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CONTENTS. Page Mines Statement .. .. .. l_g Mineral-production .. .. .. i Quartz-mining .. .. .. .. 2 Alluvial and Dredge Mining ~ .. .. .. .. 2 Coal-mining .. . . .. . . .. .. 2 Scheelite .. . . .. . . . . .. .. _ _ 3 Kauri-gum .. .. 3 Petroleum .. .. .. .. .. 3 Persons engaged in Mining . . .. . , . . . . . . 4 Mining Accidents .. . . .. .. . . . . 4 Geological Survey .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4 State Collieries .. .. . . .. . . . . . . .. 5 Government Water-races .. .. .. ~ .. . . 5 Schools of Mines .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Subsidized Prospecting .. .. .. .. .. 5 Roads and Tracks . . .. .. . . . 5 Coal-miners' Relief Fund .. . . .. .. .. . . .. . . 6 Provision for Persons totally incapacitated by Miners' Phthisis .. .. .. fj Statistics :■ — Gold .. .. .. .. .. .. 7_io, 19 Metals and Minerals other than Gold .. .. ~ 11 12 26 Coal .. .. .. .. .. .. 13. 14, 58, 59, 62 Persons employed .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 16 59 Production of Minerals .. .. .. .. .. .. ..15 Accidents .. . . .. . . . . . . .. .. 16-18, 60 Expenditure on Prospecting . . . . . . ... . . . . _ "28 Expenditure on Roads on Goldfields . . . . .. .. . . .. 32 Expenditure on Schools of Mines .. .. .. .. . . 33 Quartz crushed, and Gold obtained .. . . .. .. . . . . 41 Bullion purchased by Banks .. . . .. .. 43 Statement of Affairs of Mining Companies . . . . .. .. . . . . 45 Statistics of Workings in Coal-mines .. .. . . .. . . .. 75 Quartz-mining . . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . ..19 Dredge Mining . . .. . . .. .. ..21 Alluvial Mining . . . . .. .. .. .. .. 22 Scheelite.. .. .. .. . . .. .. . . . . 26 Kauri-gum . . .. .. .. .. .. .27 Tin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..27 Cinnabar . . . . . . .. .. .. . . ~ . , 27 Iron .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 27 Petroleum . . . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 27 Stone-quarries . . . . .. .. . , . . . . 27 State Aid to Mining .. .. .. .. .. .. 28 Prospecting-drills .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..31 Government Water-races .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 32

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Rbpobts : Metalliferous Mining : — p age Inspecting Engineer of Mines .. .. .. .. .. .. ..15 Manager, Waimea-Kumara Water-races .. .. . . . . 34 ~ Mount Ida Water-races .. .. .. .. .. '.. 35 Schools of Mines :■ — Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 37 Coromandel . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 38 Huntly .. .. .. .-. .. .. .. ..38 Thames .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..39 Nelson .. .. .. .. .. . . .. . . 39 Westport .. .. .. . . .. .. . . . . 39 Reefton .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . 10 Repokts : Coal-minino :— Inspecting Engineer of Mines .. .. .. . . .. .. 58 Examinations :— Under the Mining Act— Papers set .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .49 List of Holders of Certificates .. .. .. .. . . . . 53 Under the Coal-mines Act— Papers set .. .. .. .. .. .. . . .. 67 List of Holders of Certificates .. .. .. .. .. .. ..71 Diagrams :— Quantity and Value of Export of Gold and Kauri-gum, and Output of Coal and Shale .. .. .. .. .. To face page 14 Plans :— Plan of Taupiri Extended Mine, Huntly, N.Z. .. .. .. To face page 64 Section of Taupiri Extended Mine, Huntly, N.Z. .. .. .. To face page 64

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1916. NEW ZEALAND.

MINES STATEMENT BY THE HON. W. D. S. MacDONALD, MINISTER OF MINES.

Mr. Speaker,— I have the honour to present to Parliament the Mines Statement for the year ended the 31st December, 1915. Owing to the abnormal conditions caused by the war and the shortage of miners, due to enlistment for military service abroad, there has been a small but inevitable decrease in the value of our mineral-production, but this has caused no appreciable inconvenience to the industries or to the welfare of the Dominion, and it affords me gratification to inform you that the mining community has answered the call to arms in a manner not excelled by those employed in any other industry. The value of mineral exported, together with that of the coal-output for 1915, amounted to £3,374,523, being an increase of £621,793 above that recorded for the previous year, which, however, does not represent the actual production during those years, the exportation of gold being prohibited by statute on the' sth. August, 1914, and not resumed until the following year, when the accumulated supplies were exported. The returns from the mines show that the value of gold and silver produced during 1915 amounted to £1,348,489, as compared with £1,502,649 during the previous year, a decrease of £154,160. The output of coal amounted to 2,208,624 tons, as compared with 2,275,593 tons during 1914, which was the highest annual output yet attained in the Dominion. MINERAL - PRODUCTION. The following table shows the quantity and value of gold, silver, and other minerals, coal, and kauri-gum exported during the years 1.914 and 1915, also the quantity of native coal consumed in the Dominion during the same periods :—

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Year ending Produce. 31st December, 1914. 31st December, 1915. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. I I £ £ Gkdd ... ... ••• 227,954oz. 895,367 422,825oz.* 1,694,553Silver ... ... ... ... : 599,162 „ 62,085; 957,541 „* 95,583* Mixed minerals ... ... ... 5,395 tons j 29,224 3,644 tons 33,161 New Zealand coal exported ... ... 302,908 „ 282,163 323,992 „ 329,731 New Zealand coal used in New Zealand 1,972,685 „ 986,342 1,884,632 „ 942,316 Kauri-gun. 8,473 „ 497,444 4,575 „ 279,133 3oke 17 „ 48 23 „ 46 £ Total value for 1915 ... ... ... ... ... 3,374,5231914 ... ... ... ... ... 2,752,730 * The value of the bullion produced as stated in the official returns from the mines amounted to £1,348,489.

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AURIFEROUS-QUARTZ MINING. The value of bullion obtained from our quartz-mines during 1915 amounted to £1,030,524, as a result of treating 484,629 statute tons of ore, in addition to which seheelite concentrate, value £29,989, was also obtained from such ore. The dividends distributed by gold-quartz mining companies amounted to £237,165. The following is a statement of the quantity of quartz treated, the value of bullion obtained, and the amount of dividends paid by the more important quartzmining companies during 1915 : —

The average value per ton of ore treated amounted to £2 2s. 6d. ALLUVIAL AND DREDGE MINING. The value of the production from alluvial claims amounted to £1,)3,360, as compared with £157,323 during the previous year. Th's bran:h of the gold-mining industry remains stationary, but the return for last year would have been greater but for the prolonged periods of dry weather experienced in parts of Otago and Southland, where the principal claims are situated. During the year a small rush took place to the valley of the Howard River, a tributary of the Buller River near Tophouse. About 150 miners were employed during November working in the beds of the streams, but the few returns available do not indicate any sensational finds but rather that it is a poor man's field. A steady decline continues in the dredge-mining industry, and the number of gold-dredges in commission, of which during 1906 there wei-e 167, at the beginning of 1916 were reduced, to 52, the production from which amounted in value to £164,605 during the year, as against £191,112 during 1914. The most productive dredge was the " Success," operating at Brennan's Creek, near Hokitika, which obtained gold to the value of £7,126, and distributed in dividends £2,000. COAL-MINING. The output of coal during 1915 amounted to 2,208,624 tons, as compared with 2,275,593 tons during 1914, being a decrease of 66,969 tons. The principal activity in the coal-mining industry occurred in the Westport, Greymouth, and Huntly districts. The following is a comparative statement of the coal and lignite raised during the years 1912, 1914, and 1915 :—

n ... Dividends paid. Quantity Va , ufi f* Name of Company. n ° * of ' ' Quartz, Bullion Total to End treated. 1915. of December. 1915. Statute Tons. £ £ £ Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. .. 171,725 327,394 99,18] 4,676,902 Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company (Limited) ' 112,321 200,270 46,047 151,750 Talisman Consolidated (Limited) .. .. .. 26,230 188,620 64,688, 1,030^222 Blackwater Mines (Limited) .. .. .. [ 54,643 109,285! 24,999 j ' 137,'195 Other quartz-mines .. .. .. .. 119,710 i 204.955 2,250 ! * Totals .. .. 484,629 1,030,524 237,165 * ' . . L_ I * Unknown.

Inspection District. OntPUtfor Output for *%%££ 6tt *?»* for Increase, between 1 1914- »»1B. i 91r , 1913. Years 1914 and 19<3. Tons. Tuns. Tons. Tons. Tons Northern (North Island) .. 440,453 t 460,415 Inc. 19,962 349,586 90 867 West Coast (South Island) .. 1,361,182 1,278,994 Dec. 72,188 1.057,564 293.618 Southern (Canterbury. Otago, 183,958 469.215 „ 14,743 480,855 3.. 103 and Southland) — Totals .. .. ! 2,275,593 2,208,624 Deo.66,969 1,888,005 287,588

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The reduction of output has not been proportional to the shortage of labour owing to enlistment. Thus there jhas been a falling-off in the average number of persons employed at coal-mines to the extent of 13 per cent, as compared with the previous year, whereas the reduction in output has been per cent. The comparative tonnage of the various classes of coal for the years 1914 and 1915 is summarized as follows : —

No new colliery commenced operations during the year, and no discoveries of additional coal-bearing areas to those already known were made, but developments at the Denniston and Millerton Collieries, the property of the Westport Coal Company, and the most productive collieries in the Dominion, have proved large areas of hard bituminous coal of the best quality, sufficient to supply all requirements for many years. SCHEELITE. The quantity of seheelite concentrate exported during the year amounted to 194 tons, valued at £27,784, a decrease of 10 tons and an increase of £6,286 above the production of 1914. Seheelite is an ore from which tungstic acid is obtained, and it is associated with gold in the quartz-mines of some parts of Otago, Southland, and Marlborough. One of the most spectacular advances in commodity-prices occasioned by the war has been in tungsten, both metal and ore, such advance being due to the extraordinary demand for tungsten steel, an essential constituent in making Itigh -speedtool steel. The manufacture of immense quantities of military material has required greatly increased quantities of tool steel, and consequently corresponding quantities of tungstic acid. On the 6th September notice was given by His Excellency the Governor that the Imperial Government had instructed him to requisition all supplies of seheelite and other ore containing tungstic acid, and from that date the ""export to other markets was prohibited. All persons having such ore were required forthwith to notify the Mines Department, Wellington, the price fixed by the Imperial Government being £2 15s. per unit— i.e., per 1 per cent, tungstic trioxide. Since this notification all consignments have been bought by the Mines Department, and shipped to the Imperial Supply Board. The price thus fixed is an increase of 80 per cent, on ante-bellum prices, but in the United. States the price paid per unit during 1915 was considerably greater. Fortunately, however, the British Empire produces or controls a very large proportion of the world's tungsten supplies. KAURI - GUM. The quantity of kauri-gum exported during 1915 amounted to 4,575 tons, valued at £279,133, as compared with 8,473 tons, valued at £497,444, during 1913. The considerable decline during the past two years in the export of kauri-gum is due to the fact that previous to the war the principal market was in Germany. To afford a measure of relief to unemployed gum-diggers the Government, in terms of the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1914, has purchased from the diggers over 300 tons of gum, which is now stored in Auckland for shipment to a new market when the opportunity occurs. This industry being under the administration of the Hon. the Minister of Lands, my reference thereto is accordingly brief. PETROLEUM. Drilling operations in search of petroleum, which have for a number of years been in progress in the Dominion, have not during 1915 resulted in any additional supplies to those already proved at Moturoa, Taranaki, being tapped.

Class of Coal. Output for 1915. T Output for 1914. Increase or Decrease for 1915. Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch-coal Brown coal Lignite Tons. 1,267,940 136,460 725,001 .. ' 79,223 Tons. 1,192,315 1,998 691,367 89,913 Tons. Decrease 224,375 Increase 134.462 33,634 Decrease J 0,690 Totals 2,208,624 2,275,593 Decrease 66,969

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The Taranaki Oil-wells (Limited) towards the end of the year furnished evidence that one million gallons of marketable crude oil had been produced from its wells during a period of about eight years, and in consequence was awarded the Government bonus offered for the first production of that quantity of crude oil. The total bonus gained by that company amounts to £10,000. Of the above quantity of oil 532,745 gallons was fed to the company refinery. Drilling operations during 1915 were confined to enlarging existing wells preparatory to carrying them to greater depths than hitherto attained with the hope of tapping more copious oil-bearing strata. Other well-drilling operations in the Dominion were intermittent and without result. PERSONS' ENGAGED IN MINING. The number of persons employed in and about the mines of the Dominion during 1915 is estimated at 8,361, or 843 less than the number employed during the previous year. The number employed, at metalliferous mines was 4,205, and at coal-mines 4,156. The number of gum-diggers is not known. The following table shows the number of miners in each inspection district, and the branch of mining in which they are engaged : —

In view of the considerable number of miners, especially of coal-miners, who have enlisted for military service, the decrease in the number of persons employed at mines is not great, but the shortage is felt at those collieries where there is considerable demand for coal. MINING ACCIDENTS. The number of lives lost at metalliferous mines during 1915 was ten, the proportion of deaths per 1,000 persons employed being 2-38. At collieries nine lives were lost, being at the rate of 2-16 per 1,000 persons employed. At those operations which are regulated by the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, seven lives were accidentally lost, and the total number of persons employed at such operations was about 1,600. It appears necessary that the inspection of quarries should be differently organized, for at present this work is distributed among officials of the Public Works and Mines Departments resident in the districts in which quarries are worked, and these officials carry out, more or less, the inspection of quarries in addition to their principal duties, without extra remuneration. There is no Chief Inspector of Stone-quarries, and it appears advisable that such an appointment should be made. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Though somewhat weakened owing to the absence of two men bers of the staff with the Expeditionary Forces, the Geological Survey Branch has steadily carried on its work during the past year. The detailed geological survey;; of the Egmont (Taranaki) and Gisborne subdivisions by members of the regular staff have been brought to a conclusion. Special surveys of the Oamaru and Tuapeka districts have been made by Professors J. Park and P. Marshall. Reports on all these areas are in course of preparation. Officers of the".Survey have also visited a number of localities in order to make brief geological examinations and to furnish special reports on such subjects as limestone, phosphate-deposits, &c.

Inspection District. Totals. Classification. Northern. West Coast. Southern. 1918. " I 1914. Decrease. J__ jrold, silver, and scheelite Doal Other minerals Totals 1.872 1.356 965 903 2.322 931 6 .. 6 2,781 3,678 1,902 4.193 1. 156 12 4.444 4,734 26 251 578 M 8,361 9,204 843

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In addition to the annual report, Bulletin No. 17 and Palseontological Bulletin No. 3 were published last year. An exhaustive report on the Reefton district (Bulletin No. 18) is now in the Press. Palseontological reports by Mr. Henry Woods and Dr. Newell Arber, of Cambridge—one on Cretaceous Mollusca, and the other on the Mesozoic Flora of New Zealand —have been received, and are now in course of publication. STATE COLLIERIES. The output from State Collieries during 1915 was 238,200 tons, of which 129,627 tons was produced from Point Elizabeth Colliery, and 108,573 tons from Liverpool Colliery. The total output from both mines exceeded that of the previous year by 38,012 tons. The Point Elizabeth Colliery will probably be worked out within two years, and as it is from this mine that the best class of State household coal is produced, some difficulty may be experienced in supplying the State coal depots with household coal in the near future, as a large proportion of the Liverpool coal, amounting to 65 per cent, during 1915, was slack or small coal. The State coal business during the year ended 31st March, 1916. resulted in a profit of £2,515. as compared with a loss of £14,152 13s. lid. during the previous year. (40VERNMENT WATER-RACES. The Waimea-Kumara and Mount Ida Water-races, which render possible hydraulic mining in the Kumara district, Westland, and the Naseby district, Central Otago, have during 1915, supplied ninety-one miners with water for sluicing by which gold to the value of £19,562 was obtained. The cash received for water sold amounted to £3,106, and the expenditure on the upkeep of the races was £3,593. The capital expenditure upon 'these races exceeds £250,000, and as the cost of upkeep has now for some years exceeded the amount received for water sold, no interest on capital or depreciation has been provided. During 1915 the average earnings per miner using Government water, after deducting the amount paid for the same, was £180, and from this must be subtracted all expenditure on plant and material, also rent and other incidental expenses. SCHOOLS OF MINES. The expenditure by the Department on schools of mines during the year ended 31st March, 1916, amounted to £3,652 6s. 7d. The number of students attending one or more classes at the seven schools situated at mining centres was 284, but only twenty-two of these presented themselves at the annual Government examinations for examination on any of the exclusively mining subjects, the majority of the students being schoolboys and some girls who attend the schools in the evening "to improve themselves in mathematics, chemistry, or electricity, subjects common to other industries, and usually taught at technical schools. SUBSIDIZED PROSPECTING. During the year ended 31st March, 1916, thirty-four approved prospecting parties were granted subsidies amounting to £5,151 Bs. 4d., of which £2,736 17s. lid. was expended during that period ; in addition to which £1,111 granted during previous years was expended by twenty parties. Altogether thirty-six parties, employing eighty-six miners, were engaged upon prospecting operations during 1915 ; and although no discovery of much commercial value was made, ground has been proved in a few instances which may be profitably worked. ROADS AND TRACKS. The expenditure on roads and tracks by subsidies and direct grants during the financial year ended the 31st Maroh, 191 ft, amounted to £24,432.

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COAL-MINERS' RELIEF FUND. As required by the Coal-mines Act, 1908, the owner of every coal-mine contributes £d. per ton on all coal sold, for the relief of coal-miners who may be injured whilst working, and for the relief of families of coal-miners who may be killed or injured. The following is a statement of the accounts of the fund during the two last financial years : — Year ended Year ended 31st Maroh, 1915. 31st March, 1916. £ £ Contributions .. .. .. 2,068 1,966 Allowance on account of accidents, &c... 2,782 1,526 Balance .. .. ..6,320 7,303 PROVISION FOR PERSONS TOTALLY INCAPACITATED BY MINERS' PHTHISIS. By the passing of the Miners' Phthisis Act, 1915, the Gold-miners' Relief Fund was abolished, and provision is now made in the new Act for a pension of £1 per week being paid to a married man or a widower with young children, and 15s. per week to a single man who is or becomes totally incapacitated for work owing to miners' phthisis contracted while working as a miner in New Zealand. In addition to which the widow of any pensioner under the Act who dies from that disease is entitled to a pension of 12s. 6d. per week for two years. Funeral expenses to the extent of £20 are also provided for. All gold duty is now reserved for these pensions, and the Act is administered by a Commissioner under the Pensions Act, 1913.

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TABLES TO ACCOMPANY THE MINES STATEMENT.

No 1. Table showing Comparison in Quantity and value of Gold entered for Exportation, also the Quantity and Value of other Minerals, for the Years ended the 31st December, 1914 and 1915, as well as the Total Value since the 1st January, 1853.

Name of Metal or Mineral. _ _ , _ , For Year ending the For Year ending the Slat December, WIS. 31st December, 11114. Quantity. Value. Quantity. | Value. Oz. £ Oz. £ 422,825, 1,694,553 227,954 895,367 957,541 95,583 599,162; 02,085 ! Total from the 1st January, 185.1, to the 31st December, 1915. Qmmtlty. Value. Oz. £ 21,535,091 84,648,40 19,340,324 2,096,38 Precious metals— Gold.. Silver £ 84,648,403 2,096,382 Total gold and silver 1,380,366 1,790,136 827,116 Tons. £ Tons. 3; 1 *3,644j 33,161 5,395. 323,992: 329,731: 302,908 23 j 46 17] 1,884,632! 942,316 1 1,972,685] 957,452 £ II 25 29,221 282,163 48 980,342 40,875,415 Tons. 1,498 5,869 3,768 19,364 77 50,481 4,162,982 16,531 37,670,104 86,744,845 957,452 40,875,415 Mineral produce, including kauri-gum— Copper-ore Chrome-ore Antimony-ore.. Manganese-ore Haematite ore.. Mixed minerals Coal (New Zealand) exported Coke oxported Coal, output of mines in Dominion (less exports) Shale Kauri-gum .. .. ... £ 19,209 38,002 54,941 (il ,905 4G9 375,982 8,866,826 25,009 18,743,241 21 4,575; 279,133' 8,473 21 497,444 14.444 343,823 7,236 17,536,140 Total quantity and value of minerals Value of gold and silver, as above.. 2,216,866! 1,584,387' 2,289,503 1,795,278 42,288,891 1,380,366] 1,790,136] .. 957,452 3,597,232] 8,874,828 .. I 2,752,730 40,729,020 86,744,845 Total value of minerals produced, inoluding gold and silver 127,473,865 i i ] ! * Scheelite, 194 tons; gold concentrate, slimi 1,910 tons. ', tailing. &c. I,, r >;l7 tons; jewellers' sweepings, 4{\, tons; pumice ', sautl, &c.

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No. 2. Table showing the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation from New Zealand for the Years ended the 31st December, 1915 and 1914, and the Total Quantity and Value from 1857 to the 31st December, 1915.

Year 31st Deci eliding miber, 1915. Year ending Slit December, 1914, Incroase or Decrease for Year ending 81st December, 1915. Total Quanti from Janus ■list Decen ity and Value irv, 1857, to iiber. 1915, District and County or Borough. Quantity. Value. Increase. Decrease. Quantity, Quantity.] Value. Auckland— Oz. County of Coromandel .. 1,428 County of Thames .. 7,581 County of Ohinemuri .. 58,675 County of Piako .. ., 409 Borough of Thames .. 1,710 Great Barrier Island Borough of Waihi .. 144,969 214.772 Oz. 1,428 7,581 58,675 409 1,710 £ 5,849 30,996 240,779 1,697 6,592 Oz. £ 943 3,960 3,964 14,072 36,682 149,792 136 ! 574 Oz. Oz. 485 3,617 21,993 278 1 1,710 Oz. £ 144,969 577,643 3 i 12 74,086 ; 286,867 3 70,883 214,772 863,556 115,814 455,877 98,961 3 6,154,427 23,522,972 WELLINGTON 188 706 Marlborough— County of Marlborough .. 3,568 3,568 13,864 930 3,011 2,638 96,982 377,664 Nelson — County of Waimea .. 5 County of Collingwood ... 446 County of Takaka County of Murchison .. 46 497 5 446 21 1,805 42 850 3 168 3,401 12 37 404 :■! 46 "l84 "46 497 2,010 895 3,581 46 444 1,731,794 6,866,006 *V* West Coast— County of Buller .. .. 5,421 County of Inangahua .. 92,415 County of Grey .. .. 7,989 County of Westland .. 9,321 Ross Borough .. .. 3,191 Kumara .. .. .. 1,830 Hokitika.. .. .. 915 191 089 5,421 92,415 7,989 9,321 3,191 1,830 915 20,299 365,555 32,573 37,788 12,768 7,320 3,062 2,785 45,733 6,456 5,053 1,366 10,670 173,641 26,517" 20,483 5,465 2,636 46,682 1,533 4,268 1,825 1,830 915 121,082 479,965 61,393 236,776 59,689 6,022,855 23,926,380 121,082 Canterbury— County of Ashburton .. 13 13 52 13 112 439 Otago— County of Taieri .. .. ;-)97 County of Tuapeka .. ] 6, 809 County of Vincent .. 24,199 County of Maniototo '■ .. 3,882 County of Waihemo .. 551 County of Waitaki .. 1,140 County of Bruce .. .. 1,962 County of Lake .. .. 4,003 County of Wallace .. 4,093 County of Fiord .. .. 40 County of Southland .. 24,147 County of Oiutha.. .. 18 County of Waikouaiti .. 587 1,617 68,021 97,996 15,479 2,096 4,569 7,943 16,164 16,575 161 98,545 66 2,262 229 10,571 11,620 5,503 413 2,010 710 1,825 2,084 930 41,735 46,848 21,575 1,527 7,870 2,804 7,373 8,333 168 6,238 12,573 188 1,246 2,178 2,009 40 10,532 18 587 lieai 870 13i615 55 ] 178 81,828 331,494 48,592 194,233 35,727 2,491 7,525,196 29,941,141 Unknown ,. .. 1,065 3,612 330 1,239 735 3,537 13,155 Totals .. .. 422,825 422,825 1,694,553 227,954 895,367 197,809 2,938 21,535,091 84,648,463

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No. 3. GOLD PRODUCED, 1857 to 1915. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation from the 1st January, 1857, to the 31st December, 1915. (This Return shows the Output of the various Goldfields. Gold entered at Nelson from Hokitika, Greymouth, and Westport is put under the Head of "West Coast," and Gold from Invercargill and Riverton under the Head of "Otago.")

A uckland. Nelson. Marlborough. West Coast. Ot tago. Wellington. Canterbury. Grand Totals. Year. 1 Oz. Value. 24,838 95,231 7,952 30,814 469 1,818 I 501 1,978 404 1,616 666 2,664 1,852 7,408 1,867 7,468 2,057 8,228 1,274 5,050 1,198 4,748 1,159 4,636 450 1,796 870 3,197 404 1,617 879 3,460 1,550 5,650 1,378 4,531 1,352 5,400 636 2,524 1,079 4,306 540 2,160 404 1,451 1,041 3,759 699 2,547 5,189 20,167 6,073 24,285 5,649 22,576 3,898 15,429 2,165 8,644 2,536 10,123 2,695 10,771 Oz. Value. £ 1,463 5,560 289,897 1,127,370 552,572 2,140,946 511,974 2,018,874 405,762 1,608,844 317,169 1,269,664 280,068 1,121,525 232,882 931,528 172,574 690,296 188,501 756,442 157,531 631,203 158,678 635,480 133,014 531,274 153,198 612,823 144,634 578,508 142,822 571,061 144,090 575,258 127,544 509,971 130,048 519,978 116,905 467,152 111,686 446,517 117,861 471,325 112,671 446,287 98,774 395,430 100,139 400,405 101,696 406,451 89,096 356,368 109,268 437,126 103,106 412,383 99,127 396,516 86,950 347,464 89,429 357,719 ] Oz. , I 187,696 399,201 614,387 436,012 259,139 168,871 158,670 171,649 153,364 165,152 154,940 157,574 182,416 135,107 121,423 118,477 113,169 105,003 102,869 113,666 102,670 83,446 87,478 78,810 I 73,183 79,104 70,443 62,107 64,419 63,423 87,209 82,933 77,660 76,353 87,694 Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. £ £ £ 727,321 1,546,905 2,380,750 1,689,653 1,004,163 .. 654,647 i 623,815 .. 686,596 .. 613,456 .. 660,694 : 30 120 619,760 ! 630,696 734,024 .. 542,154 .. 487,632 473,491 .. 455,341 I .. 422,277 407,868 457,705 .. .. .. .. ' 411,923 333,804 10 37 352 334 3181932 ,101 380 j 24 96 294,378 317,543 47 169 279,518 247,142 .. .. 24 96 256,430 .. 255,976 .. 349,573 33 132 333,467 52 206 313,238 ! .. 307.644 i .. .. 353.796 Oz. Value. £ 10,437 40,422 13,534 52,464 7,336 28,427 4,538 17,585 194,031 751,873 410,862 1,591,389 628,450 2,431,723 480,171 1,856,837 574,574 I 2,226,474 735,376 2,844,517 686,905 2,698,862 637,474 2,504,326 614,281 2,362,995 544,880 2,157,585 730,029 2,787,520 445.370 1,731,261 505,337 1,987,425 376,388 1,505,331 355,322 1,407,770 322,016 , 1,284,328 371,685 i 1,496,080 310.486 1,240,079 287,464 1,148,108 305,248 1,227,252 270,561 1,080,790 251,204 1,002,720 248,374 993,352 229,946 921,797 237.371 948,615 227,079 903,569 203,869 811,100 201,219 801,066 203,211 808,549 193,193 773,438 251,996 1,007,488 238,079 954,744 226,811 913,138 221,615 887,839 293,491 : 1,162,164 Oz. Value. Oz. Value. 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 18S6 1887 1888 18S9 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 J £ £ 10,437 40,422 308 1,192 13,226 51,272 7,336 28,427 4,538 17,585 6,335 24,552 1,239 4,098 10,422 40,386 4,483 '. 13,853 9,580 37,120 3.448 10,552 14,410 55,841 5.449 17,096 12,137 47,030 5,814 17,463 7,650 29,643 6,637 18,277 9,123 35,918 53,660 168,874 5,999 38,396 132,451 434,687 10,631 i 42,524 85,534 319,146 j 12,24.4 i 48,692 330,326 1,188,708 10,014 I 40,056 104,890 369,341 8,175 32,700 119,449 437,123 13,697 54,786 76,910 305,068 5,642 22,158 69,485 262,156 : 4,577 17,866 56,057 221,905 : 14,018 55,862 99,081 403,627 ' 5,367 21,092 55,982 220,454 4,463 j 17,223 37,901 154,295 2,993 I 11,424 42,720 176,416 3,222 I 12,223 35,516- 141,326 3,453 I 13,039 33,059 131,007 3,289 j 12,494 41,291 163,618 2,064 7,724 36,087 143,564 2,159 8,002 42,989 170,416 2,798 10,337 32,271 128,140 2,582 9,979 30,697 121,564 2,914 10,829 35,223 139,556 3,027 11,320 28,655 113,191 3,252 12,310 31,745 125,760 2,856 11,049 45,392 181,185 4,445 16,896 45,555 183,655 2,535 9,604 45,714 ; 186,553 2,145 I 8,187 52,916 l 211,974 2,860 j 10,634 111,213 430,862 2,460 ! 9,016

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No. 3 —continued. GOLD PRODUCED, 1857 to 1915 —continued. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Exportation from the 1st January, 1857, to the 31st December, 1915. (This Return shows the Output of the various Goldfields. Gold entered at Nelson from Hokitika, Greymouth, and Westport is put under the Head of "West Coast," and Gold from Invercargill and Riverton under the Head of "Otago") —continued.

Aucl land. Nell ton. Marlbi trough. West Coast. Otago. Wellington. Canterbury. Grand Totals Year. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Oz. Value. Ok. Value. 1896 1897 1898 1899 19D0 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 92,346 105,477 142,383 168,769 166,342 191,968 201,583 232,681 223,010 232,215 295,417 298,101 296,971 288,614 286,526 263,791 179,863 217,637 115,814 | 214,772 - I £ 350,355 392,337 527,786 624,737 605,398 695,551 721,977 832,334 791,529 935,602 1,195.541 1,187,079 1,171,375 1,142,098 1,136,057 1,049,204 693,949 833,928 455,877 863,556 2,753 1,892 1,720 419 3,718 7,212 5,947 7,962 5,049 6,469 2,944 3,893 3,196 2,572 117 2,149 3,234 682 895 497 10~ 333 7,055 6,882 1,571 14,605 28,138 23,649 31,710 20,141 25,862 11,746 15,274 12,783 10,286 466 8,586 12,911 2,642 3,581 2,010 916 810 781 535 133 601 972 473 £ 3,588 3,195 3,003 2,147 513 2,404 3,845 1,890 79,317 58,817 79,948 90,031 73,923 113,286 118,796 125,241 122,310 109,704 104,743 87,069 86,052 95,014 92,036 92,403 68,269 81,865 61,393 121,082 442,428 2! £ 317,161 235,430 319,789 ' 360,149 295,733 454,006 475,272 501,090 489,177 438,258 414,292 343,146 335,722 369,930 358,099 368,545 270,580 317,246 ; 236,776 ' 479,965 19,558,114 88,362 84,649 55,343 130,311 129,075 142,940 181,116 166,458 169,478 172,098 160,739 118,352 119,907 120,132 99,556 96,654 91,358 74,464 48,922 82,893 7,528,624 2! | £ 359,991 342,187 223,231 526,605 521,629 575,492 728,124 668,852 684,764 694,214 649,325 478,982 483,900 484,431 401,494 389,580 366,048 299,739 195,522 335,106 ] 19,953,862 ; £ 28 23 22 2 ii 13 136 £ 111 90 83 7 52 535 2] £ 263,694 1,041,428 251,645 980,204 280,175 1,080,691 389,558 1,513,173 373,616 1,439,602 455,561 1,753,783 508,045 1,951,433 533,314 2,037,831 520,320 1,987,501 520,486 2,093,936 563,843 2,270,904 508,210 2,027.49C 506,423 2,004,925 506,371 2,006.90C 478,288 1,896,326 455,226 1,816,785 343,163 1,345,131 376,161 1,459,495 227,954 895,367 422,825 1,694,552 11,535,091 84,648,462 795 297 39 53 229 439 1,533 930 3,568 3,009 1,145 155 212 867 1,643 5,944 3,611 13,864 Totals .. 6 3,154,427 312,375 1,234,849 96,828 29,953,862 I 6,154,427 23,522,972 377,087 7,442,428 j 29,558,114 136 535 j 21,535,091

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No. 4. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Mineral Ores than Gold and Shale (the Product of New Zealand Mines), Coal, Coke, and Kauri-gum exported from the Dominion up to 31st December, 1915.

Year. 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 , 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 Silver. Copper-ore. Chrome-ore. Antimony-ore. i Manganese-ore. Hsematite Ore. Oz. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. ' Tons. Value. Tons. Value. III I i £ £ £ £ £ £ i 351 5,000 3 25 245 2,605 8 120 137 1,590 116 1,440 110 1,300 52 520 51 1,024 3,843 24,719 .. .. .. 595 4,318 .. I .. .. .. 768 4,910 .. .. .. .. I 246 2,700 .. 84 977 .. 11.063 2,993! .. 37,123 11,380! 7 120 .. 80,272 23,145i 37.064 9,910] 36,187 9,850' .. 40,566 10,380i 29,085 7,569 .. 12,683 3,171; 33,893 7,556 .. .. .. .. 23,019 5,755] 6 , 115 .. .. 4 102 2,516 10,416 .. 20,645 4,512! 54 1,105 .. .. .. .. 2,140 8,338 .. 20,005 4,500 : .. .. .. .. 60 612 2,611 10,423 .. 18,885 4,236 5 36 .. .. 2 24 1,271 3,233 .. 5,694 l,286i 9 41 .. 30 900 2,181 6,963 .. 16,826 3,785! 46 678 .. .. 31 804 384 1,155 1 12 24,914 5,125 20 106 .. .. .. .. 318 809 .. 16,624 3,1691 .. .. .. .. 666: 5,289 602 1,716 50 208 12,108 2,946! 20 390 .. .. 62 1,784 328 1,316 .. 20,809 3,453 .. .. .. .. 134 3,989 305 895 .. .. j 403 71 2 75 .. .. 370 6,246 1,085 2,404 .. 24,105 4,043 .. .. .. .. 493 5,319 1,080 2,569 .. 32,637 6,162; .. .. .. .. 515 11,121 482 1,004 1 5 28.023 5,151| 1 4 .. .. 413 4,950 1,153 2,634' .. 1 22,053 3,996; .. .. .. .. 364 4,900 521 1,239 .. 63,076 9,743] .. .. .. .. 331 3,467 319 943 .. 54,177 6,697] .. 44 761 534 1,156 .. 85.024 10,679; .. .. .. .. 54 1,436 210 525 .. 91,307 10,589] .. .. .. .. 21 450 65 205 .. .. 183,892 20,872; .. 2 .. .. . 10 157 180 541 .. .. 293,851 33,1071 2 701 .. .. .. .. 217 703 .. 1 i Haematite Ore. Mixed Mineral Ores.* Tons. Value. 3|l80j 14 j 824' 2,356! 9,664; 2 | 8; 2J674i 11,335; 1,955 4,303 2,784 8,597i 22 110] "ll4 "993 445 1,846 144; 4,142 102; 2,955 199 9,985 19 273; 2 6 84 631 37 650 25 353 62 880 37 1,335 1,561 5,892! 1,823 4,792' _ I Cl Tons. 2 1 261 973 1,027 750: 1,672 1,696 990 724 1,463 3,385 1,854 2,658 6,362 7.144 1 7,020 6,621; 3,207' 6,522; 6,104j 43,893; 46,136] 44,129 68,087; 86,405; 69,614; 91,664 78,911 69,136 75,004 85,987 79,524 76,073; 56,3321 ial. Coke. Kauri-gum. Value. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. I I 1 I £ : £ £ ' 830 15,972 1,661 28,864 355 4,514 1,440 18,591 2,522 35,251 4 .. .. 1,811 j 20,037 2,010 20,776 2 .. .. 1,046 9,851 856 9,888 1,103 11,107 1,400 27,026 2,228 60,590 1,867 46,060 400 .. 2,535 70,572 1,228 .. 2,685 : 77,491 1,210 .. 2,690 72,493 800] 2,850 ; 111,307 1,508! .. .. 4,391 ; 175,074 1,612] .. .. 5,054 167,958 855' 21 50 4,811 154,167 655 .. .. 2,834 85.816 1,363 87 228 2,569 79,986 3,129 15 51 3,231 ; 138,523 1,954 53 189: 2,888 ' 109,234 2,071 25 72 3,633 118,348 5,139 85 177 3,445 132,975 6,187 154 324 3,229 147,535 5,977 87 135 4,725 242, S17 5,610 223 353 5,461 253,778 2,380 275 480 5,533 . 260,369 4,8791,430 2,057 6,518 j 336,606 4,461 236 372 6,393 : 342.151 51,257 267 385 5,876 ! 299,762 52,133 497 715 4,921 I 257,653 44,650 183 266 6,791 I 362,449. 64,971 953 1,646 8,482 380,933 84,347 2,132 3,407 7,519 329,590 67,003 2,218 3,3341 7,433 378,563 91,1732,514 3,658 8,388 437,056 80,2254,306 5,691 8,705 517,678 72,699 51 53 8,317 510,775 73,438 107 160 8,338 404,567 83,342 288 I 715 7,425 418,766 71,984 105 263] 7,126 431,323 69,595! .. .. 6,641 393,010 50.381 1 9 14! 9.905 586,7671 I Oz. 11,063 37,123 80,272 37,064 36,187 40,566 29,085 12,683 33,893 23,019 20,645 20,005; 18.8S5 5,694 16,826 24,914 16,624 12,108 20,809 403 21,105 32,637 28,023 22,053 63,076 54,177 85,024 94,307 183,892 293,751 Tons. 830 1,661 I 355 1,440 2,522 2,167 2,263 1,300 1,018 3,997 1,995 2,996 1,867 3,077 3,904 3,801 3,600 6,070 ' 6,750 5,882 3,558 4,119 6,631 7,975 8,682 12,120 12,722 17,177 15,538 14,019 14,953 ! 13,071 51,468 52,409 51,686 79,147 i 97,828 80,287 104,164 92,891 78,191 84,052 94,026 86,878 84,465 68,253 Totals. Value. £ 15.972 28,864 4,514 18,591 35,251 25,066 23,501 12,883 11,708 36,850 31,344 65,500 46,060 72,287 81,419 74,680 115,100 188,082 192,715 164,982 96,321 91,957 149,272 129,372 137,711 154,687 163,001 275,799 271,623 231,016 350,086 353,024 362, 779 318,783 419,844 459,301 439,260 467,465 544,633 614,360 593,330 487,132 516,393 516,149 495,069 675,834

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No. 4 —continued. Table showing the Total Quantity and Value of Mineral Ores other than Gold and Shale (the Product of New Zealand Mines), Coal, Coke, and Kauri-gum, exported from the Dominion up to 31st December, 1915— continued.

Silver. Oz. Value. 1 1 " 349,338 40,838| 326,457 38,879! 571,134! 65,258! 674,196! 71,975; 911,914 91,497 1,094,461 112,875 1,179,744 120,542! 1,390,536 143, 572 1 1,562,603 169,484 1,731,336 175,337 1,813,830 180,872 1,711,235. 171,562! 1,311,043! 131,587 801,165 84,739 975,616 : 103,866, 599,162 62,085! 957,541 95,583i Copper-ore. Chrome-ore. Antimony-ore. Tons. ! Value. Tons. Value.; Tons. Value. , I I L 111 II £ £ £ 12 "45 ' 2sl 110 3 lOl' 3 105 .. .. 30 136 175 525 6 123 4 17i '.'. 56 595! .. .. 98| 2,118! 13 275; .. .. 5 73! 5 100 .. .. 2! 60| 20I 92; 3 "ll! '■'■ '■'■ '■'■ '■'■ Manganese-ore. Haematite Ore. Tons. ! Value. Tons. Value. J I £ £ 135 407 .. 166 i 588! .. 208 : 6141 .. ..17 116 70 210 .. 1 196 570 7 96 55 165J .. 16 40' .. 5 1 26 .. 5 6 29 .. 5 15 .. 1 25 " " Mixed Mineral Ores.* Tons. Value. £ 1,309 6,591 2,126 12,751 696 7,775 4151 4,422 625' 7,014 1,404 10,168 ! 632 8,136 I 1,297 18,421 1,492 30,448 l,ei»l 16,179 : 1,837 : 11,709 ! 2,088; 22,202 3,470' 22,104 1,729 20,571 ; 2,929 31,532 '■ 5,395 29.224 j 3,644 33,161 ! Coke. 7 Coal. Kauri-guru. Total. Year. Value. Tons. Value. Oz. ! I Tons. Value. Tons. J Tons. Value. i i J I 1899 .. 1900 .. 1901 .. 1902 1903 1904 1905 .. 1906 1907 .. 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 .. 1914 .. 1915 .. 89.480 112,707 159,643 188,677 152,332 165,220 122,817 141,641 128,950 100,502 201,685 277,011 223,275 229,012 211,749 302,908 323,992 £ 83,085 98,136 142,176 154,747 128,927 139,898i 107,062; 122,6141 114,737! 85,846! 183,961 259,562 204,379i 216,170! 205,010 282,163! 329,73l| 18 *' - I "l5! 5 15 22! 6! 24 28 17 23 £ 9 i " •• I : -15 6 15 .4 23 10 41 50 48 46 £ 11,1161 607,919 10,1591 622,293 7,541 446,114 7,430! 450,223 9,357! 631,102 9,203! 501.817 10,883' 561,444 9,154 522,486, 8,708 579,888 5,530 372,798 8,250 552.698 8,693 465,044 7,587 395,707 7,908 401,305 8,780 549,106 8,473 ! 497,444 4,575| 279,133 349,338 326,457 571,134 674,196 911,914 1,094,461 1,179,744 (1,390,536 1,562,603 1,731,336 1,813,830 1,711,235 1,311,043 801,165 975 616 599,162 957,541 „ £ 102,058 738,849 125,201 772,903 168,121 662,178 196,714 682,008 162,390 658,874 176,030 765,424 134,406 797,381 152,113 807,139 139,324 897,316 107,742 650,512 211,806 929,452 287,803 918,395 234,375 753,914 238,653 722,792 223,484 389,564 316,797 871,000 332,234 737,654 Totals 19,340,324! !2,096,382! 1,498 19,209 5,869!38,002 ! 3,7681 54,941: 19,364 61,905! 77 i 469 *50,481 '375,982 I : ,162,932j: 1,866,8261 16,531 ! 15,069! 343,823| 117^536,1401 19,340,324i 4,604 343 124,074,925 * The following are the principal minerals included under this heading :— Scheelite-ore. Auriferous Ore. Sulphur. Mixed Minerals. i ear. Tons, i Tons, i Value. Value. Tons. Value. Value. Tons. Tons. Value. Tons. Value. 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1909 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 I 32 54 2 39 42 17 28 55 137 68 58 143 138 135 221 204 : 194 : £ 2,788 2,635 83 1,200 1,439 791 1,848 3,407 15,486 6,055 4,263 15,070 11,853 13,347 22,933 21,498 27,784 22 5 219 390 231 472 977 535 1,186 1.244 654 182 100 138 6 34 £ 380 153 4,450 6,663 2,560 4,449 8,898 5,997 13,940 14,650 6,993 2,450 1,538 1,419 226 2J257 1,765 1.227 1,692 143 100 l 'i' ".. £ 4,097 3,483 4,824 360 475 315 167 842 669 187 1,126 479 291 1,074 312 3,131 4,996 5,594 8,832 7,224 8,373 7,726 5,378

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No. 5. Table showing the Increase or Decrease in the Annual Production of Coal and Shale in the Dominion, and the Quantity of Coal imported since 1878.

