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VICTORIA.
MINERAL STATISTICS OF VICTORIA
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PAGli: MEMORANDUll . 5 MINERAL STATISTICS, 1877 7 GOLD 7 Particulars respecting Pyrites Works in Victoria in IS77 .. 9 :METALS AND MINEMLS OTHER 'THAN GOLD'" .... " 14 Number of'MiJi'(mi employedi~ Mining 'for Metals 'and Miner&ls other'tban'Gold :.: . ~",,, ..... 15 Number of Smelting Works in 'Victoria in 1877 ' ... 15 Nuinber of Miners employed in the seveialMiliing Di~t~fct'sltof"eachQua.i:ter;'du'rin'gtlie'·Ye'ar 1877-Summary 18 , ,/., .... . ":" , .,;, .... "'" "the 'Quarter ended 31st December 1'877 18 , • .".,:Mining' District of Ballarat ' .. , ., ':: '. " , .. , ';r lS" " "Beecbwortb' " ' " 19 Sandburst' 19 " ';'f'" " Maryborough " 19 " " " . Castlemaine .. 20 " , ( " " ".. Ararat " 20 " "Gippsland'" . " . . 20 Number orI\bchines employed in'Alluvial'and Quartz 1\1ining in tb'ifseveral"'Miniri~"'Districts'du;'iDg t1ie Qiiarter ended 31st December 1S77-,-Suminary •.'; ••• ••• " 21 Number of Machines employed ill Alluvial and Qllartz Minin'g in the,;.;.,. Mining District of Ballarat during the Quarter ended 31st'Decemoer IS77 .•. 22 Beechwortb 22 " " "Sandhurst " 23 " Maryborough .. " 23 Castlemaine " " 24 " Ararat " " " 24 "~ Gippsland" " 25 Number of distinct Quartz Reefs actually proved to be Auriferous. and the' Totai Extent in Square Miles of Auriferous Alluvial and Quartz'Ground actually worked upon, in the several Mining'Districts-'-Summary. ••• . 25 Number of distinct Quartz Reefs actually proved tl) be Auriferous, and the Total Extent in Square Mires of Auriferous Alluvial and Quartz Ground actually worked' UPOIl, in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District 25 Average Yieln of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz crushed in 1877 in the several Mining Districts-Summary 26 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quar.tz crushed in 1877, in the 'several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District 27 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz 'railings, Mullock, &c., crushed in 1877 in the'scveral lInning Districts-Summary 2 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Quartz Tailings, Mullock, &c., crushed in 1877 in tbe several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District .•. 28 Average Yield of Gold· from certain parcels of Pyrites and llIanketings operated on in 1877 in the'several'Mining Districts-Summary 29 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Pyrites and llIanketings operated on in 1877 in the several Divisions and . Subdivisions of each Mining District .. 30 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Wllshdirt puddled and sluiced!n 1877 in the several Mining Districts Summary 31 :Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Washdirt puddled"and sluiced in "1877 in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District •.. 31 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Cement crushed in 1877 in the several Mining DistrictS-Summary 32 Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Cement erushed in 1S77 in the several Divisions and Subdivisions of each Mining District 33 Prices charged per ton for crushing Quartz and Cement in the several Mining Districts during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877 34 Price of Gold per ounce in the several Mining Districts during the Quart&r ended 31st December 1877 34 Return of the Quantity of Gold Exported during the Year IS77 ... 34 Return showing approximately the Gold obtained from Quartz Veins and Alluvial Workings during the Year 1877 34 Return of Victorian Gold received at the Melbourne Branch of the Royal Mint in 1877. 34 !teturn of the Number of Gold-Mining Leases!n force on 31st December IBn, and the Extent of Ground Leased 35 Return of the Number of Gold,l\1ining Leases issued in the Year 1877, and the Extent of Ground,Leased 35 Return of the Area of Land held as Claims under the District Bye.laws, and of Land pl'otect~d by Registration or by Exemption Certificates in the several ,Mining Diiltricts, on 31st December 1877-Summary 35 • ~ . ."!. .:< ,' :o'. ,.. ,.:,. .'
