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W. M. Wallnutt and Syn. Waitekauri £133 6s. 8d., 400 ft, driving at 6s. 8d. £50 14s., two men £1 19s. a week each for three months £130, 300 ft. driving at 8s. 8d. per foot £50 14s., two men at £1 19s. a week each for three months £50 14s., two men at £1 19s. a week each for three months £50 14s., two men at £1 19s. a week each for three months £50 14s., two men at £1 19s. a week each for three months •• Quartz Driving .. Work in progress T. H. Glass and Paora Pierie 2 Taupo 31 4 0 Surface prospecting Failed to locate source of gold found by Caulder. Waitangi Consolidated Gold-min-ing Company Golden Lily Syndicate .. Thames Driving .. No work done at No. 2 level since subsidy granted. 2 Cabbage Bay I Surface prospecting Work in progress. Prospects encouraging. W. and H. Madill 2 Coromandel ,, Work in progress. Campbell Bros. 2 Puru 50 14 0 Tested 12 ft, lode for 400 ft. Results encouraging. W. F. McNeil and mate 2 Coromandel ,, Work in progress. West Coast Inspection District. Lyell .. [ £ s. d. 37 6 8 128 6 8 24 0 0 39 0 0 100 0 0 13 6 8 36 0 0 57 5 0 20 14 0 37 6 8 112] 367 J 40 458 138 112 Alpine Consols (Limited) 5 166 13 4 1121 367 j Quartz Driving .. Several blocks of reef struck, but values poor. Blackwater Miners' Association .. Connolly and Koeti H. F. Chaffey.. R. Duffy and Pennington Fiddes and Doolan Howat and Hyndman Kulsen and party Mount Greenland Extended Syndicate McC'ormack, Irwin, and Thorpe .. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Waiuta South Westland .. Mount Arthur Larry's Creek Paparoa Riding .. Woodstock Kanieri Ross 39 0 0 40 Asbestos Quartz Alluvial Quartz Prospecting .. Rich quartz found in Alexander Stream. ,, .. Nothing of any value found. ,, .. Number deposits showing crysolite opened up. Driving .. Large reef driven on, but values proved unfavourable. Prospecting .. Small mineralized vein found carrying good gold. Driving .. Payable alluvial reported to have been found. „ .. Payable alluvial reported. „ .. Several reefs met, but values poor and reef broken. 458 138 112 3 Waiho 76 1 0 58 10 0 Alluvial Prospecting .. Good alluvia! gold found several places, but deposits small. „ .. Nothing of value found. „ .. Small reef located, but value not knowTi. Driving .. A little gold got, but not payable. Work not completed. .. ,, .. Limited amount of ground found, with payable values. „ .. Values got payable for sluicing but not for blocking out. H. F. Porter and party F. D. Walker and H. Honey Thomas Waugh 9 2 2 Karamea Capleston Marsden 15 12 0 21 0 0 16 16 0 lis 112 Webster and party 4 Rimu 103 6 8 23 0 0 75 3 6 153 291 153 291 Southern Inspection District. Lafranchi Bros. Otago Central Gold-mines 3 5 4 Cardrona Bannockburn Bendigo 76 1 0 483 6 8 £100 and half-cost of timber 243 6 8 31 4 0 75 0 0 50 14 0 46 8 0 I 477 5 10 1 1,280 1,280 Alluvial Quartz Alluvial Surface prospecting Prospecting for auriferous lead. Work in progress. Driving .. Prospecting reefs at low level. No payable ore found. ,, .. Prospecting for auriferous lead. Work in progress. W. G. W. Barnard H. Fraser and 1. McAuley Ballingall and Nicol R. Symes and party 4 2 3 2 Macetown Nenthorn Nevis Old Man Range .. 243 6 8 31 4 0 730 730 Quartz Alluvial Quartz „ .. Driving on reef. No payable ore found. Surface prospecting Prospecting for auriferous lead. Driving .. Prospecting for auriferous lead. Work in progress. Surface prospecting Prospecting for reef. •• * -