No. 6. Table showing the Output of Coal from the various Coalfields, and the Comparative Increase and Decrease, for the Years 1914 and 1915, together with the Total Approximate Quantity of Coal produced since the Mines were opened.

No. 7. Table showing the Different Classes of Goal from the Mines in the Dominion.

Coal and Shale raised in the Dominion. Coal imported. Yaw. ,■,„.. Yearly Increase or Decrease. Tons. Increase over Decrease over : Preceding Year. Preceding Year Prior to 1878 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 . . . 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 ■■ I ■ • I ■ ■ 709,931 162,218 231,218 Inc. 69,000 299,923 , 68,705 337,262 , 37,339 378,272 „ 41,010 421,764 „ 43,492 480,831 , 59,069 511,063 . 30,232 534,353 „ 23,290 | 558,620 „ 24,267 613,895 , 55,275 586,445 Dec. 27,450 637,397 Inc. 50,952 668,794 „ 31,397 673,315 „ 4,521 691,548 „ 18,233 719,546 „ 27,998 726,654 . 7,108 792,851 , 66,197 840,713 „ 47,862 907,033 „ 66,320 975,234 „ 68,201 1,093,990 „ 118,756 1,239,686 „ 145,696 1,365,040 „ 125,354 1,420,229 ., 55,189 1,537,838 „ 117,609 1,585,756 47,918 1,729,536 „ 143,780 1,831,009 „ 101,473 1,860,975 „ 29,966 1,911,247 „ 50,272 2,197,362 „ 286,115 2,066,073 . Dec. 131,289 2,177,615 Inc. 111,542 1,888,005 Dec. 289,610 2,275,614 : Inc. 387,609 2,208,624 Dec. 66,990 174,148 158,076 123,298 129,962 129,582 123,540 148,444 130,202 119,873 107,230 101,341 128,063 110,939 125,318 125,453 117,444 112,961 108,198 101,756 110,907 115,427 99,655 124,033 149,764 127,853 163,923 147,196 169,046 207,567 220,749 287,808 258,185 232,378 188,068 364,359 468,940 518,070 353,471 .. ia,m 33,776 6,664 380 6,042 24,904 18,242 10,329 12,643 5,889 26,722 17,124 14,379 135 8,009 1,483 4,763 6,442 9,151 4,520 15,772 24,378 25,371 21,911 36,070 16,727 21,850 38,521 18,182 67,059 29,623 25,807 44,810 176,291 104,581 49,130 164,599

Output of Coal. Approximate Total Output ol Coal up to 31st December, 1915. Name of Coalfield. Increase. Decrease 1915. 1914. i I North Auckland Waikato (including Mokau) Nelson Buller .. Inangahua Grey Canterbury Otago Southland Tons. Tons. 117,882 141,183 342,533 299,320 26,629 16,574 710,969 818,176 12,151 11,362 529,245 | 505,070 15,954 11,707 293,604 312,685 159,657 , 169,566 Tons. 43,213 10,055 '789 24,175 4,247 "91 f Tons, 23,251 107)207 19,081 Tons. 3,386,128 4,201,057 282,524 13,687,056 253,107 8,166,387 699,132 8,571,585 2,586,060 Totals 2,208,624 ; 2,275,593 2,208,624 2,275,593 66,969 66,969 41,883,036

Name of Goal. Output of Coal. 1915. 1914. Approximate Total increase. Decrease. 31st December, 1918 l , Bituminous and semi-bituminous Pitch Brown Lignite Totals Tons. Tons. 1,267,940 1,492,315 136,460 1,998 725,001 691,367 79,223 89,913 2,208,624 2,275,593 Tons. Tons. Tons. 224,375 25,246,582 134,462 .. 2,132,052 33,634 .. 12,491,312 10,690 1,963,090 66,969 41,833,036

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No. 8. A Return showing the Total Quantity and Value of Coal imported into and exported from New Zealand from and to each Country during the Year ended the 31st December, 1915.

No. 9. Number of Persons ordinarily employed in Mining during the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

Imported. Exported. Countries whence imported. Quantity. Countries to Whloh exported. ! Quantity. ■ Value. Value. Tons. United Kingdom .. 50 Australia .. .. .. 347,107 Fiji .. 6,314 £ 50 338,131 6,814 Tons. £ United Kingdom .. .. 183,916 194,506 Straits Settlement 1,793 1,299 South African Union 200 210 Canada via West Coast 3,350 3,350 Australia .. .. 35,874 33,652 Fanning Island . . 20 38 Fiji .. .. 12,915 10,126 Egypt .. 29,621 31,855 Argentina 1,400 1,018 Chile .. .. 4,140 4,031 U.S.A. via Fa,t Coast 3,157 2,944 U.S.A. via West Coast .. 1,915 2,019 German Samoa .. 4,949 i 4,512 Gilbert and Ellice Islands. 1,123 1,323 Guam .. .. .. 32,817 33,079 Sooiety Islands .. 4,800 4,258 Tonga .. .. 2,002 2,014 Totals .. 323 992 329,731 Totals .. 853,471 344,459

Number of Perseus Ordinarily Employed at County or Borough. Total. Gold-quartz Gold Cold- Mines other than Mines. Alluvial Mines.; dredges. Gold and Coal. **** Northern Inspection District. County and Borough of Thames .. . . 196 . . . . 196 County of Ohinemuri . . . . 395 .. 395 ,, Coromandel . . . . 62 .. . . 62 Piako .. 2 . . .. . . 2 Borough of Tauranga .. 2 .. 2 Waihi 1,207 .. | ,207 Puhipuhi district . . .. .. K B Rotorua .. .. 2 .. 2 Oreat Barrier 1 sland.. .. .. 6 .. .. .. II West Coast Inspection District. County of Marlborough .. .. . . 88 I 92 Waimea .. . . 12 .. 12 Collingwood ..... 2 11 13 Murchison .. 50 50 Buller .. .. 48 48 Inangahua .. . . 677 6 47 730 Grey .. .. .. 131 23 154 Westland .. . . . . 5 172 II 188 Borough of Ross .. . . .. .. 69 .. 69 Southern Inspection District. County of Taieri .. .. .. .. .. 2 2 Tuapeka . . 6 192 43 241 Vincent .. 14 69 144 .. 227 Maniototo .. .. .. 71 6 .. 77 Waihemo 23 .. .. 5 28 Waitaki .. .. 21 .. .. 21 Lake .. .. 4 51 11 37 103 Wallaoe . . .. ol .. .. 51 Bruoe .. .. .. 20 20 Southland .. .. 73 122 .. 195 Stewart Island . . .. .. .. 6 6 Totals .. .. .. .. 2,703 1,019 427 56 ! 4,205 •• I 2,703 1,010 427 56 4,205 Summary of Persons ordinarily employed in or about New Zealand Mines during 1915 and 1914. 1915. 1914. Decrease. Gold, silver, and scheelite ... ... 4,193 4,444 251 Other metalliferous mines ... ... ... 12 26 14 Coal-mines ... ... ... ... 4,156 4,734 578 ; | Totals ... ... ... 8,361 9,204 843 9,204 843

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APPENDICES TO THE MINES STATEMENT.

APPENDIX A.

REPORTS RELATING TO METALLIFEROUS MINES AND STONE-QUARRIES.

The Inspecting Engineer of Mines to the Under-Secretary of Mines. Sir,— Wellington, 14th April, 1916. I have the honour to present my tenth annual report on metalliferous mines, together with annexures and statistical information, for the year ended 31st December, 1915. In accordance with the usual practice, the tables showing expenditure through the Mine,*. Department on roads, bridges, tracks, prospecting operations, &c, are for the period covered by the financial year —viz., from the Ist April, 1915, to the 31st March, 1916. The reports, &c, are divided into the following sections: — I. Production of Minerals. 11. Persons employed. 111. Accidents. IV. Gold-mining. (1 ) Quartz-mining. (2.) Dredge Mining (3.) Alluvial Mining V. Minerals other than Gold. VI. Stone-quarries. VII. State Aid to Mining. (1.) Subsidized Prospecting. (2.) Subsidized Roads on Goldfields. (3.) Government Prospecting-drills. (4.) Government Water-races. VIII. Schools of Mines. Annexures, — Reports of— (a.) Water-race Managers. (6.) Directors of Schools of Mines. (c.) Mining Statistics. (d.) Examinations under the Mining Act, 1908, and Lists of Certificate-holders.

I. PRODUCTION OF MINERALS. The following statement shows the value of the exports from metal-mines and kauri-gum fields from the Ist January, 1853, to the 31st December, 1915 : —

Owing to the prohibition by the Banking Amendment Act, 1914, which, came into operation on the sth August of that year, of the export of gold except with the consent of the Minister of Finance, the value of gold and silver exported is no indication of the annual production. During 1915 the prohibition was removed, and the quantity of bullion exported during that year considerably exceeded that won during the same period. The official returns from gold-mines showjthat bullion to the value of £1,348,489 was produced during 1915, being approximately £154,160 less than the production of the previous year,

Classification. I 1914. 1915. Total from the Increase. [1st January, 1853, to the [ 31st December, 1915. Gold Silver Other minerals Kauri-gum ... i £ 895,367 62,085 29,338 497,444 £ 1,694,553 95,583 33,161 279,133 £ £ 799,186 84,648,463 33,498 2,096,382 3,823 550,508 218,311* 17,536,140 Totals 1,484,234 2,102,430 2,102,430 618,196 618,196 104,831,493 104,831,493 * Deci ires •ease. ase.

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Tl. PERSONS EMPLOYED. The following statement shows the number of persons ordinarily employed in or about the metalliferous mines of the Dominion during the year :-

111. ACCIDENTS. The following is a summary of persons killed or seriously injured in metalliferous mines during 1915 :—

Table showing Number of Deaths from Accidents at New Zealand Metal-mines and Dredges during Ten Years 1906 to 1915 (inclusive).

During the past ten years the proportion of fatal accidents at metal-mines per 1,000 persons employed has averaged 1-32. From the table describing the fatal mining accidents it will be seen that two fatalities may be attributed to absence of care by mine officials —viz., in the cases of Hugh McQuillan, at Ross Mine, and James Walker, at the Lake Hochsteller Water-race. In the case of Alfred Stone, killed at the Talisman Mine, the evidence given at the inquest showed that the deceased and his mate had exceeded the maximum number of shots (six) at one time, as provided by the regulations; there was no evidence, however, to show that the accident was due to such negligence. The fatalities to David Kennedy, Max Oertmann, and James Lanini were due to the sufferers working in dangerous situations which more careful men would have avoided. The remaining four fatal accidents may be classed as unprcventable by regulations or by reasonable supervision, although some suspicion may be attached to the gelignite which killed John P. Voeasivitch and Alfred Stone on different occasions at the Talisman Mine. During 1915 there occurred six fatal accidents by which seven lives were lost, and seven other serious but not fatal accidents, all by premature explosion of gelignite at our coal and metal mines

Inspeotion Distric it. Southern. Total, 1915. Classification. Northern. West Coast. aold, silver, and scheelite ... 1,870 1,356 Cinnabar fin ... ... ... 6 921 44 ' 6 4,149 44 6 6 Copper Total lor 1915 ... 1,876 1,356 Total for 1914 1,976 1,380 1,356 1,380 971 1,114 4,205 4,470 The decrease in the number of persons employed may, to a considoi enlistment for military service. , to a considerable extent, be attributed to

ran t iMisoellane- ,,,._, Explosions. * alls °j In Shafts, ous Under- Surface. *7' Ground. ground. Dredges. Inapeotion Diitriot. I. . !— £■6 ' Sfra £*e >-tj >.^ . to ill • Oi qj ■ t/I Oi QJ • D O • ;/, QJ IS s *- •« P S *o a* t OP£i *3 3 *- T3 3 h o ,0 . w o ( S °. 3 Jh °. J- °. J2 ° 3 — *C '5* r- ' *E *£* J5 'S 'c* ."t; "C "q* 5 'C p" 'C '5* _ Northern ... ... 2 4 2 2 1 ... 1 West Coast ... I 8 I 1 1 1 Southern ... 1 1 ... 2 Totals ... ... 2 4 4 5 1 ... 2 1 1 j 1 2 I I Total. >>irj ID 03 ■° si 3 t'o w i a w 6 6 3 5 1 2 10 13 a 6 6 3 5 1 2 10 13 2 Being at the rate of 238 fatalities per 1,000 persons employed.

Cause of Aooident. 1906. 1907. 1908. | 1909. i 1910. ; 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1915. I I " | Explosion Fall of ground ... in shafts MiscellaneousUnderground On surface .. About dredges .. 3 3 1 1 6 2 8 2 1 2 1 3 2 1 5 1 2 "i i fi 3 8 1 •I 4 I "a 3 2 6 1 1 5 2 "a 4 "a 2 ""a "a 2 1 1 Total killed 14 Number of employees ... 8,716 Number of persons killed T60 per 1,000 employed 7 9,389 084 15 14 15 ;8,880 7,651 8,121 1-69 183 '<■ 1'84 5 5 7,400 5,239 I 067 0'95 10 6 4,941 4,470 2 02 1-34 10 4,205 238 I , I

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and stone-quarries.* This is an abnormal and very bad record, and caused apprehension that the gelignite was defective. In consequence of this the Dominion Analyst and Chief Inspector of Explosives, J. S. Maclaurin, D.Sc, carried out a number of experiments with gelignite obtained at places where accidents had occurred, with the result that it was found that much of the gelignite imported into New Zealand during the war was made with sodium nitrate in place of the corresponding salt of potassium, owing to shortage of the latter in Great Britain. Sodium nitrate is known to absorb moisture very readily, and gelignite was found which for that reason would not detonate. The condition was readily recognized by the swelling of the cartridges, which first occurs at the ends, the contents becoming of putty-like consistency. Circulars have been issued by this Department advising that(l.) Gelignite should on no account be stored in a damp place. (2.) It should be kept in the paraffin sealed packets until required for charging, and the use of powder-cans for the conveyance of explosives from the magazine to working-place should be strictly enforced. (3.) Broken cartridges or cartridges that have become damp should not be allowed to accumulate, but should be destroyed. (4.) Cartridge* showing any considerable amount of swelling, or which on cutting show moisture throughout the mass, should not be inserted in the charge, as they might fail to carry the detonation-wave, and so leave part of the charge unexploded in the hole. (5.) Detonators of No. 7 size should be used when obtainable in preference to No. 6. Fatal Accidents at Mining Operations other than Coal-mining. The following is a brief description of accidents at mining operations other than coal-mining during 1915 : —

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Name of Person killed. SSoOmt. Mine or Claim. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. *«#* Hugh McQuillan .. David Kennedy John P. Vocasivich 8/1/15 14/1/15 27/1/15 Adams and Weir's (hy-draulic-sluicing) claim, Mn. rewhenu a Talisman Mine (quartz) Adams and Weir's (hy-draulic-sluioing) claim, Ma rewhenu a Talisman Mine (quartz) Ross Mine (deep alluvial) Lake Hoohstetter (alluvial claim) ' While removing a landslip in a tail-race 15 ft. deep, about half a ton of earth fell, burying deceased and killing him. The sufferer had but little mining experience. The Coroner's jury returned a verdict that no one was blameworthy. Deceased and his mate, John McClair, experienced mini is. had just recommenced after a stoppage of several weeks to put a rise in the hanging-wall of the lode above No. 14, level. Immediately previous to such stoppage a round of eleven holes had been fired in two sections, eleven reports being counted. Before commencing to drill McClair states that they made a thorough examination of the face, working down all loose ground End the remains of an old hole, and they washed the face with a strong jet without disclosing the presence of any undischarged gelignite. While the seventh hole, distant 15 in. from the observed old hole, was being drilled in. a different direction therefrom, an explosion occurred killing Vocasivich and inflicting minor injurit sto McClair. The jury were of opinion that the drill had struck gelignite which had fallen into a vug during previous operations ; and that no person is blameworthy. Owing to the frequency of late of premature explosions of gelignite, I believe that it is just as likely that inferior gelignite had remained unexploded in the butt of an old hole, and that the drill came in contact therewith. ] Deceased, the experienced driver of the electric winder, was electrocuted while endeavouring to work with his bare hand the switch of the telephone transformer, placed high up on. the wall of the winding-room. Owing to a break in the transmission-line a connection had been made between the high-potential power-line and the telephone-line, causing the telephone transformer to spark. In his anxiety to save his employers' property deceased used his bare hand, no insulating-pole being kept by the management in the building, it is alleged, owing to the dampness of the same. The Coroner returned a verdict of " Accidental death by eleotrio shock." Subsequent action by the widow claiming £2.000 damages from the company failed. Notwithstanding that deerased acted rashly, tho management cannot be hold blameless in not seeing that an insulating-pole was kepf in a dry place in the winding-room. Deceased was the attendant in charge of an oil-engine and pump situated at the junction of an inclined and a level tunnel, driven in connection with the company's water-races. By a reversal of the natural ventilation, carbon-monoxide gas (white-damp) produced by the oilengine, and which escaped from badly made joints and from the end of the cxhaust-pipc within the drive, was inhaled by deceased, who was poisoned by this deadly gas. The Coroner found that deceased was poisoned by gas from the oil-engine in his charge. Action was taken against the company by the Public Trustee on behalf of the dependants of deceased, and compensation was paid to them. James Walker 27/2/15 Lake Hoohstetter (alluvial claim) * Since the above Works stono-quarry, I was writte )haku no. i—viz., on 15th May, 191 lix lives wore lost, and t —viz., on 15th May, 191 ix lives wore lost, and t HI Ui .6—a premature explosion occurred in a drive at the Public wo persons woro injured.

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Fatal Accidents at Mining Operations other than Coal-mining— continued.

Name of Person killed. Bate of Accident. Mine or Claim. Cause nf Accident, and Remarks. Alfred Stone 31/3/15 Talisman Mine (quartz) Deceased, and his mate, Leslie Kirk, were driving the face of the S drive, No. 15 level. After spitting and firing in one section eleven holes (in contravention to Regulation 94 (9), six holes being the maximum under those conditions), it is alleged that eleven reports were counted, they returned to the place to work down loose ground; they subsequently erected the rock-drill. After striking a few blows with the drill an explosion occurred killing deceased and injuring Kirk's eyes. The Coroner delivered a verdict that the, injuries were received owing to the drill coming into contact with unexploded gelignite, which he bclioved had fallen from some previous charge into a crevice, and he recommended that faces should be hosed down before firing, and a search made for unexploded cartridges. The Inspector of Explosives drew attention in his evidence to the necessity of keeping all gelignite perfectly dry and the advisability of using detonators of No. 7 size in preference to No. 6. Tho recommendation of the Coroner is now incorporated in the new Mining Regulations, 94 (9). Deceased, a pumpman, with two others, was engaged repairing a sinking-pump near the bottom of the Talisman inclined (63°) shaft, when he slipped from a ladder and fell to the sump below, receiving concussion of the brain when falling. Tho Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death. This fatality occurred in a stope worked on the shrinkage system on the Royal lode above No. 6 level. The deceased with his mate, together with the assistant manager and shift boss, were debating where to start cribbing a double pass when a large piece of quartz fell from the back of the stope, killing deceased instantaneously. Although the highest point of the stope did not exceed 5 ft. a proper examination of the back had not been made that morning before the commencement of work. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, with a rider that the attention of miners should be drawn to the importance of a thorough examination of each stope before commencing work each shift; obviously sound advice. Deceased, a competent miner, was working with his mate in one of tho blocking-faces above the No. 7 level. The ground, was worked on the false-set system, the roof being compact gravel. The timber was temporarily held together by two short and two long timber dogs, which were removed and rcfixed as further sets were erected. Deceased having stood a main set, stepped back to remove the dog from the last set to the main set next to the trucking road, his mate holding one end of tho dog while, ho knocked out the other end. Directly ho had done so one set sprung and fell to the face, pushing over the false set and the main set; deceased, who was standing so as to keep the set in position, was buried under a fall of ten or fifteen tons of coarse gravel and wash. An inquest was held and a verdict of accidental death was returned by the jury. The deceased, a Maori, was standing on the quartz at the top of an uncovered pass in a stope about 50 ft. above No. 10 level when the quartz, which had become blocked, suddenly collapsed, precipitating him down the pass and burying him; an hour later when his body was uncovered life was extinct. The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death, with a rider drawing atteni ion to the clause in stoping contracts providing that all passes shall be securely covered with strong poles, and that when a pass is in use no space exceeding 12 in. wide shall be left open for quartz or filling material. Deceased was mining on contract, and in charge of the stope wherein he was killed. At the time of this accident deceased was working in an open channel about 45 ft. deep. The channel connects a tail-race tunnel with a sluieing-paddock, and is constructed through fine gravel and silt. It was without adequate batter or timber support, having only been completed a few days. A fall suddenly occurred during rain, burying deceased. When extricated about three hours later he was dead. A verdict of accidental death was returni d by the Coronir at the inquest which followed. Frederick Paton . . 25/4/15 Talisman Mine (quartz) Peter Antwis Waihi Grand Junction Mine (quartz) 2/5/15 Max Oertmann 28/8/15 Ross Mine (deep alluvial) .» John Matthew 1/10/15 Waihi Mine (quartz) James Lanini 15/11/15 Hell Hill (sluicing-claim)

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IV. GOLD-MINES. The following statement shows the value of the bullion-production, also the dividends declared, number of persons employed, and number of gold-mines and dredges : —

*In addition to the gold produood from the gold-mines, Bilver was obtained from them, hence the word " bullion " is used in preference to " gold." f The bullion-production is from 52 dredges, but the dividends given are only from 21 of these, the property of registered companies. The profits of privately owned dredges and mines are unobtainable, which renders this statement incomplete. { The bullion-production is from 283 alluvial claims, but the dividends are only ascertainable from those few that are the property of registered oompanies. (1.) Quartz-mining. The following is a statement showing the tons of ore treated, the value of bullion produced, and the amount of dividends paid by quartz-mining companies in each of the inspection districts during the years 1914 and 1915 : —

The following is a statement of the production, dividends declared, and the number of persons employed by the principal gold-quartz mining companies during 1915 : —

Quartz-mining ... Dredge mining + .,. Alluvial mining J Totals, 1914 Production of Bullion, 1915.* (All Mines.) £ 1,030,524 164,605 153,360 1,348,489 Dividends paid, Number of Person8 Number of m w -fSn ordinarily em- Working Mines, (By Registered Com- nloved Dredges, and panies only.) " ' ' Claims. £ 237,165 2,703 62 26,332 427 52 11,118 1,019 283 274,615 4,149 397 62 52 283 274,615 4,149 397

Statute Tons of Ore treated. Value of Bullion. Dividends paid. (By Registered Companies only.) Inspection District. 1915. 1914. 1915. 1914. 1915. 1914. lorthern Vest Coast louthern 330,199 151,161 3,269 347,194 148,069 6,076 £ 796,685 231,150 2,689 £ 911,733 239,237 3,244 £ 210,016 27,249 £ 266,165 22,100 Totals ... 484,629 501,339 1,030,524 1,154,214 237,265 288,265

Name of Company. Northern District — Waihi Gold-mining Company (Ltd.)* Waihi Grand Junction Gold-mining Company (Ltd.) Talisman Consolidated (Ltd.) West Coast DistrictDominion Consolidated Blackwater Mines (Ltd.) New Big River Gold-mining Company (Ltd.) Other quartz-mines throughout New Zealand During 191 Quantity ; Value of Quartz of treated, j Bullion. Statute Tons. £ 171,725 327,394 112,3211 200,270 26,230 188,620 17,484 ! 12,472t 54,643] 109,285 2,938! 11,869 99,288 180,614 During 1915. Average Value per Ton. £ s. d. 1 18 1J I 15 8 Total to 1915. End °< D °- cember, 1915. i £ £ 99,181 14,676,902 46,047 ] 151,750 Dividends paid. sis. a■ p. sag 753 43G 7 3 10 64,688 1.1,030,222 280 0 II 3 2 0 0 4 0 9| i 2,250 ! 2,250 24,999 137,495 91,200 80 207 60 1 16 4 Unknown 887 Totals, 1915 . . 484,6291,030,524 484,6291,030,524 2 2 6 237,165 Unknown 2,703 * The total value of the output of this given arc free of incomo-tax. f In addition, scheelite concentrate, value company at the end of i £14,133, was obtained ft company at the ond of tl io year was £ 11,114,432. The divide; ids here £14,133, was obtained fro: rn tho quartz treated,

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There has been a decrease in the value of bullion produced from quartz-mines amounting to £123,690. To this reduction all quartz-mining districts have contributed, although slight increases have occurred at a few mines, including Waihi, Blackwater, and the Dominion Consolidated. No new developments of importance have occurred, and the year has been unimportant for the quartzmining industry. Northern Inspection District. At the Waihi Mine a crosscut is being projected from No. 12 (1,447|ft.) level in a favourable dacite country. At No. 11 (1,301 ft.) level the Edward and Empire lodes have proved payable, but the Martha lode has been very irregular in value. Turbo pumps having been installed in No. 4 shaft are now working satisfactorily : this shaft had at the end of the year attained a total depth of 1,470] ft. from the surface. The Waihi Grand Junction Mine main shaft has been, continued to a total depth of 1,300 ft. ; from. .1,270 ft. downwards being through a low-grade quartz-caloite. Sinking is now suspended owing to the influx of water exceeding the capacity of the electric sinking-pump —viz., 40,000 gallons per hour. Stationary high-lift turbo pumps were installed at No. 7 (1,200 ft.) level. At that level the Empire and Royal lodes have been considerably developed, and have proved profitable, although there has been a decline in the average value of ore treated from £2 4s. Id. to £1 15s. Bd. during the past year. At the Talisman Consolidated Mine the Talisman shaft was sunk to a depth of 40 ft. below No. 15 level, and the Otis pump installed thereat. A cross-cut was driven westward from that shaft, connecting with the Bonanza section No. 15 level. Above No. 14 level all ore has been extracted in the Bonanza and Dubbo sections. In the Woodstock section the main south drive was connected with the Talisman shaft at a depth of 76 ft. below No. 14 level. Driving south on iho Maria lode off No. 2 crosscut several short runs of ore were proved. It is proposed to considerably extend the east and west crosscuts from the main north drive, Woodstock section, also to continue driving south from No. 2 crosscut. In the Bonanza section winzes are now being sunk from No. 15 level and the north drive continued. On the occasion of my last inspection the deepest workings on the lode —viz., a winze from No. 15 level, exposed very poor mineral, containing a considerable proportion of galena in large crystals. The Waihi-Paeroa Gold Extraction Company having installed a large Priestman dredge is now enabled to obtain a more constant supply of old tailing from the Ohinemuri River, and to deal more effectively with timber on the river-bed. During the year 148,100 tons of tailing was raised and treated for a return of £39,700, as compared with 144,300 tons for £42,950 during 1914. West Coast Inspection District. For much of the information herein concerning West Coast quartz-mines I am indebted to the Inspector of Mines for that district. Dominion Consolidated Mining and Development Company : Mining has been carried on during the whole year with the best results yet obtained by this company. The value of gold obtained was £12,471 12s. Bd., and scheelite-concentrate amounting to 110 tons was sold for £14,133 2s. 3d. A dividend of £2,250 was declared. The development of the mine is not being pushed on as it should bo, and work below No. 3 level is urgently required to find the ore below the fault which interrupts it at this level. An improved water-supply has now been secured, and this has enabled milling to be carried on without interference during the dry months ; and this factor, together with the increased price of seheelite due to the war, has evidently produced the improved return for the year. Development at Murray ('reek Mine has been very satisfactory during the year-, the lode discovered at No. 2 level having assumed a steeper dip, and at No. 3 level has been lengthened to 366 ft. At this level the country is less disturbed than above, and there is reason to expect that the lode will be as good at No. 4 level, for which the shaft is now being sunk. The gold-content of the ore as proved by crushings is nearly 1 oz. per ton, which even in a small lode should leave a fair margin of profit. The mine, however, will not be worked cheaply, owing to the small inclination of the lode ; the hangingwall is heavy, and the ore has to be trucked a very long way to the mill. At the Energetic Mine prospecting by driving on two separate lines of lode is in progress. The situation of this claim is a good one, between the Keep-it-Dark and Wealth of Nations on the south, and the Murray Creek and Golden Treasure on the north. There appears to be a likelihood of more than one payable lode running into it. At the Wealth of Nations Mine work has been carried on during the whole year. The return, £40,710 2s. 6d., from 10,250 tons treated, shows a slight increase upon that of 1914. The lode has been struck in No. 12 (1,980 ft.), the bottom level, and is quite payable in value and up to 25 ft. in width. Altogether this mine looks better than it did a year ago. Work at the Keep-it-Dark Mine has been carried on during the whole year, but the yield £11,064 145., from 10,985 tons, must have been unpayable. There is plenty of ore in the mine, but, unfortunately, it is too low-grade to pay for working, and unless something of better value is discovered in the next level it is hardly likely that work will be long continued. The Progress Mines has had another unprofitable year, having crushed 36,160 tons for a return of £37,695, or £1 os. 9d. per ton. No important development has occurred during the year, and the lost lode beyond the main faults remains undiscovered. Ore reserves are rapidly diminishing. At New Big River Mine the main shaft has been deepened, and No. I 1 (1,760 ft. level has been driven and a rise put up to meet the lode. This development was not completed in time to keep up the monthly returns after the ore became exhausted above No. 10 (1,575 ft.) level, and for this reason the output for the year was only £11,869, from 2,938 tons, as compared with £30,195 from 6,273 tons for 1914. The management anticipate better results again now that the new level has been opened up.

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The Blackwater Mine has produced gold to the value of £109,284, from 54,643 tons, the highest annual production hitherto attained at this mine. Of this amount £24,999 Bs. was distributed in dividends, and the total so paid now amounts to £137,495 2s. The year's development has not been altogether satisfactory, as the lode in the lowest levels is smaller and more disturbed than it was above, and the ore reserve in sight must be now considerably less than was the case two years ago. At the North Blackwater Mine a main shaft is now being sunk to open up the extension of the Blackwater lode at greater depth. This lode is the most regular and persistent yet discovered in the district, being 2,500 ft. in length, and having maintained its character and quality uniformly from the the surface down to the present depth of nearly 1,100 ft. The lode as exposed in the mine is interrupted by two very well-defined faults, which show at every level and separate the stoping operations into three main blocks. These faults and also the north and south ends of the reef have a pitch of about 35° to the north, so that it is apparent that in depth the lode will cross the north boundary of the Blackwater Claim into the North Blackwater Mine. This is calculated to occur at a depth of 820 ft. below the collar of the North Blackwater shaft, and from that point every foot sunk will give approximately 2 ft. increased length of lode. The shaft is now being sunk, and is now down 230 ft. It is well timbered, and all provision has been made for ventilation and for rapid handling of material, so that the work should now continue without interruption. The adjoining Blackwater Mine has now produced some £600,000 worth of gold, so that with a prospect of developing a mine of similar value the North Blackwater Company is fully justified in its operations. At the Blackwater South Mine during the year a crosscut has been driven which has intersected what is known as the Empire lode, at a lower level than that driven by the Blackwater Mines (Limited), which that company prospected when the property was under option to it. In driving south from the crosscut some small bunches of quartz have been met with, but nothing of any value proved, thus verifying the results which led the Blackwater Company to abandon its option. It is reported that further work will now be done in sinking from Absalom and party's old tunnel south of the Blackwater Mines, but when this was driven, under subsidy from the Department, the prospects were not encouraging ; all the information available tended to show that the limit of the lode to the south lies within the Blackwater Company's own boundaries. At the Millerton Gold-mine the shaft was deepened to No. 3 level, and the lode was intersected by a crosscut and driven on for 60 ft. As was the case at No. 2 level, there was no value in the quartz, and all work has now been stopped for some months. This lode carried gold at two points where it had been intersected and eroded by valleys —viz., the present valley of Snowy Creek and the old valley, now filled with a deposit of alluvium, which was run into by a drive north on the lode. The gold at these two places was probably the result of mechanical enrichment by erosion of the upper portion of the lode, and as soon as this enriched portion was passed through the remainder of the lode was found to be quite unpayable. At Mount Greenland, near Ross, a Wanganui syndicate has kept two or three men employed, but lias practically no further developments of the reef to show. A small battery is being prepared to crush the stone won from development, but the concern is being run in a most unbusinesslike manner, and the future prospects are very doubtful. „,, (2.) Dredge Mining. West Coast of the South Island. During the year two new dredges were put into commission, viz., the Murray's Freehold and the Ahaura River, and a third, the Worksop No. 2, it is proposed to start early in 1916. The Worksop No. 1, having worked out the claim, is now idle. The new dredge to replace the Hessey-Uameron dredge which sank at Capleston is now in commission, and returns from it are satisfactory. There have been no sensational returns during the year, but all the dredges at work have more than paid their way, and the owners of the Ahaura dredge and the Worksop No. 2 expect good results in 1916. If the Australian firm which has been prospecting Rimu Flat is successful in raising the required capital, it is reported to be their intention to use the American typo of dredge with close-connected buckets of about 12 cubic; feet capacity. This type of dredge has not hitherto been employed in New Zealand. All the dredges in commission have been well kept throughout the year, and safety appliances are duly provided and maintained. Otago and Southland. A steady decline continues in this branch of mining in Otago and Southland. Six dredges ceased Operations and were dismantled during 1915. The Clutha River has kept at a high level throughout the year, consequently the dredges operating in its gorges were unable to work. The Pride of the Clutha dredge at Miller's Flat resumed work under new ownership after a period of suspension extending over eleven months. An innovation in the method for saving fine gold, which is said to give good results, has been adopted on McGeorge's Freehold Nos. 2 and 3 sluice-box dredges at Waikaka. The innovation consists oi the installation of a second box directly below the main box, with the space of about 2 ft. separating them. A cut 2$ in. wide is put through the bottom of the upper box over its full width a short distance below the point of discharge of gravel from the buckets. The opening is protected by the angle-iron ripples in the box, but it allows most of the fine drift to pass through to the lower box, which is lined with coconut-matting for saving the fine gold.

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Statement showing the Production and Dividends paid by Dredges the property of Registered Companies, 1915.

The following table shows the result of dredge-mining operations in New Zealand during the past ten years:—

The greatest weekly output by a gold-dredge was attained by the " Lady Ranfurly," on the 4th November, 1904. This dredge, operating on the River Molyneux (Clutha), obtained 1,273 oz. of gold in six consecutive days; it was owned by the Electric Gold-dredging Company, who at the end of 1913 had obtained gold to the value of £222,155 by dredging, of which £130,643 was distributed as dividends. (3.) Alluvial Mining. The value of the production from alluvial claims amounted to £153,360, as compared with £157,323 during the previous year. The returns would have been better but for the prolonged dry weather in parts of Otago and Southland, where the principal claims are situated. On the west coas + of the South Island, where formerly alluvial mining was very profitable, no registered alluvial-gold mining company distributed a dividend during 1915.

Production during 1915 of all Dredges. Dividends paid by Dredges owned by Registered Companies. Name of Dredge. „ . ,„, e To 31st December, During 1915. lgl5 Otago and Southland— Rise-and-Shine (2) Rising Sun ... Electric (2) ... Earnscleugh (3) Ngapara New Golden Run Golden Gate ... Golden Bed ... Cardrona Lower Nevis ... Crewe No. 2 ... Otakau Willowbauk ... Paterson's Freehold West Coast, South Island— Success Red Jacks Worksop Thirty-one other New Zealand dredges, including those privately owned £ 11,060 5,739 5,808 14,901 4,374 6,387 2,492 2,199 1,639 2,821 1,964 3,975 2,055 3,016 £ £ 7,800 47,700 800 22,400 2,600 132,600 3,300 30,250 1,050 2,925 1,200 3,200 1,000 1,000 667 667 400 800 690 2,730 250 9,125 975 975 600 6,600 600 22,200 7,126 4,357 4,708 2,000 2,000 900 900 1,500 43,350 79,984 Totals 164,605 26,332 * Tho profits made by privately owned dredges Department. «re unknown, not bi ling included ill returns to the Mines

Average Production per Dredge. Dividend-paying Dredges owned by Registered Companies. Number of Persons employ od. Year. Total Number, of Dredges ! working. Value of Production. Number. Dividends. I 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 167 128 123 111 104 93 87 74 64 52 £ 505,199 419,634 373,818 327,676 315,237 297,900 257,333 195,848 191,112 164,605 £ 3,025 3,278 3,039 2,952 3,031 3,203 2,958 2,646 2,986 3,165 66 65 47 37 35 31 28 11 16 21 £ 103,722 89,707 75,800 56,788 51,918 45,318 38,841 18,750 23,080 26,333 1,150 1,013 893 838 775 694 621 491 427

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Early in the year a small rush took place to the valley of the Howard River, a tributary of the Buller River, neat Tophouse, regarding which Mr. T. 0. Bishop, Inspector of Mines, reported during May as follows : — " There has been some little excitement of late by the discovery of coarse gold in the Howard Valley, and the locality has been the scene of a small rush. On this visit I found about sixty men engaged in digging in the bed of the Louis Creek, a tributary of the Howard. This creek is beingworked from end to end. The wash is very shallow, and consists of large stones resting on a soft granite bottom and filled, in with fine gravel. The gold, which is all coarse, is found lying on the granite and stuck in small crevices, and in most of the claims the men save it not in a sluice-box, but by picking it up with a pocket-knife (fossicking) after moving the stones and washing the bottom. There is a considerable extent of alluvial terrace in this locality, and this has not yet been tried. No doubt in the coming spring and summer there will be a lot of prospecting done, and if the terraces prove payable there will be plenty of room for extensive mining. There will, however, be a groat difficulty in obtaining any large water-supply for sluicing purposes should that be required." During his last visit to the rush, in November, the Inspector found that there were about one hundred and fifty men employed, and all appeared satisfied with their earnings, of which, however, there is no record, as the greater number of miners are employed at ordinary claims, which make no returns to the Government. On the fourteen registered claims in operation twenty-one men were engaged, and gold to the value of £2,022 was produced therefrom. This, our latest alluvial discovery, may therefore only be regarded at present as a poor mail's field. For much of the following information regarding alluvial mining on the West Coast and in Otago and Southland, I am indebted to the reports of Inspectors of Mines, T. 0. Bishop and A. Whitley respectively. In the Maruia Valley there are still three parties making good wages by sluicing, and a newly formed company has commenced operations during the year at Taylor's Creek- It is reported that the wash is highly payable, but the water-supply is small and the ground which is exposed is rough and stony. The results of the next few months' work will prove the claim definitely. The Carthage Gold-mining Company is still operating on the old beach lead at Fairdown. Six men are employed, and the returns should leave a fair margin of profit over working-expenses. At Addison's Flat a few parties of working-men continue to make a living, but the English syndicate which spent considerable capital in opening up the old Shamrock lead got into financial difficulties and had to cease work. The ground was very stony, and the gold won was not sufficient to pay all expenses. The Addison's Gold-mining Company, a newly established concern, undeterred by the fate which has attended so many other companies in this district, has taken over Carmody and party's claim, and is erecting a bucket elevator to handle the tailings and bringing in a water-race for power and sluicing purposes. The producing stage will not be reached for some time yet. The few miners who remain at Charleston continue to make very good wages, and Messrs. Powell. Bros., who are now treating black sand on a large scale, are doing very well. The various tributary streams of the Grey River continue to support a few miners, and the returns from this source are about the same as for the past three years. The Lake Hochstetter Company, which proposes to sluice the low-grade terraces near Riverview, Ahaura River, has not yet completed its water-race from Lake Hochstetter. Upon the result of this company's work the future of alluvial mining in Westland may largely depend. If it be proved that sluicing the higher terraces on a fairly large scale can be made to pay, then there may probably be several other similar ventures made. Messrs McKay and party at Barrytown have had a year of steady and profitable work, but apart from this claim mining has practically ceased in the district. From Maori Gully to Stafford there are about one hundred men engaged in sluicing operations on a small scale, and of these some are doing very well indeed, while others are making but small wages. The Golden Terrace Company at Maori Gully has ten men employed, chiefly on water-race construction. From actual sluicing £542 worth of gold was won during the year, so that when the race is completed, if sluicing can be carried on full time with a good water-supply, the result should be payable. The Hohonu Diamond Terrace Company has carried on sluicing at its claim with the old and limited supply of water, and has won £646 worth of gold during the year. The water-race construction has also been gone on with, and is almost completed for four miles and a half from the claim. The company is short of capital, and work will probably be suspended for some time pending new financial arrangements being made. In the Hokitika district all work ceased during the year at the Montezuma Claim and the plant was removed to a new claim south of Ross. This also has proved a failure, and it is understood that the concern will now be wound up. Golden Flat Claim, Kanieri: A very complete Kershaw pumping plant was installed on a pontoon on this claim and a paddock was opened out, but, after a run of a few weeks, work ceased, and the plant is now idle. The usual mistakes which are made in mining ventures were all repeated in this case—viz., insufficient capital, failure to ascertain by prospecting the value and nature of the ground to be worked, and a quite unsuitable plant for the claim. There can only be one result for all ventures which are conducted in this way. The returns from the claims worked by small parties in the Rimu district show a slight falllngoff, and there are fewer men employed than for the previous year. Those who remain are making good wages, and some a little better than that. Rimu Flat is again being prospected, this time on behalf of Sydney mining speculators.

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On the 11th April, 1916, the shareholders of the Ross Goldfields Reconstructed (Limited), agreed to the voluntary winding-up of the company, being of opinion that the Ross Plat had, after exhaustive testing, proved valueless as a mining proposition, the sole cause of the company's failure being the low value of wash found in the mine. Since the Casslus Claim was closed by influx of water in 1872 several costly attempts have been made to work the deep leads at Ross Flat, and the large sum. of £234,100 lias been expended in. such attempts by the following companies: 1882—Ross Gold-mining Company, £30,000; 1885 87- Ross United Company, £97,000; 1907-11 — Ross Goldfields (Limited), £51,928; 1911 16—Ross Goldfields Reconstructed (Limited), (two companies of that name), £35,173. The value of gold obtained by such companies was as follows: Ross United, £8,416, during six weeks' operations: Ross Goldfields (Limited), £1,928 from 10,336* trucks of wash, being 3s. B|d. per truck ; Ross Goldfields Reconstructed—to 31st December, 1914, £7,823, from 53,573 trucks of wash, being 2s. lOd. per truck ; during 1915, £6,985, from 30,984 trucks of wash, being 4s. 6d. per truck; from Ist January to 15th April, 1916, £1,530, from 7,473 trucks of wash, being 4s. Id. per truck. Prior to the inundation and stoppage of the earlier claims during 1872, the returns from the deepmining operations at Ross Flat are incomplete, but it was officially recorded at the time that from the Morning Star, Excelsior, and Cassius Claims £43,865 was obtained during a very brief period. The whole of the operations at Ross since 1907 were confined to extending the Ross United and Cassius workings at from 161 ft. to 191 ft. below high-water level ; no attempt was made to reach the main bottom, which the Ross United shaft, 'although carried by that company to a depth of 265 ft. below high-water level, had failed to do. Notwithstanding this, however, there exists no reason to believe that the Ross deep leads will ever pay to work, owing, chiefly, to the high cost of pumping. The quantity of water dealt with during recent operations varied between 1,700 and 2,200 gallons per minute. Owing to the nature of the leads, and the capacity of the plant, only a small daily output of wash was possible. A great deal of capital was lost on account of the unreliability of the hydro-electric pumping and transmission plant, which failed frequently during the earlier operations. In his final report to the directors of the company, dated the 23rd March, 1916, Mr. K. M. Barrance, mining superintendent, stated as follows : — " Development under Jones's Flat: The east drive off No. 2 shoot, which last year had advanced 350 ft., has been continued right under Cassius workings, and is now well under that area of Jones's Flat worked from the Morning Star shaft towards the Excelsior lease. Beyond disclosing—between 450 ft. and 700 ft. east of No. 2 shoot—an area of brown heavy pay-wash, about 200 ft. long by 80 ft. wide and 4 ft. 6 in. deep, there was no ground opened up which would pay a company to operate. The values met with after this run of pay-wash was confined to a depth of 2 ft., and were neither so good nor so consistent. For the last 300 ft. the wash has been low-grade in this direction. After passing the payable wash the underlying bottom continued to rise about 3 ft. 6 in. every 100 ft., and there is evidence at No. 19 North drive that the area of blue wash is only 120 ft. wide. At both, ends of this drive the terrace-bottom rises up almost abruptly, possibly forming on the surface those low-grade terraces on either side of Jones's Flat which are commonly spoken of now as the " old man bottom." It appears very evident from the position and vertical depth of the east drive that the sumps of both the Morning Star and drainage shafts must have been very close to if not actually in this bottom, and therefore one can discredit the theory of a layer of pay-wash below their lowest workings. " Other developments undertaken included four test rises above the main east drive, and the extension of an east drive off No. 17 north drive for 48 ft. .No pay-wash was encountered in either case. " The north-west extension on the Ross United lead was followed by driving for 245 ft. from No. 3 shoot at a lower level than the driving off No. 2 shoot. The values in the blocking around this drive showed that they were confined to a depth of 2 ft. over a width of 35 ft. As the wash at the end was only just payable and had a tendency to dip underfoot the drive was not persisted with. " Pay-wash reserves : There are no reserves beyond a few pillars, which will be taken out during the next week. " Transmission-line : During the year about a dozen interruptions have occurred through faulty insulators, but to no serious extent has this interfered with continuous mining operations. " Power-station at Kanieri Forks : The power plant has continued to be equal to the demands required of it, and with a total cost of per kilowatt-hour compared favourably with larger installations." Otago and SoutMand. The past year has been unfavourable for this class of mining, owing to the prolonged periods of dry'weather experienced in parts of the district, and an absence of heavy falls of snow in the high country, upon which most of the claimholders depend for supply of water to carry them over the early summer months. At the claim of the Gabriel's Gully Sluicing Company, Lawrence, three elevators have been kept steadily at work treating tailings from, the Blue Spur cement-deposit with satisfactory results. In places the tailing is 90 ft. in depth. The amount available for treatment is fairly extensive. Twentytwo men are employed. Gold to the value of £7,548 was won during the year, and dividends to the amount of £3,472 were paid.