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• .- • MINERAL STATISTIOS", 1877...:
The present report ,bears satisfactorytestimonycto:::the, careL iWitk w.hich the officers of the 'Department have' performed the work of ',coHecting,,'compiling; and
'collating statistical and other information~respecting. mining operations' during the year. t ,": rl '1. To mine owners,: mine managers, managers'of balllks;,and-~others;·,the,Depart;. ment acknowledges its indebtedness, and thanks them for the assistance and information they have given. The returns for the year show'that 965,573 tons 15 cwt. 'of quartz have been 'raised. ,This amount is less by 46,234 tons 9 cwt. than the quantity raised during 1876. But little difficulty exists in checking the estimated yield of gold from quartz mining, as reluctance on th~ part of mine owners .to reveal the results of their crushing opemtions is seldom shown, and hence the totals of the yield of gold from. quartz, quartz tailings, and pyrites treated,·:added. together, closely approximate to the estimated ,total yield. ·So far,· however, .as..regards ,allu:vial,.mining,·the· estimated--yield, must :remain with9ut a confirming.~heckmntil a greater, number ofpersons superintending this branch of mi~ing ,keep records:of the amount of ..washdirt~and1cement,operatedon,', , The estimates of .gold raised. in Victoriaduring,the\ past,six:years are respec tively as follow :
- 1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. --,---, ozs. dwts, ozs. dwts. ozs. dwts. ozs. dwts.grs. ozs. dwts.grs. ozs. dwts. grs. Exported, according to returns furnished by the Hon. the Com missioner of Trade and Customs 1,160,554 19 1,115,987 14 904,11;4 ·0 709,934 18 0 506,345 6 0 508,693 2 0 Received at the Melbourne branch of the Royal Miut ••It' ... 121,965 17 125,217 4 251,817 19 385,852· 30 427,878 16 0 290,919 17 0 Raised, according to estimates made by the Mining Registrars' 1,331,377 18 1,1,70,397 12 1,097,644, 0 1,068,418' , °0 963,760 0 0 809,653 416
Purchased, according to returns , " made by managers of banks and , others ...... 1;218,094 ,9 1,162,492 14 1,105,115 0 1,077,276 5 5, 949,468 12 17 790,147 810
The estinlated yield of gold f01'"the 'past~year-,.is 154,1070zs.· .less, than:~the quantity obtained during 1876. Refen·illg to the returns ofgold exported} it should be noted that as the balances ofgold held by the banks vary at the, close qf each year, so do the returns of gold €xported differ from the produce for each year., '. The estimated yields of ,gold from allllvial',and fi'om quartimioes} since the year 1867, as prepared by the Mining Registrars, are given below :--' AllUvial. Quartz.
02>9. ozs. In 1868 1,087,502 597,416 1869 934,082 '. . ~ '.i•• 610,674
,1870, ,718,729 ' 585,575 , " 1871 698,190 _", ••• 670,752 1872 639,551 691,826 1873 504,250 666,147
,1874 '."" ...; 433,283 I ••• 664,360 1875 426,61,1 ,~ tl ... 641,806 1876 357,901, 605,859 1877 289,754 5 Hl,899
, Th~,foregoj.ng ,figp,res shQwa steady. annual. decrease since ·1868. in .the amount of gold ob~a\n~dfr,qm ~lluv~l depositR;, thedecrease.is, 7.91,7:48.,Qzs. This reduction 8
in the yield is owing to the gradual and inevitable exhaustion of the auriferous drifts of the earlier discovered' goldfields" and to the 'non-discovery in l~ter' years of mining areas of sufficient extent and richness to compensate for the diminished yields obtained from the older alluvial workings . •The yield of gold from quartz mines has 'not increased during the year; and is the smallest return recorded during the past ten years. , Yield of gold from quartz. 'The following statemen.t gives the yields of gold 'from certain parcels of quartz respecting which the Registrars have obtained information in the six years 1872' to 1877 :-,
Year. Crushed or Treated. Produce. Average per Ton.
