H.—26.

No. 13. Number of Machines employed in Alluvial and Quartz Mining for the Year ending 31st March, 1880. Machinery employed in Alluvial-Mining. Machinery employed in Quartz-Mining.

47

Mi_n_*G Districts. .3*3 T3 Ctj •ga fH a 0 a? .1*3 I a s H 3 to00 !y .*_ a o art t O a 1 t_ a P. a 3 CH 0> (3 *XJ ■goo .01 01 BO .si n Steam-engines tmployed Winding, Crushing, &c. W3.3 01 a. a VI *rO is *_- is sg, .s-l c_> 3 Approximate. Value of all Mining Plant Included in this Keturn. j No. Aggregate Horsepower. 8a o ! i I ! Auckland — North Hauraki South Hauraki ... 8 34 42 214 1,104 1,318 7 41 85 602 687 I 4 24 28 1 *234 £ 42,000 180,000 - * i !___: i - I 1 i' - I" - ... ! Marlborough — Ravenscliffe and Queen Charlotte Sound ... Pelorus and Wairau ... ________ ■■■ i i " i 48 I 1 1 i ... 222, 000 "56 56 3 3 2 41 1 10 ... , I ... 2,000 56 _^_J 1 ... 1 1 - 2_ - 4t - I ... ... I i r ' - 10 2,056 Nelson — Collingwood ... West Wanganui Inangahua ... Charleston ... Lyell Westport Ahaura Notown Cobden ... ... i i 1 ! '" i '" 1 ! I HH y 1— 52 5 5 20 1 10 118 1 2 11 10 10 180 2,200 1,000 74,830 7,050 7,000 1,000 2,400 400 2,673 ... ! "4 I ... ... 80 70 250 I 43 1,800 150 150 2,595 ... j 13 6 "2 60 53 180 48 160 40 10 556 50 1 50 13 "2 79 i i ... ! :::• j ... 1 "V ... I i 3 23 "*6 3 "2 - "2 ... 3 #17 I "' 4 _____ 70 1 ... io 73 2_ 79 "1 _7 I i '"1 9 '"l4 142 "l 18 "io 233 ... ___i 1 1 I L 17 Westland — Waimea Totara Hokitika and Kanieri ... Greymouth ... Clifton (Dunganville) ... ... Arnold Greenstone and Westbrook Okarito Kumara i 91 I 98,553 I 1 ii 1 3,450 44 120 650 150 100 2,500 1 6 150 60 70 56 48 20 47 1 4 4,400 3,200 1,500 790 400 350 2,686 ... I i 'A "10 2 j , ... I 1 - 1 i '" i ... I - 1 1 ... I 1 - ] i - i ! 1 i n 3,500 10,514 ... ! 120 t 571 14 ! 1 - 1 "1 i 12 'I "J4 14 - 1 i - i ... 1 "| 1 '"l5 15 — ... ! ! - ... 1 ... I 'I 1 I *■■ '1 I 4,500 Otago — Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Cromwell, Alexandra, Black's, Teviot, Nevis Orepuki and Longwood Waikaia Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) ... Naseby Kyeburn and Clarke's ... Hamilton's, Sowburn ... Hyde and Fullarton's... Macrae's, Strath Taieri, and Shag Valley... Serpentine and Maerewhenua ... St. Bathan's, Ida Valley, and other localities ... 13 1 ... i ; 2 ... ! ••• 17,826 i 10 500 1,000 20 30 2 10 soo '30 45 -. 150 150 160 I I I ... 2 2 32 "40 3 4 7 28 29 59 1 4 4 1 2 "4 5,000 14,000 40,000 4 4 ... 1 250 1,000 256 260 100 40 15 50 40 75 "4 7 30 10 70 160 20 25 10 2 20 55 '"4 40 4 ... ... I 550 2,500 50,000 2,000 1,200 450 200 350 1,000 2,600 ... 2 "1 *8 104 '"5 2 I i '" 1 "l6 "l 1 '"5 10 "l ... I 11» I 1 - 1 5 154 I I 150 - I 160 I I - I 2 i ! - 1 ! 3 i ... 2 I 2 !' 3,596 61 1,214 88 24 235 15 119,850