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■ The following is a statement showing the number of subsidized prospectors, the amount of subsidy granted and paid, also the character and result of such prospecting operations from the Ist April, 1917, to the 31st March, 1918 :—

Name of Prospecting Party. Number of Pro- I speetors. Locality of Operations. Amount of Subsidy granted. I Amount Of niatano Subsidy ~SZ!r Mature 0 f claim. Character of Operations. , Remarks, expended. anven. Remarks. Northern Inspection District. Tierney and Regan orthern Inspection District. ley and Regan angi Gold-mining Company 2 Mi 6 | Ti 9 6 4 2 4 o Ma.hakirau Thames .. Coromandel i Waitekauri : Te Puke .. Waitekauri la.hakirau 'hames .. £1,000, at £2 subsidy for £1 subscribed .. £166 13s. 4d., 6s. 8d. per foot .. £1-50, at 10s. per foot £37 10s., at 7s. 6d. per foot £125, at 5s. per foot £25, at os. per foot .. £1,000, at £2 subsidy for £1 subscribed .. £166 13s. 4d., 6s. 8d. per £ s. d. 373 0 0 60 0 0 Nil 125 0 0 25 0 0 £ s. d. Ft, 373 0 0 360 Quartz .. Surface prospecting Nothing payable discovered; work suspended. 60 0 0 180 „ .. Driving .. Driving on large lode. Ore saved and treated, value lis. 3d. per ton. Ft. 360 j Waitangi Gold-mining Company 180 "™ Hauraki Reefs Company -aki Reefs Company 4 Cc loromandel foot .. £1-50, at 10s. Nil .. „ .. „ .. Xo work done. , i I ™,. (r.nh W. M. Walnutt and party 1. Walnutt and party 2 I W V'aitekauri ner foot per root £37 10s., at I 7s. 6d. per i I „ .. „ .. Sinking .. J' Work in progress ; no results. i i George Muir ge Muir ess Development Svndieat ay Bell Claim) est Coast Inspection District. rial Claims (Limited) •d and party le Consols kman Bros. i Creek Gold-mining Syndical y and Pennington redge and party .. es and .Jordan . . . . art and W;Ti(lniiiiiii 4 j T< te 3 : W 6 2 L; 2 ! St tte .. | VV 2 i R ... E 2 A 9 H 'e Puke Waitekauri \akamarina .. nyell ■tafford .. Vakainarina teefton toss thaura .. foot £125, at 5s. per foot £25, at os. per foot £ s. d. 520 0 0 200 0 0 50 0 0 ; 125 0 0 500 „ .. Driving .. Two lodes intersected; payable assay values. 25 0 0 100 „ .. „ .. Driving still in progress; results nil. 30 0 0 90 Quartz .. Driving .. Crosscuts to intersect scheelite-bearing lode; lode when met very small. 70 0 0 210 „ .. „ .. Crosscutting old Tyr Connel tunnel and driving on lodeline at a lower level. Good stone picked up and driven on. 40 5 6 537 Alluvial .. „ ... Nothing of value located. 16 13 4 50 Quartz _ .. „ .. Driving on scheelite-bearing vein. 33 6 8 100 „ .. „ .. Driving on quartz vein; said to show good values. 3 0 0 15 Alluvial Prospecting „ .. General prospecting in Paparoa Range. Several quartz veins reported to be located, but values low. 500 Success Development Syndicate (May Bell Claim) 100 West Coast Inspection District. Alluvial Claims (Limited) Alford and party 6 Wakamarina £ s. d. ! 520 0 0 30 0 0 Alpine Consols .. 2 i Lyell .. 200 0 0 70 0 0 Blackman Bros. Deep Creek Gold-mining Syndicate Duffy and Pennington Etheredge and party Fiddes and Jordan .. 2 2 2 Stafford .. Wakamarina Reefton . . Ross Ahaura .. 50 0 0 40 5 6 16 13 4 33 6 8 3 0 0 Howatt and Hvndmann J. J. Mcintosh' art and Hyndmann Mcintosh' i Jack and party .. sen's Creek Scheelite Synd 2 H 12 2 H 2 12 Hokitika tokitika law Haw Vairau i 42 10 0 162 6 0 42 10 0 162 6 0 i 162 5 0 162 5 0 .. I Alluvial .. , Sinking .. About twenty-five shafts sunk; considerable area of pav-ground proved. 27 10 0 250 „ .. j Driving 37 10 0 150 : Quartz .. „ John Jack and party Jackson's Creek Scheelite Syndicate Kotuku Oilfields Syndicate Haw Haw Wairau . . Kotuku . . 100 0 0 27 10 0 37 10 0 83 15 0 Kulsen and Havill McCormaek and party Pfahlert and party Westland Gold-prospecting Syndicate le lku Oilfields Syndicate len and Havill ormaok and party .. lert and party tiand Gold-prospecting Syn te ster and party outhern Inspection District. yrnes and party ;o Central Gold-mines K 2 K 1 E 2 K idi- 12 1 j R 2 B 6 B 2 1 2 12 1 Kanieri . . Rimu Kanieri . . Rimu ianieri .. ?imu Canieri .. limu .. .. Said Hill Flat Jannoekburn 50 0 0 500 0 0 80 0 0 100 0 0 50 0 0 500 0 0 80 0 0 .. £110 and £60 243 6 8 45 10 0 18 18 0 235 5 0 50 8 0 83 15 0 .. .. Boring .. j From 1,000 ft. to 1,335 ft. in oil-well at Kaimata ; no oil struck. 45 10 0 .. Alluvial .. Sinking .. ] 263 ft. of shaft-sinking; fair values got. 18 18 0 126 „ • • Driving .. j Driving on alluvial; results unsatisfactory. 97 ,, .. „ .. Prospecting at Kanieri Forks ; results said to be good. Water-race now being constructed to ground. 235 5 0 .. ] Prospecting ... i Continuation of work carried on by J. J. Mcintosh as already mentioned. Twenty-six shafts sunk ; also about one hundred bores put down at Arahura with payable results. 50 8 0 336 j Alluvial .. Driving .. No payable results. 110 0 0 .. Quartz .. i Surface prospecting : Work in progress ; loose auriferous quartz found. and trenching 57 0 0 171 „ .. Driving - .. Work in progress; driving- to test Carrick reefs at low level. Webster and party .. .. \ Southern Inspection District. R. Symes and party .. 2 Bald Hiil Flat .. £110 and £60 110 0 0 Otago Central Gold-mines 6 Bannookburn 243 6 8 57 0 0