" \ tons cwt. ozs. dwts. grs.-I ozs. dwts. gl'S. 1872 954,571 ' 2 568;381 17 14 i 0 11 21'81 1873 991,673 19 567,214 7 2 0 11 10'55 1874 967,069 9 ' 573,220 17 5 0 11 '20:5i ' ,1875 949,468 12 565,561 10 10 0, 11 ,21'92 1876 1,011,808 4 534,328 6 19 0 10 13'48 1877 ' ...... 965,573 15 ' 453,372 19 . 9 0 9 9'31-5 . The past year gives the lowest average yieldper ton 'yet returned. The next minimum average yield recorded was that of 9 d,vts. 21'05 grs. in 1870.
Yield of gold The followhig tabl~ shows the quantities of quartz tailings, mullock, &c., crushed from quartz tailings, mul. lock, &c. and treated, and the results obtained therefrom, during the last six years :
I'Quartz Tailings, lIrullock, I Average per Ton. Year. &c., Crushed. , Produce.
t.ons 'cwt. OZ8. ,dwts. grs. ozs. dwts. grs. 1872 67,182 15 8,972 14 23 0 2 16'll 1873 25,387 0 2,880 0 5 0 2 6'45 1874 69,439 0 6,866 11 10 0 1 23'46 1875 31,299 0 4,432 15 23 0 2 19'98 1876 34,628 7 3,281 10 22 0 1 21'49 1877 28,435 0 2,938 9 5 0 2' 1'60
Yield of gold The quantities of pyrites, blanketings, &c., treated during the past six years, from pyrites, &0. and the gold ,obtained, were as follow:
Ye.r. Pyrites find Blank.lings : Produce. .Average per Ton. Treated. '
tons cw!. ozs. dwts. gr•. QZS. dwis. gr,;. 1872 ... 5,008 18 13,636 ' 8 0 2 14 10'83 1873 .. , 5,568 0 15,887 17 8 2 17 1-64 1874 ... 6,725 15 18,941 14 13 2 16 7'82 ' ,1875 . .... 7,1:99 5 18,565 18, 2 2 9 12'34 1876 .. , 7,057 3 ' 17,538 19 21 2 9 16;93 ' 1877 ... 7,359 6 ' 13,645' 3 ' 5 1 16 21'65
The quantity of pyrites and blanketings operated on during the past year is' 300 tons more than the quantity treated during 1876 ; the average yield of gold per ton is about 25 per cent . .less. ' Over 3,400 tons were treated in the Sandhurst district alone. Ararat is the only mining qistrict not'represented in this return. See Tables Nos. 24 and 25. During the nine years (1869-1877) .47,361 tons 3 cwt. of pyrites have been operated on, and a total yield of 120,301 ozs. 1 dwt. 18 grs.' of gold obtained, equal to an average of 2 ozs. 10 dwts. 19'24 grs. per ton. The return respecting 'pyrites works for the year 1'877 s~ows that this im portant hran~h 'of the ~ining industry 'is steadily increasing, and will, doubtless, in a
few y~ars; take a pro'min~nt position. The tre~tment 1of' ~our 'auriferous pyrites - -- year by year receiving more attention at the hands of both commercial and scientific ' men. PARTICUI,ARS RESPECTIXG PYRITES 'VORKS IN VICTORIA, 1877. Steam Engines. Number of No. or' Works. 37 158 10 25 318 1 42 40 70 32 20 2 9 6 I NOTE.