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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.