New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 8

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 8

MINES AND QUARRIES (COMPARATIVE TABLE, 1896, 1891, 1886).

TABLE XXXVII.—Showing the Number of each Description of Mines and Quarries, the Number of Hands employed, the Approximate Value of the Produce, and the Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant, as returned at the Census of 1896, compared with the Results obtained in 1891 and 1886.

Description of Works. Number of Works. Number of Hands employed. Approximate Value of Output. Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant.
1896. 1891. 1886. 1895. 1890. 1885. 1895. 1890. 1885. 1895. 1890. 1885.
£ £ £ £ £ £
Gold quartz mining and crushing works ... 168 135 101 2,814 1,971 1,156 492,478 278,893 374,837 335,474 241,715 211,021
Hydraulic gold-mining ... ... ... 105 74 124 744 } 495 } 617 } 113,769 } 73,713 } 74,190 } ... 154,270 } 224,787 }
Gold-dredging ... ... ... ... 35 ... ... 258 } 70,016 } 86,003†
Collieries§ ... ... ... ... ... 164 95 79 1,799 1,655 1,448 370,400 279,777 255,326 148,367 155,671 148,773
Antimony-, copper-, and manganese-mining 1 3 4 3 91 143 ‡ 11,439 1,700 ‡ 6,750 2,050
Stone (building) quarries ... ... ... 12 9 14 59 35 196 6,041 4,487 19,217 4,070 6,744 13,566
Totals ... ... ... ... 485 316 322 5,677 4,247 3,560 1,052,704 648,309 725,270 **573,914*** 565,150 600,197

* Value of machinery and plant used in hydraulic gold-mining not returned; capital invested, £505,674.
† Capital invested, £161,999.
‡ Money figures cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise.
§ Figures for 1895-96 taken from Mines Report; census returns found incomplete, and results not reliable. Value of output taken at 10s. per ton.

GOLD QUARTZ-MINES AND MACHINERY.

TABLE XXXVIII.—Showing the Gold Quartz-mines and Quartz-crushing Machinery in Operation in April, 1896, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Number of Tons of Quartz crushed, the Quantity of Gold produced during the Year 1895, and the Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Machine-power used. Horse-power. Quartz crushed. Gold produced in 1895. Silver produced in 1895. Value of Gold and Silver produced in 1895. Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant.
M. £ Steam. Water. Oil. Electricity. Compressed Air. Horse. Manual and Unspecified. H.P. Tons. Oz. Oz. £ | £
Auckland(1) ... ... ... ... 105 2,149 164,966 34 34 1 ... 1 ... 35 2,650 118,601 124,079 81,302 390,900 | 187,748
Marlborough(2) ... ... ... ... 2 7 560 1 1 ... ... ... ... ... 31 } 35,199 } 19,078 } ... 76,487 } | 90,876 }
Nelson(3) ... ... ... ... ... 31 368 41,685 10 14 ... ... ... ... 7 599 } |
Westland(4) ... ... ... ... ... 6 28 2,313 1 2 ... ... ... ... 3 34 1,142 913 ... 3,527 | 1,300
Otago(5) ... ... ... ... ... 24 262 17,267 3 19 ... 1 1 2 ... 374 8,801 5,542 ... 21,564 | 55,550
Totals, 1895 ... ... ... 168 2,814 226,791 49 70 1 1 2 2 45 3,688 163,743 149,612 81,302 492,478 | 335,474
Totals, 1890 ... ... ... 135 1,971 183,582 43 61 ... 1 1 2 40 2,656 129,300 91,142 14,177 278,893 | 241,715

(1) Five not in operation in 1895; eleven working part of the year only.
(2) One started in 1896 only.
(3) One not working in 1895; four worked by tributers; three prospecting.
(4) One not working in 1895; two prospecting.
(5) Three not working in 1895; four part of the year only.



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🌾 Comparative Table of Mines and Quarries (1896, 1891, 1886)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Mines, Quarries, Statistics, Comparative Tables, Gold, Coal, Antimony, Copper, Manganese, Stone

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Gold Quartz, Mines, Machinery, Statistics, Provincial Districts, Wages, Gold Production, Silver Production