-In some cases the motiYe power required t.o work pyrites machinory is derived from engines crushing quartz~ The quantity of gold returned by the Registrars as having been derived from quartz and quartz tailings crushed, and pyrites operated on, during 1877, as stated in Tables Nos. 20, 22, and 24, amounts to 469,956 ozs. 11 dwts. 9 -grs. ; but records of the whole of the gold obtained from these sources have not been obtained, as will ' be seen by reference to Table 33, which shows a yield of not less than 513,452 ozs. from quartz mines. The quantities of vein-quartz crushed, and the average yield per ton of gold Quartz crushe~ obtained therefrom, were, during the past ,six years, according to the infonnation collected by the Mining Registrars in the several districts of the colony, as, follow : 1872. 1873. I 1874. District. I I Avemge I Quartz Average AYerage Yield of Gold Quartz YieM of Gold Quartz neW of Gold Crushed. per Ton. Crushed. per Ton. I Crushed, per 'ron. tons ewt, . ozs, dwts. grs. I<>n, ewt. Gt:$. dwts. grs. I<>n, nwt_ (IX!!. dwt~. 81'S. Ballarat ...... 307,830 10, 0 5 1l'39 322,333 14 0 5 14'68 276,409 16 0 7 15-S8 Beechworth ...... 76,648 0 o 1020'15 85,382 11 0 9 15'42 73,125 15 OlD 5'26 Sandhurst ...... 292,630 10 o 17 2-64 317,429 0 o 15 13'86 323,493 0 o 14 6'35 Maryborough ...... 35,158 0 011 14'63 40,509 5 010 9'20 31,903 0 0 9 10'77 Castlemaine ...... 134,241 0 0 9 2-80 129,855 14 0 9 9'44 156,146 10 0 :l 16'98 Ararat ... ". 70,201 14 o 17 13'00 60,733 0 o 18 20'97 63,757 0 o 18 9'80 Gippsland ...... , 37,861 8 1 5 21'88 35,430 15 1 7 16-28 42,234 8 1 3 12'79 I 1875. i 1876. lSn. Ballarat ...... 283,668 12 0 8 ] 7'60 -I 315,407 6 ' 0 6 14'46 350,761 0 0 6 20'69 Beechworth ...... 6{,f)42 4 o II 1'93 61.1,638 12 011 6'61 64,471 12 o 10 23'41 Sandhurst ...... 331,688 0 o 13 6-09 356,927 10 o 11 22'86 302,153 10 0 8 19'20 Maryborough ••. ... 33,671 0 o 10 13'48 32,605 0 0 8 18'66 40,409 0 o 12 6'02 Castle maine ...... 1I7,504 10 0 8 4-09 111,716 10 0 7 14-45 94,463 0 0 6 13'90 Ararat ...... 75,467 10 o 17 23']6 88,729 0 o 16 22-47 77,798 13 o 18 4'04 Gippsland ...... 43,426 16 1 4 7'94 40,784 6 1 3 ]2'58 35,517 0 1 1 12'24 As usual, the Gippsland and Ararat districts hold the first and second places in regard to high average yields of gold; but the number of tons crushed in these districts is small as compared with the number treated in the districts of Sandhurst and Ballarat. The quantity of washdirt puddled or sluiced during' the year 1877, compiled Washdlrn.. from the returns made by certain companies and individual miners, was 674,921 tons; and the yield therefi'om 34,065 ozs. 4 dwts. 2 grs., or an average of 1 dwt. 2'16 grs. per ton. Information has been obtained respecting the crushing of 24,615 tons 16 cwt. Cement., of cement, which yielded 6,144 ozs. 18 dwts. 15 grs. of gold, or an average of 4 d"yts. 23'82 grs. per ton. No.S. B 10 Sumher or qu~rtz miners. ; The"nmnhers of miners, employed in alluvial and ;mining on ,the 31st December in each of the past six years were as follow:- ., :( ',' i 1872. 1873. 