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VI. STATE AID TO MINING. Roads constbuctbd by Direct Grants. The following statement shows the expenditure and liabilities on authorities issued on roads from direct grants to the several local bodies during the year ending the 31st March, 1909:—

Prospecting for Gold. The following statement shows the expenditure and liabilities on authorities issued in subsidies to prospecting associations and parties of miners in the different counties for the year ending the 31st March, 1909:—

VII. SCHOOLS OP MINES. The schools of mines, which have now been established twenty-four years, continue to contribute to the education of mining and metallurgical students at the principal mining centres, and the number of important positions occupied by students from these schools on many of the great mining-fields of the world testifies to the efficiency of the curriculum. During the year every school was presented by the Mines Department with a small circulating library of standard mining literature.

Name of Local Body. Expenditure for the Year ending 31st March, 1909. Liabilities onAuthorities on 31st March, 1909. £ s. d. 100 0 0 4,976 9 7 3,838 5 0 100 0 0 5,230 7 1 £ s. d. Whangarei County Coromandel County Thames County ... Thames Borough... Ohinemuri County Piako County Pelorus Boad Board Takaka County ... CoUingwood County Waimea County ... Buller County Inangahua County Grey County Brunner Borough Westland County Boss Borough Waihemo County Tuapeka County ... ... Vincent County ... Lake County Southland County Wallace County ... Stewart Island County Boads Department Compensation for injuries, &c. Contingencies 1,039 13 4 3,536 0 0 85 0 0 5,735 0 0 1,662 4 10 2,550 0 0 292 15 6 2,437 10 0 110 0 0 857' 0 0 922 2 11 25 0 0 700 0 0 15 8 0 162"10 0 100 0 0 445 14 6 968 0 0 240 0 0 150 0 0 12,522 3 7 315 1 0 940 1 10 Totals ... 47,374 6 3 2,682 0 11

Name of County, &c. Expenditure for Year ending 31st March, 1909. Liabilities on Authorities on 31st March, 1909. £ s. 756 7 196 17 229 5 566 15 346 14 524 14 28 4 129 9 d. 0 0 0 0 3 6 0 7 £ s. a. Coromandel Ohinemuri... Buller 45 15 63 15 10 0 o 0 0 Inangahua Grey Westland ... Ross Borough Council Lake 79 "o 6 Tuapeka ... Prospecting associations 1,106 7 8 37 10 67 12 0 8 Totals 3,884 14 0 303 18 2