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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, 1899.

I 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. £ s. d. £2 16s. to £3 2s. 6d. £ s. d. £ s. d. No public batteries; no water sold. Auckland —North Hauraki .. South Hauraki .. Ohinemuri Te Aroha Puhipuhi Tauranga £2 15s. £2 8s. to £3 £3 12s. 0 5 6 0 8 0 0 7 6 £8 to £4 Ditto. •• None, sold on field. No mines crushing. Marlborough—Pelorus and Wairau .. 3 17 0 No quartz worked in district. Nelson — Wangapeka Motueka Charleston Inangahua Collingwood Takaka Westport Murchison Lyell .. £3 12s. to £3 15s. 3 12 0 3 19 0 £3 18s. to £4 4s. 3 13 6 3 13 6 3 18 9 3 18 0 3 18 0 0 16 8s. to 10s. 2 *5 0 40 in. o io o Westland —Hokitika, Kanieri, and i Waimea.. .. j Totara and Boss Stafford Greymouth Kumara 3 18 0 3 0 0 40 in. 3 18 0 3 18 0 3 18 0 3 18 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 40in. head. Ahaura Okarito 3 18 0 3 18 0 0 12 6 1 10 0 20 in. by 2 in. opening. Sluice, 20in.by 2in. Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Longwood Preservation and Waiau .. Orepuki and Boundhill Arrow (Wakatipu Goldfield) and Queenstown Mount Ida Macrae's, Hyde .. Hamilton, Serpentine ; Maerewhenua 3 15 0 3 18 6 3 10 6 3 15 0 3 18 6 3 15 0 3 0 0 12s. 6d. to 15s. 20 in. by 2 in. 3 17 0 |£l, private Hogburn race £1 10s., Government race, 40 in. by 1 in. 20 in. by 2 in., 4 in pressure. Water used by owners. 3 17 0 10 0 Cromwell 3 17 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 Waikaia Tapanui Wyndham Boxburgh .. \ Clyde and Alexandra [ Black's .. .. ) 3 17 6 3 15 0 £3 16s. to £3 18s. 1 15 0 3 17 0 | Water used by 1 owners.