1874. i i i l)istrict. I ! Alluvial Quartz Alluvial Quartz Alluvial Quar!.z I J.1iners. I Miners. Total. Minersa ].liners. Toto.l. lfiuers. .Miners. Toto.L. ------Ballarat I: ... ' 9,323 ,3,262 12,585 8,220 ' 3,lf~8 • 1l,388 ' 7,307' 2,750 10,057 Beechworth ." ,5,988 - 1,477 7,465 5,557 6,928 5,194: 1,222' : 6,416, '2,737 Sandhurst '" 3,066 i 5,130 8,196 2,899 5,078 7,977 4,526 7,263 Maryborough •.• 8,509 ' ' 2,054 10,563 8,484 1,880 10,364 6,978 1,809, 8,787 (;astlemain~ ... , 5,247 3,098 8,345 4,665 3,141 7,806 4,571 2,219 6,790 ' Ararat ... 2,021 ' 945 2,966 1,996 1,167 3,163 2,124 1,197 3,321 ' .' Sa.ndh llrst . '2;149 ' I .6,5'72 " 2,175 " .., .... . 2,569 .. ,4,526 ' 7,086 4,423 " 4,3"42 6,517" .. .. Maryborough ... 5,755 1,732 . 7,487 , 7,530 1,705 9,235 5,887 1,862 7,749 Castlemaine ... 4,456 1,962 G,418 3,880 1,566 I 5,446 3,709 1,446 5,155 Arara.t ... 2,168 1,012 3,180 2,102 1,013 3,115 ' 2,007 935 2,942 .. Gippshmd " . 1,444 91~ .2,359 .1,466 675 - 2,141" 1,251 ' 553 1,804 .... '," Totals 27,024 14_G93 41,717 26,558 14,452 41,010 23,315 14,690' i 38,005 ... .. I i I -- '" The decrease in the number of alluvial IDiners contimies, and is large for the past year. The numher now employed is 12,826 ·less than in the year,1872 ; the number of men-engaged in quartz mining si!lce the Sarrie! year has. din:iinished~ by 2;134. The decrease in the number of both classes of miners, comparing the return for 1877 with that for 1876, is 3,005. ',Ch;IICScrriirral'E. In the year 1872 there were 14,158 Chinese engaged in n1ining operations, \"\,vhilst in 1877 there were only 9,876. There is a decrease of 1,291 in .the returil' HoI' the past as compal~ed ,yith that of the preceding year. Dividing the value of. the gold exported and received into the Mint amon'gst· tlwmin"l's. "the mean number of miners employed in the year 1877, the' average per man IS £82 6s. l~d. The averages for the past sbr years are shown ·in the following statement : QUAllTZ )I'KERB. ALLUVIAL l\IrS:EICi. AvCl'age l;:',,:rning:; per man Year, l)cr-annnm. E - -- . 11 The following table shows the extent to which steam machinel'Y has been )Ift.chincr. em'pl(Jycd~ employed at the gold mines of the colony during the past six years :~ I " A,UDVJAL )fINING. QUARTZ ]IINum. .. Steam Engines employed in 1Vinding, , Steam ~l1gines employed. ~n' 'Yindin'g, Stllmp-llends Pumping, &c. Pumping, &c. (crushing Quartz or olher Yeiu-s! uJI). ;. ·'i Ballarat 210 6,262 136 3,317 1,235 BcechIVortb 43 702 73 847 1,069 r~nndhnrst ·20 298 , 224 4,014 1,412 1872 <1) :Mary borough 74 2,144 105 - <.2,040 748 Cnstlemaine •.. 18 309 160 3,087 1,186 Ararat ... 13 175 42 1,027 410 l Gippsland 1 6 42 786 500 1------:----,----1:---,---.:.'\---.------ 379 I 9,896 782 15,118 6,560 r Ballarat 197 5,929 131 3,385 1,194 Beechworth 44 711 65 859 1,024 . Saudhnrst 19 290 235 4,133 1,423 1873 . M~ryborough •.• 71 2,087 109 2,017 830 .' Castlemai1l6 14 301 .165 . .. 