* The mine trucks are of ton cubic feet capacity, and it is estimated that four trucks represent one cubic yarel of solid gravel, but only about one-third of the gravel and boulders mined was considered as worth trucking and s ending to the surface.

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The Golden Crescent Sluicing Company, Weatberstone, continues to give satisfactory result. Water under a pressure of 680 ft. is available for breaking up the cement, rendering the use of explosives almost unnecessary, and thereby reducing the working-costs. Efforts were made at the Golden Rise Claim to test the auriferous cement on Weatherstone Flat. Results were disappointing, for, owing to the low pressure of the water-supply, the hard cement could not be satisfactorily dealt with. The Sailor's Gully Sluicing Company, Waitahuna, purchased the adjoining claim, together with water-races and plant, from the Norwegian syndicate. The syndicate's water-supply will be brought on to the claim under a pressure of 600 ft., which will enable operations to be carried on much more advantageously than in the past. The Havelock Sluicing Company obtained satisfactory results during the year. Elevating is in progress on the river-flat below the township. A good supply of water is available under a pressure of 300 ft. Gold won for the year amounted, to 945 oz., valued at £3,619. Dividends amounting to £1.900 were paid. The Ladysmith Gold-mining Company, Roxburgh, continues to be a consistent gold-producer. The year's operations resulted in the production of gold to the value of £4,609, and payment of dividends amounting to £2,481. At the Roxburgh Amalgamated Gold-mining Company's claim operations in Loudens section have not proved as successful as were expected. Very little ground now remains to be worked, and the company proposes to prospect new ground near Commissioners Flat with, the view of shifting the plant thereon if prospects warrant it. The whole of the conduits for sluicing and elevating at the Teviot Molyneux Company's claim on White's Flat have been completed. The length of the race from the intake in the Teviot Gorge to the penstock above White's Flat is 4 miles 61| chains. The dimensions of the open race are 7 ft. on the bottom, 10 ft. on the top, and 3 ft. deep, with a fall of 16 ft. to the mile. Seven ravines on the line of race are crossed by means of inverted siphons 3 ft. in diameter. A rock-tunnel 700 ft. in length was driven at the intake end, and 5,000 ft. of pipe-line 3 ft. in diameter laid down between the tunnel and the open race. The power-line between White's Flat penstock and the claim consists of steel pipes, 2 ft. 6 in. in diameter, laid down over a length of 91 chains. Water will be delivered at the claim, having an hydraulic head of 600 ft. A start has been made to sluice off the surface gravels preparatory to sinking the elevator for the first paddock. A considerable amount of work has also been done on the extension of the race towards the company's claim at Anderson's Flat. At Round Hill Mining Company's claim, No. 2 paddock, which has been in operation for the past two years, is the main working claim, of which about 20 acres has been worked to an average depth of 45 ft. No. 1 paddock is worked on an average two shifts per diem. Water-supply has been very regular throughout the year. Twenty-eight men were employed. Ourawera Gold-mining Company is paddocking in.ltalian Gully, elevating 62ft. Nine heads of water are in use under a pressure of 450 ft. Eight men were employed. The Muddy Terrace Sluicing Company, Waikaia, constructed during 1915 a water-race 92 chains in length, and sluicing commenced in Long Cully, at Ihe southern end of the company's claim. Four faces are kept working when water is available. The depth of the faces vary from 6 ft. to 40 ft. Twenty-four men were employed. The Nokomai Sluicing Company during the year had only sufficient water to keep two elevators working. Nos. 2 and 3 were kept in almost continuous operation, while very little was done with &ho. I. The results obtained were not so good as formerly, owing mainly to the difficulty experienced in locating the main gutter in that part of the claim where No. 3 elevator is installed, and. to the lowgrade wash dealt with by No. 2 elevator in Victoria Cully. Thirty-six men were employed.

Statement showing the Value of Production and Dividends paid by the Principal Sluicing Companies in Otago and Southland during 1915.*

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Dividends declared. Name of Company or Party. Value of Gold produced. T-, . . „, _ Totals to End of During 1915. 1M5 _ Naseby Sluicing Company Gabriel's Gully Sluicing Company Golden Crescent. Sluicing Company Sailor's Gully Sluicing Company Havolock Sluicing Company Ladysmith Gold-mining Company .. Nokomai Hydraulic Sluicing Company Round Hill Gold-mining Company Ourawera Gold-mining Company 128 other claims (mostly privately owned) .. £ 665 7,548 2,308 2,197 3,619 4,609 5,129 6,426 2,981 58,436 ' £ £ 250 4,750 3,472 5,335 700 11,200 250 5,000 1,900 ■ 7,400 2,481 13,895 1,200 44,483 565 11,580 300 13,915 Unknown Unknown Totals .. 93,828 93,828 11,118 11,118 Unknown Unknown taid a dividend durin; 1915. * No other alluvial gold-mining oompanie ies in the Dominion i es in the Dominion ptbic d a dividend during 1915,

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V. MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. SOHEELITE. The quantity of seheelite exported during the year amounted to 194 tons, valued at £27,784 as compared with 204 tons, valued at £21,498, in 1914. The following statement shows the quantity and value of seheelite exported since the year 1899 : —

One of the most spectacular advances in commodity-prices occasioned by the war has been in tungsten, both metal and ore, seheelite being one form of the latter.* This advance, has been due to the extraordinary demand for tungsten steel, an essential constituent in. making high-speed-tool steel. The manufacture of immense quantities of military material has required greatly increased quantities of tool-steel, and consequently corresponding quantities of tungstic acid (WO 3 ), hence the advance in price. On the 6th September, 1.915, notice was given by His Excellency the Governor that the Imperial Government had instructed him to requisition all. supplies of seheelite and other ore containing tungstic acid, and from that date the export to other markets was prohibited. All persons having such ore were required forthwith to notify the Mines Department, Wellington. The price fixed by the Imperial Government was £2 15s. per unit (a unit being 1 per cent, of tungstic acid in the sample) delivered at London or Liverpool, the seheelite concentrate, in which form the ore is shipped, to contain not less than 65 per cent, (i.e., 65 units) tungstic acid. Since this notification all shipments have been bought by the Mines Department and shipped to the Imperial Supply Board. Advances have been paid on assay certificates by the Dominion Analyst. Prior to 1915 the market for tungsten-ore was very poor, the price now fixed being an increase of about 80 per cent. In the United States of America, ammunition-makers are reported to have paid during 191.5 a considerably higher price than the above, and an attempt was made in that country to " corner " the supplies, but this was frustrated by the action of the Imperial Government in commandeering colonial supplies. Previous to the war Australia, New Zealand, Burma, and Straits Settlements supplied a very large proportion of the world's production of tungsten. Portugal and Spain are also producers, but the mines there are controlled to a large extent by British, capital. The United States speculators therefore could only manipulate the supplies from Mexico and South America, which in comparison with British tungsten resources are inconsiderable. In the following table is shown the quantity of quartz crushed and seheelite concentrate obtained for the year ended the 31st December, 1915 : —

Year. 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 Quantity. Tons. 32 54 2 39 42 17 28 55 137 68 Value. £ 2,788 2,635 83 1,200 1,439 791 1,848 3,407 15,486 6,055 Year. 1909 1910 1911 .. 1912 1913 1914 1915.. Quantity. Tons. 58 143 138 135 221 204 19-1 Value. £ 4,263 15,070 11,853 13,347 22,933 21,498 27,784 Totals 1,567 152,480

Name of Mine or Company. Locality. Quartz crushed. Scheelite (TungsticTrioxide) Concentrate obtained. Value. Dominion Consolidated Company . . Statute Tons. 17,484 Tons cwt. lb. 110 0 0 £ s. d. 14.133 2 3 Glenorchy Scheelite Company and fourteen parties of miners Golden Point Wakamarina, Marlborough Glenorchy, Lake County 682 60 2 34 8.520 0 0 Macrae's, W a i lie m o County Ditto 569 27 4 28 4,080 16 10 Morning Star Berry Syndicate McGregor and Innes A. A. Cockerell A. Phelan Stoneburn Mining Company 9 11 16 8 2 978 0 14 0 0 16 45 0 19 93 1 4 25 0 5 65 7 8 56 130 0 0 140 II 5 185 0 0 234 18 1 50 19 6 1,425 1 10 ,, Marebum Gold and Scheelite Company ,, . . . . Stoneburn, Waihemo County' Mount Highway, Waihemo County Barewood.Taieri County 641 3 1.7 12 616 4 8 Buckland and Ewart H. S. Molynoaux 20 i 3 0 0 0 4 103. 430 0 0 42 9 4 >> ?! Totals, 1915 20,42L 216 9 13 29,989 3 11 Totals, 1914 In addition, certain of the abo 1 ! £12,472 ; Golden Point, £686 ; McGrej 21,745 221 18 0 '21,824 18 6 jws : Dominion Consolidated. 150; Mareburn, £246. ve mines" produced gold gor and Innes, £20 ; Stoi as foil leburn, I * Tungstic acid was first discovered by t Scheelite is very heavy. ;he Swedish chemist Scheele, the word " tungsten " meaning heavy stone.

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Tin. The Stewart Island Tin and Wolfram Lodes (Limited) has constructed a tramway 4 miles 49 chains in length to the alluvial deposits it is proposed to sluice, and towards the Remarkable Range, where a stanniferous lode is reported to exist. The water-race and pipe in connection with the sluioing proposition are completed. Cinnabar. At Puhipuhi, North Auckland, the Auckland Cinnabar Mining Company has put in short drives, and has intersected a lode which is reported to contain fair-grade ore. Iron. At Moturoa, near New Plymouth, Messrs. Heskett and Fraser, who have installed an experimental furnace for smelting the beach ironsand, are reported to have obtained satisfactory results, and claim that pig iron can be produced by them at a cost not exceeding £3 per ton. The following is an analysis of the pig iron produced: Iron, 94-6 percent.; graphitic carbon, 2'B; combined carbon, 0 - 46; silicon, 0 - 9; manganese, 0-42; phosphorus, 0 - 5; sulphur, 0 04; titanium, 0-28: total, 100 per cent. A company, to be called the New Zealand Iron-ore Smelting and Manufacturing Company (Limited), having a capital of £60,000, is now being formed to manufacture pig iron. It is proposed when the company is formed to erect a first instalment of blast-furnace plant and accessories. Sufficient ovens for the manufacture of ferro-coke will be erected immediately for the production of 150 tons of pig iron per week. The blast furnace will have a capacity of 75 tons per week, and can, it is stated, be duplicated on a small amount of capital. Kauri-gum. The considerable decline during 1914 and 1915 in the export of kauri-gum is due to the fact that previous to the war the principal market was in Germany. To afford a measure of relief to unemployed gum-diggers the Government, in terms of the Kauri-gum Industry Act, 1914, has purcha ed over 300 tons of gum, which is now stored in. the Government's store at Auckland. The diggers have received an advance of 50 per cent, of the value of their gum, calculated on the rates ruling in June, 1914. It has now been arranged, in accordance with power granted by the Kauri-gum Industry Amendment Act, 1915, to seek a market for gum in America, and perhaps in Japan, and to purchase and sell kauri-gum. By this Act the Minister of Lands is also g.ven authority to enter into contracts for the purchase of too s and plant for the extraction and treatment of kauri-gum. The Government at present has over two hundred men. employed " face-digging " gum land, the ground on which they have worked being left in a fit condition for agriculture. This has not been the rule in the past. It has been proposed that the Government shall take over the gum industry, and control it for the benefit of the State and for those engaged in it. The gum land aggregates nearly half a million acres, nearly all of which is the property of the Crown. Petroleum. Drilling operations in search of petroleum in payable quantity, which have for a number of years been in progress in the Dominion, have not during .1.915 resulted in any additional supplies being tapped. The Taranaki Oil-wells (Limited) towards the latter part of the year furnished evidence that 1,000,000 gallons of marketable crude oil had been produced from its wells at Moturoa, Taranaki, during a period of about eight years, and in consequence was awarded the Government bonus offered for the production of the first million gallons of crude oil by any party. The total bonus gained by this company amounts to £10,000. At the present time the daily production is less than 300 gallons, obtained from, wells Nos. 2, 3, and 5, the flow from all the productive wells having gradually declined to small proportions within a year or two of the tapping of oil-yielding stratum. Drilling operations during 1915 were confined to No. 2 well, which has been enlarged in diameter to receive 10 in. casing for a depth of 2,000 ft.; this well had previously attained a depth of 3,030 ft., being then lined with 5 in. casing. It is now proposed to prove the field by this well at a greater depth than hitherto reached. The obstacle to the deepening of this company's wells was the small diameter of casing used. At No. I (Rotary) well drilling ceased at a depth of of 2,514 ft. This well was commenced with 15 in. casing, but was relined with 4 in. casing, rendered necessary by reason of a bit being lost in the hole. The only other active well-drilling operations were carried on intermittently by the Taranaki Oil Lands, &c, Company (Limited) at its " Blenheim " well at Moturoa, where at the end of 1915 a hole 3,802 ft. in. depth, lined with 6i in. casing, had been drilled. At the time of writing this borehole had attained a depth of 4,250 ft., and a small quantity of oil was being yielded.

VI. STONE-QUARRIES. At those 149 quarries and places coming within the provisions of the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, which applies to every place, not being a mine, in which persons work in quarrying stone by means of explosives, and of which has ajrock-face more than 20 ft. deep, also to any tunnel in the construction of which explosives are used, about 1,571 persons were employed during 1915. The

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inspection of such piaces is performed without extra salary by officials of the Public Works Department and Inspectors of Mines resident in the districts where the quarries, &c. are situated. The inspection of stone-quarries does not come under my control. Since the Stone-quarries Act, 1910, came into operation I have only heard of one prosecution thereunder. The number of fatal accidents during 1915 was six, causing the' loss of seven lives, being in the proportion of 4-45 lives lost per thousand persons employed -a very high proportion indeed. The following is a summary of persons killed or seriously injured during 1915 at stone quarries and places within the operation of the Stone-quarries Act:—

The following are details of the fatal quarry accidents during 1915 :

VII. STATE AID TO MINING. (i.) Subsidized Prospecting. During the year ended the 31st March, 1916, thirty-four approved prospecting parties were granted subsidies amounting to £5,151 Bs. 4d., of which £2,736 17s. Ild. was expended during that period. In addition to this, £1,1.11 Is. granted during previous years was expended by twenty parties during the past financial yeai. The following statement shows the total expenditure during the year ended the 31st March, 1916, on authorities issued previous to that date, in subsidies to prospecting associations and parties of miners in the different counties :— », , ~ „ Expenditure. Name of Oounty, &c. |> -, Rotorua County .. .. .. .. .. .. 26 0 0 Coromandel County .. .. .. .. . . . . 101 5 0 Ohinemuri County .. .. .. .. .. 152 5 0 Pelorus Road Board .. .. .. . . . . . . 131 6 8 Inangahu County .. .. .. .. .. .. 387 5 0 Murohison County .. .. .. .. . . . . 48 0 0 Grey County .. '.. .. .. .. .. .. 52 0 0 Westland County .. .. .. . . .. .. 513 13 0 Ross Borough .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 0 0 Tuapeka County .. .. .. .. .. .. 100 0 0 Prospecting associations, &c. .. .. .. .. .. 2,386 10 3 Total .. .. .. .. .. .. £3,908 411 Altogether thirty-six prospecting parties, employing eighty-six persons, have during 1915 been engaged upon subsidized prospecting operations, and, although no discovery of much commercial value has been made, ground has been proved in a few instances which may be. profitably worked. The following is a table prepared by the Inspectors of Mines who have inspected the subsidized operations : —

Cause of Accident. Number oi Accidents. Number of Sufferers. Fatal. Serious. Killed. S T er ! 0U!j y Injured. Explosives .. Falls of ground Machinery .. Haulage Miscellaneous 2 2 3 12 1 7 5 3 3 2 12 I 2 7 5 2 Totals 6 28 7 28 7

Name of Deceased. . , Date of Accident. Place of Accident. Cause of Accident. 1 James A. Green .. Alfred Bugden Frederick Saul Patrick Twomey . . John Kyle John Chalmers J. Bryne Jan. 6 April 30 June 18 July 2 Sept. 12 Oct, 12 Patutahi Quarry .. Premature explosion of gelignite, Otira Railway Tunnel Crushed between trucks on tramway. ,, ; Premature explosion of gelignite. Oobden Quarry . . ] Fall of stone. Otira Railway Tunnel Fall of earth. ,, Crushed by electric locomotive.

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Number of Subsidized Prospectors, the Amount of Subsidy granted and paid, also the Character and Result of such Prospecting Operations, from 1st April, 1915. to 31st March, 1916.

Xame of Prospecting Party. Xuinber of Prospectors. Locality of Operations. Amount of Subsidy granted. ! 3£ f e ssss. »—-«—■ Character of Operations. Remarks. I j I I Northern Inspection District. Hauraki Prospecting Association — Luhrs and Ryan Ross and Anderson Turnbull and Martin (VKeefe and party Dominion Gold-mining Company Success Development Syndicate Power and party .. Hauraki Reefs Gold-mining Company McGregor and party West Coast Inspection District. A. B. Alford and others Alpine Consolidated Company .. H. A. Bauke and party Blackumer Bros. Energetic Extended Svndicafe . No. 2 Etheredge and party .. 2 2 2 3 3 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 2 £ s. d. £ s. d. Mahakirau. Coromandel ! £1.000 at £2 239 0 0 Waihi-Whangamata f subsidy for £1 s*u bThames .. .. scribed Karangahake .. .. 37 10 0 34 10 0 37 10 0 37 10 0 Waitekauri (May Bell claim) 125 0 0 50 0 0 Coromandel .. 50 0 0 33 15 0 125 0 0 Horahora .. .. 26 (I 0 26 0 0 Deep Creek. Marlborough .. 104 0 0 27 6 8 Eight-mile Creek. Lyell .. . 200 0 0 Seddon's Terrace. Rimu . . 27 10 0 Hatters. Stafford .. . . 212 10 0 15 12 0 Murray Creek. Reefton .. 125 0 0 49 15 0 Ross . . .. .. 80 0 0 10 0 0 Ft, Ft. Quartz 138 Subsidy on 150ft.: total d riven. 1.842 ft, 677 (total) 135 Scheelite Quartz ' Alluvial 208 199 , .. | Quartz 50 .. Alluvial Several small loaders were intersected yielding good dish prospects. Surface prospect- J A number of low-grade lodes vary ing between 18 in. in" and driving ' to 4 ft. in thickness were dsieovered. Prospecting the country between the heads of Kftraka and Gtanui Creeks ; nothing of value discovered. Driving .. Loose boulders of surface quartz having high assay value were found, but driving through disturbed country proved nothing of value, and work was abandoned. .. .. .. A large lode visible on the surface was expected to live downwards, but 1,842 ft. was driven in very hard country and failed to intersect such lode. The company expended several thousand pounds in this unsuccessful but legitimate exploration. The subsidy was on the last 150 ft. driven. .. ] A low-level crosscut driven 500 ft, without success was subsidized for a further 350 ft. At about 647ft. in an 18in. lode value £4 16s. per ton was intersected. The lode sought for is believed to be ahead of the present face. To intersect a 2 ft. lode on the Tokatea main range a subsidy on 200ft. of driving was granted, so far nothing of value has been proven. ,, . . The drive is now being advanced on ore. : Lode of no value ; cut in several places. Trenching and driv- A quartz lode carrying gold and scheelite has been ing found about two miles north of the Dominion Mine. The prospects so far are favourable. Driving .. i A crosscut to intersect the Alpine line of lode north ot the old workings. Auriferous leaders have been found. „ In progress. „ To test an alluvial terrace. Prospects of success reported favourable. ,, . . Prospecting for lodes at Murray Creek, north of the Energetic shaft. Three small lode shave been driven on, but so far nothing payable has been fcund. „ .. \ Alluvial prospecting between Mont D'Or and Mikonui. The ground has now been taken up by the Mont D'Or Company.

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Number of Subsidized Propectors, the Amount of Subsidy granted and paid, also the Character and Result of such Prospecting Operations, from 1st April, 1915, to 31st March, 1916-contd.

Name of Prospecting Party. Number ; of Proj specters. Locality of Operations. Amount of Subsidy granted. Amount of Subs'dy expended. Distance driven. SSSS. Nature of Ctaim. Character of operations. I Remarks. West Coast Inspection District- — continued. Fiddes and Stewart 2 ! Bell Hill £ s. d. £ s. d. 52 0 0 24 0 0 Ft, Ft. I S. Fry and party Gibbons and mate R, A. Harcourt .. G. E. Humphries J. Jack and party Kulsen and Fiddes .. McBeath and party . . MeCormack and party .. j W. J. Mitchell W. S. C. Nicholl .. 2 3 6 -> 2 2 2 Cedar Creek .. .." I _. . Totara District .. ' ] Arahura Flat i Deep Creek, Marlborou gh .. ; Hauhau Terrace .. i Ka nieri Forks Back Creek, Rimu Moonlight Creek . . .. ; Alpine Fisher 125 0 0 i 26 0 0 19 0 0 30 0 0 104 0 0 ! 104 0 0 112 10 0 11 18 6 .52 0 0 52 0 0 30 0 0 30 0 0 82 10 0 28 5 6 50 0 0 22 0 0 75 0 0 1:59 300 377 88 100 159 300 70 100 Quartz Alluvial Quartz Alluvial Quartz Alluvial Scheelite Surface prospecting In search of quartz lodes at Bell Hill. Plenty of quartz and trenching found but no gold. Driving .. Subsidy not recommended by Inspection Branch of Mines Department. No work yet done. .. j Surface prospecting In search of lodes in vicinity of Cedar Creek. No reand trenching suits of any value. Driving .. Work in progress, some gold obtained ; final result uncertain. Surface prospecting Some lode outcrops found warrant further work. Assays up to £3 per ton in gold. Driving .. Work in progress. Surface prospecting Alluvial prospecting at Kanieri Lake district. Terraces payable for sluicing have been found. .. j Driving .. Nothing of value discovered. . . I .. Work in progress. . . „ .. A lode outcrop was found, but a drive proved nothing of value. „ .. Proposed to drive on Alpine line of reef reef south of the old workings. Nothing yet done. .. „ .. Attempting to trace the back creek run of gold south of the present workings. Driving has not yet proved anything of value. ,, .. Driving in the terrace near Kanieri Lake Road not yet commenced. .. ,, . . To further develop a claim at Arthur's Town near Hokitika. .. ; Surface prospecting In search of scheelite at Top Valley, and driving Thorpe and partyTowers and party . . 2 I Back Creek, Rimu I Butcher's Gully 66 5 0 8 15 0 112 10 0 George Willetts .. 1 : Arthur's Town .. .-. 25 0 0 ] Humphries Bros. Southern Inspection District. Oarrick Gold-mining Company .. Browne and party Waipori Prospecting Company . . Deep Dell Gold and 8. Company •Symes and party .. .. ; 2 1 o 2 2 Wairau Valley .. . . Bannockburn Lawrence .. Waipori . . .. Macrae's . . Bald Hill Flat 52 0 0 .500 0 0 154 13 5 100 0 0 65 15 0 800 0 0 669 12 0 120 0 0 58 0 0 58 0 0 166 263 777 160 777 Quartz Alluvial _ . . i . _ .. I Driving .. Work in progress. .. „ .. Anumber of small unimportant auriferor: s veins found. . ■ . „ .. No payable quartz found. Prcspectunfavourable. ,, . . Work in progress. .. ! Trenching and sur- Gold-bearing lode found, prospects favourable, face prospecting Driving .. I Work in progress. Gordon and party .. •> i Kawarau I 87 10 0 40 0 0 I i _

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(2.) Government Prospecting-drills. Particulars of Boring during 1915.

I I I I i Type of Drill. siupSnd'ent. To whom lent, \ Type of Drill. I Name of Superintendent. To whom lent. Mineral sought for. *of U Hotes Approximate Sd Depth drilled. if Hole drilled ?f Approximati f 3 Depth drilled ce d. Average Cost per Diameter of Hole. Character ot Country penetrated. Foot, Result of Drilling. including Transport. __: I i ! I Schram-Harker .. W. H. Warburton ! Liverpool Colliery, No. 1 section Coal west ,, • • „ Liverpool Colliery, No. 1 section „ in mine ,, LiverpoolColliery.No.l section, ,, main level Hand-boring plant .. „ Liverpool Colliery, Puru Creek „ Sehram - Harker (oil- „ Liverpool Colliery, junction „ driven) Seven - mile and Waiomio Creeks Ditto .. .. ,, Liverpool Colliery, Spring Creek „ „ - • • ,, Liverpool Colliery, No. 3 section ,, Keystone .. G. E. D. Scale .. ] Round Hill Gold-mining Com- Alluvial gold pany, Waikaia -, ■ • - - „ .. Thomas Green, Gore .. Coal ,, .. I J. L. Smith, Croydon, Gore .. „ „ . . E. Bowmar, Gore .. .. Water „ .. : Wallis Bros., Gore .. .. „ „ .. : Whiterig Dairy Factory-, Gore „ „ ■ ■ • • „ .. Dermis Daley, Brydone .. „ -, ■■ .. „ .. McDonald Bros., Edendale .. „ „ .. „ . . G. Stuart, Brydone .. .. „ „ ■ • • • ,, ■. | James Drysdale, Brydone .. ,, „ •• ,, .. | Donald McDonald. Edendale Es- „ .. ] tate „ • ■ • ■ ,, .. | Charles Milne, Edendale .. ,, „ .. Balclutha City Council, Bal- „ clutha • • ] F. B. Powell, for Rimu Options Gold (Limited), Rimu, Hokitika Sullivan (C. N.) and W. Carter .. I Westhaven Prospecting Com- Coal Schram-Harker pany (Limited) 1 1 1 1 15 5 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Ft. 190 168 336 S3 408 648 527 332 356 1,756 456 56 108 140 106 53 48 45 55 36 75 88 250 1.441+ i_ i _ t i Ln. s. d. 2{- Sandstones, shales, grits, and 4 7 No coal; country faulted. shalv mudstone 21 Ditto ' .. . . 3 5 20 ft, coal at 140 ft. 2£ Sandstones, shales, grits, fine 4 4 12 ft. coal at 315 ft. conglomerate, shalv mudstone L| Shaly "mudstone '.. .. 13 1 11 ft. coal at 70 ft, 2| Sandstone, shales, grits, and 3 6 Coal— 1 ft. 6 in. at 21ft.; 6 ft. at shaly mudstone 350 ft.; 1 ft, at 113 ft.; 21 ft, at 204 ft, ; 1 ft, 6 in. at 227 ft, ; 1 ft, at 231 ft, ; 25 ft, at 372 ft, 2£ Sandstone, shales, and srits .. 4 10 Coal— 6 ft, 6 in. at 104 ft, ; 1 ft, at 169 ft.: 2 ft. at 197 ft,; 1 ft, at 242 ft.: 1ft. at 314 ft,; 3 ft, at 322 ft.: 2 ft. at 354 ft.; 2 ft, at 356 ft. : 1 ft. 6 in. at 366 ft, ; 1 ft, at 371 ft.: 2 ft, at 464 ft. ; 1 ft, at 467 ft. (All dirty coal.) 2iin. to a dep'h Sandstone, shale, arits. and 3 3 Coal — 1 ft. 6 in. at 141 ft.; 2 ft, 6 in. of 70 ft,, then shalv mudstone at 205 ft. ; 5 ft, at 258 ft, ; 8 ft, cased and re- 6in. at 324ft.; 1 ft, at 338 ft.; duced to If in. 1 ft. 6 in. .at 370 ft. ; 1 ft, 6 in. at f469ft.; 2 ft. at 504 ft. f 2i Ditto .. .. .. 3 0 Coal— 1ft, at 152 ft, : 4 ft. at 239 ft, r ; 5 ft, at 278 ft. 2i „ .. 3 2 | Coal— 1 ft. at 241 ft.; 2 ft. at 296ft. 5 and 6 Gravel and clay .. .. i 6 0 ,' Some results very good —as high as 2Joz. per y T ard. 5 and 6 Gravel and pug .. .. 3 0 Coal-seams from 18 in. to 17 ft. 5 and 6 Coarse gravel .. ..'49 Unfavourable. 6 Gravel and clay .. ..23; Struck moderate supply of water. 5 and 6 Gravel and pug . . ..36 Struck splendid supply of water. 5 and 6 ., .. .. ] 3 3 No supply. 6 Gravel . . .. .. 5 0 Good supply. 0 „ . . .. ..49 6 ,, .. .. ..36; Fair supply. 6 Gravel and clay .. .. 4 6; 6 Gravel .. ■ . ..'46 Good supply. 6 Gravel and clay .. .. j 4 0 \ Fair supply. 6 Gravel .. .. ..60 Water no good ; too full of iron. 6 Tight gravel .. . . About 5/ Good results : drilling still in progress. 2$ Sandstones, grits, mudstones, 8 6 At 834 ft. the 3,000 ft, Schram-Harker and conglomerates drill was installed to bottom the measures. 85 seams of coal were passed through, varying in thickness from 1ft. 7 in. down to 2 in. — aggregate of 40 ft. 1 in. Nothing of a commercial value was disclosed. A complete section of the bore has been furnished to the Mines Department. • These drills a re lent free of charge on conditions which may be obtained upon application to the Under-Secretary of Mines. 1122 ft, was bored in 1914.

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(3.) Subsidized Roads on Goldjiblds. The following schedule shows the amounts expended by subsidies and direct grants out of the Public Works Fund- vote, ''Roads on Goldfields" in the different counties, &c during the year ended 31st, March, 1916 :

(4.) Government Water-racks. The Waimea-Kumara and Mount Ida water-races, which render possible hydraulic mining in tlic Kumara district, Westland, and the Naseby district, Central Otago, have supplied ninety-one m tiers with water for sluicing during 1915, by which gold to the value of about £ 19,562 was obtained. The average earnings per mine, after deducting the sum paid for Government water, amounted to £180 for the past year, and from this must be deducted all expenditure on plant, rent, &c. The receipts and expenditure were as follows :- Itooeipfcs. Expenditure. £ £ Waimea-Kumara races .. .. .. .. .. 1.920 2.096 Mount Tda races .. .. .. .. ..1.186 1.497 Totals .. .. .. .. .. £3,106 £3,593 The capital expenditure upon these races exceeds £250,000 ; and as the expenditure in maintenance has for some years exceeded the cash received for water sold, no interest on capital or depreciation has been provided.

VIII. SCHOOLS OF MINES. The following is a summary of the result of the Government subsidized schools of mines annual examination, together with the attendance at such schools during 1915 :—

Direct Grants. Subsidies. Coromandel County Thames County Thames Borough .. Ohinemuri County.. Piako County Have lock Town Board Collingwood County Takaka County Waimea County .. Buller County Inangahua County Murchison County.. Westland County .. Grey County Runanga Borough Vincent County Taieri County Tuapeka County . . Lake County Wallace County Southland County £ s. i.l. £ s. d. 625 9 10 82 4 0 1,473 18 3 175 1.5 2 100 0 0 1,458 5 10 57 0 0 .'527 6 0 112 I 0 578 12 10 139 0 0 565 8 2 6,900 2 7 4,430 3 3 27 J 8 9 2,099 16 2 3,175 13 8 40 0 0 550 0 0. 50 0 0 1.00 0 0 427 15 I 100 0 0 137 0 0 450 (I 0 Totals £23,662 1 5 £769 19 2

Name of School. Tiames loromandel karangahake Vaihi Vestport .. luntly teefton Number of Students, 191 Presenting thorns the Annua Attending Government Exan one or |_ ,J nor0 i On any of the Six (lasses. ■', ■ , exclusively j Mining Subjects.* | 64 I 20 2 28 3 65 4 46 4 II I 17 7 28.-1 22 15. selves at al ruination. On any Subject. 22 II 13 20 12 7 25 no Number of Papers submitted at the Examination. Senior Junior Papers. Papers. 14 18 7 10 17 16 25 8 1 4 5 5 5 39 121 65 I Average Number of Marks awarded per Paper. 69-65 62-59 61 -85 58-09 52-00 17-20 41-83 j 1 56-95 Total .. * Mineralogy, metal lu: 'inding. Assaying is not :gy, mining, ventilation, geology, and mechanics embracing pumping, haulage, and included, as this subject is also taken up by bank a,nd jewellers' assistants.

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The University of Otago School of Mines has not been included, as special examinations are held at that school. The effective work by a school of mines may be gauged by the result of examinations upon mining subjects. From the foregoing table it will be seen that the number of students presenting themselves for examination on mining subjects is nsignificant, and as mining schools these institutions cannot now be regarded as a success. The number of students attending one or more classes on any subject affords no criterion as to the effective work as a school of mines. A considerable majority of the students, including school boys and girls, attend evening classes at the schools of mines to improve themselves in mathematics, while others attend to study electricity, chemistry, mechanical drawing, or surveying, which are common to occupations other than mining. The following table shows the expenditure by the Government on schools of mines since their inception, exclusive of subsidies paid to the University of Otago towards the School of Mines in connection with that institution: —

I have, &c, Frank Reed, Inspecting Engineer

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Financial Years. Subsidies towards the Erection of Schools of Mines, and Maintenance. Chemicals and Apparatus, Salaries of Teachers, also Mmeralogical Scholar- and TraveUing . Specimens snips. expenses &c™ supplied to Schools of Mines. Total Sum paid by the Department towards the Schools of Mines. £ s. d. £ s. d. 36 19 9 409 1 4 253 14 1 6 12 9 181 14 10 54 8 0 £ £ s. d. 1,223 9 10 2,716 9 3 1,714 9 6 1,139 4 1 716 3 10 620 9 9 689 5 9 670 1 0 858 19 4 773 17 8 849 3 0 834 12 8 780 19 0 729 10 11 52 16 3 77 7 10 69 16 4 111 0 0 109 15 10 362 19 6 440 9 4 388 18 5 345 15 11 642 9 4 587 3 2 1,130 7 3 1,138 6 7 1,227 2 2 1,267 17 10 2,416 6 2 2,414 14 7 £ s. d. 1.260 9 7 3,383 7 1 2,221 19 4 1,188 6 10 1,040 0 8 892 4 3 870 19 9 982 4 4 1,055 19 9 1,209 8 6 1,719 3 0 1,346 6 1 2,000 17 3 1,553 5 8 1,117 3 3 1,098 2 1 1,337 13 8 1,783 14 2 1,866 9 9 1,881 5 5 2,383 10 10 2,337 0 7 3,019 1 4 3,809 9 8 3.261 8 4 4,095 13 9 3,121 16 3 3,279 7 4 3,497 16 7 4,331 3 11 3,652 6 7 1885-86 1886-87 1887-88 1888-89 1889-90 1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1893-94 1894-95 1895-96 1896-97 1897-98 1898-99 1899-1900 1900-1 1901-2 1902-3 1903-4 1904-5 1905-6 1906-7 ,1.907-8 1908-9 1909-10 1910-11 1911-12 1912-13 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 257 16 6 253 15 9 42 10 0 142 2 0 217 6 6 181 14 0 312 3 4 197 0 5 390 0 0 820 0 0 352 14 11 1,089 18 6 740 15 2 990 3 4 866 10 11 1,155 12 3 1,379 15 6 1,575 15 3 1,401 2 11 1,806 19 5 1,836 6 6 2,428 19 3 2,738 11 1 1,882 2 6 2,813 0 10 1,852 19 11 1,769 6 10 1,909 14 7 1,628 4 1 932 11 0 45 10 10 58 18 6 29 19 9 32 19 7 24 3 8 56 3 4 63 5 1 134 18 8 88 18 8 17 3 0 87 2 1 11 15 8 94 6 2 328 9 3 692 2 8 44 5 8 38 9 9 182 18 4 70 4 2 11 13 8 47 1 0 50 100 100 50 50 98 49 158 92 100 49 100 150 100 100 108 92 100 250 275 258 Totals 33,965 13 3 ' 3,103 0 3 2,429 27,100 2 1 66,597 15 7

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ANNEXURE A. EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORTS OF GOVERNMENT WATER-RACE MANAGERS.

Waimea-Kumawa Wateb-raoes, Westland. —Me. James Rocheord, Manager. Waimea, Water-race. The cash received for sales of water from this race for the year ended the 31st March, 1916, was £913 18s. 7d., and the expenditure on management, gauging, maintenance, and repairs amounted to £701 145., showing a credit-balance of £212 4s. 7d. on the year's transactions. The average number of miners supplied with water duiing the year was 24-75, a decrease of 4-91 on the previous year ; and the approximate amount of gold obtained by them was 1,557 oz., valued at £6 072 65., a decrease on that of last year o r £1,786 4s. The sales of wa+er amounted to £933 16s. Id., a decrease of £93 17s. Id. on the previous year. The cash received was £113 14s. 9d. less than the previous year, and the expenditure was decreased by £14 9s. Id. The race was well maintained. Kumara Water-race. The cash received for sales of water from this race for the year ended the 31st March, 1916, was £214 145., and the expenditure on management, gauging, maintenance, and repairs amounted to £475 9s. 10d., showing a debit balance of £260 15s. lOd. on the year's transactions. The average number of miners supplied with water was 13*41, and increase o! : 2-08 on the previous year ; and the approximate quantity of gold obtained by them was 652 o/„, having a value of £2,542 165., a decrease on that of last year of £495 6s. The sales of water amounted, to £341 7s. lid., an increase of £8 3s. sd. as compared with the previous year. The cash received was £19 14s. lid. less, and the expenditure £137 Bs. 2d. more than the previous year. This increased expenditure was caused by repairs to the Kumara head-race tunnel, which broke down on two or three ocoasions during the early part of the year, and by the widening and re timbering of the Kumara Race in certain places from Dillmanstown upwards. Branch Race to Gallaghan's and -Middle Branch Flat. The cash received for sales of water from this race for the year ended the 31st March, 1916, was £285 3s. 4d., and the expenditure on management, gauging, maintenance, and repairs amounted to £428 18s. 10d., showing a debit balance of £143 15s. 6d. on the year's transactions. V" The average number of miners supplied with water was 6-94, a decrease of 4-81 on the previous year. The approximate quantity of gold obtained'was 543 oz., having a value of £2,117 145., a decrease of £1.899 6s. on last year. The sa'es of water amounted to £263 9s. 7d., a decrease of £166 17s. lid. on the preceding year, and was the lowest for fourteen years. The cash received for sales of water was £76 10s. Bd. less than the previous year, and although the expenditure decreased by £83 2s. 9d. the race was well maintained, and in now in good order with the exception of some of the flumings, the superstructure of which in many places is much decayed and wil require attention in the near future. The abnormal falling-off in the sales of water from this race cannot be looked upon as permanent, and was principally due to the following causes : The stoppage of the Waimea main tail-race by the Inspector of Mines, pending repairs, which precluded all sluicing into the main tail-race during the last three months of the year, and the fact that Roberts and Howard were engaged for two months shifting plant. The latter party has their property again in working-order, and they will be large purchasers of water during the ensuing year, and if the repairs to the Waimea main tail-race are carried out the demand for water from this race should almost equal the present available supply. Kumara Trans-Taramakau Water-race. The cash received for sales of water from this race for the year ended 31st March, 1916, was £158 45., and the expenditure on management, gauging, maintenance, and repairs amounted to £185 lis., showing a debit balance of £27 7s. on the year's transactions. The average number of miners supplied with water was 6-41, a decrease of 7-84 on the previous year ; and the approximate quantity of gold obtained by them was 276 ox., having a value of £1,076 Bs., a decrease on last year of £2,172 6s. The sales of water amounted to £140 18s. 2d., a decrease of £217 14s. 7d. on the previous year. The extraordinary decrease in the sales of water was due to the falling-off in the number of parties taking water from the race, and the break which occurred in the Taramakau pipe-line preventing any water being supplied for over four months of the year,

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The cash received was £102 6s. less than for the preceding year and the expenditure decreased by £105 lis. 3d. On the 20th November, when the river was in high Hood, a serious break took place in the Taratnakau pipe-line at a point in the river-bed about 180 ft. from the south bank, where the 30 in. castiron pipe is broken, and the lino disconnected. For the past two yeai'Sjthe river has been scouring considerably, from the old No. 3 channel upwards, probably owing to the fact that very little tailings have b3en deposited in the river during that time ; but no indication of scour was visible in the deep water where the pipe broke, and the damage may have been'due to the landslip from the south bank, which occurred on the date of the break, causing a boil or scour and thereby bridging the pipes. Lawrence and party, after going to considerable expense in driving a tail-race and equipping their claim, started sluicing a few days before the break occurred, so three parties comprising twelve men were thrown idle by the accident. Should the Government decide to restore the pipe-line, it is more than probable that five or six parties will be purchasing water from this race before the end of the ensuing year. Erin-go-Bragh Water-race. The cash received for sales of water from this race for the year ended 31st March, 1916, was £347 12s, 2d., and the expenditure on management, gauging, maintenance, and repairs amounted to £304 6s. 6d., showing a credit balance of £43 ss. Bd. on the year's transactions. The average number of miners supplied with water was twelve, an increase of 1-17 on the previous year ; and the approximate quantity of gold obtained by them was 816 oz., having a value of £3,182 Bs., an increase of £1,076 Bs. on the last year. The sales of water amounted to £387 lis. Bd., an increase of £165 3s. Bd. on the previous year. The cash received showed an improvement of £133 ss. 2d., and the expenditure decreased by £67 2s. 6d. as compared with the year previous. The sales of water showed a substantial improvement on the preceding year. Wainihinihi Water-race. There was a good supply of water from this race during the year, and, together with the water from the Kawhaka Creek and the additional supply from the new Waimea Branch Race, the Waimea siphon was running full all the year. No breaks occurred, and the race is now in good order, but about sixteen or eighteen intermediate sets of timber are required in the tunnels above Caretaker Walker's hut to ensure safety. Waimea-Kumara Water-races. The following is a summary of the revenue and expenditure of these races for the year ended 31st March, 1916 : Sales of water, £2,067 3s. sd. ; cash received, £1,919 12s. Id. ; expenditure, £2,096 os. 2d.; approximate value of go.d obtained, £14,991 12s. ; average number of miners employed, 63-51. The sales of water showed a decrease of £305 2s. 6d., and the cash a decrease of £179 Is. 2d., on the previous year, but at least £120 of the debit balances outstanding on the 31st March should be recovered during the ensuing year. In addition to the above sales, authorized free water value of £224 19s. Bd. was supplied to parties opening up new claims. The total expenditure on the combined races was £2,096 os. 2d., as againstJ£2,22B 17s. 7d. for the year, a decrease of £132 17s. sd. Comparing the sales of water with the expenditure, the combined races show a loss of £28 16s. 9d. for the year.

