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No 11. Number of Miners employed during the Years ended 31st December, 1904 and 1905.

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District. Alluvial Miners. European. Chinese. Quartz-miners. Totals. European. Chinese. European.j Chinese. Grand Totals. 1904. 1905. Auckland— Coromandel Thames Paeroa.. Te Aroha Tauranga Waihi 150 363 506 20 1 1,544 2,584 150 363 506 20 1 1,544 2,584 220 280 1,905 28 1 1,300 150 363 506 20 1 1,544 Maelboeough— Havelock Blenheim Cullensville 65 4 "lO 65 14 3,734 52 10 10 2,584 65 14 Nelson— Wangapeka and Sherry Takaka Collingwood Motueka Nelson Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's,\ Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, !• Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley j Lyell .. Murchison 69 10 79 72 79 I. 6 19 49 3 41 6 19 90 3 15 20 149 4 10 1,039 500 87 6 19 90 3 250 300 89 'ioo 50 '650 50 900 350 89 ioo 50 1,000 400 89 150 10 150 10 180 160 70 100 "20 8 78 100 "20 113 120 78 120 Westland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Greymouth .. .. \ Arnold .. .. J Okarito 1,036 67 200 200 114 180 1 40 30 15 749 j 1,735 67 200 224 114 180 1 40 30 15 2,237 132 240 257 227 1,965 68 240 254 129 "24 770 183 770 183 925 953 37 1 I 37 1 31 38 Otago— Hindon Tuapeka Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui Waikaia Wyndham Waiau, Orepuki, Preservation,") Athol, Te Anau, Manapouri, Nokomai, Ronndhill, Riverton, j and Colac Bay ) Wakatipu Goldfields —Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown Naseby .. .. \ St. Bathan's Hyde Macrae's .. .. j Gore Stewart Island Campbell Island 1,388 20 300 650 270 1 80 60 24 21 12 7 1,412 41 312 657 270 1 80 60 1,812 42 646 775 1,682 42 392 717 300 8 260 20 "30 6 306 8 260 20 "30 335 5 190 8 326 8 290 243 36 1 244 36 185 280 45 25 22 67 25 66 92 120 9 30 150 9 125 159 204 92 92 296 92 376 388 350 8 350 8 283 6 1 350 8 Summaey. 2,508 353 191 2,699 353 3,043 3,052 Auckland Maelboeough Nelson Westland Otago 69 1,036 1,388 2,508 180 270 353 2,584 10 749 24 191 2,584 79 1,785 1,412 2,699 180 270 353 3,734 72 2,237 1,812 3,043 2,584 79 1,965 1,682 3,052 Totals 5,001 803 3,558 8,559 803 10,898 9,362