3,296 1,141 1. Ararat 15 241 38, 1,032 397 L Gippsland 2 " 20 46 ,799 492 I 362 '9,579 789 15,521 6,501 ---1------1----- . {Ballarat" 185 5,705 135 0,348 1,121 , Bqcchwor,th 45 lj'30 69 896 1,014 . Saudhurst 19 300 232 4,216 1,428 1874 Maryborough ... 67 1,938 no 2,070 872 Castlemaine 13 291 160 3,044 1,151 Ararat 22 ' 328 41 1,411 344 l Gippsland 2 ,25 41 . 564 501 353 9,317 788 15,549 6,43i (Ballarat 169 5,259 138 3,330. l,l72 BeechIVorth 46 742 68 879 1,036 . J Sandhnrst 15 250 239 4,260 1,412 Hit5 <1 Marybor~ugh '" 65 1,960 100 1,901 826 , Castlem:npe ... 11 257 144 2,978 1,059 Ararat •.. 23 336 43 1,4i7 344 l Gippsland 3 30 37 564 502 332 8,834 769 15,389 6,351 (Ballarat 142 4,662 159 3,866 1,248 4'1 702 75~ 1,008 1,049 ~=~~t:;:tth 10 190 24;5 . 4,453 1,430 1876 :Maryborough ... 55 1,667 94 1,830 712 Cnstlernaine 13 279 .140 2,789 1,025 Ararat 22 328 44 1,577 384 Gippsland 3 30 35 . 566 508 1 .' 289 7,858 792 l(i,089 6,356 Ballarat 115' 3,750 170 4,066 1,188 Beechworth 37 541 74 1,028 1,036 fSandhurst ' 10 190 243 4,464 1,464 1877 :MarYbOrOUgh .. , 55 1,652 93 1,873 682 Castlemuillc ... 12 257 144 2,903 1,014 Ararat ... 22 328 45 1,587 889 1Gipp3land ... 4 44 43 733 486 255 6,762 812 l6,654 6,259 I ------.."'~,~-"------ 14 Gnnpowder The qmlntiti~s of gunpowder stored in the magazines on the goldfields, and llsed,&c.. the 'moneys received and ~isbursed in the Warden'~ offices,;aI~e 'given in Tables Nos. 47, 46, and 45. Comparuea The number of mining companies. registered during the year 1877 was 60; registered. the number of shares was 755,566 ; and the nbriiinal dapital, £667,316. The appended tabular l'1tatementshowsthe'number of'mining companies regis tered in ea9h of the past'si.x y~ars, togetlier with 'the number ofshares arid the nominal capital :-, . . .. ' . , . Y~ar, I . Number of Comvnnies. .. Number of Share•• Nominal Capital. " ' .. £ s. d. 1872 ... 522 11,160,843 ... 6,813,071 1873 ... 385 .. 6,-91-1,424 5,059,857· 15° ° , ; ; . .143 1,968,802 1,{)92,213: 0 0 .'. " . '''1i . 1874 ...... , ", ~ ° ; '107" " .', .. "; 1875 ... 1,474,811 1,234,680 10 0 (. , . : . ' . '1876 ...... '94: , .. \ ' ; .1,548,833 1,349,696' 0 '0 1877 " ... 60 755,566 667,316 0 0 . ., . . , . '.. Fqur·candidates . presented 'themselves fo'r examination in mine and land sur· veying' during. the year, and tpree passed.- i' .... :.. ' Bnslness of the ,Tl;te'r~mpunt of:,b,ui:!i.ness' transacted, 'In\\the;:Departme:nf in r~lation' to Mining Department, and _Wate~.supply to ,the goldfields 'during._.tlie years 1876 and 1877_ is shown a.p'pr,Qximately by the following figures ;-.," / ' 18'76. 1877. Number ofIetters received 20,562 21,025 Correspondcnce referred from other departments, inwards , 8,049 9,803 References outwards '.., '8~'620 10,336, Nuinber of accounts received .:. 3,707 4,922 'Numbcr of ace'ounts passed ..,:. 3,812 4,716 . Number of schedUles passed (i~'tripllcate) '319 295 6,349 '6,071 . Number, of returns. received, ... Number of lettcrs outwarils .