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No. 17 Return of the Number of Licenses under "The Gold-Mining Districts Act, 1873," for the Year ending 31st March, 1881.

No. 18. Return of Cases in the Wardens' Courts, and Costs Awarded, for the Year ending 31st March, 1881.

Note. —The returns numbered 8 to 13, and 15 to 18 inclusive are compiled from statistics supplied by Wardens. Oliver Wakefield, Under-Secretary for Gold Eields. Mines Department, Wellington, 30th June, 1881.

Authority: George Didsbuky, Government Printer, Wellington.— lBBl.

Mining District. Number. Gross Acreage. Rental per Annum. .UCKLAND — North Hauraki Grahamstown Te Aroha 29 92 11 A. B. P. 158 o 29 433 o 34 37 2 27 £ s. d. 473 ° o 1,520 o o 116 o o Total 629 o 10 2,109 ° ° 132

Mining District. Number of Mining Disputes Adjudicated on. Aggregate Amount of Value. Amount of Costs Awarded. •|8* • J- *. e^,q -g at/) 3 Claimed. Recovered. .UCKLAND — North Hauraki ... South Hauraki ... Te Aroha ELSON — Collingwood Inangahua Lyell ... Westport Charleston Ahaura Vestland — Waimea Totara Kumara Greymouth Arnold (Maori Gully) Okarito Itago— Tuapeka Cromwell Alexandra Boxburgh Black's Clyde Switzera Orepuki and Longwood ... Arrow (Wakatipu Gold Field) Naseby £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. 12 12 o 54 15 ° 19 4 o 24 4i 10 IO o 10 IO o 9 23 28 14 28 8 268 14 o 256 16 5 242 8 n 432 4 6 82 5 o 52 o o 158 00 30 I I o 3^3 JS 8 2100 33 4 o 30 7 o 10 5 o 53 14 o 45 4 o 7 4 6 2 49 7 43 46 24 9 582 o o 15 IO o 6 10 o i,i43 9 7 312 16 4 "165 18 9 114 19 o 250 8 1 o 5l6 7 4 50 18 o 56 13 o 7 7 o 44 8 o 212 5 o 93 12 6 650 9 7 7 75 27 21 50 11 2,993 1 9 75 o o 674 18 0 32 2 3 180 19 o 40 19 o on o 14 9 o 440 2 12 o 3 14 o 15 12 6 1040 15 8 o 10 8 27 39 13 500 20 16 0 16 IO o 124 17 6 323 8 9 9 7 6 57 8 9 7 Total 666 7,061 7 6 2,068 4 4 975 i2 6 33