Summary, showing Results of working the Waimea-Kumara Water-races during the Year ended 31st March, 1916.

Mount Ida Water-race, Central Otaco.--Mr. J. C. Buchanan, Manager. The total sales of water from the Mount Ida Water-race during the year amounted to £1,185 15s. 7d., a decrease on that of last year of £208 3s. Bd. The expenditure on maintenance, cleaning, and repairs for the same period] amounted to £1,496 J.9s. 5d., a decrease on that of last year of £55 lis. 4d. The total cash received was £1,185 15s. 7d.

Co] [lateral Advantages. Name of Water-race. Expenditure. Cash received. Outstanding Sales of Water. 1916. •HH O s. a 4H O rr) "-s 9 o o 'S o o Value of Gold obtained. Waimea Kumara Callaghan's Trarts-Taramakau Erin-go-Bragh £ s. d. 701 14 0 475 9 10 428 18 10 185 11 0 304 6 6 £ s. d. 913 18 7 214 14 0 285 3 3 158 4 0 347 12 2 £ ' s. d. 933 16 1 341 7 11 263 9 7 140 18 2 387 II 8 £ s. d. 39 9 6 408 13 8 91 10 7 130 2 2 56 14 6 24-75 13-41 6-94 6-41 12-00 1,557 652 543 276 816 £ s. d. 6,072 6 0 2,542 16 0 2,117 14 0 1,076 8 0 3,182 8 0 Totals and averages 2,096 0 2 1,919 12 1 2,067 3 5 726 10 5 63-51 3,844 14,991 12 0

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On account of payment in advance, free water was supplied to the value of £21 14s. 5d., and free water for washing up was supplied to the value of £99 2s. 6d. The total value of water supplied from this race amounted to £1,306 12s. 6d., a decrease on that of last year of £223 17s. 9d. The approximate quantity of gold obtained by parties using water from this race during the year was 1,187 oz., valued at £4,569 1.95., a decrease on that of last year of £835 9s. The average number of men employed was 27-583. With the exception of two months the year just ended was one of continuous drought. October and November were the only months when a full supply of water was available ; from the Ist April to the beginning of October very little rain or snow fell, and, although the greater portion of the winter was very mild and free from frost, there was not sufficient water in the creeks to fill the race. The water was on along the whole course of the race until the 27th July, when frost compelled it to be turned off from Pearce's gorge upwards. Fairly severe frost continued until a thaw set in on the sth August. The weather continuing dry, I had the water turned out on the 16th August, and started with all the available men to clean and repair the race, which was completed and the water on again on the I.4th September. The weather from this date continued until good rain set in on the sth October, which gave a full supply of water. Good rains fell at intervals to the 16th November, when dry weather again set in, and continued so to the end of the year. The main race during the year was very free of mishaps : the falling of a quantity of debris in the Eweburn tunnel, and a few small breaks in distributing-races, where the chief contingencies. The race at present is in good order, and when water is available the demand is rather more than equal to the carrying-capacity of the race.

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ANNEXUBE B. REPORTS OF DIRECTORS OF SCHOOLS OF MINES. Professor Jambs Park, Dean of the Mining Faculty, to the Under-Secretary of Mines, Wellington. Sir, — Otago University, Dunedin, 16th March, 1916. I have the honour to present my report on the work done at the Otago University School of Mines for the year ended the 31st December, 1915. During the winter session of 1915 the School of Mines was attended by fifteen students entered for the full associate course, and one casual student taking field astronomy. Of the fifteen, three completed their four-years course. Of the others, one student in his fourth year went on active service before the end of the session, also one second-year student and three third-year students. At the annual examination only three failures were recorded —namely, one in mechanics, one in mathematics, and one in senior surveying. It is gratifying to state that our graduates have no difficulty in finding lucrative positions as soon as they leave the University, which is a welcome change from the conditions that existed a few years ago. At one time our graduates were mostly restricted to employment in or about mines and metallurgical works. The positions offering in these departments were not numerous, and this often led to a discouraging waiting for chances to turn up. The satisfactory change that has taken place is mainly due to the extension of the courses of instruction on the civil engineering and surveying sides, whereby the possible sources of employment of our graduates have been greatly enlarged. Mining engineering lias long been recognized as a branch of civil engineering. During the current year, when the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy applied to the Crown for a Royal charter of incorporation, its application was opposed by the Institution of Civil Engineers, which pleaded that their articles of association provided for and included mining engineering as a department of civil engineering, in acknowledgement of which many mining engineers had been elected members or associates of the Institution of Civil Engineers. The Royal charter was granted, and the pleadings were interesting as showing the intimate relationship of mining and civil engineering. The mining engineer may be called on to ereot trestles and bridges, to construct roads, tramways, or railways, to design jetties or piers, ore-bins, vats, hauling and winding plant, pipe-lines, flumes, and waterraces, to survey mines and lands, or devise a scheme of development for a mine. The engineering branch of the School of Mines is well provided with models and testing machines ; while the surveying department possesses the most up-to-date instruments for all mine, land, and engineering surveys. So that, while still specializing in mining, full courses, both practical and theoretical, are now given in the strength of materials, stresses in bridges and other structures, hydraulics, and pipe-line construction, and in all departments of surveying, including field astronomy. The course in geology, both theoretical and practical, is very comprehensive, and has long been known for its thoroughness and great value. ~ Of the three graduates of 1915 two immediately found employment with civil engineers, and the other was appointed surveyor to the Consolidated Goldfields (Limited), Reefton. Unfortunately, an application by cable from a wealthy London company operating in the Malay Federated States for a mine-surveyor at £480 a year could not be filled, there being no one available, as all our graduates of the last few years have gone on active service. The Effect of the War. —In 1914 fourteen new students entered for the full course ; in 1915 —the year covered by this report —only two ; and in 1916 none. The attendance at the school has suffered not only through the large number of undergraduates who have gone on active service, but on account of intending students joining the colours. The men to take up mining engineering as a profession are just the men to answer the call of the Empire. Of twenty-seven undergraduates with us in 1914 and 1915 no less than nineteen, or 70 per cent., have gone on active service. Five others enlisted, but were rejected on account of defective eyesight, &c. The names of those ou active service arc, —Lieutenant William Gibson Allan Bishop (Military Cross), Sergeant Harold P. J. Childs, Sapper Charles A. Livingstone, Sapper Alexander S. Malcolm, Sapper Nathaniel Malcolm, Private Eric 0. McPherson, Private Stcedman M. Sneddon, Private George Williamson, Private Alexander Henry McLean, Sergeant Lindsay Stevenson, Corporal Dundas Samuel, Lieutenant Reginald H. Schoen, Corporal Henry Gray, Private Walter H. J. Cropp, Lieutenant Spencer G.. Scoular, Sergeant WiUiam P. Dunphy, Sergeant William P. Thompson, Sergeant Harold I. Green, Sergeant J. E. K. Lambourne. Most of these served in the Gallipoli campaign. We deplore the death of Harold Childs and Alex. S. Malcolm, both killed in action. The members of the mining faculty extend to their parents their sincerest sympathy in the loss of brave sons who gave their all for their country. Some have been wounded, and several invalided by sickness. Among these we welcome Dundas Samuel, Eric McPherson, and Steedman Sneddon, who have returned. We heartily congratulate Lieutenant W. G. A. Bishop, who proved himself an enterprising and daring leader. He was mentioned in dispatches by Genera] lan Hamilton for distinguished service at Gallipoli, and afterwards awarded the Military Cross, which was personally presented by His Majesty the King, in London. The Roll of Honour of our late graduates includes the name of our colleague Pro lessor D. W. Waters, who now holds a commission in the Tunnelling Corps.

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Among our alumni who are known to have gone to the front are : David M. Tomlinson, A.0.5.M., Lieutenant, Royal Scots ; E. Fletcher Roberts, A.M.1.C.E., Royal Ordinance Force ; G. A. C. Ulrich, A.0.5.M., Corporal, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; Philip McDouall, A.0.5.M., Sergeant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; Otto A. Friedlander, A.0.5.M., Sergeant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; A. M. Finlayson, A.0.5.M., Lieutenant, Royal Scots ; Geoffrey W. E. Turner, A.0.5.M., Lieutenant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; A. Spencer, A.0.5.M., Sergeant, N.Z. Expenditionary Force ; Hugh R. Macdonald, A.0.5.M., Sergeant, N.Z. Field Engineers; W. M. Durant, A.0.5.M., Lieutenant, Tunnelling Corps; J. C. Neill, A.0.5.M., Lieutenant, Tunnelling Corps ; D. B. Waters, A.0.5.M., Captain, Tunnelling Corps ; George Dey, A.0.5.M., Captain, Australian Expeditionary Force; Wyville Rutlierfurd, A.0.5.M.. Sergeant, N.Z. Expeditionary Corps ; Alexander Rutlierfurd, A.0.5.M., Corporal, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; Frank Hadfield Statham, A.0.5.M., Major, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; W". P. Thompson, Sergeant, N.Z Field Engineers ; Colin Campbell, A.0.5.M., Royal Flying Corps ; George Geoffrey Sale, A.0.5.M., Royal Flying Corps ; .1. F. McPadden, A.0.5.M., Lieutenant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; A. C. Dansay, Captain, N.Z. Expeditionary Force ; Aubrey Horn, A.0.5.M., Royal Flying Corps : W. A. Alexander, B.Sc, Sergeant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force. Mr. Frank H. Statham, A.0.5.M., left New Zealand with the rank of Captain, and soon after reaching Gallipoli was promoted to the rank of Major. He proved himself a dashing and resourceful leader, and fell leadfig his men in the strenuous fighting which culminated in the great attack at Suvla Bay in August, 1915. To his parents, his wife, and family, the members of the mining faculty wish to extend their warmest sympathy. Mr. W. A. Alexander was killed in action in the same engagement. He was a brilliant student, a distinguished footballer, and a man who always did his duty. Our deepest sympathy is offered his parents and relations. New appointments. —Among the appointments secured by former students during 1915 are the following :- Fred W. Thomas, A.0.5.M., Manager, Babylonia Silver-mines, Nicaragua. W. H. Sargeant, A.0.5.M., County Engineer, Merriwa, N.S.W. W. R. Frost, A.0.5.M., Assistant Engineer, N.Z. Public Works Department. Aubrey Horn, A.0.5.M., Battery Superintendent, Dominion Exploration Company (Limited), Marlborough. W. M. Durant, A.0.5.M., Assistant Engineer, Dunedin City Corporation. J. H. Williamson, Director, School of Mines, Reefton. J. McGregor Wilkie, A.0.5.M., Resident Engineer, Dunedin Harbour Board. The number of our graduates occupjdng responsible positions as County, Harbour Board, and Public Works engineers is rapidly increasing. James Park, Dean of Faculty.

Mr. U. B. Inglis, A.0.5.M., Director of the Coromatidel School of Mines, to the Under-Secretary of Mines, Wellington. Sir, — , Coromandel, 2nd March, 1916. I have the honour to present my report on the work done at the Coromandel School of Mines for the year ending 31st December, 1915. Attendance. —A total of twenty individual students attended the classes in thirteen subjects of instruction, the regular average being twelve students in the first term, thirteen in the second, and fourteen in the third term. One student, R. Lincoln, joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces, while another, L. Spellman, was placed in the Civil Service, and two or three others took positions as pupil-teachers in the public schools. Examinations. —At the annual Government examinations eleven students sent in twenty-four sets of answers in the various subjects, and secured seven passes in practical examinations and sixteen passes in theoretical examinations, there being only one failure. The certificates gained comprised ten first-class, five second-class, and one third-class. The average number of marks awarded per paper was 626, which shows a considerable improvement in the quality of the work done. Assays. —The number of ore-samples assayed and reported on during the year was 185, of which 1.55 were done for prospectors free of charge, and thirty for mining companies in the vicinity of Coromandel. Several analyses of soils, limestones, waters, and of supposed phosphate-rock were also made. General. —The lighting of the school has been vastly improved by the installation of a new dynamo ; many interesting and va'uable geological specimens have been added to our collection, and a number of new books have been obtained for the reference and lending library ; while some small additions have been made to the stock of electrical apparatus at the school. In conclusion, I wish to thank the members of the Council, and especially the President and the late Secretary (Sapper J. W. Barker, now at the front), for the great attention which they have given to school business during the year. I have, &c, U. B. Inglis, A.0.5.M., Director.

Mr. J. Lamont, Director of the Huntly School of Mines, to the Under-Secretary op Mines, Wellington. Sir,— Huntly, 27th March, 1916. 1 have the honour to present my report on the work done at the Huntly School of Mines during the year 1915.

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Attendance. —The attendance for each of the terms was as follows : First term, thirteen students ; second term, fifteen students ; third term, fourteen students. Two students, John Bradshaw and Thomas Hughes, have gone on active service. Examinations. —Seven students presented themselves at the annual Government, examinations. Four certificates in mathematics and one certificate in each of the subjects of mining (coal); ventilation ; and pumping, hauling, and winding were gained. At the examinations for underviewers' and deputies' certificates two underviewers' and three deputies' certificates were granted. Library. —The books supplied by the Mines Department, and also the Geological Survey Bulletins, are of great use, and are much appreciated by students and members. Equipment. —The equipment of the school is far from being complete, but I expect some, improvement in this connection within the next few months. IJhave, &c, J. Lamont, Director.

Mr. W. H, Baker, B.Sc, Director of the Thames School of Mines, to the Under-Secratary op Mines, Wellington. Srß,— Thames, 20th April, 1916. I have the honour to present my annual report on the work done at the Thames School of Mines during the year 1915. Attendance. —The attendance has been rather less than that of the previous year, owing to the continued mining depression and the departure of students for the front. Over forty past and present students have volunteered and are serving in almost every branch of the service. Examinations. —At the annual Government examinations twenty-two students sat for examination and obtained twenty-three first-class, three second-class, and four third-class certificates. Two students passed the first-grade examination in electricity of the City and Guilds of London Institute. Battery and Experimental Plant. —Eight parcels of ore were treated, ranging from |- cwt. to 9 tons, and varying in value from £5 per pound to 10s. pin- ton. From a total of 15 tons treated, bullion to the value of £2,158 was obtained. Eighty-five assays were made for the public, including several prospectors' samples, and several analyses of ore and bullion for export. Gas-testing Plant. —The Hailwood gas-testing plant has been utilized on several occasions, and sixteen certificates were granted during the year. In conclusion, I wish to express my appreciation of the work done by the stafPJand of the keen interest of the Council in the welfare of the school. I have, &c, W. H. Baker, Director.

Mr. W. F. WoRiiEY, Director of the Nelson School of Mines, to the Under-Secretary op Mines, Wellington. Sir,— Nelson, 15th March, 1916. I have the honour to present my report on the work done at the. Nelson School of Mines for the ,gear ended the 31st December, 1915. Owing to the war and other causes my work here was considerably curtailed. The usual blowpipe analysis classes—which for the past twenty-five years have been the outstanding feature of our work—were, I regret to say, not held. The members of these classes were always boys from the upper standards in the public schools, and the work had to be done out of school-hours. As a result of the war, the services of these boys were required to aid various patriotic movements, and to assist in places of business. They therefore had not time to attend the blowpire analysis classes, which had as a consequence to be discontinued. Assaying. —For the first eight, months of the year not a single sample was sent for assay ; but a few came in towards the end of the year. At the request of the Director of the Geological Survey I went to the Dun Mountain mineral belt to collect specimens of rocks required for exhibition in the new London offices of the High Commissioner of New Zealand. The rocks collected were dunite, websterite, chromite, anthrophyllite, rodingite, and prehinite-rodingite. Some notes on the geology of the district were also supplied to the Director of the Geological Survey. I have, &c, W. F. Worley, Director.

Mr. H. Lovell, Director of the Westport School of Mines, to the Under-Secretary op Mines, Westport. Sir,— Westport, 29th March, 1916. I have the honour to present my report on. the Westport School of Mines, and its branches at, Ngakawau, Millerton, and Denniston, for the year ended 31st December, 1915. Attendance.- -Despite the departure of several students for the front, the average attendance has been well maintained, and is equal to that of last year. The average attendance for the year was forty-two, with an average class attendance of eighty. In addition to the above a teachers' science class attended by twenty teachers was held. Examinations. —Twelve students presented themselves for examination at the annual school of mines examination, and secured eight first-class, two second-class, and three third-class certificates in the following subjects : chemistry, mining, ventilation, and mathematics.

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Government Certificates. —At the examination for Govrenmeut certificates under the Coal-mines Act five candidates sat, W. Crowe securing a partial first-class pass, whilst P. Morganti and W. H. Hewitson secured second-class passes. In the underviewers' and deputies' examination three candidates sat for the former and two for the latter examination. The results of these examinations are not yet to hand. The Hailwood gas-testing apparatus has proved a boon to both miners and officials alike, no less than eighty of them having used it in order to learn gas-testing. Seventy-one candidates in gas-testing secured certificates. Assay Laboratory. —During the year thirty-four samples of ores and mineral were assayed and reported on, the majority of the samples being quartzose ores. Library and Museum. —The Mines and Geological Departments still continue to send pamphlets of mining literature and geological bulletins, which are greatly appreciated, and for which thanks is tendered. In conclusion, I wish to express my thanks to the members of the Council for the deep interest taken in the welfare of the school. I have, &c, H. Lovell, Director.

Mr. J. H. Williamson, Director of the Reefton School of Mines, to the Under-Secretary of Mines, Wellington. Sir,— Reefton, 19th April, 1916. I have the honour to present my report on the work of the Reefton School of Mines for the year ending 31 st December, 1915. Attendance, Reefton : The average attendance for the year at Reefton was fifteen students. Waiuta Branch : Attendance at this branch averaged ten students. Greymouth Branch : During the year a branch was opened in Greymouth for coal-mining students. The attendance averaged twenty students. Gas-testing. — Gas-testing demonstrations and examinations were held monthly at Greymouth during the year, seventy-three students receiving certificates of competency in the detection of explosive gases in coal-mines. Examinations. —At the examinations for Government certificates held in December last, two students received certificates as first-class mine-managers, while one obtained a battery superintendent's certificate. Assays. —During the year 123 assays were made for the general public, mainly for gold and scheelite, while forty determinations were made with regard to the commercial value of the samples. I have, &c. J. H. Williamson.

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ANNEXURE C.

MINING STATISTICS.

Table 1. Statement showing Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Hauraki Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

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A Locality and Name of Mine. on Average NU Men r °' Quarta crHahed - employed. Average umber o Men mployed Gold ol Amalgam. itained. Cyanide. Value 3'IPIUJ"!" Tapu — Mahara Royal Waiomio — Monowai Tararu— New Sylvia Watchman Old Battery Waitangi Kurunui— Kurunui Moanataiari— Adelaide Newcastle Moanataiari Waiotahi — Waiotahi Cambria Nonpareil Golden Drop Evening Star Karaka— Occidental Little Nell Tairua— Golden Hills.. Golden Belt Prospectors Thames County and Boko Th. 1 12 48 32 1 31 3 3 2 3 5 3 3 1 2 8 2 4 20 10 .OUGH. OUGH. Tons cwt. qr. lb. 1 Cleaning up battery Oz. dwt. 248 15 Oz. dwt. 248 15 Oz. dwt. £ s. d. 517 13 8 12 566 0 0 0 1,423 0 1,423 0 1,175 1 5 48 7,939 0 0 0 32 5,443 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 31 3,285 0 0 0 I,064 15 54 14 I,064 15 54 14 10,187 5 2,788 9 9,545 7 1 8,257 14 2 136 8 4 2,474 14 9 8 3 101 10 0 0 92 10 92 10 203 12 7 3 10 10 1 12 2 15 I 3 4 3 185 10 0 0 93 17 215 10 110 13 93 17 215 10 110 13 254 17 2 510 7 3 280 7 7 5 240 0 0 0 3 20 0 0 6 3 0 0 17 1 28 10 0 0 2 9 0 0 0 875 9 23 17 25 15 24 8 26 18 875 9 23 17 25 15 24 8 26 18 2,075 4 5 63 16 11 64 3 2 61 15 0 64 15 6 8 108 4 3 8 2 62 0 1 23 922 16 109 0 922 16 109 0 2,458 1 1 278 11 10 4 575 0 0 0 20 679 0 0 0 10 101 0 0 11 635 15 635 15 70 14 10 1,462 6 7 1,959 I 9 174 2 8 70 14 Totals 194 194 19,372 7 3 15 6,018 6 18,775 12 32,018 2 11 Waihi — Waihi Gold-mining Company .. Waihi Grand Junction Silverton Battery Totals 753 436 2 1,191 Waihi Borough. 171,725 0 0 0 112,321 0 0 0 Cleaning up battery 33 0 531,490 0 169,415 8 327,394 8 11 200,269 17 9 12 0 0 1,191 284,046 0 0 0 33 0 700,905 8 527,676 6 8 Owharoa — Voritus Claim Waitekauri — Golden Cross Waitekauri Karangahake— Talisman Crown 2 6 I 280 12 2 6 I Ohinemuri Count - 2 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 Cleaning up mill 6 7 8 0 6 10 63 19 10 15 4 48 10 8 12 lfi 9 280 12 26,230 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 37,180 18 92 3 107,527 0 188,620 0 1 156 0 3 Paeroa — Waihi-Paeroa Gold - extraction Company Komata—■ Komata Reefs 60 3 60 * 97,517 0 39,700 0 0 3 Cleaning up slags. &c. 578 0 1,165 15 5 Maratoto— Silver Stream 6 6 5 12 0 0 (Treated in Australia) 140 10 0 Totals 370 370 26,297 12 0 0 37,871 18 205,107 19 229,854 8 6 Waiorongornai— Hardy's Mines . . . . ) Piako County. 2 Waiorongornai— Hardy's Mines .. .. ] 2 1 * ■• ' I 4 - 091 u I 1,403 13 3 I J I I * 148,100 tons of tailing recovered from tho Ohinemuri River (sludge-channel), also 1,520 tons tailing from Hardy's Mines, Waiorongornai, were re-treated. This tonnage is not included in the above statement, having being recorded when the or.' was originally crushed.

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Table 1— continued. Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Hauraki Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1915— continued.

Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in Marlborough and Westland Districts for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. Quartz cruBhed. Gold obtained. Amalgam. Cyanide. Value. Coromandel Coun' Tons cwt. qr. lb. 0 6 0 18 'Y. Waikoromiko— Four-in-Hand Tokatea— Royal Oak Kapanga— Kapanga Tailing Gold-reclaiming 5 2 1 0 1 18 Oz. dwt. 459 17 43 5 Oz. dwt. £ s. d. 1,313 14 <) 110 0 0 6 Re - treating old tailings 2 0 0 0 42 0 109 15 0 Coromandel Hydraulic Sluicing Company Venture Claim " '.." Kapanga Hauraki Block — Hauraki Reefs Kuaotunu— Now Waitaia Mountain King Great Barrier— White Cliffs Prospectors 6 4 4 9 0 0 1 2 2 10 0 0 64 0 0 0 7 14 64 2 22 10 0 161 12 2 14 20 0 0 0 457 7 1,291 10 4 12 2 373 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 906 0 66 1 2,471 Hi 10 169 19 6 1 4 0 0 2 23 5 0 0 0 11 17 0 17 26 12 3 1 15 0 Totals 55 477 17 1 3 1,049 3 1,014 1 5,688 11 10 To PukeTo Puke Reefs 2 Tauranga County'. 5 0 0 0 15 18 43 14 6 Thames County and Borough Waihi Borough Ohinemuri County Piako County Coromandel County Tauranga County 194 1,191 370 2 55 2 SUMMARY. 19,372 7 3 15 284,046 0 0 0 26,297 12 0 0 6,018 6 33 0 37,871 18 | 1,049 3 " I 18,775 12 700,905 8 205,107 19 4,091 14 1,014 1 15 18 32,018 2 11 527,676 6 8 229,854 8 (i 1,403 13 3 5,688 11 10 43 14 6 477 17 1 3 5 0 0 0 Totals, 1915 Totals, 1914 1,814 1,854 330,198 17 0 18 347,193 13 0 2 44,972 7 | 929,910 12 55,583 18 | 1,073,614 3 796,684 17 8 911,732 14 7 Decrease 40 16,994 15 3 12 10,611 11 143,703 11 115,047 16 11 During the year 58 men were ei iployed on nproductive quartz-mining operations.

Locality and Name of Mine. Average Number of Men employed. / Quartz crushed. Gold obtained by Estimated Value. Amalgamation. Cyanide. Marlboro rGH. Wakamarina — Dominion Consolidated* " L 80 Tons. 17,484 Ol. dwt. gr. 3,334 12 0 Oz. dwt. gr. £ s. d. 12,471 12 8 Inangahua County— Keep-it-Dark Wealth of Nations .. Progress Murray Creek Lankey's Creek Tributors. Progress.. New Big River Blackwater W. E. Gardiner (iO 105 165 30 3 3 60 207 1 (iO 105 165 30 3 3 60 207 1 j Westla: 10,985 25,844 36,160 1,680 830 597 2,938 54,643 D. 2,005 4 0 7,617 13 0 7,532 8 0 1,522 6 0 184 13 7 109 7 22 1,951 4 0 24,201 2 0 996 5 0 2,032 7 0 1,912 14 0 179 15 0 11,064 14 0 40,710 2 6 37,695 3 2 6,739 9 0 735 16 2 383 7 7 11,868 16 7 109,284 17 8 196 7 7 564 3 0 2,895 16 0 65 6 0 Totals 634 634 133,677 45,123 18 5 9,246 6 0 9,246 (> 0 218,678 14 3 Marlborough* 80 SUMMA ,Y. 12,471 12 8 80 17,484 3,334 12 0 Wostland 631 634 133,677 45,123 18 5 9,245 6 0 218,678 14 3 Total, 1915 714 714f 151,161 48,458 10 5 9,246 (i 0 .231,150 6 11 Total, 1914 752 752 148,069 49,646 7 17 10,891 0 0 239,237 3 I Increaso .. 3,092 1,187 17 12 1,644 14 0 •I 8,086 16 2 Decrease .. 38 38 J * Also produced 110 tons of scheelite concentrates, value £14,182 12s. 3d. quartz-mining operations not shown in this table, f Seventy men were employed in non-productive

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Table 1—continued. Statement showing the Quantity of Quartz crushed and Gold obtained in the Southern Mining District for the Year ended 31st December, 1915.

Statement of Value of Bullion won from Quartz crushed for all Districts for the Years ended 31st December, 1914 and 1915.

Average , T,r,<.oiit„ onri Mo.vio of Mine Number of Quartz Gold Estimated Locality and Name ot Mine. Men crushed. obtained. Value. employed. Vincent County. Oz. dwt. gr. 18 5 21 127 0 0 ..£ s. ; d. 61 6 j-10 488 19 0' Bannockburn— Tons. Oz. dwt.gr. ..£ s.i d. Star of the East Gold-mining Company.. .. 2 80 18 5 21 61 6jlt) Bald Hill FlatAdvance .. .. .. .. .. 2 150 127 0 0 488 19 0" Totals .. .. .. .. 4 230 145 5 21 550 5 10 230 145 5 21 550 5 10 Waihemo County. memo County. Macrae's — Golden Point .. .. .. .. 6* 569 176 6 0 685 16 0 Golden Bar.. .. .. .. .. 5 742 270 0 0 ,,; 945, Qugj Stoneburn Mining Company .. .. .. 3* 978 , 39 5,,.16 .150, 61 111 McGregor and Innes .. .. .. .. 2* 16 5 7 ()'. .20 1,3"; Marebum Gold-mining Company .. .. 3* 641 67 13 17 : '24'9 4 :! d; Nonthorn .. .. .. .. .. 2 93 24 11'12 ! ' 91 18 6 6* 5 3* 2* 3* 2 569 742 978 16 641 93 l 176 6 0 270 0 0 :,; 39 5,16 5 7 0 ' . 67 1'3 17 24 11' 12 '■' 685 16 0 3.945, 0;. M .150, 6, i'ii V"20 ' l\% 24'6 W6t '•' M 18 6 Totals .. .. .. .. 21 3,039 583 3 21 2,139 0 8 21 3,039 583 3 21 i 2,139 0 8 SUMMARY. »■•'< Vincent County .. .. .. .. 4 230 145 5 21 550 5 10 Waihemo County '.. .. .. .. 21 3,039 583 3 21 ; 2,139 0 8 Totals, 1915.. .. .. .. 25 3,269 728 9 18 j 2,689 6 6 1 I 230 3,039 I 145 5 21 . i , 583 3 21 550 5 10 2,139 0 8 * Also employed at scheelite-mining during the yoar, but shown as quartz-miners in the return of number of persons ordinarily employe! at metal-mines. Twenty-two men were employed at unproductive mining operations not included in this table.

■ . •» nir.-v,;.,., r>i„....;„i Year ended Year ended Mmm 8 Dl9fcr,Ct ' 31st December, 1914. 31st December, IE Year ended 31st December, 1914. ; Year ended 31st December, 1915. 91f £ s. d. £ s. Hauraki ... ... ... ... ... 911,732 14 7 796,684 17 Marlborough, Nelson, and West Coast ... ... 239,237 3 1 231,150 6] Otago and Southland... ... ... ... 3,244 9 6 2,689 6 £ s. d. 911,732 14 7 239,237 3 1 3,244 9 6 £ s. d. 796,684 17 8 231,150 6 11 2,689 6 6 £ s. d. 796,684 17 8 231,150 6 11 2,689 6 6 d. 8 II 6 Totals ... ... ... ... 1,154,214 7 2 1,030,524 11 1 Table 2. Gross Totals and Value op Bullion purchased by Banks foe the Year ended 31st December, 1915. Bank. Bullion purchased. Value. Bullion purchased. Value. Hauraki Mining District (Northern Inspection District). Oz. dwt. gr. :ank of New Zealand ... ... ... 120,672 18 0 lank of New South Wales ... ... ... 838 12 0 [ational Bank of New Zealand ... ... 384,245 2 10 505,756 12 10 £ s. d. 219,702 16 11 1,296 19 9 414,386 5 0 635,386 1 8 635,386 1 8

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Table 2— continued. Gross Totals and Value of Bullion purchased by Banks for the Year ended 31st December, 1915— continued.

Bank. Bullion purohxsed. Value. Marlborough, Karamea, and Westland Mining Hstricts (West Coast Inspection District). Bank of New Zealand National Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales Union Bank of Australia Oz. dwt. gr. 20,647 2 20 60,291 1 1 5,576 11 9 228 2 11 £ s. d. 81,035 11 7 234,863 10 9 22,150 10 8 892 9 10 86,742 17 7 338,942 2 10 Otago Mining District (Sout, ,ern Inspection Distric t). Bank of New Zealand Bank of New South Wales National Bank of New Zealand Union Bank of Australia Bank of Australasia ... 40,731 1 13 6,070 7 10 12,852 3 9 46 0 0 821 8 18 156,647 15 23,276 11 49,692 2 175 0 2,773 17 0 1 3 0 8 Totals, 1915 60,521 1 2 232,565 6 0 653,020 10 19 1,206,893 10 6 Totals, 1914 823,146 17 6 1,319,712 4 3

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Statement of Affairs of Mining Companies, as published in accordance with the Companies Act, 1908.

Name of Company. Amount Value of Scrip w„ m ° « Quantity and Value of -r„*oi t„*„i i„„„„ t fifti B ssa- capita *Msr ssss. ««£« ggg £gt ijf HS?™ %sS% £S &. ***>• actually which no Cash aUotted. P« «-»■ ° f *oldersat |*| «- Eeg Xtion. Co^anv. paiaup. paia. fc „ Qnantity. : value. AUCKLAND DISTRICT. mmm £ Bremners Freehold Gold-mining Company (Li- 5/8/10 10,000 Dominion GJold-mining Company (No Liability) .. 8/9/11 8,421 Four-in -Hand Mines (Limited)" .. .. 24/8/14 3,627 Golden Belt Gold-mining Company (Limited) . . 22/12/11 23,451 Good Hope Gold-mming Company (No Liability) 10/11/10 12,975 Great Northern Waihi Gold-mining Company (Li- 13/8,14 2,750 mited) Hare-Ratjen Copper Company (Limited) .. 5/4/07 7,600 Hauraki Beefs (Limited) .. .. .. 28/4/10 17,500 Kuranui Gold-mining Company (No Liability) .. 5/6/14 21,750 Luck-at-Last Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. 23/8/09 2,601 May Queen Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. 15/5/07 I 64,000 Moanataiari Gold-mining Company (Limited) . . 7/12/09 | 22,450 Maoriland Mines (Limited) . . .. .. 4/8/13 | 442 Monowai Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. 21/9/09; 25,000 Mountain King Gold-mining Company (Limited) 12/2/08 j 12,000 Mount Welcome Gold-mining Company (Limited) 8/7/09: 5,000 New Cambria Gold-minmg Company (No Liability) 23/6/14 5,050 New Comstock Gold-mining Company (Limited) 23/11/09 28,465 New Sylvia Gold-mining Company (Lhnited) .. 2/10/05 30,000 New Waitaia Gold-mining Company (Lunited) . . 25/2/09 15,000 North Prince of Wales Consolidated Gold-mining 23/3/12 4,405 Company (No Liability) Occidental Consolidated Gold-mining Company 3/8/09 5,397 (No Liability) Ohinemuri Gold and Silver Mines (Limited) .. 1/6/14 i 66,549 Old Hauraki Gold-mines (Limited) .. .. 3/8/07 j 18,003 Rising Sun Gold-mining Company (Limited) . . 1/10/08 ; 16,500 Saxon Gold-minmg Company (Limited) . . 2/12/07 j 35,000 Tellurides Proprietary (Limited) .. .. 2/11/09 j 21,158 Victoria Gold-mining Company (No Liability) .. 8/12/06 29,523 Waihi Extended Gold-mining Company (Limited) 12/8/95 149,967 Waihi-Paeroa Gold-extraction Company (Limited) 4/3/10 125,000 Waihi Standard Gold - mining Company (No 20/11/11 19,891 Liability) Waitangi Consolidated Gold-mining Company (No 23/10/08 147, 833 Liability) Waitawheta Gold-mining Company (No Liability) 22/7/14 9,698 Waiotahi Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. 28/7/71 18,000 £ 1,883 | £ , £ s. d. 100,000 0 0 54 ; £ 117 I Oz. £ , £ £ £ .. 3,270 j 586 : 23,451 1,982 ; 2,750 ; 1,000 10,816 818 3,343 33,583 13,490 ; 442 16,997 10,000 2,959 .503 1,207 27,542 7,859 3,957 4,033 4,535 11,252 10,297 20,590 14,412 13,670 1,346 65,000 2,496 23,039 383 16,000 84,208 0 0 44 1,250 : 72,545 0 0 3 17,027 117,255 0 4 0 1,622 129,746 0 0 7 6,000 68,000 0 1 3 6,600 7,600 1 0 0 5,083 175,000 0 1 9 87,000 0 0 3 83,250 0 0 7i 26,787 256,000 0 4 10 179,596 0 1 7J 106,000 0 0 1 100,000 0 3 0 2,000 120,000 0 2 0 458 100,000 ' Various 50,500 0 0 3 3,746 113.860 Various 1,208 ; 300,000 0 I II 2,500 ! 150,000 0 15 1,250 ; 35,240 0 2 0 107,938 0 0 11 55,000 ; 133,098 Various 180,030 0 1 3 2,229 ' 110,000 0 1 10 13,333 i 200,000 0 2 0 .. .. 0 2 0 147,615 0 111 5,498 149,987 , 0 7 8i 60,000 125,000 1 0 0 5,000 198,305 0 0 3 1,000 170,800 0 2 11$ 4,849 96,982 j 0 0 1 240,000 '014 8 202 122 482 319 "86 159 128 266 84 244 698 343 622 301 21 68 116 74 255 449 43 204 .50 340 141 24 143 8 460 20 2,836 99 5 18 2,056 1 5,248 '.'. 580 47 14 5,825 7 3,222 1,313 3,642 277 5,700 17 14,726 1,707 62 |384 22,123 10,006 3,197 10,197 2,071 2,162 16,011 896 58,430 4,659 90,712 21,417 3,462 11,338 .. 1 " .. " I " .. •■ • • 1,875 42 2,130 89 118 97 390 70 62 358 593 710 1,349 t 142 275 9 120 136 273 147 208 108 575 8 6,844 10 113 '.'. l|031 6 4 65 361,322 24 1 1 20,346 306 2,886 17 158,761 3,152 677^299 4,537 28,545 11,082 20,466 13^961 52,989 238,167 33,777 554 280,426 2,625 12,498 44 124 2,288 12 149 163 3,000 400,786 3,224 232 14

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Table 3— continued. Statement of Affairs of Mining Companies, as published in accordance with the Companies Act, 1908— continued.

Name of Company. Amount Value of Scrip . "o tion. Ca P ltal - actually which no Cash allotted. P« Share. of Calls, holders at gg-g, paid up. paid. P rescnt - £ | l_ Quantity and Value of rr * , n. * , ' . Gold and Silver produced „ .„ T ° ta J , ' since Registration. Expenditure Amount of , of Debts since Dividends owing by j Registration. paid. Company. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. AUCKLAND DISTRICT— continued- £ £ Watchman Gold-mining Companv (Limited) .. 4/12/11 37,500 15,000 Zeehan Consolidated (Limited) .. .. 23/10/10 15,000 2,825 Te Puke Gold Reefs (Limited .. .. 4/5/98 12,865 12,865 Whangarei Cinnabar (Limited) .. .. 9/7/15 3,255 914 United Gold-mine (Limited) .. .. .. 17/7/15 15,132 2,318 Gallant Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. 20/10/15 500 221 Komata Reefs Gold-mining Company (Limited) 16/10/00 40,000 Cinnabar Mines of New Zealand (Limited) .. 19/12/13 6,500: 881 £ I I £ s. d. £ 10,625 I 150.000 i 0 2 0 3,700 ! 150,000 0 0 6 101,478 0 2 6 1,598 13,022 0 3 0 85 10,000 15,132 10 0 93 2,125 20,000 0 16 82 800,000 0 10 4,062 13,000 0 10 94 184 99 40 43 48 422 23 Oz. 30 10,957 3 6 4 5 441,579 £ £ 22,976 37,765 j 13,284 603 1,442 191 372,313 329,392 454 ; £ 4,545 7,467 £ 329 19 80 219 U020 .. | NELSi IN DISTRICT (INCLUDING WEST COAST). 30 I 4,997 I " I Addison's Gold-mining Companv (Limited) .. 28/5/15 I 7,000 I 5.029 Blackwater River Gold-dredging Company (Li- 27/4/00 9,475 5,892 mited) Blue Creek Gold, Silver, and Lead Development 14/11/10 23,795 4,087 Company (Limited) Dominion Consolidated Developing Company 18/1/11 15,000 7,000 (Limited) Five-mile Beach Gold-extraction Company (Li- 16/6/13 16,305 7,625 mited) Golden Flat Mining Companv (Limited) .. 11/8/13 13,000 10,500 Golden Terrace Mining Companv (Lunited) . . 31/3/14 9,000 7,000 Keep-it-Dark Mines (Limited) " .. .. 8/2/11 10,000 4,250 Mahinapua Gold-minmg Company (Limited) .. 11/1/09 5,385 4,485 Millerton Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. 19/11/12 51,154 26,987 Mont d'Or Gold-mining and Water-race Company 5/7/82 12,000 10,800 (Lunited) Montezuma Limited. . .. .. .. 26/1/14 5,525 2,348 Mount Radiant Prospecting Companv (New 11/1/13 17,000 8,093 Zealand Murray Creek Gold-mining Companv (Limited).. 30/5/11 30,000 26,117 New Swastika Gold-mines (Limited) .. .. 4/12/13 38,000 1,950 Ross Goldfields Reconstructed (Limited) J. 28/8/14 70,000 6,868 Stafford Gold-dredging Companv (Limited) .. 17/5/05 289 289 Star of the East Mining Company (Limited) .. 0/2/13 36,000 300 Swastika North Gold-mines (Limited) .. .. 16/5/13 1,440 570 Worksop Gold-dredging Company (Limited) .. 20/3/07 12,000 10,500 Parapara Hydraulic Sluicing and Mining Company 18/6/92 50,600 ; 26,210 (Limited) 71.000 : (117 6 1,086 3,000 9,475 ; 0 18 0 15,000 i 23,795 j 0 1 0 92 . .. . _ 8,000 15,000 10 0 7,000 16,305 1 0 0 1,679 2,500 13,000 ; Various 202 2,000 9,000 10 0 57 20,000 '043 900 5.385 ; 1 0 0 24,000 51,154 j 1 0 0 426 12,000 | 0 18 0 14 47 I 75 116 61 51 207 44 80 j 7,810 108 8 139 60 15,950 15 ! .. 7 j 38,939 28,971 61,631 6,106 I 425 9,614 543 6,765 60,182 69,708 I 16,995 149,938 ; 106,727 2,250 I 57,000 44 2,467 2,290 395 2,473 5,525 10 0 7,000 24,000 i 0 10 0 407 .. i i i 2,000 30,000 1 0 0 1,450 32,000 38,000 10 0 63,000 70,000 0 2 0 132 1,734 2,023 10 0 36,000 10 0 720 1,440 0 6 0 6 1,500 12,000 10 0 20,000 40,600 Various 150 109 91 267 33 88 60 50 j 3,338 14,652 43,437 61 I 1,986 9,828 19,961 1,606 207 9,205 62 2,484 3 : 206 732 3,697 259 16 I 10 13,515 88,617 47^626 51,982 77,061 43,350 2,115

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Table 3 — continued Statement of Affairs of Mining Companies, as published in accordance with the Companies Act, 1908— continued.

