C.-£.

No. 11. Number of Persons ordinarily employed during the Years ended 31st December, 1905 and 1906.

3—C.

17

Alluvial Miners. Quartz-miners. Totals. Grand 'otals. District. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European.! Chinese. 1905. 1906. GOLD-MINES. Auckland— Coromandel .. .. Thames Paeroa Te Aroha Tauranga Waihi .. 130 454 601 20 1 1,500 130 454 601 20 1 1,500 150 363 506 20 1 1,544 130 454 601 20 1 1,500 Mablborough— Havelock Blenheim ■•• 2,706 2,706 2,584 2,706 7 8i 15 65 14 15 Nelson— Wangapeka and Sherry Takaka Collingwood Motueka Inangahua Ahaura Charleston Westport, including Addison's, Northern Terraces, Waimangaroa, North Beach, Mokihinui, Karamea, and Lower Buller Valley Lyell .. Murchison .. .. | Owen 10 21 41 200 300 89 80 50 "39 700 50 10 21 80 900 350 89 15 "80 50 6 19 90 3 1,000 400 89 79 10 21 80 980 400 89 15 150 10 160 160 160 53 57 78 57 4 j 65 13 65 13 120 78 Westland— Ross Stafford and Goldsborough Hokitika and Kanieri Kumara Grey mouth .. ,. I Arnold .. .. i" Okarito 929 143 803 1,782 143 1,965 1,875 46 200 200 51 1 30 40 22 2 15 48 200 215 51 1 30 40 22 68 240 254 129 49 230 255 73 740 I 190 740 190 953 930 1 32 •• 1 32 38 32 Otago— Hindon .. .. Tuapeka .. .. ,. Clyde, Roxburgh, Black's, and Alexandra Cromwell Tapanui .. .. .. j Waikaia .. .. Wyndham Waiau, .. .. j Orepuki and Preservation (. Ronndhill, .. .. | Wakatipu Goldfields—Arrow, Macetown, Cardrona, Kawarau, j Bracken's, and Motatapu Queenstown .. .. Naseby .. .. \ I St. Bathan's Hyde \\ Macrae's .. .. J Maerewhenua and Kurow Gore 1,269 283 17 1,286 283 1,682 1,569 20 280 525 1 60 35 21 12 3 41 292 528 1 60 35 42 392 717 42 352 563 280 8 275 10 20 6 286 8 275 10 20 326 8 290 306 8 300 10 "25 "25 280 34 2 282 34 280 316 50 25 19 69 25 92 94 131 9 30 161 9 159 170 195 79 47 1 242 80 388 322 48 340 •• 48 340 350 48 343 8 3 GOLDMINES. SUMMABY. Auckland, Northern Inspection District Mablbobough ) West Coast I Kelson .. I Inspection Dis- \ Westland ) teict i )tago .. Southebn Inspection District 2,442 291 140 1 2,582 292 3,052 2,874 2,584 2,706 79 1,965 1,682 3,052 15 1,875 1,569 2,874 Totals .. I 9,362 9,039