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Name of Prospecting Party. Number Amount- nf specters. Localit y° f0 P eration3 - SubsTy granted. Amount of Distance Subsidy driven Nature of Claimexpended, or sunk. Character of Operations. I Remarks. Northern Inspection District. Sylvia Gold-mining Co. Caledonia - Kuranui - Moanataiari Goldmining Co. Majestic Gold-mining Co. Ohinemuri Gold and Silver Mines Alburnia Gold-mining Co. Campbell Bros. A. Geraty F. McCurdy Mount Welcome Gold-mining Co. Prescott and mate H. and J. McKenzie Sweeney and McNeil .. .. McNaughton and Roberts Imperial Gold-mining Co. W. D. F. McWilliams Four-in-hand Gold-mining Co. Muir's Gold Beefs 2 13 13 18 12 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 9 £ s. d. £ s. d. Feet. Thames .. 200 0 0 185 18 0 429 Quartz 312 0 0 260 5 0 347 Maratoto .. 1,750 0 0 1,750 0 0 1,310 - .. 216 13 4 178 2 0 411 Thames .. 216 13 4 216 13 4 500 : .. 101 8 0 63 14 0 65 0 0 65 0 0 150 .. 50 14 0 Coromandel .. 130 0 0 86 13 4 200 Mahakirau .. 50 14 0 50 14 0 .: 32 10 0 21 2 6 65 Kennedy Bay .. 31 4 0 7 16 0 Waihi .. .. 48 15 0 40 6 0 97 Karangahake .. 269 10 8 161. 4 0 372 108 6 8 69 6 8 160 „ Waikoromiko ..' 86 13 4 .. TePuke .. 9,922 0 0 9,868 13 8 Rising .. .. Work suspended. Driving .. .. Prospects encouraging. .. ' ,, .. .. Results disappointing. .. ,, .. .. Large reef; values encouraging. ,, .. .. Gold seen in ore broken out, but not payable. Prospecting .. .. Assay resulta encouraging. Driving .. .. Nothing payable discovered. Prospecting .. .. j No work done. Driving .. .. A little gold seen in ore broken out. Prospecting .. 28 cwt. produced gold valued at £36 18s. 4d. Driving .. .. Work in progress. Prospecting .. .. Nothing payable discovered. Driving and sinking .. ,, Driving .. .. Work in progress. .. I .. .. I No work done. .. \ Unwatering and driving Shaft unwatered ; sinking winze and driving at low level. West Coast Inspection District. Blackwater Miners' Association H. F. Chaffey Dominion Consolidated Developing Co. .. W. Donnelly Hart and Ahern New Keep-it-dark Tribute Party J. McQuilkin New Big River Gold-mining Co. 2 1 8 2 2 8 2 15 Waiuta .. .. 66 14 8 66 14 8 .. Takaka .. ... 35 2 0 29 5 0 Wakamarina .. 86 13 4 86 13 4 200 Quartz Shellback .. 23 8 0 23 8 0 .. :. Wakamarina .. 81 18 0 35 2 0 Reefton .. 37 11 9 37 11 9 .. Quartz Kanieri .. .. 1117 8 49 6 3 261 Alluvial Big River .. 113 17 9 37 12 5 74 Quartz Taipo Creek .. 46 16 0 31 4 0 .. Shearers Creek, 31 4 0 .. ... : Mikonui Back Creek - .. 150 0 0 150 0 0 .. Alluvial Camelback .. 50 14 0 ] 42 18 0 .. .. Alexander .. 31 4 0 7 16 0 Nobles .. .. 200 0 0 Skippers .. 258 16 8 168 1 9 345 . Quartz Lawrence ... 75 0 0 69 6 8 160 Alluvial Oturehua .. 150 0 0 .. .. Quartz 15,142 10 2 13,860 8 4 ■'•••' I - : Prospecting .. ' . .. Small gold-bearing reef found. ,, .. .. Nothing of value discovered. .. i Driving .. .. No development of value. ;■ Prospecting .. .. Nothing of value discovered. .. j .. Several gold-bearing shoots located. ' .. Prospecting drive .. Nothing of value found. .. | Driving .. .. Work in progress. Several gold-bearing blocks of stone located. Prospecting .. .. Nothing of value located. No work reported. Race-cutting .. .. Work not yet completed. A little gold found. Prospecting .. .. Nothing of value discovered. No work reported. Driving .. .. Developing reef ; good prospects. ,, .. .. Nothing of value found. .. i Sinking .. .. No work done. J. O'Kane and C. Cox F. F. Orr and A. King 2 Rimu United Sluicing Co. J. T. Timpaon and J. Lyes D. J. Willis and D. Moore A. E. Morel (Noble's Sluicing Co.) 5 2 2 • Southern Inspection District. Reid and Lynch R. Christie Progress Quartz-mining Co. 2 2 146 | \J \J 15,142 10 2 13,860 8 4