0.—3

100

Item No. 2— continued. £ a. d. Takaka Miners' Association, Upper Anatoki ... ... ... ... 19 10 0 Slate River Sluicing Company, tunnel ... ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 Buller County, Young and McKay ... ... ... ... ... 68 10 3 Findlay and Crawford ... ... 39 4 6 C. Stewart ... ... . ... ... ... ... 21 0 0 Hooper and Party ... ... ... ... ... 20 2 6 Inangahua County, S. Neale ... ... ... ... ... 400 ~ Caledonian Syndicate ... ... ... ... 161 15 0 P. Cunningham ... ... ... ... ... 13 0 0 C. Clifford ... ... ... ... ... 13 0 0 ~ Howell and Kennedy ... ... ... ... 30 6 0 Webber and Lee ... ... ... ... 18 0 0 Upper Blackwater Miners' Association ... ... ... ... .. 3 15 0 330 0 0 Grey County, Griffiths and Williams ... ... ... ... ... 64 11 0 Duncan Steel and Party ... ... ... ... 90 4 0 ~ Lemon and Party ... ... ... ... ... 26 5 0 Upper Grey Miners' Association, D. Absolum ... ... ... ... 30 0 0 McColl and Party ... ... .:. 28 10 0 Brunner Prospecting Association .. ... ... ... ... 54 12 0 Prospecting Kumara Goldfield ... ... ... ... ... 330 19 2 Westland County, Prospecting Rimu ... ... ... ... ... 95 9 0 G. Noble ... ... ... ... ... ... 193 19 6 Boyd and Party ... ... ... ... ... 71 2 0 G. Davis ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 0 0 R. A. Harcourt ... ... ... ... ... 78 0 0 Westland Mining League .... ... ... ... ... ... 10 10 0 Rimu Miners' Association, Chow's Terrace ... ... ... ... 75 0 0 J. T. Johnson, Waipori Lead ... ... ... ... ... 163 0 5 Tamaiti Gold-mining Company ... ... ... ... ... 250 0 0 Item No. 4. Purchase of drills ... ... ... ... ... ... 4,600 15 10 8. Compensation: Proclamation of rivers ... ... ... ... ... 741 3 0 9. Kelly's Terrace Tunnel ... ... ... ... ... ... 35 0 0 10. Repairs, Argyle Water-race ... ... ... ... ... ... 150 0 0 11. Queen of Beauty pumping-plant maintenance ... ... ... ... 197 5 9 15. Alexandra Water-race ... ... ... ... ... ... 2,672 15 5 Credit: Cost and expenses purchase of plant and pumps of Queen of Beauty Claim 1,003 0 0 Expenditure for year ended 31st March, 1907 ... ... ... 11,064 9 5 Expenditure for previous years ... ... ... ... ... 766,961 0 0 Total expenditure to 31st March, 1907, on development of goldfields £778,025 9 5