Name of Company. Date of Registration. Amount ! Value of Scrip : Nllmber ° ri Quantity and Value of T . , m . , , A monn t Subscribed! <* Amount paid Arrears of Share- ggg G Expenditure Amount of ! of Debts Capital. .rfSSi Vn„?£? per Share. of Calls, holders at SSo. registration. since | Dividonds : owing by aci.ci lly wh.ch no Cash allotted. » present. J g , Registration. paid. Company. paid up. | paid. « , a § Quantity. Value. j NELSON DISTRICT (INCLUDING WEST COAST)— contv tued. £ i £ £ £ s. d. £ Blackwater South'Gold-mining Companv (Limited) 2/11/14 ; 6,601 I 3,580 45,000 45,000 0 6 0 381 Carriek'Gold-minmg Company (Limited) .. 0/12/14 12,571 I 1,581 .. 12,571 10 0 147 North Blackwater Development Syndicate [(Li- 19/11/15 20,000 ! 4,325 5,000 2,000 5 0 0 675 mited) New Big River Gold-mining Companv (Limited) 19/8/07 6,000 I 600 .. 24,000 0 0 6 Murray's Freehold Gold-dredging Company (Li- 0/3/14 3,750 | 3,750 2,750 6,500 10 0 mited) I 247 126 26 61 59 Oz. 10 3 14 44 53,617 10 684 Oz. 53,617 684 £ 216,781 2,649 £ 3,438 975 1,889 129,169 6,834 £ 91,200 £ 1,8ft 3,38i OTAGO DISTRICT (INCLUDING SOUTHLAND). 18,029 10,628 48,010 8,774 197,770 233,041 27,251 20,471 11,163 41,518 8,373 171,184 108,197 26,073 1,062 Bakerv Flat Sluicing Companv (Limited) .. 10/9/96 2,500 2,012 .. 2,500 i 0 18 6 Cardrona Dredging Companv '(Limited) ..; 29/7/09 2,000 I 2,000 .. 2,000 10 0 Crewe Gold-dredging Companv (Limited) .. 7/9/02 2,000! 2,000 3,000! 5,000 10 0 Deep Stream Gold-mining Company (Limited) . . .19/11/06 2,500! 500 2,000 2,500 10 0 Earnscleugh Gold-dredging Company (Limited).. 15/7/01 8' 8! 10,992 11,000 10 0 Electric Gold-dredging Companv (Limited) .. ' 2/9/99 26,000 .. 26,000 26,000 I 10 0 Gabriel's Gullv Sluicing Company (Limited) . . 2/5/07 600 180 ' .. 600 '■ 0 6 0 Golden Bed Dredging Companv (Limited) .. 29/8/13 1,300 380 .. 4,498 0 4 0 Golden Crescent Sluicing Companv (Limited) .. 26/11/98 3,500 3,500 .. 3,500 10 0 Golden Gate Gold-dredging Companv (Limited) .. 19/12/13 5,000 .. 5,000 5,000 10 0 Good Chance Dredging Companv (Limited) .. 24/3/09 1,250 779 .. 1.250 1 0 0 ! Haveloek Sluicing Companv (Limited) .. 3/3/08 4,000 3,400 600 4,000 10 0 Island, Block Gold-dredging and Sluicing Company 26/2/00 24,030 \ 12,030 12,000 25,000 10 0 (Limited) Kia-Ora Victoria Gold-dredging Company (Li- 10/8/01 9,100 5,915 .. 9,100' 0 13 0 mited) Ladvsmith Gold-dredging Company (Limited) .. 19,4,00 12,000; 3,964 3,000 14,.500 I 0 10 0 Lammermoor Mining Companv (Limited) .. i 6/7/08 '■ 4,950 ! 4,950 1,000 5,950 1 0 0 Lower Nevis Dredging Company (Limited) .. 29/9/06 600 600 600 1,200 1 0 0 Manila Gravel and Gold-dredging Company (Li- ! 24/9/13 5,893; 5,893 13,954 32,241; 0 4 0 205 mited) Manuherikia Gold-dredging Companv (Limited) 1/8/99 12,000 6,000 6,000 12,000! 1 0 0 Mareburn Gold, and Scheelite Mining Company 18 4 14 6,000 5,947 .. 6,000 ; 1 0 0 53 (Limited) Mount Morgan Sluicing Companv (Limited) .. 2/7/02 800 800 2,000 2,800 ; 1 0 0 .Muddy Terrace Sluicing Company (Limited) .. 4/10/06 14,400 14,400 5,550 19,950 10 0 Nrseby Dredging and Hydraulic Sluicing Company ' 16/10/97 5,000 2,288 2,000 5,000; 0 15 3 (Limited) New|Golden Run Dredging Company (limited) 21 11 07 ; 8,000 8,000 .. 8,000 1 0 0 ' 25 9 22 17 248 8 23 5 56 12 111 80 51 166 8 11 126 24 4,764 8 7 12,465 4 2,280 30 [ 51,523 20 ! 60,289 22 I 7,054 8 : 8,881 17 : 1,531 8 ' 2,714 6 5,949 4 ; 8,092 8 | 11,384 7 j 5,428 9 i 18,936 3 ! 142 3 I 24 j 9,732 4 ! 4,960 34,604 5,884 10,563 22,814 31.i540 .. : 25,910 4,964 12,340 19,181 41,241 9,125 1,812 30,250 132,522 5,335 11,200 1,000 625 7,400 2,403 112 36 30 1,600 1,205 IS 151 I'M W. 35! •- 43,873 34,122 13,895 19 20,864 | 18,876 26,575 2^730 "248 1,729 72,606 527 43,487 3,792 34,176 246 7,956 38,554 19,100 6,778 68,012 18,311 210 89 15,058 51 4,750 ' I

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Table 3— continued. Statement of Affairs of Mining Companies, as published in accordance with the Companies Act, 190 8— continued.

Name of Company. Amount Value of Scrip v . "o *o Quantity and Value of t *■ 1 t + i * * tion. J «• actnally which no Cash allotted. P« Share. of Calls. | holder, at J a * ■ hJ3» *J3l* ffi»& paid up. paid. & Q Quantity. | Value. 01 4.GO DIf STRICT (INCLUDING Si 3UTHLAND)— contin: t'l. Ngapapa Gold-dredging Company (Limited) Nokomai Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited) Oirig Dredging Company (Limited) Ourawera Gold-mining Company (Limited) Paterson's Freehold Gold - mining Company (Limited) Phoenix Water-race Company Limited (Regd.) .. Pringle and Party (Limited) Pukepouri Gold-mining Company (Limited) Red Jack's Gold-dredging Company (Limited) .. Rise and Shine Gold-dredging Company (Limited) Rising Sun Gold-dredging Company (Limited) .. Round Hill Mining Company (Limited) Roxburgh Amalgamated Mining and Sluicing Company (Limited) Sailor's Gully (Waitalnma) Gold-mining Company (Limited) Scandinavian Water-race Company (Limited) . . Skipper's Sluicing Company (Limited).. Stewart Tsland Tin and Wolfram Lodes (Limited) Success Gold-dredging Company (Limited) Tallaburn Hy T draulic Sluicing Company (Limited) Teviot-Molyneux Gold-mining Company (Limited) Tinker's Gold-mining Company (Limited) United M. and E. Water-race Company (Regd.) -j Vinegar Hill Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited) Waikaka Deep Lead, Gold - dredging Company (Limited) Waipori Prospecting Company (Limited) Roaring Meg Sluicing Company (Limited) Stoneburn Mining Company (Limited).. 9/9/11 26/3/98 13/3/99 23/5/95 15/7/99 I 24,000 9,955 3,000 12,000 £ 7,000 8,955 3.000 8,000 I £ 2,400 3.000 17,000 24,000 1.000 9,955 3,000 4,000 12,000 £ s. d. £ 0 16 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 1 0 0 ; 10 69 72 16 32 19 9 j 36 8 9 8 1 Oz. 4,580 ! 40,074 10,204 13,151 21,288 £ 17,587 149,982 39,092 52,424 85,159 £ 14,816 113,013 40,268 42,288 93,534 £ 2,925 44,484 4,773 13,915 22,200 £ 116 678 61 I 12/10/67 24/4/14 22/1/14 1/7/12 24/2/00 16/2/01 30/7/02 2/3/89 1,500 2,000 ! 2,500 4,500 10,000 8,000 28,245 29,153 1,500 2,000 1,667 3,750 9,746 5,500 6,753 13,121 1.000 2.000 2,500 750 i 4,500 2,000 12,000 2,500 8,000 21,492 5,649 15,000 29,152 1 10 0 10 0 0 16 0 10 0 10 0 254 10 0 .. 5 0 0 0 18 6 24 45 157 75 180 j 9 22 10 i 28 : •• 160 2,199 42,139 21,468 42,789 5,225 6,735 970 1,825 600 8,577 163,654 83,037 171,173 19,904 25,608 3,733 6,065 7^106 1,351 ; 2,854 11,961 125,845 61,185 165,850 15,318 , 28,249 3,756 6,584 7,316 35,674 8,828 9,134 450 i 47,700 | 22,400 j 11,580 5,000 1,380 20 1,690 472 917 389 330 607 6,209 93 737 199 805 1,785 3/6/96 8,400 200 8,200 8,400 . „ : 10 0: .. 22 8 10/12/07 20/11/11 5/12/12 25/5/10 3/12/04 24/12/09 29/10/10 8/4/72 23/4/72 23/9/00 7 3,450 5,920 10,000 1,200 35,000 11,500 7 345 5,898 8.000 1.200 25,000 11,500 9,750 9,757 3,105 3,450 3,000 8,920 2,000 10,000 12 10,000 35,000 11,500 11,500 10 0 10 0 Various 21 10 0 100 0 0 10 0 10 0 20 30 92 10 5 6 •• . •• 9 23 20 4 28 9 | 7,600 7,600 152 I .50 0 0 I i •' I 6,000 6,000 10 0 16/6/13 6,000 6,000 6,000 10 0' 9/6/14 11/8/14 2./2/14 1,750 3,100 4,000 1,750 1,540 3,625 80 1,300 3,100 4,000 21 17 6 < 10 0' 35 10 0 .. 28 29 12 4 4 6 45 172 2,280 1,555 1,868 22 30 245 Totals 382,548 !220,600 200,993 418,229 195 3 3 1,212 Grand totals 1,782,021 I 729,888 585,792 5,323,717 205 3 2| 9,622

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ANNEXURE I). QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE EXAMINATION HELD DURING DECEMBER, 1915, FOR MANAGERS' FIRST AND SECOND CLASS CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY UNDER THE MINING ACT. Subject I.— Mining. 1. Describe and show by sketch how you would place the penthouse in a three-compartment rectangular-framed shaft, if you had to sink with a winch from the 1,000 ft. level, two of the compartments being in use full time sending up ore to surface. 2. (jive the size of timber you would use, and show by sketch how it is fitted and the sets hung in position. 3. Describe the difference between a vertical shaft, an underlay shaft, and a winze. 4. State fully how you would drive through loose running country, and how you would secure heavy swelling ground. 5. Name the different methods of stoping and beating out small lodes and large lodes respectively. (i. Describe the filling-up method you would adopt on lodes, say, 2 ft. wide and 40 ft. wide ; also, how you would fill in at three different levels simultaneously the levels being directly over one another. 7. What size of trucks and style of truck-wheels would you use, weight per yard of rails, and gauge (if track would you put down where a large quantity of ore had to be handled ? 8. Give the relative strength of gelignite, dynamite, and gelatine-dynamite, taking blasting-powder as a unit. State the class of country for which each is best adapted. !). What explosive would you use under water ? 10. Give the reason electricity from lighting or power cables " shall not be allowed for firing shots," under the Mining Act. 11. State the uumber of holes you would bore with rock-drill in a hard vertical face of drive 7 ft. in height by 5 ft. wide. 12. Describe the kind of hole you would put down or bore to prove the value of a placer deposit. L 3. There are three methods of boring deep holes —namely, the spring pole, warping-barrel, and diamond drill : describe each, and how they are worked, and the country for which they are best suited. Subject II. — Mechanics. 1. Describe fully a pumping plant, including power capable of raising 500 gallons per minute from v a depth of 400 ft., and state conditions under which the plant described would be most suitable. 2. State all precautions which should be taken when an underground working is approaching a place known to contain a dangerous accumulation of water. .'>. Describe and sketch a dam in an underground level, suitable for damming back water to a height of 5 ft. 4. Sketch section of pithead frame, above landing brace, showing all appliances for prevention of accident in the case of an overwind. 5. Give maximum speed at which il is safe to raise or lower cage containing men in shaft. 0. Show by calculation the size ol' rope and also the size of coupling-chain required for winding in shaft 1,000 ft. deep with loaded cage weighing 30 cwt. 7. Describe plant for controlling (self-acting or balance) incline tram having gradient 1 in 3, length 10 chains, and load 1 ton. 8. Trace the passage of the steam from the boiler through a compound condensing engino. !). Describe briefly the principal parts of an electric motor. Give in electrical terms the equivalent for 1 horse-power. Subject lll.— Ventilation: Ventilation of Mines and Knowledge of Mine Gases ; Rescue Apparatus used, in Mines : Methods of Dealing with Underground, Fires. 1. What are the leading characteristics of the three principal gases contained in air ? State generally in what respects the return mine air differs from the intake air. 2. What does a variation in the readings of the wet and dry bulbs of a hygrometer represent ? How is the amount of moisture in the atmosphere calculated from this data, and what is understood by L ' dew-point " ? 3. State what is the general efficiency of mine-fans '>. Tf the horse-power of an engine is 52-84 and the water-gauge is 4-7 inches, what quantity of air would you expect to get ? 4. With a water-gauge of 0-4 inch and the fan making 65 revolutions per minute, there is produced 35,000 cubic feet of air per minute : what quantity would be produced with a water-gauge of 0-6 inch ? 5. A given mass of air occupies 1 cubic foot at 60° Fahr. : what volume will it occupy at 90° Fahr., and what is the weight of the above mass of air if the barometer stands at 30 in. ?

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6. Comment upon the anemometer, Pitot tube, and powder-smoke for the measurement of the velocity of mine-air. State the limitations of each method. 7. Make sketches showing in plan and section the arrangement from mine shaft to chimney of a doubleinlet Sirocco fan capable of producing 85,000 cubic feet of air per minute. State dimensions. Subject IV. — Arithmetic and Law. arithmetic. 1. Find the cubical contents of a circular well whose diameter is 3| ft. and depth 28 ft. 2. Find correct to 4 places of decimals the square root of 52167809-72456139. 3. The gold reserve of a bank weights 27 tons 10 cwt. 3 qr. 3 Hi. : if there be 7,000 grains in 1 lb. avoirdupois, and a sovereign weigh 12-T374 grains, find the value of the reserve. 4. Determine the gross receipts of a company for the first half-year of 1913, given that the gross expenses, £285,900, were 65-86 per cent, of the receipts. Give result to nearest £1,000. 5. How many pieces of timber, each 6 ft. by U ft. by 3 in., can be cut from a piece 45 ft. long, 4 ft, wide, and 3 ft. thick? LAW. I State the requirements with regard to ventilation of quartz-mines. 2. Quote in full the uniform code of signals required at all mines. 3. State the legal procedure to be followed when a fatal accident occurs. 4. What is a workmen's inspector? How is lie appointed, and what arc his duties?

1. The above diagram represents a mining claim with a shaft at C. A lode is followed from Cto D, Dto E, and Eto F. Compute the extent of encroachment in cubic yards upon the adjoining portion, assuming the drive to be rectangular and 6 ft. high by 4 ft. wide ; and what is the distance from Atox '. The distances are given in links. 2. Compute the area within the figure A BCD Ex. 3. A vertical shaft at Gis sunk for a depth 75 ft. to H. The cap of a reef is noted at I, which is 50 ft. east of G. From H a crosscut is driven 80 ft. which cuts the reef at J. If the vertical shaft is continued 200 ft. from H to X, find the length of the crosscut X to L necessary to intersect the reef. Subject VI. — General and, Applied Geology. 1. Define any six of the following terms: Lode, vein, ore, contact-deposit, gash-vein, saddle-reef, deep lead, pay-wash, false bottom. 2. Give a table showing the sequence of the chief geological formations in New Zealand; or, as an alternative, in Great Britain or in Australia. 3. Give an account of the manner in which sedimentary deposits are formed. 4. Describe the geology of any mining district in New Zealand or elsewhere with which you arc familiar. 5. Where in New Zealand are found ores or minerals containing Tungsten, tin, molybdenum, silver, copper, antimony ? 6. Describe the "ascension theory" of lode-formation. If you disagree with it, state why, and give an alternative hypothesis. 7. Give a full account of what is known as " secondary enrichment." 8. Why are some mines much troubled by water, whilst others are comparatively dry ? So far as you are able, discuss the geological conditions concerned. Give examples of wet and of dry mines. 9. Why do mines get hotter in depth, and why are some mines hotter than others of equal depth ? In discussing this question state the conditions in two or more of the following districts : Hauraki Goldfield, Reefton, Bendigo, Rand (Johannesburg), Lake Superior, Nevada (Comstock Lode).

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10. Give sketches showing normal faults and reversed faults. Define the terms —Throw, sliokenside, trough-fault, overthrust. 11. Explain as clearly as you can the nature of the movement involved in ordinary cases of faulting. More especially distinguish between apparent horizontal movement (or " heave ") and actual horizontal movement (or '" shift"). Give one or more illustrative figures, and, if possible, refer to actual examples of faulting known to you. 12. Describe the more common, methods employed in prospecting for auriferous-quartz veins.

QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE EXAMINATION FOR BATTERY-SUPERINTENDENTS' CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY. Subject I. — Milling. 1. Give an intelligent sketch of a crushing-battery and pulverizing-appliances, showing the relative positions of all these appliances. Also give a detailed description of a modern plant capable of treating 120 tons of ore per day of twenty-four hours. 2. Describe fully how you would construct a cyanide plant to deal with the pulverized ore mentioned in the foregoing question, and the different processes the ores undergo during the extraction of the precious metals and the rendering of them into a marketable commodity. 3. Give a detailed estimate of the cost of construction of plant as mentioned in No. 2 of the foregoing questions. 4. If you had to work a plant electrically as mentioned in the first question, what power in kilowatts would be required, and what volume and pressure would you recommend ? Give your reasons for them. 5. What is meant by " electric candle-power " ? How many kilowatts are required for 20 lamps of 16 cp. and 5 lamps of 50 cp. ? Give the volume and pressure you would recommend. Subject ll.— Amalgamation. 1. State what kinds of gold-bearing ores are amenable to plate amalgamation. 2. Describe the relative merits of copper and Muntz-mctal plates for the amalgamation of gold. Give the composition of Muntz metal. 3. State how you would prepare a new copper plate for amalagmation. 4. Describe, and illustrate, with sketches, any continuous-grinding amalgamating-pan with which you are familiar. 5. State the most effective slope for amalgamating-plates for an ore containing, say, 2 per cent, of iron-pyrites. When crushing such an ore state what quantity of water you would admit to the stamperbox '. 6. When smelting gold bullion state what precautions you would take to turn out clean well-shaped bars of the metal. Subject WI.--Cyanide, Chlorination, and other Chemical Processes. 1. In treating ores with KCN solutions how would you ascertain the best strength of solution to use in dealing with the ore for treatment in order to extract the largest percentage of precious metals ? Also state the relative fineness the ore is to be pulverized to to get the best extraction of the metals. 2. How is KCN solution made up, and how is the strength ascertained ? 3. How many pounds of pure cyanide would be required to make up 20 tons of 0-2 per cent, solution, using a sump solution of o'o3 per cent..KCN ? 4. How many tons of a 4-per-cent. solution KCN are required to make up 90 tons of 0-25-per-cent. solution by using a sump solution containing 0-012 per cent, solution KCN ? 5. What is meant by " chlorination " ? How is it effected ? Describe fully the class of ores most suitable for chlorination, and also for treatment with KCN solutions. 6. Describe fully a modern chlorination plant, (a.) How is chlorine produced ? (6.) How is the precious metal dissolved from the ore ? (c.) What reagent is employed to precipitate gold from the solution and also render the metal to a marketable commodity ? 7. How are precious metals recovered from KCN solutions, and how are these metals made into a marketable commodity ? 8. In the event of any of the workmen being poisoned by either chlorine gas or hydrocyanic acid, what steps would you take to relieve suffering ? Give your reasons fully. Subject IV.— Sizing and Concentration. 1. A gold-bearing ore contains some coarse free gold, 2 per cent of iron-pyrites that carries gold-values, and a considerable proportion of gold in the matrix existing in too finely divided a condition to be amenable to plate amalgamation. State clearly what scheme of treatment you would devise to extract a profitable percentage of the values. Illustrate your scheme by means of a flow-sheet. 2. Describe the Wilfley vanner, its action and limitations. 3. Describe the first principles underlying the magnetic separation of ores.

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4. Assume that your concentrates contained both seheelite and iron-pyrites, and state how you would effect the separation of the pyrites from the seheelite. 5. State what you know of the principles and working of the Elmore, oil-flotation process of oreseparation. Subject V- -Assaying and Elementary Chemistry. 1. Describe a trustworthy scheme for the sampling of mill-products where the ore is wet-crushed and contains some free amalgamable gold and sulphides carrying considerable values. The quartzose sands and slimes also carry sufficient values to warrant their treatment by the cyanide process : State how you would determine their value before and after treatment. 2. Describe simple qualitative tests for iron, copper, and zinc occurring as sulphides in an ore. 3. Free sulphuric acid is frequently liberated, as a decomposition product of iron-pyrites. State how you would detect free sulphuric acid in such a decomposed ore. 4. Describe the separation of silver, iron, and copper in an aqueous solution of salts of these metals. 5. State what charge of fluxes you would use for the 400-gram fire assay of- (a) A fairly clean quartzose gold ore ; (b) gold-bearing quartz containing 6 pin- cent, of iron-pyrites. Subject Vl.— Arithmetic and Law. arithmetic. 1. In a sphere of gold 3 ft. in diameter of 22-5 carats, having a value of £3 17s. 6d. per ounce, how many ounces does the sphere contain, and what is its total value ? 2. A. pyramid 6 ft. square at its base and 9 ft. high, the top of which is 18 in. square : how many cubic feet does the, pyramid contain ? 3. The wages of a crushing-battery where 37 men are employed amounted as follows : 20 men in A division get £240; 10 men in B division get 90 per cent, of what each man in A division receives; 5 men in C division get 86 per cent, of what the men in B division receive ; and 2 men in D division get 75 per cent, of what each man in B division receives. What did each man get, and what was the total of the month's wages ? 4. The base of an excavation on a sideling is at one end 11 ft. ; the length of the, side on the slope of 1 to I is 15 ft. at one end and at the other end the base is 5 ft. and the side on the same slope is 7 ft. ; the length of the excavation being 132 ft., how many cubic yards were excavated . 5. Extract the square root of 0-2169, divide, the root b) r 0-316, and extract the cube root of the quotient arithmetically. LAW. I. What is the penalty for using an unregistered machine . 2 Under the Mining Act what is the definition of each of the following terms: Licensee, machine, metal, and ore ?

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LIST OF MINE - MANAGERS, BATTERY SUPERINTENDENTS, AND DREDGEMASTERS WHO HAVE OBTAINED CERTIFICATES UNDER THE MINING ACTS. FIBST-CLASS MINE-MANACiERS' CERTIFICATES. Certificates of Service issued under the Mining Act, 1886, without Examination. Adams, H. H., Waiorongomai. 'Greenish, J., Reefton. *Nasmyth, T., Reefton. "Anderson, P., Thames. 'Greenville, W., Ohinemuri. Newman, W., Naseby. •Andrews, R., Coromandel. "Hall, J. P. 'Northey, J., Thames. Andrews, T., Thames. 'Hansen, P. 0., Thames. 'O'Sullivan, D. E., Thames, Barclay, T. H., Thames. 'Harris, J., Owen's Reefs. Polton, A., Karangahake. Bennett, J., Alexandra. Harrison, R. H., Coromandel. Porter, J., Waipori. 'Benney, J., Coromandel. "Hicks, T. 8., Thames. 'Purvis, G., Ross. Black, T., Waiomio. 'Hilton, G. P., Bendigo. Quinn, E., Te Aroha. "Bollersley, N., Boatman's. 'Hodge, P., Coromandel. 'Radford, T., Thames. 'Bradbury, M., Reefton. Hollis, W., Thames. Ralph, J. G., Thames. 'Bray, John, Lyell. Hunter, R., Thames. "Ranger, J., Reefton. Burch, W. H., Thames. James, P., Thames. 'Rasmussen, C. L., Mokihinui. 'Byrne, J. P., Stafford. Jamieson, A., Coromandel. Rasmussen, C. P., Mokihinui. Cameron, A., Macetown. Jenkins, M., Wakatipu. Reid, P., Coromandel. "Cameron, E., Te Aroha. Johnstone, H., Bluespur. Resta, L., Macetown. Chapman, J. A., Dunedin. 'Julian,'J., Boatman's. 'Roberts, E., Ross. ♦Clarke, G. S., Thames. Kelly, J., Lyell. Rooney, P., Reefton. 'Comer, R., Thames. Kerr, J., Thames. Scott, T., Waiorongomai. Conradson, M., Lyell. "Lawn, Ji., Black's Point. 'Searight, A., Reefton. "Corin, W., Thames. 'Lawn, H., Boatman's. 'Senior, J., Thames. 'Cornos, C. A., Karangahake. 'Lawn, J., Reefton. Smith, J. E., Thames. 'Coutts, J., Thames. "Littlejohn, W., Karangahake. Stone, P., Karangahake. "Crawford, T. H., Thames. 'Lowe, E. W., Thames. 'Steedman, J. 8., Thames. 'Crowley, C, Reefton. "Malfroy, J. M. C, Ross. Sturm, A., Waipori. 'Cummings, W., Reefton. 'Martin, W. G., Thames. "Taylor N., Thames. Davis, J. E., QueenstovAi. "McCallum, J., Reefton. Todd, C, Heriot. 'Davey, C, Ross. McCullough, R., Thames. Treloer, J. S., Reefton. "Donald, J., Cromwell. MeGruer, G. N., Karangahake. "Tripp, R. S., Arrowtown. 'Dryden, S., Thames. 'Mcllhaney, J., Thames. 'Vivian, J. G., Thames. 'Dunlop, T. A., Thames. Mcintosh, D., Bluespur. 'Vivian, S., Reefton. Edwards, J., Skipper's. 'McKay,'J., Ross. 'Waite, C. D.,' Thames. Elliott, J., Macetown. 'McKennoy, J., Reefton. 'Waite, 8., Thames. 'Evans, P., Skippor's. "McKenzie, W., Thames. Walker, J. W., Thames. Evans, J. H., Skipper's. "McLeod, G., Coromandel. Watson, T., Reefton. 'Fitzmauriee, R., Reefton. 'McLiver, P., Thames. 'Wearne, J. E., Endeavour Inlet. Prewen, J. 8., Queenstown. 'McLiver, H., Thames. Wearne, T., Endeavour Inlet. 'Gavin, T., Te Aroha. McMaster, J., Reefton. "Wilcox, J., Thames. Gilbert, J., Reefton. Moore, H. W., Thames. Williams, J., Skipper's. Gilmour, T., Thames. 'Moore, J. H., Thames. 'Wright, G, Boatman's. •Giles, G. P., West Wanganui. 'Morgan, R., Otago. Wylie, W., Ross. Glass, W. M., Naseby. Morrisby, A. A., Glenorchy. Young, G., Skipper's. 'Goldsworthy, J., Waiorongomai. i Issued after Examination under the Mining Act, 1886, and Amendment Acts. Adams, 8., Thames. Crawford, J. J., Thames. Hosking, G. P., Auckland. Baker, W., Thames. *Cummings, W., Reefton, Kruizenza, W., Reefton. ,» Black, G., Reefton. Donaldson, W., Otago. 'Lawn, T., Reefton. 'Caples, P. Q., Reefton. Fleming, M., Thames. Logan, H. P., Wellington. "Carter, J., Thames. 'Gardner, W. P., Reefton. Mangan, T., Thames. 'Casley, G., Reefton. Harris, W., Thames. Mouat, W. G., Dunedin. Cochrane, D. L., Reefton. Horn, G. W., Thames. 'Truscott, G., Thames. Colebrook, J. D., Coromandel. Home, W., Coromandel. Watkins, W. E., Reefton. Coombe, J., Reefton. Hornick, M., Thames. 'Wilkie, J., Reefton. Issued on Production of Certificate from a Recognized Authority outside the Dominion under the Mining Acts, 1886, 1891, 1898, 1905, 1908, and 1913. Argall, W. H., Coromandel. Dodd, William, Milton. Hall, E. X., Reefton Beckwith, L. H., Wellington. Evans, A. W., Reefton. McKenna, Thomas, Dunedin. Brook, R. H. T., Reefton. Griffiths, A. P., Auckland. Molineaux, H. S., Gore. fCock, J., jun., Ross. Griffiths, H. P., Auckland. Rich, P. A., Auckland. Cock, W., Waiomio. Hailey, R. C, Dunedin. Williams, W. H., Auckland. Datson, J., Manaia. Issued after Examination under the Mining Act, 1891. Agnew, J. A., Thames. 'Hughes, D., Thames. 'Prince, P. H., Reefton. Annear, William, Reefton. "James, T., Thames. Robertson, D. 8., Stafford. Arcott, R., Waihi. Keam, P. E., Thames. Ross, Richard, Thames. Bennett, E. P., Thames. 'Lane, J., Reefton. Russell, Murray, Dunedin. Boydell, H. C, Coromandel. Lawn, 0. H., Capleston. Shepherd, H. P., Thames. Bradley, R. J. H., Te Puke. Linck, F. W., Thames. Stanford, W. J., Macetown. • Bray, E., Reefton. 'Marshall, P., Reefton. 'Steedman, J. G., Thames. • Bruce, Malcolm, Thames. Morrison, R., Thames. 'Sutherland, Benjamin, Reefton. Carroll, J., Lyell. McDermott, J., Thames. Ticrney, R., Thames. Cartwright, E., Thames. McDermott, G., Thames. Vialoux, P., Coromandel. Crabb, J., Reefton. McDermott, W., Thames. Warne, George, Thames. .Dobson, J. A., Auckland. McGregor, W. T., Thames. Waters, D. 8., Skipper's. Evans, H. A., Wellington. McKenzie, H. J., Coromandel. "Watt, J., Thames. .Fahey, P., Reefton. McPeake, J., Thames. White, G. H., Thames. • Flannigan, Francis, Reefton. O'Keeffe, M. D., Thames. Whitley, A., Thames. Gilmour, J. L., Thames. Paul, Matthow, Thames. Williams, C, Capleston. Hodge, J. H., Thames. Paltridge, Henry, Thames. * Deceased since issue ol certificate. i Alluvial.

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First-class Mine-managers' Certificates— continued. Issued after Examination under the Mining Acts, 1898, 1905, and 1908. Allen, Henry, Waihi. Goldsworthy, C, Karangahake. O'Shea, J., Reefton. Autridge, L. E., Thames. Goldsworthy, W., Coromandel. O'Sullivan, J. W., Thames. Baker, 8. G., Thames. Gordon, J. A., Thames. 'Rabe, John, Thames. Barker, 8., Thames. Grayden, P., Thamos. Simmer, J. C, Helensville. Barrance, K. M., Karangahake. Greening, W., Karangahake. Rodden, John, Reefton. Bell, 0., Waihi. Gudgeon, C. W„ Macrae's. Ruffin, R. C, Reefton. Bonnie, Boyd, Waihi. Hitchcock, W. E., Barewood. Saunders, W. H., Reefton. Bishop, Thomas Otto, Skipper's, Otago.Hooker, John, Coromandel. Scoblo, E, J. Waihi. Blenkhorn, C, Coromandel. Irwin, Samuel, Waihi. Sheehan, D., Karangahake. Bolitho, Joseph, Reefton. Jaokson, G. T., Waihi. Smith, Walter, Karangahake. Bower, J. W., Coromandel. Johnson, J. H., Coromandel. Spearing, J. R., Waihi. Broad, R., Waihi. 'Katz, C. A., Waihi. Stewart, P., Waihi. Buddie, Frank, Coromandel. Langdon, H., Waihi. Stewart, R. A., Reefton. Bull, C. W., Waihi. Langford, G. S., Waihi. Sullivan, T., Reefton. Caisley, John, Karangahake. Lautour, H. A. de, Waihi. Thomson, J. R., Waihi. Carroll, A. M., Reefton. Lawn, Nicholas, Reefton. Thomson, Thomas, Waihi. Carroll, John, Kuaotunu. Lewis, Ralph Reginald, Waihi. Thorne, G. M., Waihi. Carter, R. P., Waihi. Mackie, Portland George A., Waihi. Tucker, E. S., Coromandel. Clouston, R. E., Kaitangata. McConachie, W., jun., Waihi. Turner, G. W. E., Reefton. Collier, E., Reefton, McDonald, R. M., Table Hill. Turnbull, E. V., Coromandel. Cooper, J. H., Thames. Mac Duff, R. 8., Thames. Turner, C. E., Murchison. Cooper, Thornhill, Waihi. McGruer, A., Karangahake. Ulrich, G. A. C, Waihi. Oordes, F. M., Karangahake. MacLaren, J. A. J., Coromandel. Walker, A. J., Waihi. Oornes, J. G., Waihi. MoMahon, J. H., Reefton. Watson, J. L., Thames. 'Daley, John William, Waihi. McMahon, T., Reefton. "Webber, J. H. A., Reefton. Dooherty, W. H., Coromandel. McMillan, T., Waihi. 'Weir, Thomas, Waihi. Downey, J. T., Reefton. Mitchell, William J., Barewood. "Whyte, N. McG. H., Waihi. Dutton, W. P., Waihi. Moore, L. 0., Waihi. 'Williams, C, Thames. Ellery, John, Reefton, Morgan, William, Waihi. 'Wilson, Allati, Thames. Fry, S., Waimangaroa. Morrison, William, Waihi. Wood, P. H., Reefton. Evered, N. J., Waihi. Moye, Michael, Reefton. Wotherspoon, James, Waihi. George, M. T., Waihi. Oats, John, Black's Point, Reefton. Issued under Section 313 of the Mining Act, 1891. 'Edwards, George, Westport. Rickard, John, Thames. Trelease, J. H., Thames. Hornibrooke, H. P., Coromandel. Snow, Thomas, Huntly. Williams, John, Kuaotunu. Martin, James, Reefton. Thomas, James, Thames. . White, John S., Karangahake. Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 32 of the Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896. Alexander, Thomas, Deep Creek. Harvoy, A. G., Coromandel. Moorecraft, Walter, Ooromandol. Argall, A. E., Coromandel. 'Howard, Samuel, Karangahake. Morgan, William, Owharoa. Battens, H., Coromandel. James, Robert, Thames. Moyle, Thomas, Thames. 'Begley, Thomas, Reefton. Jamieson, John, Reefton. Patton, William, Macetown. Bennett, Charles Henry, Kuaotunu. Johns, Thomas, Waihi. Pearce, Francis, Reefton. Bunney, Joseph, Waihi. Kennerley, W. H., Thames. Potter, William H., Thames. Campbell, Alexander, Cullensville. 'Langford, James, Coromandel. 'Rabe, Henry, Karaka. Carlyon, Samuel, Coromandel. MeCombie, John, Karangahake, Rillstone, Charles, Waipori. Comes, C. A., jun., Karangahake. Mac Donald, H., Coromandel. Somervell, John, Thames. Daldy, Edward Arthur, Coromandel. McEnteer, James, Tararu. 'Stackpole, Robert, jun., Karangahake. Draffin, Samuel, Waitekauri. 'McFarlane, Charles M., Tokatea. Thomas, Archelaus, Tapu, Thames. "" Farmer, C. S., Waitekauri. McLean, Benjamin J., Waitekauri. Turnbull, Thomas A., Whangamata. 'Goldsworthy, Thomas, Tokatea. McLean, Charles, Thames. "Willets, Henry, Thames. Goldsworthy, William, Karangahake.'McLean, James, Tararu, Thames. "Wilson, James R. S., Kuaotunu. 'Govan, Joseph, Thames. Meehan, James, Westport. Issued to Inspectors of Mines by virtue of Office under the Mining Acts, 1886, 1891, and 1898. Binns, G. J., Dunedin. "Gow, J., Dunedin. McLaren, J. M., Thames. Cochrane, N. D., Westport. Green, E. R., Dunedin. Tennent, R., Westport. Gordon, H. A., Wellington. Hayes, J., Dunedin. 'Wilson, G., Thames. Second-class Mine-managers' Certificates. Certificates of Service issued under the Mining Act, 1891. Adams, W. J., Thamos. Corbett, T., Paeroa. 'Harvey, William, Reefton. Agnew, J. A., Coromandel. 'Cowan, Hugh, Kuaotunu. Hetherington, William, Thames. 'Allen, Richard, Reefton. Crabb, Thomas, Reefton. 'Hicks, W., Thames. Argall, A. E., Coromandel. Daniel, P. F., Greymouth. Hill, Alexander Grey, Waikakaho. 'Beard, W. T., Reefton. Dobson, John Allen, Kuaotunu. Hollis, Frederick J., Waihi. 'Begley, Thomas, Reefton. Edwards, George, Westport. Hore, John, Wellington. Bennett, C. H., Coromandel. Ellery, John, Reefton. Hornibrooke, H. P., Kuaotunu. Blair, Thomas, Kuaotunu. 'Flannigan, Francis, Reefton. Jamieson, John, Reefton. Bolitho, James, Reefton. Foster, Thomas, Wellington. Jobe, James, Thames. Bone, William, Reefton. 'Gale, C. W., Coromandel. Johns, Thomas, Thames. 'Borlase, J. H., Capleston. Gemmings, Charles, Thames. Johnstone, William, Collingwood. 'Bowler, John, Thames. Gill, George, Thames. 'Kendall, Henry, Thames. 'Bray, Edwin, Reefton. 'Glasgow, T. M., Thames. Kerr, George, Kamo. Bremner, John, Coromandel. Goldsworthy, Henry, Thames. Kirker, Thomas, Thames. Brokenshire, James, Thames. Goldsworthy, William, Mauku, Auck- Laughlin, David, Thames. Brown, John, Macrae's. land. Law, John, Thames. 'Brownlee, Thomas James, Thames. 'Govan, Joseph, Thames. "Lough, H., Thames. Bunny, Joseph, Thames. Gribble, James, Norsewood. Loughlin, S., Thames. Byrne, John, Karangahake. 'Griffin, Patrick, Thames. Mackay, William, Nenthorn. "Caird, Alexander McNeil, Reefton. Grimmond, Joseph, Ross. Martin, David, Black's Point. 'Campbell, J., Kuaotunu. Guthrie, John, Wellington. Martin, James, Reefton. 'Climo, Noah, Coromandel. *Guy, Robert, Kuaotunu. Mayn, John, Coromandel. Comer, W. W., Thames. Hardman, James Edward, Thames. MeCombie, John, Karangahake. Comer, George, Thames. 'Harris, R., Thames. 'McCormick, Charles, Coromandel. * Deceased since issue of certificate

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Second-class Mink-managers' Certificates — continued. Certificates of Service issued under the MiningfAct, 1891 —continued. McEwen, James, Reefton. Page, John, Lyell. Shaw, James, Karangahake. "McLean, James, Thames. 'Parkiss, Joseph W., Reefton. Sligo, Alexander, Nenthorn. McLean, Alexander, Coromandel. Peebles, Alexander, Kuaotunu. Thomas, James, Thames. McLean, Charles, Thames. Pettigrew, Robert, Sydney, Thomas, A., Thames. 'McNeill, Daniel, Thames. "Phillips, W. H., Thamos. Thomson, John, Dunedin. McNeill, George, Upper Kuaotunu. "Pollock, John, Thames. •Tregellas, James, Reefton. ♦McLoghry, Archibald, Karangahake. Potts, W. H., Thames. "Tregoweth, William, Thames. 'McQuillan, John, Reefton. Primrose, J., Kuaotunu. 'Wells, Charles Lewis, Thames. Meagher, John, Karangahake. "Rabe, Henry, Thames. 'Willets, Henry, Thames. "Mills, George, Thames. 'Radford, Thomas, Thames. Williams, James, Thames. •Milne, John, Thames. Reid, Thomas Groat, Thames. Williams, John, Thames. Morgan, William, Upper Thames. Rickard, John, Thames. 'Wilson, James R. S., Kuaotunu. 'Moorecroft, Thomas, Thames. Richards, A. H.,Kuaotunu. Wilson, J. G., Thames. Moyle, Thomas, Thames. "Rogers, Charles Henry, Reefton. 'Whisker, Charles, Thames. 'Naysmith, James, Reefton. Rogers, William Henry, Kumara. ■ White, John S., Karangahake. Newdick, Alfred, Thames. 'Ross, J., Thames. 'Woodcock, James, Thames. 'Notman, Alexander, Reefton. *Rowe, James, Thames. Worth, Robert, Waihi. O'Keefe, M. W. D., Thames. Issued'after Examination under the Mining Acts, 1891 and 1898. Benney, J., jun., Paeroa. Draffin, S., Waitekauri. Mathowson, A., Hyde. Bennie, Boyd, Coromandel. Dunkin, T., Coromandel. McNeil, A. H., Coromandel. Oahill, T. M., Upper Kuaotunu. Evans, H. A., Skipper's. White, P. H., Kuaotunu. Carroll, John, Upper Kuaotunu. 'Gatland, V. V., Coromandel. White, G. H., Thames. Christie, William, Waitekauri. Issued under Section 313 of the Mining Act, 1891. Connon, William,' Thames. Edwards, E., Coromandel. McCormick, W. J., Waitekauri. •Coran, Henry, Thames. 'Kelso, Archibald, Coromandel. Certificates of Competency granted to Holders of Provisional Warrants under Section 32 of the Mining Act Amendment Act, 1896. Allen, W. J., Coromandel. Gardner, James, Waimangaroa. Martin, William, Tararu, Thames. Barney, Montague T., Waitekauri. Howe, Albion S., Waitekauri. Murphy, Joseph, Coromandel. Brownlee, Henry, Thames. Johnson, Prank H., Collingwood. O'Brien, John, Westport. Collins, Charles, Waitekauri. Kirwan, William, Reefton. Prescott, Arthur J., Coromandel. Curtis, Charles, Taylorville. "McDonald, John, Tairua. "Radford, Samuel, Waihi. Davis, James, Coromandel. Melnnes, John, Puriri. Rurfin, Richard, Manaia, Coromandel. Certificates of Service issued under the Mining Amendment Act, 1910. Adams, Albert Augustine, Thames. Hansen, Charles Hans, Puketui. McKenzie, D., Georgetown. Adams, R. W., Thamos. Hayes, Jamos, Thames. Reid, George, Glenorchy. Barker, J. W., Coromandel. Hill, Harrold Alexander, Thames. Reynolds, Edmond Francis, CoromanBrabyn, John, Clarendon. Hyde, Henry John, Karangahake. del. Butcher, F". J., Waitekauri. lies, E. J., Bannockburn. Sheehan, James, Thames. Donaldson, George, Macrae's Flat. Inglis, Robert, Kuaotunu. Tallentire, John, Waiorongomai. Gillan, Thomas, Thames. Kail, Arthur, Karangahake. Williams, John Paul, Puriri. Grace, Pierce, Waitekauri. Battery Superintendents' Certificates. Issued under the Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1894, without undergoing Examination. Adams, H. H., Waihi. Hope, John S., Waitekauri. 'Napier, Jamos, Karangahake. *-*litken, R. M., Reefton, Hutchison, William, Karangahake. Noble, James R., Karangahake. Banks, Edwin Gripper, Waihi. Margetts, Frederick Ernest, Kuao- Park, Jamos, Thames. Barry, Hubert Percy, Waihi. tunu. Shepherd, Henry Franklin, Waihi. Goldsworthy, Henry, Kuaotunu. McKenna, T. N., Tararu. Sims, C. B\, Tararu. Goldsworthy, John, Kuaotunu. MoLollan, William, Waitekauri. Walker, James A., Kuaotunu. Greenway, H. Howard, Auckland. 'Mellett, Richard Sheridan, Waite- Wilson, Arthur E., Waihi. 'Heard, G. St. Clair, Waihi. kauri. Wilson, James Kitchener, Auckland. Issued after Examination under the Mining Act 1891 Amendment Act, 1891. Adams, A. A., Thames. "Dovcton, G. D., Thames. McMicken, S. D., Thames. Allen, F. 8., Thames. Fleming, G. 0. S., Thames. Morgan, P. G., Thames. Allorn, H. 0., Thames. Fuller, J. P., Kuaotunu. Morrin, W. S., Thames. Ansley, Comyn, Paeroa. Gray, J. W., Waihi. Noakes, H. L., Waihi. Ansley, Walter, Thames. Hayward, F. W., Komata. Raitliby, R. W., Reefton. Banks, J. H., Waihi. Horn, G. W., Kuaotunu. Robinson, J. R., Waitekauri. Bowers, W., Thames. Jackson, J. H., Paeroa. Stafford, B. IT., Waihi. Brown, A. E., Thames. Jones, Achison, Waihi. Taylor, C. H., Tararu. •Carter, Samuel, Thames. Kidd, F. D., Thames. Thorpe, A. H., Thames. Clarke, J. L., Thames. Laurie, D. 8., Karangahake. Vercoe, R. 8., Tnames. Clarke, R., Waitekauri. Lee, J. W., Reefton. Wingate, H. M.. Maratoto. Clarke, W. J., Waihi. Macdonald, W., Waihi. Winslow, G., Thames. Day, A. T., Thames. McKenzie, H. J., Thames. Williams, A. G. R., Thames. Dixon, Clement, Waihi. Issued after Examination under the Mining Acts, 1898, 1905, and 1908. Adams, J. H., Coromandel. Banks, E. J., Thames. Brown, F. M., Karangahake. Adams, Richard W., Tararu, Thames. Barrance. K. McK., Karangahake. Brown, J. E., Komata. Adams, J. H., Tnames. Barrett, J. J., Karangahake. Brown, W. 8., Reefton. Airey, Hubert, Karangahake. Barron, William E., Waikino. Burns, Will am, Waiomio. Aitken, Alexan ier Hugh, Waihi. Baskett, E. G., Karangahake. Bush, E. F., Parawai. Allen, D, V., Thames. Bell, L. M., Waihi. Bush, George Arthur, Karangahake. Allen, H. E., Wellington. Bidlake, A. E., Waiomo. Bush, H. R., Thames. Anherson, David, Waihi. Bird, A. W., Thames. Campbell, Colin. Tnames. Andrews T. T., Waini. Bisnop, T. 0., R-efton. Carpenter, W. E., Karangahake. Aull, J. 8., Crushington. BUckaider, William, Crushington. Oarless, Noel, Waihi. Baker, W. H., Thames. Bradley, R. J. H., Kurangaliako. Carter, S., Waihi. Bank-, C. A., Waihi. Browne, E., Waitekauri. Carroll, Joun, Kuaotunu. * Doeeaseil since isyue of certificate.

