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5L J. Mumm's mill adjoins Marris's mill just described. It is a small mill, and is cutting rimu principally off Crown lands for local consumption, chiefly for mining purposes. 52. J. Hobb's mill is situated abDut foui miles up Chasm Creek, and cuts yellow-pine timber and sleepers off Crown lands. This bush is just about cut out. 53. R. Blackburn's mill is situated at Karamea. Mill is worked by water-power. This mill has cut no timber during the year. Principal forest growing in the locality is rimu and yellow-pine. i j 54. Karamea Sawmilling Company's mill is situated at Karamea, and is cutting rimu off Crown and freehold lands. This timber is shipped from the mill to Christchurch and Wellington by scows. There is a large area of timber available. 55. J. Bourke's mill adjoins Karamea Sawmilling Company's mill, but has not started operations yet. The principal timber in the locality is rimu, of which there is a large area.. 56. W. Simpson's mill adjoins Bourke's mill just described. The mill cuts yellow-pine sleepers off Crown lands. The sleepeis are shipped, to Westport, and sold to the Railway Department. This mill has a large area of bush to operate upon. 57. W. Gibson's sawmill is situated eight miles from Westport, and is cutting yellow-pine sleepers and rimu off Crown lands for local consumption. A large area of forest is available. 58. Shine's mill is about four miles south from W. Gibson's mill just described. The mill is cutting timber off Crown lands, principally yellow-pine sleepers, which are carted by wagons along a good road to Westport and sold to the Railway Department. A fairly large area of timber still remains to be cut out. 59. J. Mitchell's mill is situated two miles south of Shine's mill just described. This mill is erected on freehold property, and is cutting off freehold lands. The mill is worked by water-power, and the timber used for local building purposes. 60. Four-mile Sawmilling Company's mill is situated about eight miles further south than Mitchell's mill, and is cutting yellow-pine sleepers principally off Crown lands. These are carted to Charleston, and shipped to Westport, and sold to the Railway Department. There is a large area of bush in this locality yet to be cut out. 61. Erskine and Hawkin's sawmill is situated along the Buller River, six miles from Westport, and is cutting rimu and yellow-pine off Crown lands. This is a small mill worked by water-power, and will take some time to cut out the bush available for milling. 62. E. Lockington's mill is erected three miles from Reefton, and is cutting birch, rimu, and kahikatea off Crown lands. Timber is used for mining and general building purposes. This mill has a fairly large area of timber to cut out. 63. Lockington has another mill within a mile of the mill just described. This mill has been cutting for some ten years past, birch being the principal timber cut. It is used for mining and building purposes. This mill has practically cut out the bush available. 64. Archer's mill is situated at a place six miles along the Inangahua River, and cuts yellow-pine sleepers off Crown lands. The sleepers are carted to Reefton in wagons, and taken delivery of by the Railway Department at their station. This bush will be cut out within twelve months from present date at present rate of cutting. 65. McMahon's mill is situated on the Inangahua River, and cuts timber off Crown lands—rimu, kawaka, and yellow-pine sleepers. The two first-named timbers are used in construction of bridges and house-building in Reefton, and the sleepers are delivered to the Railway Department. 66. Perotti's mill is situated along the Reefton-Greymouth Railway line a distance of eleven miles. This is one of the oldest-established mills in the district, and is cutting rimu off Crown lands at schedule rates of royalty. The greater part of the timber goes to Greymouth for building purposes, while a small percentage goes to Reefton to supply the timber-yard kept there by the mill-owner. The supply of timber for this mill is very limited. 67. Proceeding south along the Reefton-Greymouth Railway line for a distance of four miles, and thence easterly along the Blackwater Creek for five miles, the Consolidated Goldfield Company's sawmill is reached. This mill is cutting off Crown lands any kind of timber suitable for mining purposes. A large area of timbered lands is available in this locality. 68. H. Bowater's mill is situated south about three miles from the Consolidated Goldfield Company's mill just described. This mill is fully equipped, containing as it does all the modern appliances. Rimu is cut off Crown lands for export to Christchurch. A fairly large area of bush still remains in this locality. 69. J. de Fillippi's mill is erected between the Township of Lyell and Inangahua, and cuts birch, rimu, and kahikatea off freehold lands. This timber is used mostly in connection with mining. Very little has been cut lately, there being no demand for it, mining being practically at a standstill in the district. 70. Line's mill is situated on the Buller River, and is cutting totara and rimu off freehold lands for local house-building purposes. A large area of timber still remains to be cut out. 71. Newman's mill is north from Westport seven miles along the railway-line, and is cutting rimu and kahikatea off freehold lands, which is used in connection with local buildings.