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Table (5).—Timber Rents and Royalties paid to Local Bodies as Goldfields Revenue, Years 1913 to 1923, as compiled from Returns supplied by Receivers of Gold Revenue.

* Nine months. t Six months. Summary. £ s. d. Ohinemuri County Council .. ■• •• .. •- •• 1,470 13 0 Thames County Council -. .. ••-. - ■ ■ ■ 220 5 5 Collingwood County Council .. .. .. .. - • 121 0 0 Inangahua County Council .. .. . - .. • ■ - • 2, 156 13 7 Grey County Council .. .. .. .. ■• ■- 15,287 17 4 Buller County Council .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,236 0 4 Murchison County Council .. .. .. .. ■. ■•10 15 8 Westland County Council .. .. .. .. .. .. 9,225 3 3 Westport Harbour Account .. .. .. .. ■- 2,053 111 Total .. .. .. .. .. ■■ £32,781 10 6 A. H. KIMBELL, 14th August, 1923. Under-Secretary, Mines Department.

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Counties. Year. Ohinemuri. Thames. Collingwood. I Inangahua. Grey. I Buller. Murchison. Westland. I Westport Harbour. 1913 .. 1914 .. 1915 .. 1916 .. 1917 .. 1918 .. 1919 .. 1920 .. 1921 .. 1922*.. 1923f.. £ s. d. 152 11 1 160 4 3 185 18 0 181 12 0 180 10 6 180 0 0 160 0 0 46 6 0 60 0 0 163 11 2 £ s. d. 22 4 0 40 1 4 42 0 4 91 9 9 £ s. d. 121 0 0 £ s. 715 11 d. 7 £ s. d. 129 6 6 687 8 7 1.079 14 1 1,060 1 7 1,811 18 10 1.356 8 3 901 15 10 2.314 16 0 2,411 6 11 1,942 14 1 1,592 6 8 £ s. d. 508 5 5 331 3 6 240 19 5 113 4 2 233 11 7 107 11 7 74 17 3 211 13 0 255 10 4 154 10 1 4 14 0 i £ s. d. 2 10 0 2 10 0 5 15 8 £ 8. d. 105 14 2 89 13 10 293 16 6 413 6 3 591 9 6 1,037 17 8 939 2 5 1,803 7 6 1,888 6 2 1,513 0 10 549 8 5 £ s. d. 277 7 8 258 18 5 375 11 10 52 0 8 199 16 1 181 0 1 143 18 9 145 15 2 174 7 1 171 14 6 72 11 8 12 0 0 10 0 0 2 10 0 277 4 348 15 290 5 524 17 6 6 0 0 1,470 13 0 220 5 5 121 0 0 2,156 13 7 15,287 17 4 2,236 0 4 10 15 8 9,225 3 3 2,053 1 11 ;