~. ... . 23,670 24,127 NumberofappU.' The ,number of applications ;for leases ~and' licenses dealt witli during'the year cations for leases I ' and licenses. 1877 was as follows : , .Appli~tions lodged for gold-mining leases . 267. _ Applications lodged for mineral leases 43 Applications lodged for water-right liccnses , . 3 Applications lodged for gold-mining leases on: l'cserved' Iallds 3 ,To,t111 n~ml;>er 9f, app'Ii,cations for. ,leases aud licenses dea.1t with (granted,~ refused, or abandoned), as notified in the Government Gazette ••. 305 New leases issued'inlieu of surrendered leases (gold 'and ~ineral) 42 METALS AND MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. , ' Silver.-During the past year 3,892 tons of.argentiferous ore have been raised, and 671 ozs. 15 dwts. 15 grs. of silver obtained therefrom. To this amount 19,046 oZs. 12 dwts. of silver parted from gold smelted ·at the Mint must be added.' The total yield therefore of silver for the year was 19,718 ozs. 7 dwts. 15 grs._ Tin.-The tin ore and black sand raised during the year amounted to 94 tons. 13 cwt., and there were obtained therefrom 22,tons 14cwt. of tin. ' . Copper.-137 tons 'of copper ore were raised during the year. - .- lQ .. ,' Antimony.-·There'were raised· duringthe·year 2,640 tons i2~'cwt.:T qr. of antimony ores; and there were exported 868 tons 7 cwt.. of ore;~also District. Ballarat ... Gordqu ...~ ..... 2 2 Beechworth ... Beechworth '0 • ... . Saudhurst ... 2 2 '" , , Heath{)ote and. ,Wllral).ga ;,> , Sandhul'st .., , { South ...... it210 ...... " ... 210 Waranga North .... . , ...... 3 ... .., , ...... 3 Maryborough ... St. Arnaud North ... 4 ...... '" ...... '" ... 4 Castlemaine ...... , {)astlemaine ...... , ... 35 . 35 { St. Andrew's ...... 6 ... 55 ...... 20 4 ... 85 Mitchell River f ..... 3 ...... " 3 ' Stringer's Creek. .., Gippsland ... ." ... 54 ...... 54 { Tarwiu ...... 3 ...... 6 ...: ...... 9 Traralgon ...... 3 .. , 8 ... ." II I 1 Totals ...... 4 3\ 9 15'4 26'8-5 -6--;-13"9-2- 418 .. Thc ~1ining Registrar reports-U There cnnnot be snld to be any tin millers at present in this dIviSion, as during the past very dry season the "tIn-bearing creeks have been without'water) and the miners on tllem llave been compelJed to scek employment clsewb.ere:. The tin raised during In the following statement is ·given 'sorue information of interest respecting smelting works ~n ope~'ation (including those' in course of erection) during the past year: .S.MELT1NG WORKS IN -VICTORIA. Steam Engines. Number of )ICll Komberof·Works. I" Number of Furnaces. Estimated Value employed. of Works. H. Number~ co, ., O' .. ' 9 127 4 144 26 £39,350 --. , The quantity of. ore s~elted during 1877 and the metal obtained are stated in the following t~ble : Namc of Ore. j QuantitY of Ore smelted. Gross Produce of 1rIctal. .. Actual Value • .. .. tons cwt•• tons cwt • £ .Antimony ...... 