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Waimea-Kumaba Water-race and Sludge-channel. In dealing with this water-supply the Waimea-Kumara Eace and Sludge-channel must be taken as one work. The following statement will accordingly show that the value of sales of water and gold obtained from the sludge-channel amount to £8,897 16s. Id., to which must be added the value of water and channel-fees given to the construction of the new channel, namely, £1,188 3s. 9d., making a total value of £10,085 19s. 10d., as against £8,215 os. 3d. for the previous year ; while the expenditure was £3,807 Bs. 7d., as against £5,433 17s. 4d. for the former year. This shows a profit on the working last year of £6,278 lis. 3d., which gives interest on the capital expended on the construction of a little over 3-| per cent., being more than in any previous year. The number of men employed in claims worked by this water-supply last year was 242, and the approximate amount of gold obtained was 13,0070z., representing a value of £49,426 12s. Deducting from this amount the value of the sales of water, it leaves the average earnings of the men employed as £3 2s. 6d. a man per week, or about 18s. per week more than the previous year.

The following statement also shows the value of free water supplied from the Kumara and Waimea branches for deviation, and for assistance to parties working claims, for last year:— Free Water supplied from Waimea and Kumara Water-races from 1st April, 1890, to 31st March, 1891.

Month. 8J <w ■§22 a g . iljllS Sales of Water and Value of Gold' obtained from the Channel. Cash reC 8al V es d of OT Expenditure. Water. Q ||| 3 0^ I! [ s "o ! Ill S'S ° Value of Gold. 1890. tpril .. day .. vme .. uly .. Lugust September )otober November December 1891. £ s. a. 358 14 8 337 10 4 320 11 8 149 4 11 .. I 32 2 2 £ s. a. 455 9 8 526 4 2 551 1 4| 656 8 8 850 0 i 1,004 9 1 1,135 11 7 827 18 1 671 7 4 £ s. a. £ s. a 618 12 111 366 14 7 398 15 7| 413 10 9 629 1 41 388 7 11 696 9 5 358 10 1 661 6 10': 303 10 0 772 3 4 278 8 8 873 3 3 309 11 11 773 16 9: 231 4 6 736 16 5; 286 4 3 514 8 8 361 11 6 935 11 8 253 5 5 775 19 0 256 9 0 8,386 4 9^3,807 8 1\ £ s. a. 131 15 3 142 5 5 135 2 9 12G 18 10 111 0 8 125 2 1 120 8 6 111 12 2 110 5 5 250 252 250 243 244 240 239 240 240 Oz. 1,086 1,126 1,029 994 961 1,107 1,337 1,141 860 £ s. a. 4,126 16 0 4,278 16 0 3,910 4 0 3,777 4 0 3,651 16 0 4,206 12 0 5,080 12 0 4,335 16 0 3,268 0 0 farmary February March " I '' .. j 623 4 11 788 1 1 808 0 3 122 1 7 135 1 11 114 18 7 232 245 231 963 1,235 1,168 3,659- 8 0 4,693 0 0 4,438 8 0 Total .. 'l,188 3 9 8,897 16 1 ■ ■ 242 13,007 49,426 12 0

Name of Party. Purposes ±'or which granted. o Amount of Authority. Amount i m.i., supplied j Total for i JS, to 31st Assistance. fo \?Z Mar., 1890.1 llons - Total amount sui>piied on Authorities to 31st March, 1891. Balances due on Authorities, 31st Mar., 1891. KUMAEA EacE. I £ s. a. £ s. a. £ s. a.i £ s. a. & s. a:i £ s. a. Palmer ancl party .. Deviation-race 6103) Rs/fifi1 Qnn „ „ ( 8 15 0 .. ;348 8 9 356 3 9| 93 36 3 Pascoe and party .. Steel syphon J ab/dSi JUU U U | 4. 5 0 .. 147 15 10 152 0 10|297 19 2 Harris and party .. Deviation-race 6135 89/644 100 0 0 52 0 0 .. ; 48 0 10 100 0 10 Henderson ancl party Constructing new 89/161 (2 mo'ths) 44 18 4 28 15 0J .. 73 13 4 tail-race R. Anderson ana party ) I 223 19 2 ) Manton ana party .. I Nardoo Hat syphon 87/1176:800 0 0 560 0 0 .. - 5 14 7 j- 800 0 0 Bowden and party .. J ( 10 6 3 j ■ Leach and party .. Deviation-race 5354 24/7/89 35 0 0 26 5 0 .. j 8 15 0 35 0 0 J. Stuart .. .. I Old tail-race for by- .. 6 10 0 1 10 0 4 19 2! .. 6 9 2; wash America ana party.. Opening claim .. 90/523 1 month .. 38 10 5 .. 38 10 5 Weldridge and party „ .. 90/523 „ .. 21 12 6 .. 21 12 6 Davidson and party Poor ground .. 90/523 „ .. 26 15 0; .. 26 15 0 Moynihan and party Opening claim .. 90/523 „ .. 25 13 i\ .. 25 13 4 Baucke and party .. „ .. 90/612 „ .. 26 0 0j .. 26 0 0 Williams and party.. I Poor ground .. 90/612 „ .. 26 0 0 .. 26 0 0 Stennard and party.. ! Opening claim .. 90/731 „ .. 32 10 0 .. 32 10 0 Carlssen and party.. Poor ground .. 91/77 „ .. 40 10 o: .. 40 10 0 McGlone and party „ .. 91/73 „ .. 34 15 0 .. 34 15 0 Mcllveney and party Opening claim .. 91/75 2 months .. 27 1 8; .. 27 1 8 45 0 0 Corrigan and party.. „ .. 90/732 1 month .. 33 11 8' .. 33 11 8 Trickey and party .. „ .. 90/787 „ .. 36 11 8 .. 36 11 8 Ireland and party ... „ .. 90/213 „ .. 6 0 0'.. 6 0 0 33 0 0 Watson and party .. I Poor ground .. 91/199 „ .. .. .. .. 32 10 0 697 13 4l409 5 5t793 0 51,899 19 5 5 No. 2 Sludge-channel, flush-water .. .. .. .. 10 sluice-heads. No. 3 Sluage-channel, „ .. .. .. ..23 „ V1AEA EAC £ s. a. 900 0 0 100 0 0 (2 mo'ths) 1800 0 0 35 0 0 6 10 0 1 month 2 months 1 month 33 Waimea Eacb. A. Bernard .. 1 Opening claim .. 90/523 1 month .. : 2 0 0j .. 2 0 0: J. Gargivitch .. I „ .. 90/523 >, .. 13 0 01 .. 13 0 0 P. Mitchell .. ] „ .. 90/523 '< „ .. 3 15 7 .. 3 15 7| 1 6 3 18 15 7 .. 18 15 71 1 6 3