G7 Customs Department, Wellington, 16th April, 18' '8. Secre William Seed, :ary and Inspector of Customs.

Mining District. Price of Gold per Ounce. Price charged per Ton for crush-, ing Quartz or, Cement. Price charged for Water per sluicehead per week. Remarks. Auckland— North Hauraki... South Hauraki.., [ £ s. d. 2 10 0 to 3 16 2 13 0 j { £ s. d. 0 6 0 to 0 12 0 0 4 0 to 0 12 0 £ s. d. 7/6 per head, and pay for lost quicksilver. ifARLBOROUGn— Pelorus Wairau 3 13 0 3 13 0 .ELSON — Charleston 3 17 0 ( 3 0 0) ) to [ ( 0 10 0 J 20 in. to the sluice-head. Inangahua [ 3 16 0 to 3 17 3 3 16 0 3 13 6 I 0 10 0 to 0 15 0 No Town West Wanganui ( 3 10 0 "j i 5 0 0 ) 40 in. to the sluice-head. 40 in. to tho sluice-head. Ahaura 3 IG 0 Collingwood Westport Lyell 3 13 0 3 16 0 3 15 0 1 6 0 2 5 0 20 in. to tho sluice-head. Vestland— Waimea Totara Greymouth Clifton Arnold Greenstone 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 IG 0 1 10 0 4 0 0 10 0 f 3 0 0 to ( 6 0 0 2 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 •40 in. to the sluiechcad. Kumara 3 16 0 Kanieri New River Maori Gully Okarito 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 16 0 3 15 0 •tago— Ilindon 3 15 6 . _*°°. ( 6 0 0 ) C 2 10 0 -) ) t0 ( (. 3 10 0 J 0 15 0 Tuapeka 3 15 6 100 in. to the sluicehead. Dunstan 3 15 6 0 15 0 40 in. with 3£ in. presOrepuki Switzer's Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) Mount Ida 3 16 0 3 12 6 3 15 6 3 15 6 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 1 10 0 sure. 10 in. to the sluice-head. 40 in. to the sluice-head. IG in. by 1 in.