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Battery Superintendents' Certificates— continued. Issued after Examination under the Mining Acts, 1898, 1905, and 1908 —continued. Chappell, G. A., Karangahake. Harsant, 0., Pukotui. Paltridge, F., Thames. Clark, John L., Waihi. Hazard, T. R. C, Waitekauri. Pond, H. C, Auckland. Clarke, Thomas, Waihi. Hindmarsh, R., Reefton. Porteous, J., Crushington. Coote, J. M., Thames. Hitchcook, W. E., Barewood. Quick, J. N., Thames. "Corbett, G. L., Waitekauri. Hogg, 8., Karangahake. Roid, J. E., Great Barrier. Couper, J., Thames. Hogg, T. R., Karangahake. Reynolds, E. A., Auckland. Cowles, K. X., Crushington. Horn, G. W., Kuaotunu. Roberts, H. C, Waihi. Crawford, H., Macrae's. Gillooly, T., Roxburgh. Hodden, William, Lyell. Crompton, H., Maratoto. (lillstrnm, Carl A., Berlin's. Uosewarne, R. H., Thames. Croucher, Herbert, Waihi. Hutchison, R. M., Karangahake. Royse, W. G., Reefton. Dawson, 8., Elh-rslie. Johnson, Edward, Waihi. Sanford, A. G., Waihi. Donnelly, Thomas, Waihi. Jones, li. D., Karangahake. Shaw, D. S., Waikino. Donovan, Willio, Waikino. Kidd, R. 8., Waitekauri. Straw, L. J., Waikino. Draffrn, Eugene, Kuaotunu. Kingsford, A., Karangahake. Stephens, H., Dunedin. Eaton - Turner, Geoffrey William, Kingsford, C, Waihi. Sutherland, J. A., Reefton. Waihi. Langfoid, G. S., Waikino. Thomson, G. W., Bendigo. Ellis, L. L., Waitekauri. Launder, G. H., Waitekauri. Thurlow, J. R., Coromandel. Empson, J. 8., Karangahake. Lawless, L. J., Paeroa. Tomlinson, A., Karangahake. Evans, G. C, Waihi. Lawn, H., Reefton. Tomlinson, David Mitchell, Barewood. Evans, J., Waihi. Littlejol n, W. D., Karangahake. Tomlinson, W. P., Dunedin. Evans, W. 8., Reefton. Lovelock, J. E., Crushington. Turnbull, E. V., Waihi. Ewen, H. P., Auckland. Mackay, John, Cru-hington. Ulrica, G. A. C, Komata. Fletcher, H. T., Katikati. Maltman, A., Reefton. Ulricli, Herstall, Wnantiapoua. 'Eraser, J. M., Reefton. Mann, C, Westport. Walker, Alfred James Dickson, Waihi Fry, Sidney, Wostport. Matheson, A. M,, Barewood. Waters, D. 8., Waihi. Puller, John P. Kuaotunu. Maxwell, W. L., Waihi. Watson, A. 8., Waitekauri. Fyfe, A., Duned.in. MoDonall, P. H., Waihi. Watson, A. P., Crushington. Gardner, E. A., Reefton. McEwin, J. A., Reefton. Watson, J. R., Reefton. Gibson, Widiatn, Waihi. McKinlay, John, Waihi. Watson, J. P., Reefton. Gilpin, J., Waihi. McNeil, A. R., Karangahake. Watson, W. A., Crushington. Gow, E. A., Crushington. McPadden, J., Coromandel. Wearne, W., Reefton. Grayden, J., Waitekauri, Melrose, P., Waihi. White, A. S. H., Karangahake. Grayden, Peter, Thames. Montgomery, A. E., Opitonui. Williams, A. C, Waihi. Grumitt, P. H.,Thames. Morgan, Robert James, Waihi. Williams, James, Reeftou. Gwilliam, Benjamin, Karangahake. Motherwell, William, Waihi. Wil iams, Joseph, Reefton. Halliwell, L. V., Karangahake. Movie, W. T., Upper Tairua. Williams, William Eustace, Waihi. Hargraves, E. P., Waihi. Orbell, G. S., Waikouaiti. Wilson, A. P., Crushington. Hay, Adam, Karangahake. Orr, F. S., Waiuta. Dredoemasteks' Certificates. Issued without Examination under the Mining Act, 1898, and Amendment Acts, 1901 and 1902. Allen, Charles, Alexandra. Herbert, J., Beaumont. Neilson, S., Miller's Fiat. Anderson, L. C., Alexandra. Hewitt, James, Clyde. Nicholson, W. E., Alexandra. Andrews, Ralph, Canvastown. Hogg, Thomas, Cromwell. O'Learv, D., Waiau. Baker, J. R., Alexandra. Hiskins, Tnoma-i, Maori Point. Olsen, Charles, Roxburgh. Ballantyna, D., Miller's Flat. Hoy, Samuel, Alexandra. Parsons, J. D., jun., Clyde. Barnes, T. J., Beaumont. Inwood, W. J., Rocklands Beach. Percy, John, Clyde. Barry, Thomas, Clyde. Johnston, E. A., Alexandra. Perkins, A. C, Dunedin. Bradley, Neil, Alexandra. Johnstone, Alexander, Cromwell. Pettigrew, George, Nelson Creek. Bennett, George, Gore. Koen, Thomas. Clyde. Poulter, G. W., Alexandra. Bennett, James, Kumara. Kennedy, Angus, Alexandra. Prmgle, John, Miller's Plat. Blue, G. P., Alexandra. Kitto, Edward T., Miller's Flat. Ray, J. C, TotaraFlat. ■ Brand, Peter, Waikaka. Kitto, Francis, Lowbura. Reader, Philip, Bald Hill Plat. Breinan, Philip, Palmerston S. Kitto, J., Lowbum Perry. Rennie, Andrew, Roxburgh. Bremner, A. P., Lower Shotovor. Kitto, John F., Miller's Flat. Ross, Alexander, Cromwell. Brice, William H., Cromwell. Kitto, W. H., Cromwell. Ross, Robert, Alexandra. Bringans, D., Alexandra. Kloogh, N. P., Lowburn Ferry. Richmond, J., Gibnston. Brown, T. G., Ahaura. Lawson, Edward, Dunedin. Ritohie, J. S., Waitiri. Bunting, James, Miircbison. Ledingtiam, J., Bannockburn. Sanders, H. P., Clyde. Busbrioge, P., Gore. Lee, George, Collingwood. Sanders, John, Cromwell. Butler, Ewen, Roxburgh. Lidieoat, It. H., Fern Flat. Sanders, Thomas, Alexandra. Butler, M. J., Kanieri. Louden, Alexander, Clyde. Schaumann, H., Alexandra. Cameron, Samuel, Alexandra. Luke, S. J., Alexandra. Scott, M. G., Alexandra. Clarke, Edward, Port Chalmers. Magnus, A., Roxburgh. Scott, Robert, Capleston. Compion, Albert, Dobson. Magnus, Olaf, Box 130 a, Christchurch. Shore, T. M., Queenstown. Cormack, W., Greymouth. Mailer, John, Stillwater. Shore, William, Gore. Cornish, J. T., Miller's Plat. Maitland, A. E., Miller's Flat. Simonsen, Charles, Alexandra. Coutts, Henry, Miller's Flat, 'Maxwell, John, Dunedin. Skilton, A. G., Old Diggings. Cowan, Alexander, Stillwater, McClure, F. C, Rongahere. Sligo, N. X., Alianra. Cowan, James, Nelson Creek. MoConnell, J., Cromwell. "Smeaton, S. H., Inangahua Junction. Crookston, W.L., Three-channel Plat. McCormack, D., Kanieri. Smiih, Alfred, Inangahua Junction. "Crowley, J. 8., Edcndale. McDonald, E. A., Waitiri. Steel, Archibald, Kawarau Gorge. Cumming, J. C, Beaumont. McDonald, J.,Sofala. Steel, Thomas, Dunedin. 'Cunningham, George, Kanieri. McDonald. John, Cromwell. Templeton, Ivie, Rongahere. Curtis, Charles, Stillwater. MoGeorge, J., Dunedin. *Thompson, J., Alexandra. Cutten, W. H., Dunedin. McGeorge, Alexander, Dunedin. Thompson, T., Miller's Flat. Deniston, R. A., Cromwell. McGregor, D., Kanieri. Tough, John, Miller's Flat. Dewar, John, Alexandra. McGregor, G. R., Alexandra. Troy, G. C, Cromwell. Donaldson, J. G. A., Greenstone. Mcintosh, D. J., L nvburn Perry. Turnbull, W. D., Canvastown. 'Edmonds, A. R., Nelson Cre.k. 'McLay, George, Cromwell. Tyson, John, Rongahere. Faithful, William, Grevmouth. McL an, D., Waitiri. . Yon Haast, J. H,, Clyde. Foohy, J. M., Al xandra. MoMath, D. C, Ross. Wallace, John A., Miller's Flat. Gibb, William, Ccoyd n Siding. MeMath, Thomas, Alexandra 'Watt, John, Cromwell. Gibson, A., Island Block. 'MeViear, Peter, Roxburgh. Weaver, Charles, Alexandra. 'Goodger, G. W., Waenga. Mills, Edward, Murchison. Williamson, R., Miller's Flat. Graham, J. M., Gore. Mitchell, D. A., Dunedin. Williamson, Walter, Miller's Flat. Grogan, William A., Miller's Flat. . Morel, C. G., Inangahua Junction. Wilson, S. W., Waikaka Valley. 'Hansen, Willi un, Alexandra. Morris, G. S., Cromwell. Wood, R. M., Cromwell. Hay, James, Dunedin. Murray, D., Clyde. Woodlmuse, W. S., Roxburgh. Hedley, A., Cromwell. Murray, Madget, Cromwell. Young, Andrew, ion., Roxburgh, > Deceased since issue of certitica.te.

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Dredgemasters' Certificates -continued. Issued after Examination under the Mining Acts, 1898, 1901, 1902, 1905, and 1908. Anderson, Andrew, Alexandra South. Hewetson, Sydney, Nelson Creek. Nicholson, Charles S. G., Mataura. Anderson, Bertram, Maori Point. Hogg, J., Nevis. Noble, William, Alexandra. Anderson, G. 8., Roxburgh. Holden, Charles, jun., Cromwell. Olsen, Hans, Alexandra. Archer, D. J., Ngakawau. Holden, John, Cromwell. Omond, Th' mas, Nevis. Baird, William G., Clyde. Hepburn, D. 0., Alexandra. Orkney, H. E., Cromwell. Bardsley, John James, Cromwell. Hughes, John L., Miller's Flat. Orr, IT. T., Cromwell. Bate, H. T. G., Greymouth. Johnston, John, Maori Gully. Orr, William W:, Cromwell. Bishop, Hugh Arthur, Collingwood. Johnston, Louis, Beaumont. Parker, P. R., Roxburgh. Blair, G., Abbotsford. Jones, David Rowland, Island Block. Paterson, J. 8., Miller's Flat. Borthwick, Robert, Alexandra. Jones, T. R., Miller's Flat. Patterson, J., Clyde. Bourke, John, Clyde. Junker, Frank J., Berlin's. Plumb, E. H., Maori Point. Brent, C. D., Cromwell. Kane, William, Clyde. Poppelwell, William, Alexandra. Briggans, Thomas, Alexandra. Kean, F. F., Waikaka. Rait, Hume, Albertown. Briggans, William, Alexandra. Kellett, C. H., Dunedin. Ray, J. F., Bannockburn. Broderick, T., Lyell. Kennedy, A., Ophir. Ray, Robert Marshall, Bannockburn. Bruce, J. A., Kawarau Gorge. Kitto, Henry, Alexandra South. Reiderer, Edward, Cromwell. Burley, J. P., Westport. Kitto, John, Clyde. Reynolds, T., Greymouth. Burnside, Walter, Alexandra. Litiney, William, Island Block. Ritchie, William John, Cromwell. Burton, A. P., Miller's Flat. Livingstone, D., Alexandra. Roberts, G., Three-channel Flat. Callaghan, E., Three channel Flat. Lloyd, Arthur, Inangahua Junction. Robertson, D. J., Alexandra. Campbell, G. W. T., Alexandra. Lloyd, Hubert, Lyell. Robertson, W. R., Alexandra. Carnegy, A., Three-channel Flat. Mac Donald, C. J., Cromwell. Rooney, J. 8., Roxburgh. Carr, W., Alexandra. MacGinnis, J. A., Cromwell. Rumble, Charles, Ngahere. Carter, W. W., Sandy Point. MacGinnis, M. P., Alexandra. Rumble, Joseph, Miller's Flat. Chapman, Robert, Maori Point. MacLaren, John, Alexandra. Sanders, W. J., Ahaura. Clark, D., Callaghan's Creek. Marklund, C. 0., Lowburn Perry. Saunders, C. E., Cromwell. Clarke, R. S. 8., Alexandra S. Mathews, James Halbert, Miller's Sawle, J., Cromwell. Coup, George, Albertown. Plat. Sawyer, J. F., Alexandra. Cox, R. D., Alexandra. Matthews, A. A., Three-chanriel Flat. Sherwood. T. W., Greymouth. Craig, D. A., Shag Point. Mavne, W. C, NeLon Creek. Simpson, Edward Robert, Cromwell. Croawell, James, Three channel Flat. McDonald, C. J., Waitere. Sparrow, J. A., Upper Nevis. Curno, C. 8., Alexandra. McDonald, G., Alexandra. Spooner, A. E., Alexandra. Dalton, J. R., Three channel Flat. McCallum, W. S., Alexandra. Steele, Thomas, Alexandra. Dalzell, T. L., Cromwell. McGregor, Dougald S., Alexandra. Steele, W. H., Miller's Flat. Donaldson, John, Lawrence. MoKenzie, John, Roxburgh. Taylor, Alexander, Alexandra. Downie, Henry, Totara Flat. McKinnon, John, Alexandra. Taylor, J. T., Dunedin. Eaton, Edgar W., Alexandra. McLean, John. Roxburgh. Theyers, C, Alexandra. Elder, D. D., Roxburgh. Melvin, J. R., Roxburgh. Theyers, J. W., Alexandra. Fache, S. C, Gore. Merchant, Isaiah, Clyde. Turner, T. F., Moonlight. Faithful, Alfred, Bannockburn. Milne, John A., Roxburgh. Vickerman, E. M., Cromwell. Farmer, Nathan Q., Miller's Flat. Moffitt, R. W., Miller's Flat. Walker, J. J., Alexandra South Parquharson, George, Alexandra. Mollison, William, Stillwater. Wasserbrenner, M., Alexandra. Findley, David, Dunedin. Monorieff, Henry, Miller's Flat. Wathen, James, Miller's Flat. Fisher, Hurtle, Miller's Flat. Monson, C. H.. Miller's Flat. Watson, E. H., Collingwood. Filippi, S. de, Westport. Morel, A. E., Noble's. Weaver, P., Alexandra. Foley, S.. Lowburn Ferry. Morel, L. H., Inangahua Junction. Weir, R., Gore. Forno, D., Inangahua Junction. Morgan, Harold, Roxburgh, Weir, T. R., Cromwell. Fraser, W. J., Roxburgh. Morgan, John, Alexandra. Weir, W., Nevis. Frenoh, T. E. X., Three-channel Flat. Morris, V., Cromwell. Wescombe, Alfred L., Island Block. Gibson, William H., Cromwell. Mouat, W. G, Greymouth. Westcott, P. A., Miller's Flat. Graham, Thomas Arthur, Gore. Munro, C. T., Waitiri. Williams, Frederick, Alexandra. Gunion, R. A., Alexandra. Munro, Hugh, Alexandra South. Wilson, George, Marsden. Gunn, W. E., Beaumont. Munro, R. F., Ross. Wilson, Stephen L., Inangahua Juno Guy, Donald, Cobden. Murray, H. 8., Cromwell. tion. Guyton, James, Dunedin. Murray, Robert John, Canvastown. Wood, W. W., Cromwell. Harming, C. J., Clyde. Nelson, Edgar, Brunnerton. Woodhouse, F., Bannockburn. Hansen, H. C, Tnree-channel Flat. Nolson, George L., Brunnerton. Woodhouse, G. G., Waitiri. Harden, J., Stafford. Newick, Albion Edgar Charles Ban- Wylde, G. R., Inangahua Junction. Harliwick, Matthew, Roxburgh. nockburn.

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APPENDIX B.

REPORTS RELATING TO THE INSPEOTION OF COAL-MINES. The Inspecting Engineer of Minus to the Under-Secretary of Minus. Sir,--- Wellington. 11th May, [916. 1 have the honour to present my tenth annual report, together with statistical information. in regard to the coal-mines of the Dominion, for the year ended 31st December, 1915. The report is divided into the following sections : I. Output of Mineral. 11. Persons employed. 111. Accidents. IV. The Coal-mines Acts and Regulations. V. General Remarks. Annexures — (a.) Examination of Colliery Officials, and List of Certificate-holders, (6.) Statistics of Working Collieries.

SECTION I.—OUTPUT. The output of the several classes of coal mined, in each inspection direct is summarized as follows :—

The deorease in output is due principally to .a shortage of miners, the number having been reduced by 578 during 1915, owing chiefly to enlistment. The decrease in output has not, however, been proportional to the reduction in the number of miners employed : thus there has been a falling-off in the average number of persons employed to the extent of 13 per cent., whereas the reduction in output has been only 3 per cent. The quantity of coal imported during 1915 amounted to 353,471 tons, being 164,599 tons less than that imported during the previous year. This decrease may be attributed, to the abnormal conditions at present existing in the industries of the Empire.

Output of Coal during 1915. Class of Coal. j Total Output to the Northern West Coast , Southern t ml n< * °' 1915District. District. Distriot. total. _L ! I I _ ... _ Bituminous and semi-bitu-minous coal Pitch-coal Brown coal Lignite, Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. 118,780 1,149,160 ... 1,267,940 j 25,246,582 129,834 6,626 136,460 2,132,052 .138,270 .... 386,731 725,001 12,491,312 3,365 ... 75,858 79,223 j 1,963,090 Totals for 1915 ... j 460,415 ; 1,278,994 469,215 2,208,624 41,833,036 Totals for 1914 ... 440,453 1,351,182 483,958 2,275,593 39,624,412

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The output of coal from each coalfield is as follows : —

The production from, and the number of persons employed at, the prinoipal collieries of the Dominion are shown in the following table :•—

SECTION II. —PERSONS EMPLOYED.

Coalfield. North Auckland Waikato (including Mokau) Nelson Buller Output during 1915. Tons. 117,882 342,533 26,629 710,969 12,151 529,245 15,954 293,604 159,657 Total Output to End of 1915. Tons. 3,386,128 4,201,057 282,524 13,687,056 253,107 8,166,387 P 699,1.32 8,571,585 2,586,060 Inangahua Grey Canterbury Otago Southland Totals 2,208,624 41,833,036 I

Name of Colliery. • rinimi i-jToWOutpuli Locality. Class of Coal. I to 31st Doial0 ' cember, 1915. Total Number of Persons ordinarily employed. Ts\/w4- in si/wivi Tin n -fiv/i n + Northern District. I or them District. Tons. Tons. ... Hikurangi... ; Semi-bitu- 69,254' 1,002,519 minous 110 Hikurangi Taupiri Extended and Ralphs Northern ended and Ralph is ... Huntly ...Brown ... 223,328 3,171,589 ... Hikurangi... ! Semi-bitu- 35,647 569,429 minous 469 ■15 Waipa ... ... Glenmaasey Brown ... 100,5681 149,876 145 West Coast District. 3S t Coast District. j 446 543 236 231 235 348 48 Coalbrookdale Westport-Stockton 0 . . „ , ■ | Point Elizabeth... State Coal-mines ( Liverpool tie iocktoc I Point Eli. nines - T ■ , i Liverpool izabeth 1 i Millerton ... Bituminous 291,813 4,697,883 1 Denniston „ 273,550 7,154,979! ... Mangatini „ 144,232 846,940' b... Dunollie ...Pitch ... 129,627 1,995,389; ... Rewanui ... ! Bituminous 108,573 189,687 ... Blackball... „ 216,897 2,252,054 ... Roa ... „ 43,427 196,899 Blackball Paparoa... Southern District. nii.t.he.Y'n. Di.ttt.r'l.nt. outliern uisvnci. 350 108 tjlt.iyii.tji iv uvavi tut. Kaitangata and Castle Hill Nightcaps and Castle Hill ... Kaitangata Brown ... 140,342 3,281,176 ... Nightcaps... „ ... ' 65,361 1,096,845 Other New Zealand collieries Zealand collieries s ... All coalfields Various ... 366,00515,527,771 842 Totals Totals ... 2,208,62441,833,036 41,833,036 4,156

Inspection Distriot. Average Number of Persons employed during 1915. Above Ground. Below Ground. Total. Northern West Coast Southern 212 691 903 ... I 573 1,749 2,322 ... I 265 666 93] Totals, 1915 1,050 3,106 4,156 1,050 3,106 4,156 Totals, 1914 1,176 3,558 4,734 1,176 3,558 4,734

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SECTION lII.—ACCIDENTS. The following is a summary of coal-mining accidents during 1915, with their causes ! —

The deaths were in the proportion of 2-16 per 1,000 persons employed. With the exception of the fatal accidents to James Oolligan and Patrick McAuly, at Westport-Stockton colliery, so far as is generally known all the fatal accidents were due either to inadvertence of the sufferer or were unpreveutable — i.e., accidents common to the hazardous occupation of mining which cannot be prevented by regulations or reasonable supervision. In the southern inspection district, under Inspector E. R. Green, for the second successive year there has been uo fatal accident, an excellent record. In the northern inspection district, under Inspector B. Bennie, there was but one fatality. The following is a brief description of fatal accidents at coal-mines during 1915: —

Fatal Ai icidents. Serious Non-f fatal Accidents. Number of Separate Fatal Accidents. Number of Deaths. Number of Separate Non-fatal Aooidents. Number of Persons injured, including those injured by Aooidents which proved Fatal to their Companions. Ixplosions of fire-damp 'alls in mine Ixplosives... laulage liscellaneous—Underground... On surface ... 4 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 6 1 3 1 1 6 3 3 1 1 Totals 12 14

Name of Person killed. Date of Accident. Name of Colliery. Cause of Accident, and Remarks. John Arthur Williams Patrick McAuly .. 15/1/15 19/4/15 Blackball Wostport-Stock-ton This accident occurred at 7 a.m. A hang-fire charge of gelignite had occurred at 8 p.m. the previous evening at a working-face. The deceased and his mate wore informed of this before they commenced work by the previous shift, the position of the shotholc being pointed out to them by a deputy. The deceased and his mate, Edwin J. Evans (the only witness of tho accident who survived), the latter stated, were cleaning up loose coal when the hang-fired charge of olevon hours provious suddenly exploded, with fatal results to Williams. Evans in his evidence at the inquest stated that they had in no way interfered with tho hole. It is difficult to believe that a charge should hang fire for eleven hours. The Coroner brought in a verdict that no blame was traceable to any one. Deceased, an aged man, was sent into a large coal-storage bin by means of the shoot-door to shovel small coal which had ceased to flow through tho shoot-door. About fifteen minutes later one of his mates called out to him, and, getting no reply, looked up through the shoot-door and saw deceased in a crouched attitude near the door. Upou investigation he was found to be dead. The Coroner's jury brought in a verdict that death was due to a shock caused by a slido of coal whilst he was shovelling in the bins ; with a rider that, suitable hand-holds should be placed in storage-bins. Tho case was taken by the widow to the Arbitration Court, and she was awarded £488 compensation, the Court believing that some mishap befell deceased rather than that he died suddenly from disease, as advanced by the owners of the mine. Two miners, tho deceased and Andrew Hunter, were working in a main heading at the newly opened eastern section. The face of the heading was approaching a " roll" in tho roof, and had been narrowed from 9ft. to 6 ft. 6 in. and had been reduced in height. The timber supports to tho roof had been discontinued for 6 or 8 yards back from the face. Between the sandstone " roll" and the coal roof a thin wedge-shaped shell of indurated clay intruded. A piece of this, in length 7 ft. or 8ft., and distant about 2 ft. from the face, fell, striking deceased and inflicting wounds and shoek, from which he died the following day. This'fatality was the subject of a prosecution of the mine-manager by the Inspector in the Magistrate's Court, and an appeal against a conviction to the Supreme Court, the mine-manager being finally acquitted. The charges against him was that, he did not cause the drive in which deceased was employed to he securely protected. .lames Colligan 1/6/15 Ditto

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Description of Fatal Accidents at Coal-mines, &c. —continued.

The most prolific cause of accident has been falls of coal or roof at the face in the bituminous coalseams of the West Coast. Greater vigilance is required to avoid such accidents, and systematic timbering should be carried right up to all working-faces. During the past year there has been a pronounced improvement in the management of our collieries from a safety view-point, partly due no doubt to the introduction of legislation based upon the British law. To avoid accidents constant and sustained vigilance is necessary, as there is always a tendency to revert to less careful methods after a period of immunity from accidents. This tendency all managers and Inspectors should strictly guard against.

N'ame of Person killed. Ardent. *ame of Colliery.' Cause of Accident, and Kemarks. Alfred Edward Lloyd 13/7/15 Taupiri Extended Deceased and another miner (L. Bumby) were engaged in the face of a bord 10ft. high by 14ft. wide. They had prepared for a shot to be fired, and Bumby was sounding the face—which appeared loose—with a pick, whon suddenly without warning about 30 cwt. of coal fell, striking deceased, knocking him down, breaking his thigh-bones and pelvis, besides inflicting internal injuries from which he died the same night. The Coroner's verdict was to the effect that death was accidental, no blame being attachable to any one. Deceased and F. Donovan, both miners, were engaged splitting a pillar in a place 10 ft. 6 in. high and the same width. It was well and securely timbered and had an excellent roof. A shot had been fired, tho place had then been inspected by a deputy, who informed the miners that the shot had not done good work, and he ordered them to trim away loose coal and reset sprags preparatory to drilling another hole. Deceased had carried out the first two orders, when a piece of coal fell from above the sprag, knocking him down and inflicting serious injuries from which he died two days later. A subsequent examination showed that the coal had in all probability been loosened from between two converging " backs" by the action of wedging the sprags by decoased. The Coroner's verdict was accidental death, no blame being attachable to any one. Deoeased had just oiled a roller on the endless-rope-haulage incline in the Waratea section when a sudden forward movement of the haulago-.'opc caused a tub to strike him, knocking him down, and inflicting a fracture of the pelvis and serious internal injuries, from which he succumbed. A verdict f>f accidental death was roturned. Whilst talking to a trucker at a distance of about 100 yards from the face of a dip in course of being driven, a heavy " bump " in the overhead rocks oceuired, the result of which was to throw a quantity of OJftl from a " sooty back," completely covering the deceased, and before he. could be released he died from suiiocation. Deceased was employed at the time trucking his own coal. The place had been examined daily for a period of eight, months. The Coroner found that death was accidental, and that no blame was attachable to any one. The deceased, an elderly miner, was running down a jig when he fell and ruptured his stomach, causing peritonitis, from which he died eleven days later. The Coroner returned a vordict of accidental death. This has been included among fatal mining accidents, but if he had fallen elsewhere the result would have been similar. This accident occurred while jigging in a heading 13 ft. wide was in progress. The deceased, aged sixty-eight years, was employed as a shiftman. He had been engaged repairing brattice, and, having completed this, left to go home. About fifteen minutes later a full tub was " jigged," and it was subsequently found that tho deceased, having dolayed on his way out of the mine, had been hit by the jigged tub. He subsequently admitted that no one was to blame but himself. He had evidently lost his presence of mind, as there was ample space lor the tub to pass him with safety. Maxwell Kennedy 11/8/15 Westport-Stock-ton Thomas .Johnston 16/9/15 i Denniston Alexander Morrison 30/9/15 Blackball George Burdon 1/11/15 ! Denniston iWilliam Russell I 16/12/1.5 ; I

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The following statement shows the tons of coal and shale raised, persons employed, lives lost, &c, from 1878 to 1915 :—

'■■•'? IV. -THE COAL-MINES ACTS AND REGULATIONS. On the 26th June new regulations under the Coal-mines Act were gazetted. These regulations embrace much of those already in force, and al,so incorporated a considerable proportion of the British regulations contained in an Order (No. 748) dated 10th July, 1910, pertaining to the conduct of persons employed in mines ; the use of stationary electric lamps ; winding-ropes ; signalling ; explosives, including permitted explosives ; safety-lamps ; change-house and bath-houses ; ambulance ; mechanical ventilating-applianccs ; prevention of the inflammation of coaldust; and electricity. The regulations have, at the time of writing, been in operation nearly a year, and I believe that, while not increasing the cost of production of coal to any appreciable extent, they have tended to greater security of life andjproperty, while greatly assisting the Inspectors of Mines in the performance of their duties. During the year only two important cases of litigation under the safety provisions of the Coalmines Act occurred. The first of these was in connection with the. inspection of old workings (traversable standing pillar areas) at Ralph's Colliery, Huntly. The following is a brief summary of this case : The Royal Commission in connection with the explosion at Ralph's Colliery on the 12th September, 1914, by which forty-three lives were lost, reported on the 30th October following that the explosion

Year. Output. Pen Above. ions employed. Below. Total. ] i Tons raised per - each Per- , . , son em ™f\** c ployed Un- L,fe lo8t ' | derground. Persons Lives lost employed ; Tho p U8and emp^ed. . [ Number of Deaths. L. I I !_ ! i j i r Prior 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 ... ... I ... j 709,931 162,218 231,218 299,923 337,262 378,272 421,764 480,831 511,063 534,353 558,620 613,895 586,445 637,397 668,794 673,315 691,548 719,546 726,654 792,851 840,713 907,033 975,234 1,093,990 1,239,686 1,365,040 1,420,229 1,537,838 1,585,756 1,729,536 1,831,009 1.860,975 1,911,247 2,197,362 2,066,073 2,177,615 1,888,005 2,275,614 2,208,624 147 361 393 338 392 388 414 466 512 416 485 590 506 525 590 531 556 554 617 688 803 717 763 833 1,174 1,143 992 1,159 1,136 1,365 1,130 1,053 1,176 1,050 366 513 802 1,038 963 1,043 888 ; 1,249 890 ' 1,283 1,145 l 1,483 1,213 i 1,605 1,111 1,499 1,275 ! 1,689 1,251 : 1,717 1,334 '■ 1,846 1,277 ■ 1,693 1.196 1,681 1,298 1,888 1,393 1,899 1,274 1,799 1,347 1,937 1,381 1,912 1,447 i 2,003 ! 1,599 2,153 1,843 2,460 2,066 , 2,754 2,082 j 2,885 2,135 I 2,852 2,525 I 3,288 2,436 3,269 ! 2,518 ; 3,692 2,767 3,910 2,902 . 3,894 3,032 I 4,191 3,463 i 4,599 , 2,925 i 4,290 3,198 : 4,328 , 3.197 ! 4,250 3,558 4,734 3,106 4,156 443 * 4,635 149,961 ... 337,262 189,136 475 ', 210,882 540 ! 160,277 456 170,354 440 * 503 139,655 481 153,474 468 146,611. 177 : 79,674 523 ; 167,198 563 ! 673,315 533 138,309 516 119,924 618 145,331 588 12,013 609 210,178 627 ! 907,033 609 I 325,078 593 273,497 600 : 413,228 655 682,520 665 ! 355,057 609 ! 384,459 651 i 264,293 687 I 288,256 662 152,584 641 : 372,195 633 ; 273,035 634 ! 137,335 706 ! 147,577 681 241,975 590 314,667 639 ! 46,441 711 245,403 * * 23 44-00 519 ' 1-92 963 104 521 ! 1-91 624 1-60 421 2-34 494 | 2-01 375 : 2-66 422 : 2-36 313 '■■ 2-37 231 4-33 423 2-36 1,681 ' 0-66 377 [ 2 64 316 316 360 3-33 29 34-07 ! 478 2-09 2,003 0-49 i 717 1-39 ; 615 1-62 918 1-09 1,443 ! 0-69 713 1-40 822 1-21 546 1-83 615 1-62 326 3-07 778 ! 1-28 | 599 1-79 283 3-55 306. 3-26 355 ! 2-08 708 1-38 96 10-35 : 462 216 o 351 2 1 2 2 3 3 0 4 4 4 8 4 1 5 6 5 66] i 8 2 4 4 6 6 12 7 16 14 9 6 49* 9 Totals... | j 41,847,479 i "_\_ "__ 319 \ j l_ * No life 1 explosion. lost. t Year o. Kaitangs ,ta explosi. in. .[ Year of Brunner explosion § Year of Ralph's Huntly)

Taupiri Coal Mines Ltd PLAN OF A PORTION OF OLD UNDER - WATER WORKINGS AT EXTENDED COLLIERY SHOWING THE POSITION OF PROPOSED DAMS AGAINST IRRUPTION OF WATER.

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was due to an emission of firedamp in the old workings, and that the weekly inspection of old workings was inadequate. On the 17th and 18th November, at a conference of all Inspectors of Mines in the Dominion, held at Wellington, it was decided to enforce Special Rule 8 of the Coal-mines Act, which provides that " the underviewer shall examine all parts of the mine daily and also all the air-courses of the mine." In consequence of the above decision, on the 7th March, 1915, Mr. Bennie, Inspector of Mines for the North Island collieries, proceeded at the Magistrate's Court, Huntly, against the manager of Ralph's Colliery for non-compliance with the above special rule with respect to the traversable standing pillar areas at that colliery, and the defendant was convicted on all charges. An appeal was subsequently lodged against this conviction, and in July. 1915, the Full Court held that an offence had not been committed against Special Rule 8, and the conviction was therefore quashed. It was ruled that, Having regard to Special Rules 17, 23, 24, and 41, the words "all parts of the mine " in Special Rule 8 were limited to the actual mine in which the working of the mine was going on. The Judges concluded their finding by stating that " As this is a departmental prosecution necessarily brought to ascertain the law on the subject, we do not think that it is a case for the allowance of costs."' The other important case consisted in an arbitration between the Inspector of Mines (Mr. Bennie) and the manager of the Taupiri Extended Colliery, Huntly, under sections 56 and 57 of the Coal-mines Act, to decide if the Taupiri Extended Colliery was dangerous as to require the construction of an additional outlet as a means of egress for the workmen employed in the dip-workings in case of emergency from irruption of water, gas-exp'osion, or fire. This case was held before two assessors, with Justice Cooper as umpire, at Ancle 7 and, in November, 1915 ; the assessors finally deciding that the mine was not dangerous as to require such additional outlet, but in a memorandum they suggested the construction of a dam or stopping by hydraulic packing in the under-water workings at the said colliery, also the use of stronger roof-supports. During March, 1916, the miners at the Taupiii Extended Colliery refused to continue working unless precautionary measurer were at once undertaken agamst irruption of water : and, as the result of a conference subsequently held between their representatives and the. m'ne-owners, the latter agreed to isolate the shallow under-rivei- and under-'ake workings by the construction of seventeen timber and concrete dams, also to construct' an inclined stone drive to the upcast shaft as an additional outlet. The estimated cost of these precautionary measures is quite double that of the additional outlet for which the Department took action. The construction of these measures against irruption of water by mutual consent is creditable to the mine-owners, and substantially vindicates the Mines Department in its action to prove that there was actua 1 danger at the Taupiri Extended Colliery. For further details regarding this case see my remarks on Taupiri Extended Colliery under the heading " Section V, Mining Operations." In reference to the two cases here referred to, the Coal-mine Owners* Association at its annual meeting in March last passed a resolution adverse to the action of the Mines Department, inferring that it was antagonistic to the welfare of the coal-mining industry. It is fair to assume that the association was not fully informed of the whole of the circumstances of the cases.

SECTION V -GENERAL REMARKS. Mining Operations. North Auckland Coalfield. Coal-mining operations in the Hikurangi district during the past year have been unimportant, and exploration has not revealed any extension of the proved coal reserves. Hikurangi Colliery. —-The output from Moodie's old section and at four small detached sections, three, of which are situated near Waro Railway-station, has been obtained by pillar-extraction. Operations have been retarded by mine-fires and irruption of water. The Inspector of Mines has reported inadequate ventilation in the Waro sections, and has requested that the same shall jjbe improved. Northern Colliery. —The principal mine on the company's freehold is almost exhausted of coal. A new mine is being opened on the Crown lease, Section 2, Block XVI, situated to the south-east of the present mine which it is proposed to connect thereto by surface tramway. Kiripaka, Colliery. -The Panipu section having become exhausted, a new jsection is being developed to work a 6 ft. coal-seam proved by boring near Waitangi Creek. This section has been connected by surface tramway with the company's railway to the shipping depot, at Ngunguru River. Whangarei, Colliery.- -The seam hitherto worked has proved considerable faulting, but from boreholes it is believed that an improvement may be found ahead of the present workings. This mine is operated from a shaft the winding equipment, of which I found to be in an unsatisfactory condition. Waikato Coalfield. The output from this coalfield amounted to 342,533 tons, being an increase of 43,213 tons above that of the previous year. Ralph's Colliery.— -The output has considerably decreased, and underground development in every direction indicates that the workable coal remaining is of very limited extent. A new Sirocco double inlet fan has been installed, which I found was circulating 83,580 cubic feet of air per minute, being almost double the output of the Waddle fan previously in commission. I found the workingplaces and travelling-roads to be well ventilated. Safety-lamps and permitted explosives only are

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used. Accumulations of gas from blowers are still possible in the extensive standing pillar area, which is only inspected weekly. In parts of such old workings, and on the sides and roof of some of the haulage and travelling roads in the present workings, coaldust in quantity sufficient to be dangerous is still to be found. Taupiri Extended, Colliery. -The output during 1915 amounted to 161,394 tons, the largest from any North Island colliery. The principal mining operations are now being carried on at a distance of nearly one mile to the westward and north-westward of the upcast shaft. The ventilation of the working parts of the mine has been considerably increased by an alteration in the driving-wheels of the double-inlet Sirocco fan, the output of which T found to be 85,200 cubic feet per minute. Safety-lamps and Imperial permitted explosives only are used. The floor of the travelling and haulage roads is regularly watered, but in a manner more resumbling a flushing of the lower parts than by creating a mist by means of an atomizer, which is the orthodox method in England. The report-books appear to be well kept. The danger from coaldust in small quantities on the sides and roof is not sufficiently realized at this mine, in common with almost all the other coal-mines in. the Dominion. It has been proved by experiment at the British experimental station at Eskmeals, Cumberland, that the finest dust is the most dangerous, and that such dust is found on the roof and sides. As little as half an ounce of coaldust per cubic foot of space is sufficient to intensify and carry on a violent explosion ; no coaldust is actually safe unless it contains at least an equal proportion by weight of incombustible stonedust, or is intimately mixed with water at a proportion of one-third by weight. During the past year considerable attention has been given to the cover at this mine. The downcast shaft is 162 1 / ft. deep, 81 ft. of which is cylindered mostly through running ground ; and the upcast shaft, is 204 ft. deep, of which 106 ft. is likewise cylindered. The strata penetrated in each shaft was 80 ft. and 90 ft. respectively of permeable pumice sand and mud, underlying which is jointed claystone (fireclay), which forms the roof to the coal-seam. In the deeper portions of the mine an upper seam exists in the claystone, but this has been eroded in the shallow south-eastern section of the mine. The workings are situated under a plain which is intersected by the River Waikato, and depressed at Lake Hakanoa : geologically this plain covers a buried valley. The underlying coalmeasures, which rise towards the shafts and the lake, are inclined at about 1 in 10, and have been eroded by the ancient river to such an extent that little or no rock-cover to the coal-seam remains in the south-east portion of the mine, as shown by the sections accompanying this report: the overlying formation now consists chiefly of pumice sand and mud, more or less saturated with water, which constitutes a dead weight, without any supporting strength whatever. About twenty years ago, under different management, mining was extended under Lake Hakanoa until at one point only 56-| ft. of cover existed between the roof of the workings and the lake-bed, above which the water-level is about 10 ft. On two or more occasions during these mining operations running sand was encountered at the roof of the coal-seam. In one case a dam was constructed as a precautionary measure. Several years ago workings were also extended under the River Waikato to the rise and approaching the coal-barrier between the Extended and the same company's Ralph's Colliery. Above the face of a bord, situated almost directly under the eastern edge of the river, only 71 ft. of coverseparates the roof of the bord from the river-bed. The cover in this immediate locality is in all probability nearly all pumice sand and mud, except for a few feet of coal, which has been left on the roof of the workings throughout the mine as a precautionary measure. It is important to note that in New South Wales all Crown coal leases now contain a provision that in all workings under the ocean, or under river, lake, estuary, or tidal waters no coal shall be worked with less than 120 ft. of good sound strata as a cover. Tn Great Britain a greater thickness than this is required, and the cover is specified to be solid rock. In those countries, therefore, the conditions as regards cover at the Extended Mine would not be permitted. At the Taupiri Extended Mine the overlying fireclay where it is exposed in the deeper ground is extremely jointed, slickensided, and treacherous. At many places in the shallow workings under both river and lake water drips continuously into the mine, proving permeability of cover. On the 6th July, 1915, a serious fall occurred owing to decay and collapse of old mine-timber, at a faultcrossing, in a return airway traversing the most southern workings. Owing to the water contained in the pumice cover to the coal-seam, the fall rapidly communicated to the surface 64 ft. above, forming a funnel-shaped cavity of about 70 ft. diameter on the surface, and terminating in the airway beneath. A considerable quantity of sand and water containing surface vegetation descended into the mine, from which workmen were then withdrawn. Fortunately, this fall occurred on a strip of dry land between the river and the lake workings, as shown on the accompanying plan, otherwise the result would in all probability have been very serious. In consequence of the dangerous possibilities disclosed by this fall, and as the result of investigations regarding the character and thickness of the cover to the southerly mine workings under the river and the lake, Mr. Boyd Bennie, Inspector of Mines, with full concurrence of the expert advisers of the Mines Department, notified Mr. William Wood, the mine-manager, under section 56 of the Coal-mines Act, that the mine was dangerous, and requested him to construct an additional outlet from the mine as a means of egress for the workmen employed in the dip-workings in case of emergency from irruption of water, gas-explosion, or fire. An additional means of egress was not regarded by the Department as affording perfect security, but as a third shaft at the dip-workings at Ralph's Colliery had provided means of escape for eleven men after the 1914 explosion occurred, it was also considered a reasonable precautionary measure for the Extended Mine. To this request Mr. Wood objected, in consequence of which the case went to arbitration under section 57 of the Act. The case occupied many days and much conflicting expert evidence was given, the decision finally arrived at being that the mine was not so dangerous as to require an

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additional outlet, but the assessors, Messrs. W. Leitch, manager of Blackball Colliery, and Robert MeEwan, of Waikato, suggested to the company the construction of an underground embankment about 4 chains in width by hydraulic filling, to separate the under-lake workings from other parts of the mine; they also recommended stronger roof-supports at falls in the under-river workings. The use of hydraulic filling as a dam or stopping did not meet with the approval of the Mines Department, the mine-owners, or the workmen's inspectors, as it was realized that it was a misapplication, hydraulic filling being employed at mines as a support of rock, not as a dam. Material used in the construction of the latter must necessarily be impervious, whereas hydraulic filling is required to be porous to enable it to drain and become consolidated from floor to roof. At the Taupiri Extended Mine, to be effective, hydraulic filling would be required to support the roof throughout the shallow under-water workings : as a dam or stopping 4 chains wide, as suggested by the assessors, it would intensify the danger. The danger owing to defective cover at the Taupiri Extended Collieries has been known for a number of years. In the Mines Department Annual Report for 1890 Mr. Henry A. Gordon, then Inspecting Engineer of Mines and now a director of the Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited), the owners of the Extended Mine, reported thereon as follows: " Some of the workings were not carried on with safety, and I had to give written notice to the manager that the men must be withdrawn from one portion of the mine, as they were working in a very dangerous place. On my next visit I learned that the men had only left this place a few hours before the ground came in from the surface." In his annual report for 1900 Mr. James Coutts, the Inspector of Mines for the district, stated that " as the coal worked is either under the lakes or river, or in close proximity to them, large pillars have to be left in, more especially as the covering of the seam is mostly composed of running sand." During March of this year the miners at the Extended Mine refused to continue working unless remedial 'measures were at once undertaken, and as the result of a conference subsequently held between their representatives and the mine-owners the latter agreed to isolate the shallow underriver and under-lake workings, the construction of seventeen spherical dams constructed of timber (kauri) and concrete at sites shown upon the accompanying plan ; also to construct an inclined stone drive connecting the main haulage-road with the upcast shaft, as an additional outlet. Waipa Colliery. —A considerable amount of work has been carried out by this new colliery, the output of which amounted to 100,568 tons. The thickness of the" seam varies from 11 ft. to smaller dimensions ;as the roof is of fireclay, about 2 ft. of coal is left for safety. Mining is carried on from two adit sections. In that section situated to the westward, a fault has been encountered, at the other side of which boring operations have proved the coal-seam to be considerably reduced in thickness. To the southward, upon the freehold of Mr. W. R. Holmes, the seam rises to the surface, and outcrops. In this small area pillar-extraction has been commenced. The future of this mine depends greatly upon the result of development to the northward in the direction of the Pukemiro Colliery, but between the present m'ne and that area there is about 100 acres of private property (Sections 5 and 6, Akatea Village Settlement), over which the Waipa company do not hold mineral rights. Pukemiro Colliery. —This new colliery arrived at the productive stage in August. Two adit, sections have been opened upon a brown-coal seam of excellent quality and thickness, the output being carried to the screens at the company's branoh railway by a short electrically driven endlessrope tramway. In the northern section of the workings a4O ft. fault temporarily caused a cessation vof operations. Grey Coalfield. At the Point Elizabeth State Colliery, with the exception of a small area of solid working to the rise of No. 2 section, all operations are now confined to pillar-extraction, which will probably be completed within two years. Tho ventilation and timbering of the mine are excellent. The Liverpool State Colliery is being developed by two mines—namely, the No. 1 Mine, situated at the top of the haulage inclines, and the No. 3 Mine, situated near the coal-bins at Rewanui; the last-named is divided into two sections —namely, No. 3 and No. 3a. At the No. 1 Mine two seams have been exposed —namely, the Upper seam and the Morgan, seam—but only the former has been worked. In this seam, which averages 8 ft. in thickness, standing pillars now cover an area of about 40 acres, and an additional area of about 30 acres of solid coal may be considered available. Owing to folding of the coal-measures the coal is very friable, and makes about 70 per cent. of slack at the screens. The Morgan seam, having an average thickness of 17 ft., is situated about 170 ft. below the Upper seam, and is approached by a cross-measures drift therefrom. Of this seam an area of about f3O acres may be considered as proved, of which about 50 acres is to the rise of the mine-entrance. This seam where intersected is soft and friable. At the No. 3 Mine about 24 acres is standing on pillars, and an additional 68 acres may be considered as proved. The average thickness of the seam is 7 ft., and the coal generally is hard and of superior quality. In this mine Imperial permitted explosives are used. During the year two hundred Gray-Sussman Imperial permitted safety-lamps were installed, and after nine months' use have given every satisfaction. The miners have expressed pleasure at their introduction, owing to the superior light given. This is the only colliery in the Dominion where electric safety-lamps are in use. The ventilation at this mine is excellent. A large electrically driven single-inlet Sirocco fan. is installed at, the No. I section. There have been, cases of omission by deputies to enter in their report-books the presence of fire-damp. Paparoa Colliery. —During the year this colliery went into liquidation. Operations have since been on a reduced scale, and but few men are now employed. At this mine during 1915 over 67 per cent, of the output was slack.

