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APPENDICES TO THE MINKS STATEMENT.

APPENDIX A. REPORTS RELATING TO .METALLIFEROUS MINES AND STONE-QUARRIES.

The Inspecting Engineer of Mines to the Under-Secretary of Mines. Bm,— Wellington, 6th. June, 1918. I have the honour to present my annual report on metalliferous mines, together with annexures and statistical information, for the year ended 31st December, 1917. In accordance with the usual, practice, the tables showing expenditure on roads, bridges, tracks, prospecting operations, &c, are for the period covered by the financial year—viz., from the Ist April, 1917, to the 31st March, 1918. The reports, &c, are divided into the following sections : — I. Production of Minerals. 11. Persons employed. 111. Accidents. IV. Cold-mining. (1.) Quartz-mining. (2.) Dredge Mining. (3.) Alluvial Mining. V. Minerals other than Gold. VI. Stone-cjuarries. (1.) Quarry Inspection and Statistics. (2.) Accidents. (3.) Portland-cement Manufacture at Golden Bay VII. State Aid to Mining. (I.) Subsidized Prospecting. (2.) Government Prospectiug-drills. (3.) Subsidized .Roads on Goldfields, (4.) Government Water-races. VIII. Schools of Mines. Annexures, — (A.) Summary of Reports by Inspectors of Minos (B.) Reports of Water-race Managers.