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No. 18. RETURN of the Number of Licenses under "The Gold-mining Districts Act, 1873," for the Year ending 31st March, 1880.

No. 19. RETURN of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs Awarded, for Year ending 31st March, 1880.

Mining District. Number. Gross Acreage. Rental per Annum. .UCKLAND— North Hauraki Grahamstown Ohinemuri 40 69 11 A. E. P. 266 1 15 431 0 3 49 2 11 £ s. d. 655 0 0 1,253 0 0 149 0 0 Total 120 746 3 29 2,057 0 0

Number of Mining Disputes Adjudicated on. Aggregate Amount of Value. Amount of Costa Awarded. has decreed Specific Performance. Mining Diatriot. Claimed. Recovered. No. Remarks. Auckland— North Hauraki South Hauraki 16 20 £ s. d. 215 15 0 6 0 0 £ s. d. 192 15 0 6 0 0 £ s. d. 13 13 0 18 6 0 Maklborough— Pelorua 2 100 0 0 3 0 0 14 13 0 Nelson— Collingwood ,., Takaka Inangahua ... Lyell Westport Charleston ... Cobden Ahaura Notown 3 7 10 6 8 17 16 13 27 7 8 143 0 0 31 2 6 97 7 6 59 4 0 206 0 0 101 5 6 8 6 8 10 0 0 22 2 6 25 7 6 8 10 0 11 15 0 6 15 0 14 1 0 3 19 0 11 5 0 19 16 0 6 13 0 72 17 0 21 13 0 1 "i 7 2 4 Westland— Hokitika Waimea ... Kanieri ... Totara Kumara Greenstone and Westbrook Grey mouth ... Clifton Arnold (Maori Gully)... Okarito 7 34 1 10 22 307 0 0 115 10 0 38 0 0 16 0 0 14 7 0 20 9 0 0 8 0 18 2 0 19 12 0 V 25 "0 0 610 2 4 10 0 165 0 0 "i 16 10 316 0 0 822 0 0 V 210 10 0 25 14 9 17 2 4 3 16 0 4 3 • '"7 13'2 0 o'"2 9 5 3 0 "3 Otaqo— Tuapeka Cromwell ... Alexandra ... Roxburgh Black's Clyde Switzers Orepuki and Longwood Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) Naseby ... Serpentine ... ... Hamilton ... ... St. Bathan's... 33 12 7 14 12 6 7 25 202 11 8 136 17 0 234 16 3 80 0 150 0 0 80 3 6 20 0 0 23 11 0 25 0 0 48 18 0 20 13 0 4 8 0 20 19 0 10 0 0 7 3 0 1 77 26 1 1 6 557 0 0 664 12 0 431 16 5 399 3 9 62 14 6 29 1 0 20"'0 0 5 0 0 5 "0 0 2 0 0 6 "3 0