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No. 10. 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, 1897.

* A small percentage of gold is obtained with the silver ; valued together at 3s. per ounce. t Hogburn head =16 in. by 1 in.; 2£ Hogburn beads = 1 Government head. Private races. J Government head = 40in. by 1 in. 60 cubic feet discharge per minute. Government race.

Mining District. Price of Gold per Ounce. Price charged per Ton for crushing Quartz or Cement. Price charged for Water per Sluicehead per Week. Remarks. .uckland — North Hauraki South Hauraki Ohinemuri £ s. d. £2 16s. to £3 2s. 6d. £2 11s. to £2 15s. £2 8s. to £3 £ s. a. £ s. d. 0 6 0 0 8 0 3 0 0 No public batteries. Water not sold. Te Aroha Puhipuhi £2 11s. to £3 9s. 0 7 6 0 12 0 * Iarlboro— Pelorus and Wairau 3 17 0 Jelson — Wangapeka Motueka Charleston Inangahua Collingwood Takaka Westport Murchison Lyell 3 15 0 3 14 0 3 19 0 £3 18s. to £4 Is. 10d. 3 13 0 3 14 6 3 19 0 3 17 0 3 17 0 0 i 6 8s. to 10s. 2 15 0 40 in. 0 5 0 Vestland—Hokitika, Kanieri, and | Waimea Totara and Ross Stafiord Greymouth Kumara 3 18 0 3 18 0 3 18 6 £3 18s. to £3 19s. 3 18 0 0 12 0 3 0 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 2 0 0 40 in. 20 in. by 2 in. 20 in. by 2 in. opening. Pressure 6 in. One cubic foot per second. Ahaura Okarito .. 3 18 0 1 10 0 ITA.GO— Hindon Tuapeka Longwood Preservation Orepuki and Roundhill Waiau Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) and Queenstown Mount Ida .. \ Macrae's, Hyde .. [ Hamilton, Serpentine ) Maerewhenua 3 17 6 3 18 6 3 10 6 4 0 0 3 18 6 3 14 0 £3 15s. to £3 17s. 6d. 0 15 0? 3 0 0 1 10 0 ? Nominal. l io o 12s. 6d. to 15s. 3 17 0 I 10 0 I 1 10 0 10 0 V + + 20 in. by 2 in., and 4 in. pressure. 3 17 0 Cromwell Waikaia.. Tapanui Wyndham Roxburgh Clyde and Alexandra f Black's .. 3 17 0 3 14 6 3 15 0 3 17 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 10 0 3 17 6 3 17 6 Is. per ton for water