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Blackball Colliery. —A small decrease in the annual output has been experienced. Development has been carried out to the rise and dip of the present workings. To the dip the quantity of water encountered has proved so serious as to cause cessation of operations in the western level, notwithstanding that the pumping-capacity amounts to 1,000 gallons per minute. To the westward a rise heading was stopped in faulted ground. Buller Coalfield. Dennis on Colliery —Coalbrookdale Mine : Development at this mine has been very satisfactory and a large area of excellent hard bituminous coal has been proved. In the Waratea Jig section the winning-places have advanced 50 chains in a westerly direction in excellent coal. In the Extended area w nning-placcs have considerably advanced to the south-westward through hard coal. In the dip area and No. 8 section pillars are being won. Ironbridge Mine : Development has been mostly confined to the south of the main haulage-road. Coal is being produced from areas north of the Waimangaroa River at Kiwi and Deep Creeks. A considerable area of unworked coal in the direction of the old Koranui Mine is being connected to the endless-rope-haulage system. As regards safety measures the management has been thoroughly efficient, and although accidents have happened, they appear to be of the unavoidable class---namely, those which can not be controlled by regulations or reasonable supervision. Millerton Colliery. —This, the most productive colliery in the Dominion, recorded an output, of 291,813 tons, of which only 12 per cent, was small coal. The above output is less than that of the previous year by 60,258 tons, due probably to shortage of miners. A large area of unworked coal is being developed to the westward. In the Mangatini section the output has been obtained by pillarextraction, and in the Lower section of the mine from solid workings. As at the same company's Denniston Colliery, the management devote conscientious attention to the safety of employees, and I believe that since the inauguration of this, the most important colliery company in the Dominion, nearly forty years ago, no legal proceedings have ever been taken against it for a breach of the statutory safety provisions. Westport-Stockton Colliery. —-At the original mine operations have been devoted to pillar-extraction. The newly developed area situated between Mangatini Creek and the Ngakawau River has proved to be somewhat faulted, but generally produces hard coal of superior quality. Improved conditions are probable as work proceeds. At this colliery electric power is extensively used, the aggregate horse-power of motors used on surface and underground being 1,575. Otago Coalfield. At the Kaitangata and Castle Hill Collieries, No. 1 Mine is worked to the dip in panels, owing to liability of the coal heating by oxidization. A considerable area of excellent coa was developed at the most distant operations, known as No. 21 dip, but this area has now been abandoned, owing to the high cost of underground transport. Only Imperial-permitted safety-lamps and explosives are used at this colliery, where firedamp is prevalent, and it is desirable that the quantity of air in circulation should be increased to dilute and render harmless such inflammable gas. Samples of mine-air taken for analysis on the 11th March, 1916, by Mr. Green, Inspector of Mines, were all found to contain methane, the highest being 285 per cent, (from No. 1 heading, north side), and I -17 per cent, in , m the main return. Castle Hill, Colliery. —The ventilating-furnace, the only one in the Dominion, has been replaced by a double inlet Sirocco fan, which on the 15th Feburary, 1916, I found was circulating, with the assistance of natural ventilation, 15,174 cubic feet of air per minute. At the Kaitangata Collieries, upon my inspections, I have found more dry coaldust on the haulageroads than can be considered safe, but there is difficulty in allaying this efficiently, as watering would intensify the great liability to creep, and owing to constant fretting of coal along the roadways the ground is being continuously covered with small fragments of coal, which soon become reduced to dust by traffic. The dust may not be classed as highly inflammable, however, owing to the considerable proportion of inert dust also present. Nightcaps Colliery. —Two sections are worked at this mine. There is liability to spontaneous fires. The brown coal mined is of superior quality. Electricity at Collieries. The following is a summary of the annual returns in accordance with new Regulation 160 (c), regarding electrical apparatus at collieries : — Number of collieries at which electrical apparatus is installed.. .. .. 16 ~ continuous-current installations .. .. .. 15 ~ alternating-current installations . . . . . . . . 2 „ collieries electrically lighted .. .. .. .. ..14 ~ collieries using electrical ventilating-machines .. . . . . 5 ~ ~ pumping plants .. .. . . 4 „ ~ haulage plants .. .. . . 2 ~ ~ screening plants .. . . .. 2 ~ ~ miscellaneous plants .. .. .. 2 ~ ~ locomotives . . .. .. .. I Total horse-power employed from motors on surface, .. . . I , 734 „ motors underground .. .. .. 577 I have, &c, Frank Reed, Inspecting Engineer and Chief Inspector of Mines.

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ANNEXURE A. QUESTIONS ASKED AT THE EXAMINATION HELD DURING DECEMBER, 1915, FOR MANAGERS' FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY UNDER THE COALMINES ACT. Subject I. — Mining : Opening out a Colliery ; Working Coal; Timbering ; Boring. 1. Having to sink a shaft for the working of a seam of coal 6 ft. thick lying at a depth of 1,000 ft. and having a dip of lin 5, what size pillars would you leave for support of shaft ? Give calculations and show by sketches the general arrangement of shaft-bottom to deal with an output of 1,000 tons per eight-hours shift. 2. A seam of coal 10 ft. thick and liable to spontaneous combustion is to be worked on the panel system. Make sketch-plan of workings showing position of shaft, the barriers to be left between panels, and position at which you would build stoppings in case of fire occurring in any panel; also show general course of ventilation from downcast shaft by return-air course to the upcast. 3. Describe and illustrate by sketches how you would open out longwall workings from a pair of shafts sunk in the centre of a lease of 800 acres : seam 5 ft. thick, roof strong shale, dip of strata 1 in 15 ; output per day from one shaft, 800 tons. 4. Describe with sketches how you would proceed to clear away a heavy fall with a rotten roof, and show what you consider the best system of timbering to apply to guard against side pressure as well as top weight. 5. Describe the process of sinking and walling a circular shaft 14 ft. diameter in the clear, 1,500 ft. deep, and dealing with 10,000 gallons of water per hour, met with at a depth of 300 ft. 6. Show by sketches the general surface arrangement of a colliery drawing 600 tons of coal per shift of eight hours, showing location of downcast and upcast shafts, and all requisite appliances for the handling and preparation of coal for market. 7. State your experience of boring, and describe the diamond drill, stating the conditions most favourable for its successful working. 8. Give your experience of extracting pillars in bord - and - pillar workings. Describe how the greatest protection from falls is to be secured, illustrating by sketches ; also describle the work of drawing timber, the best appliances for use in such work, and any special precautions deemed necessary for the safety of men carrying out such work; Subject 2. — Mechanics : Pumping-appliances and Mine-drainiage ; Tapping Water and Dam-con-struction in Mines; Winding in Shafts; Hauling on Underground Planes; Compressed-air and Steam-power Plants ; Strength of Materials ; Elementary Electricity. 1. What size hauling-engines would be required to haul 100 tons of coal per hour by direct haulage up an incline 1,000 yards long rising 1 in 6, the effective steam-pressure being 70 lb. per square inch ? Assume your own dimensions of tubs, ropes, rollers, &c. .ji. Describe and illustrate by sketches how you would fit up a self-acting incline to run 250 tons a shift of eight hours, grade lin 5 and length 200 yards. State whether you prefer to run tubs in sets or by self-acting endless rope, and what safety appliances you would adopt. 3. Sketch a Lancashire boiler, showing the position of all fittings required with names of each, and state under what condition scale occurs and the dangers likely to arise from its pressure on the plates of a boiler. 4. If you found it desirable to ascertain the general condition of a winding-engine raising a large output from a deep shaft, describe carefully and in detail what you would require to be done to make the examination thorough and complete ? 5. State your views regarding the use of compressed-air and electricity in coal-mines, stating the particular purposes for which one or other of these means of transmission is best suited, and the advantages and disadvantages of each. 6. What do you understand is meant by the term " potential " and " potential difference " in electrical applicances ? 7. To light a mine with 200 lamps of 16 cp. each what amount of mechanical energy would have to be available for conversion into electricity ? 8. What load will break a beam of kauri, 12 in. by 10 in., 15 ft. long, between supports : load evenly distributed along the length of the beam ? State also load required to break the beam if loaded in centre. Subject 3.- — Ventilation : Ventilation of Mines and Knowledge of Mine Gases ; Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, and Methods of Dealing with Underground Fires; Rescue Apparatus; Practical Knowledge of Gas-testing with a Safety-lamp. 1. What do you consider a reasonable or ordinary velocity for air to be passed through a main airway ? What is the greatest velocity you consider practicable ? What are the advantages of high velocity, and what, if any, are the disadvantages of a low velocity in a fiery mine ? 2. If a tunnel 50 yards long by 60 ft. cross-sectional area was filled with a mixture of fire-damp and air at the most explosive point, what quantity of air would be required to dilute it so as to be non-explosive ?

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3. If a ventilating-fan is producing 40,000 ft. of air per minute with 20 horse-power, what horsepower will be required to produce 60,000 cubic feet, conditions in the mine remaining the same ? 4. If 36,000 cubic feet of air is passing through an airway 6 ft. by I Oft. under pressure of 3-6 lb. per square foot, what pressure will be required to pass the same quantity in an airway 5 ft. by 10 ft? 5. (live the chemical properties of pure air and also of fire-damp, and their comparative weights. If an explosion happened when there was a mixture of 9 of air to I of gas by volume, what would be the resultant, gases and their properties ? 6. State your experience, if any, in the working of mines subject to spontaneous combustion, and say what means you would adopt to localize such outbreaks so as to avoid affecting the output of the mine. 7. Describe any rescue apparatus of which you have knowledge. 8. Describe what is meant by " splitting the air," how doing so affects the general ventilation of a mine, and what are the limits to its adoption. 9. What in your opinion is the best means of avoiding dust-explosions in coal-mines ? State generally the conditions under which the presence of the various mine-gases may bo expected. Subject 4. — Arithmetic and Law : A Knowledge of Mine Accounts ; Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Square Root, Area of Rectangle, Trapezoid, Circle, &c. ; Measurement of Timber ; Calculation of Workable Coal in a Mine, &c. ; a Knowledge of the Coal-mines Act and Amendments. 1. Assume output of mine to be 1,000 tons a day, 40 per cent, being large coal, 30 per cent, nut coal, and 30 per cent, slack; the gross cost of production at the mine totals £350, and the sale of large coal and nuts realizes £300 : at what price would the slack have to be sold to realize 15 per cent, profit on the working ? 2. Find the length of a straight line starting 80 ft. from the base to reach the top of a cliff 798 ft. high. 3. Find the depth of a circular tank, 10| ft. diameter, to contain 5,000 gallons. 4. What will be the length of the side of a square field (in yards to two places of decimals) containing 20 acres 2 roods 2 poles 20 square yards ; and if a seam of coal 4 ft. thick underlies the field, how many tons of coal would be in it, the specific gravity being 1-25 ? Knowledge of Coal-mines Act. 1. Briefly state the duties of the manager, underviewer, and fireman, and deputies under the Coalmines Act, 1908, and amendments. 2. State what you know regarding the practical working of the rules relating to the use of explosives in coal-mines. 3. State what duties outside of coal-getting are to be attended to by coal-miners. Quote special rules referring to such.

1. The above diagram shows the survey of a mining claim, A B C D E: find the bearings and distances of the boundaries C D and D E. The distances are given in links.

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2. Compute the area of the mining claim ABODE. 3. The angles of elevation from A to B and B to C, allowing for height of instrument and signals, are 4° 15' and 3° 27' respectively : what is the height of station C above station A, in feet ? Subject 6. — General and Applied Geology. 1. Define and illustrate by diagrams —Normal fault, reversed fault, trough fault, anticline. 2. Give a brief description of the geological features of any coalfield with which you are familiar. 3. Name and define the different classes of coal. Give their approximate composition. 4. A prospecting association has an option over 3,000 acres of nearly flat open, country supposed to be coal-bearing. There are rock- but no coal-outcrops, and a bore just outside the area has passed through a coal-seam of good quality at a depth of 400 ft. State fully what geological and other data ought to be obtained before any attempt to mine coal is made. How far apart ought prospecting-bores to be ? Assume New Zealand conditions. 5. Give a table showing the sequence of the geological formations in New Zealand, or Australia, or Great Britain. 6. Define the following classes of rock : Conglomerate, grit, sandstone, shale, limestone, fireclay. 7. State the characteristics of a good coal-roof. Which of the rocks mentioned in question 6 would you prefer as a roof, and why ?

QUESTIONS FOR MANAGERS' SECOND-CLASS CERTIFICATES OF COMPETENCY. Subject I.— Mining: Opening out a Colliery; Working Goal; Timbering; Boring. 1. Under what conditions would you adopt the retreating longwall system of working ? Sketch a district worked on this method, showing the packs, the timbering, and course of ventilation ; state also the quantity of coal you would expect to get daily from such a district. Assume condition as to thickness of seam, &c. 2. Supposing you were working a seam of coal with naked lights and found it necessary to introduce safety-lamps, what rules and regulations would be required to be conformed to '. 3. What advantages are secured by the use of tapered props ? 4. Describe, with sketches, how you would proceed to clear a road through a heavy fall, the top and sides being broken. 5. Give sketches showing a panel system of working coal, stating dimensions of panel, and showing how pillars are extracted. 6. State your experience of the working of boring-machines, " Calyx " or diamond drill, and state conditions most suitable for the respective machines. 7. What are the principal things to be attended to in order to secure workers in coal-mines against accidents from falls of roof and sides ? What rules would you suggest as a guide to the •*» workers ? 8. The following is a section near the surface where it is proposed to sink a shaft. : soil, 2 ft. ; clay, 5 ft. ; quicksand, 12 ft. ; and rock, 4 ft. : describe, with sketches, how you would sink through this, stating the appliances you would use, the finished size of shalt to be 14 ft. in the clear. Subject 2. — Mechanics: Pumping-appliances and Mine-drainage; Tapping Water and Damconstruction in Mines; Winding in Shafts; Hauling on Underground Planes; Compressed-air and Steam-power Plants ; Strength of Materials ; Elementary Electricity. 1. Describe what you consider a good class of pump for application to the pumping of water from the dip workings of. a mine ; and if required to deal with .100 gallons per minute from a tunnel dipping at the rate of 1 in 6 for 200 yards, what size of pump would you apply, and how would you transmit power to actuate it ? 2. If required to drive a heading for the purpose of entering old workings (abandoned), what precautions would you adopt to guard against accident from (a) water and (b) noxious gases ? Also state nature of appliances you would use. 3. What size hauling-engine would you apply, and where would you erect it, to have 100 tons per hour on an incline dipping from the shaft at a grade of lin 5 ? Give full particulars, including size of rope, &c. 4. Having to wind 100 tons per hour from a shaft 1,000 ft. deep, give size of engine and size of rope you would apply. 5. State under what conditions you would apply compressed air in preference to electricity in underground workings. 6. Describe a suitable electric-lighting plant for surface application at a colliery, giving the power required to supply current for 150 cp. lamps, and stating the voltage you consider suitable having regard to safety. 7. What do you understand is meant by " potential " and " potential difference " ? 8. What precautions do you consider should be taken to ensure safety in the installation of electric plant for use in the underground workings of coal-mines ?

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Subject 3.— Ventilation : Ventilation of Mines and Knowledge of Mine Gases ; Spontaneous Combustion of Coal, and Methods of Dealing with Underground Fires ; Rescue Apparatus; Practical Knowledge of Gas-testing with a Safety-lamp. 1. What are the provisions of the Coal-mines Act with regard to the ventilation of coal-mines ? 2. What are the effects of atmospheric changes of temperature upon the ventilation of mines where powerful fans are in use ? 3. In a mine giving off a large quantity of fire-damp how would you ascertain if mine properly ventilated ? 4. The water-gauge being 1 in. and the volume of air in circulation 50,000 cubic feet per minute, what will be the volume of air in circulation if water-guage increase to l - 6, the increase being due to increased power applied ? 5. What are the chief causes of mine-fires, and how would you proceed to guard against them ? 6. Describe what you consider a good type of oil-burning safety-lamp, having regard to testing for fire-damp and for use in the working-parts of a fiery mine. 7. Having to open out workings by driving two parallel headings giving off gas with a pillar of 20 yards thick between headings, show by sketches how you would conduct the ventilation so as to effectually prevent gas accumulating. Subject 4. — Arithmetic and Law : A Knowledge of Mine Accounts; Fractions, Decimals, Percentages, Square Root, Area of Rectangle, Trapezoid, Circle, &c.; Measurement of Timber; Calculation of Workable Coal in a Mine, &c.; a Knowledge of the Coal-mines Act and Amendments. 1. The shaft-pumps at a colliery raise 150 gallons a minute : if stopped 12 hours for repairs, what storage-room is required to hold tho 12 hours' water ? Give answer in cubic feet. 2. For driving a roadway 8 ft. wide by 7 ft. high 455. per yard is paid : what is the cost per cubic foot ? 3. Give length of straight line starting 80 ft. from the base to reach top of cliff 798 ft. high. 4. In one district of a colliery, working-hours 8 per day, 6 horses and 6 men are employed hauling coal to main rope ; each horse makes 12 trips, 4 tons per trip ; and allowing 9s. a day for each man, and 3s. 6d. a day for each horse, what is the cost per ton ? Knowledge of Coal-mines Act. 1. State briefly the duties of the manager, underviewer, and firemen deputies under the Coal-mines Aot, 1908, and amendments. 2. State the provisions of the law regarding (a) the storage and use of explosives, (b) the duties and responsibilities of shot-firers, (c) what the law provides should be attended to by the working collieries in regard to the safety of their working-places.

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LIST OF PERSONS WHO HAVE OBTAINED CERTIFICATES UNDER THE COAL-MINES ACTS. First-class Mine-managers' Certificates. Issued under the Coal-mines Acts, 1886 and 1891. Aitken, T., Wendon. Gray, J., Abbotsford. *Redshaw, W., Whangarei. Alexander, T., Brunnerton. "Harrison, J., Brunnerton. Reed, P., Westport. Austin, J., Sheffield. *Irving, J., Kaitangata. 'Richardson, D., Abbotsford. Binns, G. J., Dunedin. "Jamison, W., Waimangaroa. Shore, J., Kaitangata. Bishop, J., Brunnerton. *Kenyon, J., Shag Point. Shore, T., Orepuki. *Brown, T., Westport. Kerr, G., Kamo. 'Shore, W. M., Kaitangata. Brown, T., Glentunnel. 'Lindsay, W., Otago. 'Smart, W., Christchurch. Cameron, J., Denniston. Lloyd, J., Invercargill. Smith, A. E., Nelson. Campbell, J. C, Fairfield. 'Louden, J., Green Island. Smith, T. P., Nelson. Cochrane, N. D., Dunedin. Love, A., Whangarei. Sneddon, J., Mosgiel. Collins, W., Taupiri. Mason, J., Nightcaps. Swinbanks, J., Kawakawa. Dando, M., Brunnerton. May, J., Greymouth. Taylor, E. 8., Huntly. ♦Elliott, R., Wallsend. Moody, T. P., Kawakawa. Thompson, A., White Cliffs. 'Ferguson, A., White Cliffs. Moore, W. J., Springfield. Walker, J., Collingwood. 'Freeman, J., Green Island. 'Nelson, J., Green Island. Williams, W. H., Shag Point. 'Geary, J., Kamo. Ord, J., Huntly. Issued under the Coal-mines Acts, 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1908, after Examination. Armitage, F. W., Auckland. Fletcher, James, Granity. MeEwan, Robert, Coromandel. Armstrong, J., Brunnerton. Fox, R. A., Denniston. McGeachie, J., Mokau. Barclay, T., Kaitangata. Fry, Sydney, Waimangaroa. Milligan, J., Denniston. Barolay, W., Kaitangata. Gibson, John, Westport. Milligan, N., Westport. Bonnie, Boyd, Waihi. Gillanders, A., Shag Point. Morgan, William, Waihi. Bishop, T. 0., Reefton. 'Gowans, W., Millerton. Murray, T., Westport. Brown, J. C, Denniston. Green, E. R., Abbotsford. 'Newsomo, F., Denniston. Burt, A., Waihi. Green, J., Brunnerton. Newton, James, Brunnerton. Campbell, Peter, Fairfield. Hamilton, J. S., Burnett's Face. Parsonage, W., Runanga. Carruthers, J., Shag Point. Herd, J., Brunnerton. Pearson, W., Waihi. Carson, W., Kaitangata. Heyoook, C. R., Nightcaps. Penman, A., Huntly. Coombe, J., Waihi. Hill, Robert, Abbotsford. Sooble, E. J., Waihi. Coulthard, J., Taylorville. Hosking, G. F., Auckland. 'Shore, Joseph, Kaitangata. Crockett, S., Millerton. 'Hughes, D., Preservation Inlet. Smith, George, Fairfield. Dixon, C. W., Granity. 'Hughes, Job, Puponga. Sowerby, H., Denniston. Dixon, W., jun., Kaitangata. Jebson, D., Canterbury. Talbot, H., Brunnerton. 'Dowgray, R. L., Granity. 'Johnson, W. P., Thames. Tattley, E. W., Huntly Duggan, Goorge, Burnett's Face. Jones, T., Kimihia. Tattley, F. J., Mercer. Dunn, Andrew, Denniston. Leitch, J., Blackball. Taylor, A. H., Waikato. Dunn, W., Brunnerton. Leitoh, W., Blackball. Thomson, Thomas, Denniston. Dunn, W. R., Thames. Marshall, A. G., Denniston. Turner, G. F., Shag Point. Elliott, R., jun., Denniston. McCaffrey, Patrick, Ferntown. Westfleld, C. H., Fairfield. Fleming, J., Kaitangata. MoCormaek, W., Denniston. Young, James H., Waimangaroa. Issued under the Coal-mines Act, 1886, on Production of English Certificate. Binns, G. J., Dunedin. Cochrane, N. D., Dunedin. 'Macalister, J., Invercargill. Black, T. H., Waipori. 'Garrett, J. H., Auckland. 'Nimmo, J., Oamaru. Broome, G. H., Ngakawau. Hayes, J., Kaitangata. Roed, F., Wellington. •Burt, W., Huntly. Hodgson, J. W., Ross. 'Straw, M., Westport. , v J3ater, T., Auckland. 'Lindop, A. 8., Springfield. Tattley, W., Auckland. Issued to Inspectors of Mines by virtue of Office, under the Coal-mines Acts of 1886 and 1891. 'Coutts, J., Thames. *Gow, J., Dunedin. 'Wilson, G., Thames. Gordon, H. A., Wellington. McLaren, J. M., Thames. Issued under the Coal-mines Acts of 1891, 1905, and 1908, on Production of Certificate from a recognized Authority outside the Dominion. Alison, J., Mangatini. Irvine, James, Dunedin. 'Paterson, D. S. A., Kawhia. Alison, R., Greymouth. James, Isaac Angelo, Westport. "Pollock, James, Green Island, Otago. Bayne, J. A. C, Roa. 'Jordan, R. S., Kaitangata. 'Proud, Joseph, Wanganui. Clark, W., Blackball. Kane, D., Denniston. 'Scott, Joseph, Ngahere. Davidson, Gavin, Blackball. Kirkwood, D., Coromandel. Tennent, R., Brunnerton. Davies, D. J., Ngakawau. Lamont, J., Devonport. Twining, C. E., Dunedin. 'Dixon, J., Westport. Lewis, W., Blackball. Watson, James, Greymouth. Fletcher, George, Wostport. Mark, W. S., Kaitangata. Watson, John, Blackball. Frame, Joseph, Kaitangata. McAvoy, H., Christohurch. Wight, E. S., Auckland. Gilliok, J., Kaitangata. Morris, A., Huntly. Woods, William, Mokihinui. Goold, A. L., Auokland. Nelson, E., Hikurangi. Second-class Mine-managers' Certificates. Issued under the Coal-mines Act, 1891. •Carson, M., Kaitangata. 'Love, Alexander, Orepuki. 'Ross, John, Kawakawa. Collier, Levi, Kamo. Mcintosh, Allan, Shag Point. Sara, James, Reefton. Clarke, Edward, Shag Point. McLaren, J. M., Thames. Smith, Charles, Whangarei. Elliot, Joseph, Coal Creek. 'Marshall, J., Ngakawau. Thomas, James, Springfield. Harris, John, Denniston. Murray, Thomas, Denniston. Wallace, William, Huntly. Herd, Joseph, Brunnerton. 'Nimmo, Goorge Stewart, Ngapara. 'Willetts, John, Papakaio. Howie, James, Kaitangata. Radcliffe, William, Reofton. Willetts, John Morris, Papakaio. 'Leeming, William, Whito Cliffs. 'Roberts, John, Brunnerton. Young, William, Waimangaroa. Lobb, Joseph, Mokau •Deceased sinco issue of certificate

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Second-class Mine-managers' Certificates— continued. Issued under the Coal-mines Acts, 1886, 1891, 1905, and 1908, after Examination. Allan, J., Brunner. Duncan, J. E., Kaitangata. Milligan, J., Denniston, Austin, W. 8., Sheffield. Duncan, John, Lovell's Flat. Mills, Walter, Huntly. Ball, A., Kimihia. Ferguson, A., Kaitangata. Morganty, Louis, Ngakawau. Barber, John, Shag Point. Ferguson, G., Roa. Mosley, J. T., Stirling. Barclay, T., Kaitangata. Fox, R. A., Blackball. Neilson, J., Runanga. Barclay, T., jun., Kaitangata. Harris, A., Saddle Hill. Neilson, Moffat, Abbotsford. Barclay, William, Kaitangata. Hewitson, W. E. G., Burnett's Face. Nowburn, S., Kaitangata. Barnes, A. E., Shag Point. Heyes, T., Kaitangata. Ogilvie, W. W., Saddle Hill. Broome, J., jun., Gore. Heycock, C. R., Nightcaps. Orr, Hugh, Fairfield. Brown, Robert, Kaitangata. Hill, R., Abbotsford. Paroell, W., jun., Bannockburn. Oadman, J., Hikurangi. Hodson, John, Kaitangata. Penman, C. P., Kaitanpata. Campbell, Peter, Fairfield. 'Holden, J., Drury. Price, F. J., Burnett's Face. Carruthers, J., jun., Nightcaps. Hughes, Job, Hoa. Seobie, E. J., Blackball. *Carson, Joseph, Kaitangata. Hunter, A.. Southland. Snow, T., Mercer. Charles, E., Glentunnel. Rolls, F. H., Denniston. Tattley, F. J., Mercer. Cherrie, R. C, Mokau. 'Kirkland, H. S. S., Nightcaps. Taylor, Joseph, Collingwood. Christie, James, Saddle Hill. Lewis, David, Puponga. Thompson, Joseph, Blackball. Clemo, G., Whangarei. Lewis, J., Nightcaps. Thomson, James, Nightcaps. Craig, John, Coal Creek Flat. Lindsay, J. 8., Orepuki. Todd, T., Nightcaps. Orookett, S., Millerton. McAllister, Neil, Kaitangata. Waldie, A. 8., Mokau. Dale, E. G., Kaitangata. McLelland, J., Kaitangata. , Watson, A., Soldier's Creek. Dixon, W., jun., Kaitangata. McLelland, A. C, Kaitangata. Westfield, C, Fairfield, Otago. Dool, G., Lovell's Flat. McNeill, D., Fairfield. Whittleston, A. W., Shag Point. Duncan, James, Kaitangata. Issued under the Coal-mines Acts of 1891, 1905, and 1908, on Production of Gtrtificate from a recognized Authority outside the Dominion. Arundel, W., Hikurangi. Grenall, S., Granity. Molony, C. V. P., Auckland. Baxendale, J., Mine Creek. Inglis, A., Huntly. Newbiun, F., Roa. Black, J., Granity. Jones, T., Kimihia. Parsonage, W., Dunollie. Boyd, J., Hikurangi. Kerr, D., Collingwood. Penman. A., Huntly. Brownlie, T., Huntly. Lennox, W., Springfield. Provan, P., Runanga. Burt, A., Huntly. Little, W., Wellington. 'Robertson, J., Granity. Clarkson, S., Kaitangata. Littlewood, G. G., Denniston. Robertson, R., Roa. Cross, G., Hikurangi. Longstaff, H. 0., Kaitangata. Sneddon, J., Blackball. Dickinson, W., Gore. McCall, John, Wellington. Strachan, J., Dunedin. •Dodd, W., Granity. McGeaehie, J., jun., Mokau. Tennant, D., Paparoa. •Dowgray, R., Granity. McGuire, P., Mount Somers. Talbot, H., Huntly. Eyeington, G., Huntly. McGuire, William, Seddonville. Webb, T. E., Huntly. Greenwell, R., Huntly. McHardy, A. J., Forntown. Underviewers' Certificates. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1909. Allan, James, Puponga. Green, Richard, Abbotsford. McNeill, William. Fairfield. Attrill, Charles Waterford, Mercer. Hawthorn, James, Puponga. Newlands, George, Brunnerton. Berry, A. H., Huntly. Hunter, Peter, Ngakawau. Nimmo, Thomas, Papakaio. Bond, John. Waikaia. Johnston, William Crowan, Gore. Nimmo, William, Ngapara. Boustrage, T. Hubert, Brunnerton. Johnstone, Thomas, Denniston. Penman, John, Denniston. Broome, James, Gore. Levick, Harry, White Cliffs. Proctor, William, Kaitangata. "«(* Clough, Henry, Millerton. *Mann, William, Granity. Robertson, William, Mosgiel. Davidson, William, Mine Creek. Marsh, Charles George, Glentunnel. Todd, Thomas, Nightcaps. Davis, William, Runanga. Muneaster, William, Runanga. Walker, John, Blackball. Donaldson, James, Kaitangata. McAlister, Robert, Kaitangata. Williams, William, Kaitangata. 'Falconer, Andrew, Abbotsford. McGrane, Reginald, Seddonville. Wilson, Daniel, Kaitangata. Flynn, John, Bannockburn. McKenzie, David, Nightcaps. Winter, John, Denniston. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1909, after Examination. Atkinson, John, Puponga. Johnston, C. M., Seddonville. Pendleton, S., Blackball. Bashall, J., Puponga. King, T. H.. Granity. Rogers, James, Ngakawau. Berry, A. H., Huntly. McDonald, Thomas, Ngakawau. Strongman, C. J., Cobden. Boddy, A. J., Rewanui. McLean, M., Granity. Sweeney, J. L., State Collieries. Brown, Charles Henry, Denniston. McLeod, J. G.. Millerton. Tucker, J., Kaitangata. Carson, F. Kaitangata. Morganty, L., Stockton. Turnbull, E. V., Thames. Clark, W. S., State Collieries. Mosley, J. T., Denniston. Turner, Alfred, Kiripaka. Duffy, F., Burnett's Face. Nicholson, D., Huntly. Turton, J., Huntly. Griffen, J., Kaitangata. O'Brien, D. Q., Mangatini. White, Edward, Ngaruawahia. Hewitson, W. E. G., Burnett's Face. Peacock, Thomas, Denniston. Whittlestone, G. F., Abbotsford. Hunter, Peter, Stockton. Pearson, William, Burnett's Face. Young, J., Huntly. Jaok, W., Millerton. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1910. Baerdsmore, E., Denniston. Jones, David, Nightcaps. Mason, Edward, Kingston Crossing. Cuthbertson, Robert, Fairfield. Jones, Morris, Nightcaps. Mitchell, Alexander, Runanga. Evans, William, Abbotsford. Jones, W., Waikaka Valley. McCaughern, John, Kaitangata. Fisher, T., Westport. Kitto, Richard, Kaitangata. Naill, S., Kawakawa. Gibson, M., Abbotsford. Maudnrson, P., Runanga. Newburn, S., Kaitangata. Greene, M., Kaitangata. Mann, D., Granity. Statham, Robert, Kaitangata. Hadcroft, J., Runanga. Marshall, J. W., Westport. Walker, J. R., Brighton. Hunt, W., Shag Point. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1914, on Production of Certificate of Corresponding Class granted in any British Possession or Foreign Country. Martin, Elias, Ngakawau. Middleton, Robert, Runanga.

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Firemen and Deputies' Certificates. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1909. Aitken, George, Glentunnel. Glover, Richard, Runanga. McGill, Douglas Thomas, Waikaka. Allan, A. George, Abbotsford. Gray, Thomas, Abbotsford. McGill, John, Huntly. Allan, Charles, Brunnerton. Gribben, John, Kaitangata. McKenzie, James, Nightcaps. Beardsmore, Edward, Denniston. Headcroft, James, Runanga. Newburn, Robort, jun., Kaitangata. Berry, Albert Henry, Huntly. Hamilton, John, Hikurangi. Newburn, Samuel, Kaitangata. Blaney, Jamos, sen., Kaitangata. Hargreaves, Charles, Millerton. Nicholas. William, Kaitangata. Boyd, Robert, Waronui. Harris, John, Reefton. Oliver, William, Kaitangata. Bradley, Robert, Denniston. Harris, Joseph T., Saddle Hill. Pareell, Henry Clyde, Bannockburn. Buchols, Joseph, Waikaka. Hartley, John, Denniston. Park, Francis, Stirling. Burgess, William Charles, E. Gore. Hay, James, Denniston. 'Peckbam, Henry William, Huntly. Callaghan, Frederick, Kiripaka. Heron, Ralph, Kimihia. Penman, Robert, Kaitangata. Campbell, Samuel, Millerton. Higgins, Thomas James, Denniston. Richards, James, Brunnerton. Chamley, William, Millerton. Hislop, William, Denniston. Rodgers, Edwin, Kaitangata. Clausen,EmilP.,c/oJ. Worthington, Holden, Samuel, Granity. Sanderson, John, Kurow. 33 Hiropi Street, Newtown, Wei- Housley, Benjamin, Huntly. Soott, Charles, Nevis. lington. Howe, George Charles, Shag Point. Scott, John, Runanga. Connelly, Michael, Denniston. Jackson, Samuel, Millerton. 'Skellern, John, Huntly. Connew, John, Puponga. Jarvie,William Marshall,Kaitangata. 'Smith, Edwin, Springfield. Coppersmith, John, Donniston. Jaspers, George P., Denniston. Smith, William, Huntly. Coultbard, Thomas, Brunnerton. Jenkins, James, Ngakawau. Smith, William, Seddonville. Cowan, Robert Black, Gibbston. Johnston, C. Mountier, Seddonville. Sneddon, James, Blackball. Cuthbertson, Robert, Fairfield. Jones, David, Nightcaps. Southward, John, Runanga. 'Darby, James, Huntly. Kaye, Charles, Runanga. Statham, Robert, Kaitangata. Davis, Evan, Denniston. Kitto, Ricbard, Kaitangata. Taylor, David, Roa. Deeming, William, Hikurangi. Leeming, J. T., South Malvern. Taylor, James, Springfield. Dollaway, Archibald, Denniston. Lutton, William, Millerton. Thin, William, White Cliffs. Dickson, Richaid, Hikurangi. Mann, Duncan, Millerton. Travis, James, Alexandra South. Dillon, Lawrence M., Nightcaps. Mason, William, Denniston. Tripp, Albert, Kaitangata. Duncan, Fiank, Huntly. Mtais, Andrew David, Runanga. Wallace, John, Mataura. Duncan, Hugh, Kaitangata. Moncrieff, Thomas, Nigtitcaps. Wardrope, Francis, Hikurangi. Evans, John, Granity. Moore, Thomas, Mangatini. Watson, Andrew, Roa. Evariß, William, Abbotsford, Morganty, Charles, Ngakawau West, George Themas, Waronui. Findlay, diaries, Denniston. Murdoch, Colin McColl, Stirling. White, James, Roa. Foot, Frederick Ernest, Denniston. McCaffrey, James,'Seddonville. * Whorsky, John, Huntly. 'Fulliok, George, Runanga. McCoughern, John, Kaitangata. Wilson, Walter WiUiam, Springfield. Gibson, Matthew, Abbotsford. McDonald, John T., Millerton. Young, Thomas Gardner, Waikaia. Gibson, Robert, Millerton. McGarry, Isaac, Millerton. Gilmour, William, Millerton. McGhee, William, Kaitangata. ■ Issued under the Goal-mines Amendment Act, 1909, after Examination. Allan, George, Huntly. Dutton, John, Granity. Makepeaco, Henry, Runanga. Allan, James, Brunnerton. D>mond, J., Millerton. Mitchell, A., Seddonville. Anderson, Walter, Blackball. Fannigan, P., Ngakawa. Morganti, Louis, Millerton. Armstrong, V., Runanga. Ferguson, A., Kaitangata. Moreland, S., Hikurangi. Atkinson, J., Puponga. Forrest, John, Runanga. 'Mosley, J. T., Denniston. Baddeley, Jesse, Dunollie. Gox, Henry John, Blackball. Moye, John Patrick, Denniston. Ball, A., Kimihia. Gilligan, H., Runanga. Myers, Richard, Millerton. 'Berry, T., jun., Huntly. Gieen, T., Kaitangata. 'Newton, Charles, Runanga. J., Burnett's Face. Griffen, James, Kaitangata. Nicholson, David, Huntly. Blair, Peter, Huntly. Hail, R. H., Huntly. Nicholson, J., State Collieries. Boddy, Archibald John, Runanga. Hardie, J., Millerton. Niven, Peter, Ngakawau. Bond, W. T., Huntly. Harvey, D., Huntly. Nolan, John, Granity. Brenren, J., Kaitangata. Hawkins, Joseph, Burnett's Face. O'Brien, Denis Quinsin, Millerton. Broadbent, Samuel, Huntly. Hendry, John, Millerton. O'Brien, Martin, Millerton. Brown, J., jun., Denniston. Hicks, J. R., Kiripaka. O'Fee, J., Kaitangata. Buchanan, William, Millerton. Hilton, Thomas, Denniston. Parker, Andrew, Greymouth. Burdon, George, Denniston. Honey, Archibald John, Denniston. Parr, Joseph, Burnett's Face. Burt, T., Huntly. Hopkinson, Joseph, Seddonville. Parrott, W, Waiuta. 'Burt, W., jun., Huntly. Hughes, T. E., Huntly. Paul, James, Seddonville. Callaghan, M., Blackball. Innes, Andrew, Runanga. Pearson, Samuel George, Burnett's Campbell, J. C, Glentunnel. Isherwood, T., Rr.nanga. Face. Carson, Frederick. James, F. T., Seddonville. Pearson, William, Burnett's Pace. Chadwick, A., Millerton. Johnson, J. H., Hikurangi. Pendleton, S., Blackball. Chapman, A. E., Kaitangata. Johnson, Thomas, Huntly. Phillips, J., Puponga. Chippendale, J., Millerton. Jones, 8., Millerton. Ponton, F., Millerton. Clark, W. S, Dunollie. Jones, J., Hikurangi. Powell, J., Dunollie. Clarke, H., Roa. Jones, J., Kimihia. Ralph, J., Huntly. Cleveland, P. L., Kaitangata. King, Themas Henry, Granity. Ramsay, J. McK., Kaitangata. Connolly, John, Runanga. Lauder, Matt Currie, Runanga. Reed, W. H., Hikurangi. Connolly, John Joseph, Runanga. Lowden, W., Milleiton. Robson, W., State Collieries. Cowan, J., Millerton. McAuley, P., Ngakawau. Rodgers, J., Ngakawau. Curragh, A., Burnett's Face. McAvoy, William, Ngakawau. Rowse, J., Runanga. Curran, James, Ngakawau. McDonald, J., Ngakawau. Ruston, Edwin Walter, Huntly Cuthbertson, John, Glentunnel. McDonald, Thomas, Burnett's Faoe. Seddon, William, Huntly. Danks, Peter, Millerton. McKenty, H., Denniston. Smith, J. A., Seddonville. Darby, W., Huntly. McKernan, John, Millerton. Smith, Thomas W., Millerton. Davidson, Thomas, Mine Creek. McLaughlin, J. W., Huntly. Smith, W. A., Denniston. Davis, Oliver James, Runanga. McMillan, John, Huntly. Snell, J., Kaitangata. Delaney, J. E., Puponga. McMillan, John, Kaitangata. Southward, William, Runanga. Dowgray, John, Millerton. Maekinson, Job, Hikurangi. Strongman, Charles James, Cobden. Downes, William Norbury, Cobden. Maddison, W., Huntly. Sutherland, J., Millerton. Duggan, Francis, Runanga. Maher, W., Denniston. Sweeney, John Lewis, Runanga.

