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. Number Amount of Amount of Distance nf Name of Prospecting Party. of Pro- Locality of Operations. Subsidy Subsidy driven Character of Operations. Eemarks spectors. granted.* expended. or sunk. ' West Coast Inspection District—continued. £ s. d. £ s. d. Ft. Hart and McKay .. .. .. 2 New Creek, Lyell, Blocks IX and XII, 50 14 0 50 14 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing found. Orikaka Survey District Hyndman and party .. .. .. 2 Garibaldi Gully (Rimu), Block V, Mahina- 40 0 0 40 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Small values proved. pua Survey District ! I Jones and Henderson .. .. 2 Orlando Creek, Reefton, Block XI, Reefton 46 16 0 46 16 0 .. Quartz .. Prospecting .. Nothing of value found Survey District I Horton and Henderson .. .. 2 Burnett's Pace, Mount Rochfort, Mackley 39 0 0 39 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nothing found. district Jones and Son .. .. .. 2 Cedar Creek, Ross, Block II, Totara Survey 54 12 0 54 12 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Satisfactory. District Littlewood and party .. ' .. 4 j Rocky River, Collingwood .. .. 65 0 0 65 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting Nil Methven and Jones .. .. .. 2 j Smoko Creek, Blackball, Block XI, Wai- 81 18 0 81 18 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting ! Nil! I whero Survey District Muir and Kissane .. .. .. 2 Hop-pole Creek, Waikakaho, Marlborough 49 15 0 I 40 15 0 70 Alluvial .. Prospecting Work in progress Mahakipawa Goldfields, Ltd. .. .. 8 Mahakipawa, Marlborough .. .. 200 0 0 183 10 0 140 Alluvial .. Prospecting !' Satisfactory Hutt Valley Prospecting Syndicate .. 2 Conn's Creek, Waimangaroa, Block VI, 40 0 0 40 0 0 100 Alluvial .. Prospecting !! Nil. Kawatiri Survey District O'Neill and McDonald .. .. 2 Mount French, Greenstone, Block IX, 20 0 0 20 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Small values proved. Hohonu Survey District Porter and mate .. .. .. 3 j Notown (Grey), Block XI, Mawheranui 29 0 0 23 10 0 65 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nil. Survey District Phillips and mate .. .. .. 2 1 Jones Creek, Ross, Block II, Totara Survey 17 8 7 17 8 7 89 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nil. District Royds and party .. .. .. Lake Rotoroa, Howard District .. 15 12 0 15 12 0 .. General .. Prospecting .. Nil. Sargison and Maddocks .. .. 2 Bray and Specimen Creeks, Snow's River, 36 0 0 13 10 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .! Nil! ' Collingwood Scott and Allen .. .. . . 2 O'Donohue's, Ross, Block I, Totara Survey 25 0 0 14 0 0 28 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Work in progress. I District Sixtus and Son .. .. .. 2 ! Canaan, Takaka Survey District .. 39 0 0 39 0 0 .. General .. Prospecting .. Nil. Timpson and Thorpe .. .. 2 Rimu (Hokitika), Mahinapua Survey District 71 13 6 71 13 6 .. Alluvial .. Development !! Satisfactory. Westland Gold Prospecting Syndicate .. 3 Onoeroa and Waikukupa Rivers, Block I, 200 0 0 .. .. Dredging.. Boring .. .. Work in progress I Waiho Survey District Westland Prospecting Syndicate .. 3 Awatuna, Hokitika, Block X, Waimea 162 18 7 26 15 0 .. Dredging.. Boring .. .. Values, but poor. j ; Survey District ° Watson and Lang .. .. .. j 2 Lyell-Mokininui Districts .. .. 39 0 0 33 3 0 .. General .. Prospecting .. Nil. Waikakaho Victory Co. .. .. 4 Hop-pole Creek, Waikakaho, Marlborough 100 0 0 .. .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Work in progress. Wickes and mate .. .. .. 2 Deep Creek, Wakamarina, Block II, Onama- 10 15 0 10 15 0 100 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. Nil. | lutu Survey District Wells and Culverhouse .. .. 2 Onoeroa River, South Westland, Blocks V 16 0 0 16 0 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. ! Nil. and X, Waiho Survey District ° i Haast Prospecting Syndicate .. .. 2 Bourke and Haast Rivers, South Westland, 1512 0 1512 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. | Nil. Governors Survey District Bell and Harris .. .. .. 2 Wangapeka River Area .. .. 50 14 0 50 14 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. No values proved. Da vies and Hart .. .. .. , 2 Canvastown .. .. .. .. 15120 15120 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. No values proved. J. Roberts .. .. .. .. I 1 Marsden .. .. .. .. 33 10 10 33 10 10 .. Alluvial .. Development .. Satisfactory. Robinson and Wheeler .. .. 2 Lower Oemaroa River .. .. .. 78 5 7 78 5 7 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting Nothing proved R. Stewart and party .. .. 2 Blue Spur, Hokitika 27 10 0 27 10 0 .. Alluvial .. Development .. Satisfactory. iibbles .. .. .. .. 1 Dunganville .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 10 0 0 100 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. ! Workable ground proved. P. Blake and Sons .. .. .. 3 Blocks VII, XI, and XV, Matakitaki Survey 12 10 0 12 10 0 .. Alluvial .. Prospecting .. I Values proved. District j W. Boyd and party .. .. .. 2 Above junction Kokatahi and Hokitika 29 10 0 21 8 11 93 Alluvial .. Prospecting .. j Unsatisfactory. Rivers ! Purcell and Engholt .. .. 2 Waikukupa Gorge .. .. ..15 00 600 .. j Alluvial .. Prospecting .. I Satisfactory. VV est Coast Gold Concessions, Ltd. .. 3 Okarito .. .. .. .. 34 2 6 I 34 2 6 .. Alluvial.. Prospecting .. Work incomplete.