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Collingwood. Golden Gully Claim (Area, 96 acres). —Prospecting work has been carried on, 270 ft. of a level driven, and two shafts sunk 80 ft. and 60 ft. respectively. Five men were employed. Taitapu Gold Estates (Limited), West Wanganui. —This company has purchased a very large area of country in the West Wanganui district, and is pushing ahead prospecting and development work vigorously, and giving employment to a large number of men. The following account of the property is furnished by the manager, Mr. James Coutts, since appointed Inspector of Mines for the Auckland District: — This company's property comprises 88,350 acres of land, a considerable portion of which, facing the coast, is of excellent quality for grazing purposes, but the greater part of it is bush, and is of a broken character. The rivers which traverse the property run in a north-westerly direction towards the west coast. In all these rivers and tributaries gold has been obtained from time to

Date of License. Area. Section. Block. Survey District. Name of Claim. Name of Registered Owner. Beef ton —continued. 17/8/96 5/11/96 19/3/97 10/4/96 2/6/96 A. B. P. 16 2 0 22 3 20 29 3 11 16 2 0 6 3 22 15 160 28 16 54 VII. II. VII. II. Reefton .. Westralian Waitahu .. Wedge Reefton .. Young New Zealand .. „ .. Ziman Waitahu .. Zenith Charles W. Martin. Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand (Ltd.). Henry Smith. Bernard Rogers. George J. Willis. 25/1/97 22/6/96 22/6/96 26/10/96 7/12/96 7/12/96 28/9/96 28/9/96 27/4/96 27/7/96 22/6/96 25/1/97 26/10/96 25/1/97 28/9/96 7/12/96 19/11/96 25/1/97 25/1/97 26/10/90 24/8/90 28/9/96 22/6/96 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 98 2 32 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 95 3 17 100 0 0 97 1 24 99 0 0 98 2 36 97 1 26 100 0 0 98 1 4 99 1 10 93 2 0 20 0 17 29 1 7 30 0 0 IX. X. XIV. Ahaura. 80 6 15 18 16 33 4 19 3 7 13 38 20 41 5 27 17 20 40 23 12 2 2 X. XIV. X. XIV. X. XIV. II. XIV. Waiwhero .. I Alpha „ .. j Ballarat „ .. j Croesus „ .. Gorrie's Reward „ .. Comstock .. j Caledonia „ .. | Golden Grown „ .. | Imperial „ .. Moonlight .. „ .. Minerva Mawheranui ; Mount Sewell Waiwhero .. i Napoleon „ .. Nil Desperandum „ .. Premier „ .. Paparoa „ .. Sunlight „ .. Sunbeam .. South Pole .. „ .. Victoria „ .. Aurora „ .. Lady Wylde.. .. Roaring Meg John T. Tidd. Thomas Williams, Henry Neilson and others. James McMeekin and others. Henry Watterson and another. Duncan McLean. John Caples. Hubert Boustridge. Richard Devereux and others. John Herbertson and others. Gerald Perotti. F. H. Kells. William Fraser. John Leitch. James Marshall. Joseph Mandl. Henry Deering. Donald MacGregor. Thomas Jolliffe. James Armstrong. Gerald Perotti. John O'Brien and others. Gerald Perotti and others. X. XIV. X. XIV. IV. XIV. 1/3/97 1/3/97 1/9/94 1/3/97 1/3/97 9/9/96 21/12/96 21/12/96 1/3/97 9/1/96 22/11/94 24/1/95 24/1/95 24/1/95 24/1/95 24/10/95 22/11/94 22/10/96 100 0 0 100 0 0 32 0 0 99 0 0 100 0 0 88 2 27 99 0 0 99 0 0 100 0 0 16 2 33 16 2 1 15 0 28 16 0 3 15 0 28 16 0 1 8 3 24 30 0 0 16 0 36 V. II. V. Greymouth. Mawheranui Doogan's „ .. Howell's „ .. Julian .. Kells's „ .. O'Donnell's .. „ .. Paparoa „ .. Tymons's „ .. Ward's „ .. Bland's „ .. Church's .. Curtis's „ .. Dearing's „ .. Feary's „ .. Green's „ .. Jones's „ .. McGain's James L. Doogan. H. W. Howell. Walter E. Church. W. H. Kells. Jeremiah O'Donnell. The Paparoa Gold-mining Co. (Ltd.). James Creagh. T. W. Tymons. John Ward. Thomas Bland. Walter E. Church. Charles Curtis. Henry Dearing. Harry Feary. Richard Green. Thomas Jones. John McGain and others. John McGain. 100 0 0 50 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 100 0 0 40 0 0 10 0 0 14 0 0 VII. II. VI. VII. VI. Boss. 25/4/96 23/12/96 23/12/96 25/4/96 23/12/96 16/10/96 23/12/96 21/10/95 9/1/89 26/4/90 Totara .. Alpha .. Captain Russell „ .. Cedar Creek.. „ .. Helvetia „ .. Johannesburg .. Omega .. Republic „ .. United Helvetia „ .. Donnelly's Creek „ .. Gladstone William Denham Verschoyle. Antonio Zala. W. D. Verschoyle and others. Antonio Zala. Thomas W. Bruce and another. Patrick Healy and another. Antonio Zala. David Yarworth. Charles Porter. VII. II.