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Firemen and Deputies' Certificates— continued. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1909, after Examination —continuod. Tate, Anthony, Seddonville. Veitch, D., Blackball. Williamson, W. R., Rewanui Taylor, Christopher, Millerton. Vurlow, Frederick Alexander, Den- Wilson, J. T., Kamo. Thawley, William, Denniston. niston. Wilson, W., Shag Point. Thomson, J., Huntly. Walker, W. T., Granity. Woods, A., Millerton. Thomson, Thomas, Mine Creek. Wallwork, Moses, Runanga. Wood, W., Huntly. Throp, J., Kai'angata. Wear, Daniel, Huntly. Worthington, T., Millerton. Tipler, J. H., Blackball. Webster, Oliver, Huntly. Young, Joseph, Huntly. Tunstall, W., Hikurangi. White, Edward, Granity. Young, Thomas, Granity. Turton, John, Huntly. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1910. Broadfoot, W., Millerton. Halsey, W. J., Saddle Hill. Mcintosh, A. 8., Shag Point. Burgess, R. S., Waikaka. Hartshorne, W. C, Brunnerton. Mclvor, W., Waikaka. Cain, Alexander, Waikaia. Hodgetts, 1., Burnett's Face. Nelson, J. H., Pukerau. Cameron, D., North Chatton. Hunt, William, Shag Point. Ramsey, George, Waikaka. Churchill, S. G., Alexandra South. Junker, F. A., Waikaia. Robim-on, R., Ngakawau. Clasen, Charles, Shag Point. Kidd, G. 0., Albury. Russell, H. C, Bannockburn. Crabbe, George, Alexandra South. King, J., Granity. Saunders, W., Donniston. Cumming, J. S., Denniston. Lee, S., Nightcaps. Stevenson, J., Shag Point. Cunningham, Thomas, Kaitangata. Mackie, N., Longridge. Thomas, 8., Denniston. Dixon, A., Nightcaps. McAuley, John, Kaitangata. Tinker, G., Nightcaps. Garrey, W., Kaitangata. McClimont, John, Mount Somers. Whittlestone, G. F., Abbotsford. Gray, Hugh, Dunedin. McDowell, R., Nightcaps. Issued under the Coal-mines Amendment Act, 1914, on Production of Certificate of Corresponding Class granted in any British Possession or Foreign Country. Barr, T., Coalgate. Davies, W. C, Huntly. Quinlan, A. E., . Coan, R., Huntly. Malcolm, A., Nightcaps. Tucker, J., Kaitangata.

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ANNEXUEE B.

STATISTICS OF WORKINGS IN COAL-MINES, 1915.

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I -s O Dimensions of Shafts. Output for 1915. Number of Men Pumps. a § i Sc « ordinarily employed. ! g a © E = Approximate Approximate g o Name of Mine and Locality. Name of Manager. $ QU ffi° f 1 °' forked 8 Dip of Seam. | I Depth of delved Output IWrused | £ coal. cd beams. worked. - Size of Shaft bv , *» , to drawing £ Q » o O oa ? Shaft or 31st December, 31st December, Mineral. 3 Z, Ventilation. a S3 u a? 8 or Length Coal - slack - Total - 19"- 1915. ffl o a a ®l I Adit ' of > * -3 J8 ° S II £,£ I Adit. I o 5 J g e .» g £ m £ ® o H 2 ® * ® ® <1 M H a , 33 W Q NORTHERN INSPECTION DISTRICT. North Auckland Coalfields. Ill Tons. Tons. ! Tons. Tons. Tons. Northern Colliery .. - .. E.Nelson .. .. 18 Semi - bitu- 1 4'tol2' 4'tol2' Varied .. | Bordand .. 9'xj6' 690' Adit .. 35,647 .. j 35,647 533,782 569,429 13 32 45 Horse and .. .. Fan .. 3/12/15 minous pillar 6$' x 6' i steam Goodhue and Party's Mine .. James Boyd .. & Ditto ..1 4' 4' „ .. Ditto .... 6'x 5' 3 eh. „ .. 2,289 .. 2,289 .. • 2,289 1 7 8 Manual .. .. .. Natural 9/6/15 Co-operative Colliery .. .. R. C. Cherrie .. 2 ..1 5'to 12' 10' 1 in 7 „ 5'x 6' 5 eh. „ .. 6,598 .. 6,598 3,314 9,912 3 8 11 Horse Syphon „ 17/12/15 Kiripaka Colliery .. .. E. W. Tattley .. i „ .. 1 3'to 12' 7' Varied .. „ .. .. 5'x 5' 50' ,, .. 1,121 .. 1,121 291,541 292,662 6 20 26 Steam and " 2/12/15 6' x 5' 200' j horse Kerr and Wyatt's Mine .. E. J. Seoble .. 1 „ ..1 13' 12' 1 in 10 6'x 6' 5 ch. ,, .. 1,469 .. 1,469 .. 1,469 2 5 7 Horse . .. , 12/12/15 Hikurangi Colliery .. .. „ ..1 12'to 14' 12' 1 in 8 • „ .. .. 6'x 6' Various Adits .. 69,254 .. 69,254; 933,265 1,002,519 20 90 110 Steam !! Duplex 8'' 60' Fan .! 10/12/15 tunnels | 10" x 10" x 8" Whangarei Colliery .. .. Joseph Cadman .. 5 ..2 3f' to 8' 4'to 8' 1 in 6 „ .. 2 14'x 6' | 106' Shaft .. 1,504 .. 1,504 13,565 15,069 3 10 13 „ .. 18" 6' 140' Natural .. 4/12/15 Waikato Coalfield. TaupiriRalph's Colliery .. A. Penman .. 24 Brown .. 1 10'to 60' 20' 1 in 10 Bordand 4 9' x 5£' 190' Shaft .. 41,847 20,087 61,934 ") f 41 122 163 Steam 1-18" 2-7" 183' Fan 29/12/15 pillar 8£'x8J' 155' | " ■ o 0 » 7 » •><>/,< X Q' X Kl' W' ' i 1_18 ' ' 2 ~ 5 " 390 ' 9x5£ 232' J-2,948,261 3,171,589 -{ 1-18" 6" 390' Taupiri Extended Colliery .. William Wood ..27 ,, ..1 10' to 34' 20' 1 in 10 Ditto .. 2 10' x 10' 166' ,, .. 95,928 65,466 161,394 55 251 306 ,, 1—12" 2-5" 204' „ .. 10/11/15 j 20" 1 Q /f 400' Pukemiro Colliery .. .. A.Burt .. .. i „ ..1 16' 6'to 12' Varied .. 10' x 6J' 25 yd. Adit .. 9,002 2,007 11,009 .. 11,009 20 35 55 Electric .. .. .. .. 26/11/15 Waipa Colliery .. .. T.Thomson .. l|j „ .. 1 11'6* 9' 1 in 10 Tunnel 20 ch. „ .. 66,116 34,452 100,568 49,308 149,876 40 105 145 Horse, steam, Centrifu- 2" 40' .. "*9/12/15 10x8 and srravitv sal Huntly Brick Company (Limited) R. Greenwell .. 4 Lignite .. 1 18' 18' Level .. Open cut .. .. .. .. 4,263 .. 4,263 6,155 10,418 6 6 Manual Natural 4/9/15 Mangapapa (Mokau) Colliery .. W.Lennox .. 30 Brown .. 1 7'to 8' 7'to 8' 1 in 10 Bordand .. 9'x 6' 26 eh. Adit .. 3,213 152 3,365 84,786 88,151 2 6 8 Horse " " " " Fan " 19/10/15 I | pillar | j | ........ / / Output of mines included in previous statements at which operations are suspensed or abandoned ._ I ..I .. ..I .. .. .. ..I 2,262,813; 2,262,813 .. ..I WEST COAST INSPECTION DISTRICT. Nelson Coalfield. ] Puponga Colliery .. .. P. McCaffrey .. 12 i Bituminous 2 6'and 9' Fullheight 1 in 3£ Bordand .. 10'x 6'6" 51 ch. Direct haulage, 9,576 7,456 17,032 174,811 191,843 2 5 30 55 Steam .. 10'steam 7" 201' Fan 30/9/15 pillar incline shaft j0» a j r g» 226' " North Cape Colliery .. .. Job Hughes ..5 ,, 1 3'6"to5'6' „ 1 in 3 Ditto .. .. 7'x 7 Dip Ditto .. 9,540 57 9,547 22,947 32,544 19 31 50 „ .. 10" 6" 70' Natural 30/9/15 4 ch. ' ' Butter Coalfield. i Co-operative Mine .. .. H. Chester (P.) .. 1 Bituminous 1 10' Fullheight 1 in 4 Bordand .. 10'x 6' 4 ch. Horse haulage, 1,288 .. 1,288 115 1,403 ..2 2 Horse .. .. . 3/12/15 pillar adit level I " " ' ' Westport-Stockton Colliery .. D. J. Davies ..7 „ 1 8'to 24' „ Variable .. Ditto .. .. 8'x 7' 5 adits, Endless rope, 78,264 65,968 144,232 702,708 846,940 56 180 236 Steam Fan 28/10/15 A, B, C, gravity elec- ' " " " • • / / D, E trie haulage Millerton Colliery .. .. W. McCormack ..24 „ 1 4'to 40' 12' .. .. HK x 72 ch. Endless rope 255,312 36,501 291,813 4,406,070 4,697,883 102 344 446 Gravity .. .. .. .. „ 31/12/15 11 x 7 o3 ch. 12' x 7' 25 ch. 10' x 6' 25 ch. Iron Bridge Colliery .. .. G.Smith .. ..24 „ 2 3'to 30' Full thick- „ .. „ ..1 10'x 6' 76 eh. "J 73 200 2 73 Steam .. Two Tangyes, „ . 23/11/15 ness I 8" x 4" x 12" >205,936 67,614 | 273,550 6,881,429 7,154,979 I C a m e r o n, I 8' 4" x 12" Coalbrookdale Colliery .. N. Milligan ..34 „ 1 16'to 20' Ditto .. », 1 x V 44 ch. „ [ 70 2 00 270 „ .. T a ng y e, „ .. 23/11/15 10' x 6 28 ch. J | 8 " x 4" x 12" " White Cliffs Mine .. .. J. H. Burley (P.) .. 15 Brown 1 16'to 20' 9' 1 in 4 „ .... 12'x 9' 2 ch. Adit .. No output 7,033 7,033 1 1 2 Manual .. .. Natural 29/12/14 Rocklands Mine .. .. J. P. Burley (P.) .. j 14 J Bituminous 1 16 to 20 8 to 10' lin4 „ .. .. 10 x 8 3 ch. „ .. 86 .. 86 6,773 6,859 .. 2 2 ,, .. .. .. .. „ j] 29/12/14 Inangahua Coalfield. Coghland's Freehold .. .. J. Coghlan (P.) .. 19 Pitch ..1 10 Fullheight 1 in 3 Bordand ..j 7x5 . 13 ch. Adit .. 86 121 207 5,307 5,514 .. 2 2 Manual .. .. .. .. Natural .. 15/12/14 Archer's Freehold .. .. J. W. Archer (P.) .. 20 Bituminous 1 10' „ 1 in 3 Ditto .... 6'x 5' 6 ch. „ .. 400 .. 400 17,456 17,856 .. 2 2 .... .. .. .. 15/12/14 Waitahu Mine .. I. Rhodes (P.) ..13 ,, 1 14 8 1 in 4 10 x 7 7 oh. ,, .. 27 27 4,518 4,545 .. 2 2 Horse .. .. .. .. °5/8/15 Burke's Creek Mine .. .. J. Harris (P.) .. 14 „ 1 12 to 15' 10 1 in 4 „ .. 1 12x8 7 ch. „ 2,382 826 3,208 22,357 25,565 1 4 5 Furnace ' 25/8/15 Deep Creek Mine .. .. E. F. Lockington (P.) 14 „ 1 12'to 15' 8' 1 in 4 10'x 8' 3J ch. „ .. 219 .. 219 2,936 3,155 .. 2 2 Manual .. .. .. .. Natural " 25/8/15 Phoenix and Venus Mine .. W. Knight (P.) ..34 „ 2 25 to 30 10 1 in 3 „ .. .. 6x'4 6 ch. „ .. 808 .. 808 32,927 33,735 1 2 3 .. .. .. .. .. 26/8/15 Watson and Moyle's Mine .. G.Ward (P.) ..7 „ 1 12' 9' 1 in 4 8'x 6 8 ch. „ .. 1,633 .. 1,633 6,449 8,082 .. 2 2 Manual .. .. 26/8/15 Lankey's Creek Mine .. .. F. Knight (P.) ..13 „ 1 8' 8' 1 in 4 „ .. .. 7'x 5' 5 ch. „ .. 2,150 .. 2,150 19,157 21,307 .. 3 3 , 26/8/15 Golden Point Mine .. .. R. L. Kearns (P.) .. 7 „ .. No output for year .. .. .. .. .. .. l j58 5 1,585 " 98/8/16 Loughlan's Mine .. .. R. L. Kearns (P.) ..10 „ 1 6' 6' 1 in 6 " 10 ' x 5 ' 5 ch - Adit' .. 229 .. 229 11,086 11,315 1 2 3 Manual .. .. !! .. Natural .. 28/8/15 MerrijigsMine .. .. H. Grigg (P.) ..5 „ 1 6' 6' 1 in 8 Ditto .. .. 6'x 6' 4 eh. „ .. 1,515 .. 1,515 3,147 4,662 .. 3 3 „ .. .. .. .. „ .. 28/8/15 Reefton Mine .. •• C. A. Svensen (P.) ..13 ,, .. No output for ye ar .. .. .. .. .. .. 5,796 ! 5,796 .. .. ..I 24/8/15 Big River Mine .. W. Kirwin (P.) ..2 „ 1 Variable.. 8' Variable .. B ordand 7'x6' l£ch. Adit .. 1,020 .. 1,020 832 1,852 1 2 3 Manual .. " ! Natural .. 13/1/16 Murray Creek, Svenson's Mine .. C. A. Svensen (P.) ..2 ,, 1 . 8' ,, .. Ditto .. .. Opencast 1J ch. ,, .. 270 400 670 455 1,126 .. 2 2 .. .. . 28/8/lfi Morris and Learmont's Mine .. I\ Gibson (P.) ..2 ,, 1 12 10 ,, .. ,,....8x8 3 ch. ,, .. 65 .. 65 % 60 125 .. 2 2 .. .. .. .. ,, .. 26/8/15 Orey Valley Coalfield. Paparoa Colliery .. .. J. C. Bayne .. 7 Bituminous 1 8'to 16 10' 1 in 3 Bordand .. 10'x 8' 50 ch. Adit .. 29,554 13,873 43,427 153,472 196,899 10 38 48 Gravity .. .. .. .. Fan .. 9/12/15 Blackball Colliery .. .. J.Watson.. .. 25 „ 2 15' Fullheight Variable .. Ditto .. 2 9'x 6' 18* oh. „ .. 121,463 95,434 216,897 2,035,157 1 2,252,054 56 292 348 Steam and Ele ctrie tur bine „ .. 4/12/15 electrio 6" a nd 4" 90' North Brunner Colliery .. James Armstrong ..6 „ 1 6'tol2' „ 12'x 6' 6 ch. „ .. 6,682 7,10,8 13,790 52,286 66,076 18 50 68 Steam .. a " d9 "°° Fan and 16 / 12 /i 5 Brunner Colliery .. .. R.Allison .. .. 51 „ 1 12' „ 1 in 4 10'x 12' 4 ch. „ .. 6,704 10,227 16,931 2,371,433 2,388,364 6 16 22 „ .. 11" 7" 100' FaT'"™ 1 .. 13/11/15 Point Elizabeth State Collieries— fi" 4" 40' No 1 Section .. .. J. Coulthard .. lli Pitch .. 1 8'to 16' „ Variable ....... 10 x 7' 11 oh. "j T „ , ,, + 19 , , • . w « ,» u f 64,814 64,813 129,627 1 ' 865 ' 762 1.M6.3M 63 168 231 „ .. Electric turbine 320' „ .. 11/11/15 No. 2 Section .. .. J. Coulthard .. 11| „ .. 1 4 to 12 „ 1 in 5 „ .... 10 x 7 12 eh. „ .. J 600 g. p.m. L1 jfo P l?2?and 3a Seotiona .. W. Parsonage .. 2 Bituminous 3 4'to 16' „ Variable .. 11' x 7' 54-7 and „ .. ~| 33ch - r 37,312 71,261 108,573* 81,114 189,687 70 165 235 Fans r/19/ik No. 3 Section .. .. George Duggan ..2 „ 1 3'to 12' „ .. 11'x 7' 7 ch. .. J lan8 -• 8 / 12 /15 Output of mines included in previous statements at which operations have been abandoned or suspended .. .. .. .. .. j .. .. ,, 2,105,168! 2,105,168 * Of this output 3,280 tons of coal and 6,944 tons of slack was won during 1914, but was Inadvertently omitted In the Manager's return to the Inspector for that year. It is now included. SOUTHERN INSPECTION DISTRICT. Canterbury. Broken River, Broken River .. W. J. Cloudsley .... .. .. .. .. .. • ■ , • • ' Springfield, Springfield .. J. Taylor (P.) .. 39 Brown ..2 2 All .. 1 in 6 Bordand 1 6 x 4 80 fchaft .. 12 106 118 92,269 92,387 1 3 4 Steam .. Direct acting steam Exhauststeam 23/10/15 pillar 1 4 x4 60 from pump Bush Gully, Coalgate .. J. Gillick .. .. 2 „ 2 5' 50° Ditto .. .. 12' x -'50' Engine plane 10,503 2,511 13,014 .. 13,014 9 30 39 .. „ Ditto .. 22/10/15 7 7 50 ,, .. 1 5 x 4 50 St Helens, Whitecliffs .. J.Sutherland .. 34 „ ..3 6,5,3 5 1 in 3 6 x5 5oh. ,, 1,036 .. 1,036 23,311 24,347 1 3 4,, .. T angy e ,, 22/10/15 Tripp's Mount Somers .. D.Kane .. ..49 „ ..1 40' 15' 1 in 9 7'x 6' 5 oh. Adit .. 705 605 1,310 63,297 64,607 1 2 3 Horse .. .. .. .. Natural .. 21/10/15 Albury, Albury .. .. J. Fibbes (P.) ..24 „ ..1 12 8 1 in 6 ,,.... x 5 5 oh. ,, .. 464 .. 464 13,737 14,201 1 1 2 ,, .. Steam pump „ .. 19/10/15 1 4x3 68' Dalgety, Hakataramea .. C. W. Ensor ..34 „ ..1 30' 15' Semi-verticalj Levels .. .. .. .. 10 .. 10 3,468 3,478 Hand Te Moana .. .. .. G. D. Macf arlane .... „ 1 5' 5' 1 in 4 Bord and .... .. .. 2 2 140 142 pillar North Otago. St Andrew's, Papakaio .. T. Nimmo (P.) .. 37 Brown ..17 6 1 in 8 Bordand .. 6x6 5ch. Adit .. 1,536 .. 1,536 51,854 53,390 1 4 5 Horse .. .. .. .. Furnaoe .. 27/10/15 pillar 1 4 x 3' 60' Prince Alfred, Papakaio .. A. Beardsmore (P.) ..46 „ ..1 9' 7' 1 in 9 Ditto .. .. V x 5' „ .. 1,002 .. 1,002 58,967 59,969 1 2 3 .. .. .. .. j Natural .. 27/10/15 Ngapara, Ngapara .. .. W. Nimmo (P.) .. 37 „ .. 1 25' 8' 1 in 7 „ .. .. 6' x 6' 10 " " 400 .. 400 29,702 30,102 1 1 2,, .... .. .. „ .. 27/10/15 Old Shag Point, Shag Point .. William Hunt (P.) .. 1 Pitch .. 1 4' All .. 1 in 8 Longwall .. 6'x 5' 300' „ .. 1,248 77 1,325 405,508 406,833 1 5 6 .. .... .. „ .. 20/10/15 1 4'x4' 60' ' ' Shag Point Proprietary Company, C. E. Twining .. 7 ,, •• 1 5' » .. 1 in 6 „ .. x 5' 200' „ .. 3,624 1,308 4,932 7,773 12,705 3 12 15 Horse .. .. .. .. „ .. 20/10/15 (latterly Shag Point, Shag Point) 1 4' x 4' 25' A1 la ndale, Shag Point .. A. Mcintosh ..28 „ ..1 7 ,, .. 1 in 4 Bordand .. 6 x 5 1,000 Engine plane 213 156 369 322,014 322,383 12 3 Steam .. Tangyepump Furnaoe •• 20/10/15 pillar 1 5 x 4 60' I 7 ' Diamond Hill, Herbert .. J. Hodson .. .. 2 Brown .. 1 4' „ „ Level .. Ditto .. .. 120 .. 120 100 220 1 1 2 ... .. .. .. Natural ..

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ANNE XURE R—-continued.

Statistics of Workings in Coal-mines, 1915 —continued.

1 111 j "»h 3 Dimensions of Shafts. Output for 1915. Number of Men Pumps. « | c ordinarily employed. * ! ob tt 02 Approximate Approximate _____ v 5 n ,u , = m . • , m .. , ® Total Total Power used fl c Name of Mine and Locality. Name of Manager. « o1 J Dip of Seam. | g Depth of delivered 0u £ ut dra '™ -g 3 vStion 1 0 c •goo Shift or by 31st December, 31st December, Mineral. So 3 8 S el S or Length °° aL Slaok " TotaL 19 "' 191ft " & o 5, a a Is t Adlt - °t > i ■£ £ ° S °« 1 I : I R 1 I- Adit - .8 1 £ S s S ]_ > 1 | [_■ ! I | | ® fi H ■ • || Q SOUTHERN INSPECTION DISTRICT—continued. South Otago. j Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Tons. Fernhill, Abbotsford .. ... J.Gray .. .. 38 Brown .. 1 15' 12' linlO Bordand .. 6'x 6' 5 ch. Level • .. .. 1,556 1,556 154,288 155,844 1 2 3 Self-acting in- | .. .. .. Natural .. 5/11/15 pillar 1 4' x 4' 30' cline Freeman's Coal Company, Ab- J.Sneddon ..35 „ ..1 7'to 14' All «. Iin7 Ditto .. .. 6'x 6' 1,400' I Engine plane 14,694 3,237 17,931 514,598 532,529 5 29 34 S t e a m and .. .. .. Fan .. 5/11/15 botsford 2 5'x 4' 150' and horse horse level Green Island, Green Island .. T. Barclay, jun. .. 28 „ .. 1 10' 8' 1 in 10 6'x 5' 5ch. Engine plane 2,676 .. 2,676 119,173 121,849 1 3 4 Ditto .. .. .. .. Furnace .. 5/11/15 1 4' x 3' 35' Jubilee, Saddle Hill .. .. T.Barclay .. ..18 „ ..1 8'to 18' All ... 1 in 10 6'x 5' 10 ch. Engine plane 17,200 3,354 20,554 . 280,099 300,653 6 22 2 8 „ .. .. .. .. „ .. 5/11/15 2 4' x 3' 40' and horse level Saddle Hill (No. 1), Saddle Hill W. W. Ogilvie .. 43 „ .. 1 20' „ 1 in 10 6'x 5' 10 eh. ; Engine plane 2,378 2,922 5,300 222,293 227,593 3 7 10 Steam .. .. .. .. „ .. 5/11/15 1 4' x 3' 100' j Saddle Hill (Uo. 2), Saddle Hill Robert Hill ..14 „ ..1 22' 15' 1 in 10 6'x 5' 5 ch. „ 4,326 11,950 16,276 200,744 217,020 8 15 23 .. . .. „ 18/11/15 1 4' x 3' 30' East Taieri, Saddle Hill .. A. G. Rogers (P.) ..4 „ ..1 10' 7' 1 in 10 6'x 5' 300' Adit .. 2,538 821 3,359 5,412 8,771 1 6 7 .. .. .. .. Fan .. 28/10/15 1 4' x 3' 50' Waronui, Milton .. .. J. Carruthers .. 11 „ .. 1 18' 8' 1 in 7 „ .. .. 6'x 6' 15ch. Engine plane 17,259 2,712 19,971 146,364 166,335 14 29 43 Electric tail- T angy e ~ „ .. 11/12/15 6' x 6' 50' rope system McGilp's, Milton .. .. J. J. Cooper (P.) ..11 „ ..1 22' 15' 1 in 8 „ 6'x 6' 5 ch. Adit .. 3,898 .. 3,898 23,035 26,933 1 3 4 Hand .. .. .. .. Natural .. 20/9/15 Taratu, Lovell's Flat .. .. T. Shore .. ..14 „ ..1 20' 12'to 15' 1 in 10 „ ..1 13J' x 5£' 200' Shaft .. 18,702 7,948 26,650 201,320 227,970 13 36 49 Steam Tang ye Fan 11/18/15 1 6' x 4' 185' Hawthorn Den. Kaitangata .. J.Davis (P.) ..7 „ ..1 9' 7' .. 6'x 4' 2 ch. Adit .. 303 .. 303 667 970 1 1 Hand .. .. .. .. Natural .. 23/8/15 Longridge, Kaitangata .. N. Mackie .. .. 7 „ ..1 4' All .. 1 in 4 5'x 4' 100' „ .. 106 .. 106 3,202 3,308 .. 2 2 .. .. .. .. ,, .. 14/10/15 Kaitangata (No. 1), Kaitangata A. S. Gillanders ..39 „ ..1 30' „ .. 1 in lj to 10'x 7' 60 ch. Engine plane, 1 f Steam and 2'6" 6" 280' Fan .. 8/12/15 1 in 30 1 8' x 4\' 580' endless rope i compressed Kaitangata No. 2 .. .. W.Carson .. .. 3 „ ..1 30' „ ,. Variable .. „ .. .. 10'x 6' 20ch. Ditto § .. * 92 > 89ti 47,446 140,342 3,140,834 3,281,176 : 78 272 350 - 2 '6* 6' 200' .. 7/12/15 Castle Hill .. .. .. W.Carson.. ..22 „ ..1 30' „ .. 1 in li to 11'x 6J' 45 ch. „ * : 2'6* 6' 500' Fan .. 10/12/15 1 in 20 1 9' diameter 526' Benhar, Stirling .. .. J. Walls (P.) .. 52 Lignite .. 1 25' 12'tol6' 1 in 10 „ .. .. 6'x 6' 5 ch. Engine plane 4,467 706 5,173 153,002 158,175 1 5 6 Steam .. .. .. .. Exhauststeam 23/8/15 1 4' x 4' 50' from pump Mount Wallace, Stirling .. W.A.Wilson .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 409 .. 409 8,838 9,247 .. 1 1 Mainholm, Pomahaka .J. G. Drummond (P.) 30 Lignite ..1 20' All .. Open .. Open .... .. .. Open .. 1,773 .. 1,773 65,007 66,780 2 .. 2 " !. .. .. 20/9/15 Central Otago. Coal Creek, Roxburgh .. J.Barber .. ..45 Lignite ..1 20' 7' 1 in 3 Bordand .. 6'x 5' 2 ch. Adit .. 466 .. 466 : 59,489 59,955 1 1 2 Horse .. Siphon Natural .. 4/10/15 pillar McPherson's, Coal Creek Flat .. R. McPherson (P.) ..45 „ ..1 60' All .. 1 in 3 Open .. .: .. .. Open .. 2,230 .. 2,230 64,854 67,084 2 .. 2 „ .. Drainage tunnel ,, .. 4/10/15 Perseverance, Coal Creek Flat .. J. Craig (P.) .. 28 „ .. 1 75' 25' 1 in 3 Bordand .. 7'x 6' 5 ch. Engine plane 1,544 .. 1,544 58,074 59,618 1 2 3 Pelton wheel Hydraulic-jet pump ,, .. 4/10/15 pillar Alexandra, Alexandra .. D. Mathias (P.) .. 34 ,, .. 1 9' 7' 1 in 4 Ditto .. .. 6'x 5' 5 ch. ,, .. 2,561 .. 2,561 83,208 85,769 2 5 7 Steam .. Snowpump Exhauststeam 29/9/15 1 5' x 3J' 60' ! Cambrian, Cambrian .. .. M.J.Miller ..54 „ ..1 30' All .. .. Open .... .. .. Open .. 165 .. 165 48,302 48,467 1 1 Horse .. .. .. .. .. 18/8/15 Laudervale, Cambrian .. R.Jones .. ..11 „ ..1 12' „ .. .. „ .. .. ,, .. 171 .. 171 1,054 1,225 1 .. 1 „ .. .. .. .. .. 18/8/15 St. Bathan's, St. Bathan's .. J. Enright .. ..18 „ L 20' 15' .. .. ... „ .. 148 .. 148 5,765 5,916 1 .. 1 ,, .. .. .. .. .. 18/8/15 Rough Ridge, Oturehua .. J. Beck (P.) ..29 „ ..1 20' All .. .. „ .. .. .. .. „ .. 569 .. 569 28,708 29,277 2 .. 2 .. Drainage tunnel .. 18/8/15 Idaburn, Oturehua .. .. J. White (P.) .. 45 „ .. 1 20' „ .. .. .. .. „ .. 632 .. 632 44,105 44,737 1 1 .". Drainage tunnel .. 18/8/15 Oturehua, Oturehua .. .. R. Thomas (P.) .. 23 „ .. 1 7' .. .. .. .. „ .. 92 .. 92 2,037 2,129 1 1 . Douglas pump .. 18/8/15 Gimmerburn, Gimmerburn .. C.Dougherty ..59 „ 1 12' „ .. .. „ .. .. ,, .. 12 .. 12 3,193 3,205 .. .. .. ,, Shepherd's Creek, Bannockburn W. R. Parcell .. 38 Brown ..1 8' 7' 1 in 6 Bordand .. 6'x 6' 200' Engine plane 868 .. 868 82,510 1 3 4 Steam .. T angy e Exhauststeam 17/8/15 pillar Cairnmuir, Bannockburn .. H. C. Russell (P.) ..13 „ ..1 12' 10' 1 in 1 to Ditto .... 6'x 6' 5 ch. „ 2,291 .. 2,291 34,707 36,998 1 5 6 „ .. Tangye „ 17/8/15 1 in 3 Ranfurly, Bannockburn .. J. Hodson, jun. (P.) 5 „ ..1 10' All .. 1 in 1 Levels .. 6'x 5' 150' „ 3,172 .. 3,172 2,603 5,775 1 4 5 .. Snowpump „ 17/8/15 Cardrona, Cardrona .. .. R. McDougall (P.) .. 31 „ .. 1 10' .. .. Open .. .. .. .. Open .. 205 .. 205 25,422 25,627 2 2 Horse .. .. .. .. 13/1/16 Gibbston, Gibbston .. .. J.Duncan .. .. 29 „ .. 1 15' 10' 1 in 5 Bordand .. 6'x 5' 20oh. Adit .. , 663 128 791 21,376 22,167 1 1 2 Steam .. .. .. .. Natural .. 14/1/16 pillar Ryder's, Nevis .. .. R. Toms (P.) ..15 „ ..1 45' 30' Semi-vertical Levels .. .. .. .. 747 .. 747 10,496 11,243 .. 1 1 Horse .. .. .. .. „ .. 16/12/15 Nevis, Nevis.. .. .. R. A. Thomson (P.) .. .. .. 2 6'to 30' .. .. .. .. .. 150' Adit .. 185 .. 185 5,624 5,809 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 16/12/15 Nevis Crossing, Nevis .. R. Ritchie (P.) .. 12 „ .. 1 16' 16' .. Open .. .. .. .. Open .. 604 .. 604 11,524 12,128 2 1 3 Horse .. .. .. .. .. 16/12/15 Clarke's, Nevis Crossing, Nevis.. J.Ritchie .. ..1 „ ..1 9' 9' .. „ .. .. .. .. „ .. 180 .. 180 .. 180 2 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. 16/12/15 Dillon's, Blackstone Hill .. J.Dillon .. ..18 Lignite .. 1 12' .. .. .. .. „ .. 10 .. 10 254 264 Southland. Pukerau, Pukerau .. .. F. A. Junker (P.) .. 35 Lignite .. 1 16' 9' 1 in 8 Bordand .. 7'x 6' 10oh. Adit .. 732 .. 732 39,895 40,627 .. 1 1 Horse .. .. .. .. Natural .. 23/9/15 pillar Heffernan's, East Gore .. E.Jones (P.) ..37 „ ..1 20' 12' 1 in 7 Ditto .. .. 6'x 6' 5 oh. Engine plane 3,025 .. 3,025 59,015 62,040 1 1 2 Steam .. Snowpump „ .. 20/8/15 Green's,Gore .. .. W. C. Johnston (P.) 27 „ .. 1 17' 12' lin20 10'x 8' lOoh. „ 11,349 .. 11,349 154,876 166,225 1 6 7 .. Tangye Fan .. 22/9/15 1 4' x 3' 50' Bushy Park, Croydon.. .. J.Wilson .. ..10 „ ..1 20' All .. .. Open .... .. .. Open .. 970 .. 970 20,713 21,683 1 .. 1 „ .. Steam pump .. 26/8/15 Burnwell, North Chatton .. W. Mclvor (P.) .. 16 ,, .. 1 20' 12' linlO Bordand .. 10'x 8' 5 ch. Engine plane 1,955 .. 1,955 34,925 36,880 1 1 2,, .. St earn pump Natural .. 20/8/15 , pillar Ramsay's, North Chatton .. J. Buchols (P.) .. 12 ,, .. 1 20' 15' linlO Ditto .. .. 8'x 6' 5ch. ,, 7,067 .. 7,067 65,794 72,861 1 3 4 ,, .... .. .. „ .. 20/8/15 Springfield, Waikaka Valley ... J. Duncan (P.) .. 22 „ .. 1 17' 10' linlO „ .. .. 9'x 8' 5 ch. „ 7,853 .. 7,853 41,720 49,573 1 4 5 ,, .. Steam pump „ .. 20/8/15 1 4' x 3' 50' Glenlee, Waikaka .. .. D. T. McGill (P.) ..22 „ ..1 14' All .. Open .... .. .. Open .. 646 .. 646 13,715 14,361 1 1 2 Horse .. .. .. .. .. 20/8/15 Edges, Waikaka .. .. A. A. Edge (P.) .. 16 „ .. 1 16' 12' 1 in 14 Bordand .. 8'x 8' 3 ch. Engine plane 2,124 .. 2,124 42,276 44,400 1 1 2 Steam .. Steam pump Natural .. 20/8/15 pillar t Rossvale, Waikaia .. .. R. Craig (P.) .. 12 ,, .. 1 10' 8' 1 in 12 ! Ditto .. .. 6'x 5' lOoh. Adit .. 2,067 .. 2,067 32,695 34,762 1 2 3 Horse .. .. .. .. „ .. 24/9/15 1 4'x 3' 60' Argyle, Waikaia .. .. H. C. Hutton (P.) ..24 ,, .. 1 20' All .. .. Open .... .. .. Open .. 469 .. 469 4,251 4,720 2 .. 2 ,, .. .. .. .. ,, .. 24/9/15 Anderson's, Riversdale, Wendon .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 108 .. 108 5,727 5,835 .. 2 2 .. .. .. .. „ .. 24/9/15 Waimea, including Lynoh's, King- J. E. Johnstone (P.).. 7 „ ..1 6' All .. .. Bordand .. [6'x 6' 2 ch. Adit .. 1,052 .. 1,052 6,534 7,586 1 1 2 Horse .. .. .. .. „ .. 24/9/15 stone Crossing pillar Princhester Creek, The Key .. W. O. Kempthorne .. 13 Brown .. 1 6' „ .. Irregular .. Open .. .. .. .. .. 90 90 1,408 1,498 1 1 „ .. .. .. .. „ .. 28/1/15 Mataura Collieries, Mataura .. J.Broome .. .. 19 Lignite .. 1 17' 12' linlO f Bordand .. 8'x 6' 5ch. Engine plane 5,337 .. 5,337 168,041 173,378 2 3 5 Steam .. Steam pump „ .. 22/9/15 pillar 1 4' diameter 50' Mataura Lignite Pit, Mataura .. William Coster (P.) 39 „ .. 1 18' All .. .. Open .... .. .. Open .. 10,930 10,930 137,020 147,950 8 8 Horse .. St earn pump .. . 22/9/15 Waimumu, Mataura .. .. G. W. Williams (P.) .. 16 „ ..1 9' 7' .. ...... .. .. ., .. 136 .. 136 30,577 30,713 1 .. 1 „ .. .. .. .. .. 5/3/15 Heatherlea, Waimumu .. F. Barber .. ..4 „ ..1 .. .. .. •• •• » •• 119 •• 119 236 355 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 5/3/15 Ota Creek. Wyndham .. E. Genge (P.) ..35 ,, ..1 6' All ,. .. .. .. ,. .. 1,072 .. 1,072 17,849 18,921 1 .. 1 „ .. Steam pump .. 22/9 15 Clarke's, Wyndham G. W. Clarke (P.) .. 8 „ ..1 12' ,, .. .. .. .. » .. 1,080 .. 1,080 12,391 13,471 1 1 I „ .. Steam pump .. : 22/9 15 Robinhood, Pine Bush .. J. Conser .. ..34 „ ..1 14' ,, L. .. •• •• >> •• •• •• •• 3,287 3,287 .. .. .. „ .. .. .. .. .. | ../ Graham's, Fairfax .. .. E.Graham .... .. .. .. .. .. •• .. •• .. -4 .. 24 16,617 16,641 .. 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. I ../ Nightcaps, Nightcaps .. William Barclay .. 34 Brown .. 2 26'in 24' 1 in 7 | Bordand .. 10'x 10' 20ch. Adit, engine 65,361 .. 65,361 1,031,484 1,096,845 27 81 108 Steam, com- Three tangyes Two fans .. 18/11/15 aggregate pillar .. 9' x 6' 20 ch. plane j pressed air, 1 8' x 4' 6* 90' j and horse New Brighton, Nightcaps .. A. Hunter .. .. 9 ,, ..1 12'to 20' 12' 1 in 7 Ditto .. .. 6'x 6' 5ch. Adit .. 11,492 52 11,544 32,505 44,049 3 7 10 Steam .. .. .. .. Natural .. 19/11/15 Thistle, Nightcaps .. .. H. Fergusson (P.) .. 2 ,, ..1 9' 7' 1 in 6 » .. .. 6'x 5' 3 ch. „ .. 1,942 .. 1,942 210 2,152 1 4 5 .. .. .. .. 19/11/15 Wairio, Nightcaps .. .. C. H. Heycock ..10 „ ..1 17' 9' 1 in 7 6'x 6' 2 ch. „ 15,496 414 15,910 9,973 25,883 4 18 22 .. .. .. .. .. 19/11/15 Wairio Railway and Coal Com- C. H. Heycock .. 1 „ ..1 Prospecting .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 972 .. 972 .. 972 3 4 7 .. .. .. .. .. 19/11/15 pany, Wairio Wairaki (formerly New Wairaki), R. McDowell (P.) .. 2 „ ..1 9' 7' 1 in 6 Bordand .. 6'x 6' 2 ch. Adit .. 350 .. 350 .. 350 1 2 3.. .... .. Natural .. 19/11/15 Nightcaps pillar Beaumont, Nightcaps.. .. J. Thomson (P.) .. 7 „ ..1 20' 15' lin4 Open .... .. .. .. 2,297 .. 2,297 6,709 9,006 6 6 Steam .. Steam pump .. 19/11/15 Mossbank, Nightcaps .. J. Thomson (P.) ..1 „ ..1 9' 7' 1 in 6 Bordand .. 6'x 5' 2 ch. Adit .. 765 .. 765 .. 765 2 .. 2 „ .. .. .. .. Natural .. 19/11/15 pillar Mount Linton, Nightcaps .. A. Hunter .. ..21 „ ..1 20' 15' .. Open .... .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,314 3,314 6 .. 6 „ .. Steam pump .. 19/11/15 Birrell's, Nightcaps .. .. J. Phillips (P.) .. 1 „ ..1 10' All .. .. .. .. 504 .. 504 .. 504 3 3 .. .. .. .. .. 19/11/15 Beattie's, Nightcaps .. .. G. Beattie .. 1 „ .. 1 9' ,. .. .. .. .. 19 .. 19 19 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 19/11/15 Diamond Lignite, Seaward Bush T. Knuckey (P.) .. 13 Lignite .. 1 32' .. .. » .. .. .. .. .■ 1,537 .. 1,537 11,005 12,542 1 1 .. .. .. .. .. 28/11/15 Lynwood, Te Anau .. .. T. Roberts (New Zea- 15 „ .. 1 7' ., .. .. .. •• .. •• •. •• 171 .. 171 1,998 2,169 1 1 land Tourist Department) Wellwood Park, Pukerau .. A. M. Mason ..14 „ ..1 7' „ I. .. •> .. .. -• Adit .. 15 15 304 319 Otikerama Station, Pukerau .. W. J. Voight. ..18 „ ..1 7' „ I. .. •• •• »• •• •• •• .. 300 300 Riverview, Gore .. .. J. Nicol .. .... ,, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 65 .. 65 1,836 1,901 .. .. .. Tuach's, Waimumu .. J. Tuach .. ..9 .. .. .. .. .. Adit .... .. .. Adit .. .. .. .. 81 81 .. .. .. .. .. ' Output of mines included in .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• •• •• •• •• •• .. 2,287,182 2,287,182 previous statements at which operations are suspended or abandoned Totals, Southern District, .. .. .. .. .. .. .. •• -• •• •• 381,206 88,009 469,215 11,199,919 11,669,134 265 666 931 South Island Totals, West Coast Dis- .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 837,335 441,659 1,278,994 21,000,346 22,279,340 573 1,749 2,322 trict, South Island Totals, North Island .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 338,251 122,164 460,415 7,126,790 7,587,205 212 691 903 Grand totals .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,556,792 651,832 2,208,624 39,327,055 41,535,679 1,050 3,106 ! 4,156 I ' I Output of mines included in statement for 1890, but whose operations were suspended prior to 1890 (less three, which are again included in body of statement—namely, Hill's Creek, 779 tons ; Lovell's Flat, 323 tons ; Wyndham, 1,988 tons : Tons. total, 3,090 tons) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 132,732 Output of mines included in former statements, but whose operations were suspended prior to 1889 .. .. .. 172,529 Output of Waikaka, Adam's Flat, and Waimea Mines, inserted twice in statement for 1891 .. .. .. .. 6,518 Shale exported, 1914 .. •• •• •• • • •• •• •• •• . • •• • • 21 41,847,479* * Thih total include* 14,443 tons of oil-shale mined prior to 1914.

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