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No. 7. Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold Entered for Duty for Exportation from New Zealand, from 1st April, 1857, to 31st March, 1884.

Department of Trade and Customs, William Seed, Wellington, 15th April, 1884. Secretary and Inspector.

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, 1884.

D ter ng end«l Q »S ! Entered for Exportation March, 1884 l to tho 81st December, 1883. Total entered for Exportation from New Zealand to the 31st March, 1884. Entered for Duty at Produce of the Gold Fields in Quantity. Value. ' Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Oz. 6,752 £ 26,788 Oz. 1,401,690 & 5,180,282 Oz. 1,408,442 £ 5,207,070 Auckland Auckland Wellington Picton Wellington Marlborough 101 380 40 51,756 157 199,835 141 51,756 ■ 537 199,835 Nelson Nelson .. I West Coast f 1 902 3,338 1,634,615 6,488,189 1,635,517 0,491,527 I Nelson Westport Greymouth Hokitika 468 2,745 16,071 8,177 .1,789 10,980 64,286 32,707 I Otago .. f 27,461 109,762 2,941,753 11,672,023 2,969,214 11,781,785 Punedin Invercargill Bivorton 24,492 2,486 87 99,066 9,908 337 4,292,479 16,917,009 4,319,544 17,026,320 27,065 109,311 Totals 62,281 249,579 10,322,333 40,457,495 10,384,614 40,707,074

Mining District. Price of Gold per Ounce. Price charged per Ton for crushing Quarts or Cement. Price charged for Water por'Sluicehead per Week. Remark3. Auckland —North Hauraki South Hauraki Te Aroha Mablbobough—Pelorus and Wairau .. Nelson — Wangapeka j { { t ( f 1 f 1 ! £ s. d. 2 10 0 to 3 16 2 12 6 to 3 2 6 2 8 Oto 3 7 0 3 13 0 3 8 Oto 3 15 6 3 15 0 to 3 17 6 3 17 0 to 3 18 3 8 13 6 3 15 0 to 3 17 0 8s. to 14s. J8s.6d.tol2s.6d. | 10s. £3 £1 40in. by lin. 40in. 2in. by 20in. Charleston I £1 J £2 10s. 40in. Inangahua j- 10s. to 15s. Collingwood Westport) Lyell ) Westland—Hokitika and Kanieri ) Waimea .. .. y t .. Totara .. .. j Greymouth Greenstone Kumara Okarito Otago— Hindon Tuapeka.. Dunstan.. Longwooa Orepuki Waikaia 1 « I £2 10s. 40in. 41in. 3 16 6 £3 to £4 40in. 1 3 16 0 3 16 6 3 16 6 3 13 6 3 15 0 3 15 0 3 15 0 3 8 6 3 16 6 3 8 0 3 12 6 to 3 15 0 3 13 0 £3 £3 £3 to £4 20in. by 2in. 20in. by 2in. 40in. 12s. 6d. to 18s. £2 10s. to £3 £1 to £6 £1 £1 lOOin. 60in. 6in. by lin. 48in. by lin. Arrow, Wakatipu Goia Field Mount Ida Macrae's, Hyde \ Hamilton, Serpentine I Maerewhenua j I lis. 6d. £1 £1 to £1 10s. 16in. by lin. 3 15 0 £1 13s. Queenstown ! 3 10 0 to 3 15 0 [ 12s. 63. to 15s.