1,896 15 ·920 16 38,585 Tin ." ... ~ ...... 31 10 22 14 1;456' - ...... ,.., , Lead .. .. ~. ... 602 3 360 2 7,922 Copper .... I, ...... 997 0 85 9' ' 5,554 '''1 . 16 The following; 'is an estimate of the metals and minerals raised in the colony from :the ,first discovery of the goldfields to 31st December 1877 ; Gold.-Quantity exported and minted in the colony from the date of the :Iil'st discovery to the 31st December 1877, 47,243,801 ozs. 7 dwts" at £4 pm; oz. *' £188.975,205j/ Silvel'.-Ore raised, 20,060 tons. , Produce of silver from ore treated, 104,543 ozs. 19 dwts. 14 gl's.; at 5s. per oz. 26,136 Silver parted from gold, 77,738 ozs. 4 dwts. 17 grs. (value already included). Tin.-Ore exported, 2,601 tons 2 cwt. ... £192,936 ," 92 tons 9 cwt., at £70 pel' ton 6,471 " 177 tOllS 10 cwL, at £52 lOs. per ton 9,318 , 269 tons 1 c\"\1;. 17,551 ," 146 tons 15 ewt. 9,524 " 250 tons ... 17,500 " 294 tons 19 cwt 20,775 " 1,74 tons 16 cwt. 11,301 " 112 tOIlS 14 cwt. 6,720 " 15 tons ... 714 " 62 tons 4 cwt. 2;836, Tin exported, 3 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 12 lbs., at £140 per tOIl 510 " ·7 tons 16 cwt. 729 " 14 cwt., at £140 per ton 98 " 15 cwt. • .. 157 " 7 tons 19 cwt. ],097 " " 41 tons 10 cwt. 5,439 " 48 tOIlS 16 cwt. 5,760 " 38 tons '8 cwt. ' ... 3,628 " 52 tOllS 5 cwl.. 4,084 " 34 tons 9 cwt. 2,521 " 2 tons 18 cwt. 2]5 Tin consumed in Victoria, 226 tons... 20,808 340,692 Coppel'.-Ores raised, about 1,741 tons. Smelted, 31 tOIlS 7 cwt., at £112 per ton 3,511 Regulus, 70 tons 16 cwt. ],969 Rough copper, 93 tOllS 14 cwt. 2,976 Ore exported, 5 cwt. 10 Copper exported, 39 tOllS 13 cwt.... 2,521 10,987 Antimony.-Ol'c raised, 2,955 tons 15 cwt. 20 Ibs. 32,102 " 435 tOllS, at £6 per ton 2,610 " 272 tOllS, at £9 per ton 2,448 " 510 tons, at £7 per ton 3,570 " 199 tons, at £4 per tOIl 796 " 1,661 tons 3 cwt.... 13,669 " 1,575 tons 1 owt .... 12,600 " 1,573 tOIlS 15 cwt., at £6 per ton 9,442 II' ] ,428 tOilS 3 owt., at £6 5s. per toll 8,926 " 588 tons 8 cwt., at £8 pel' ton 4,707 " 1,749 tons 8 cwt., at £8 per ton 13,995 " 2,529 tons 5 cwt., at £6 per ton 15,175 " 2,640 tons 2 cwt" at £6 lOs. per ton ... .., 17,361 137,401 Lead.-Ore raised, 100 tons, at £6 per ton ... 600 45 tons ..• It. ~ 270 " 100 tons 600 " 162 tOllS, at £10 per tori 1,620 " ] 11 tons, at £10 per ton 1,110 50 tOllS, at £10 pel' ton 500 ,"" 17 tOIlS, at £6 per ton... 102 ] 5 tons, at £6 per ton.•• 90 , " ---- 4,892 Iron.-Ore raised, 419 tons 2,111 Coal.-2,043 tons, at £1 lOs. per'ton 3,064 504 tons, at £1 128. per ton 806 2,909 tOIlS, at £1 lOs. per ton 4,363 1,642 o 1,095 tons, at £1 lOs. pel' ton ,2,420 tons, at £llOs. per ton 3,630 ---- 13,505 .. From returns furnished 'by the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade and Customs and the Deputy Master of the Mint; and inclusive of 1,267,241 ozs., which, according to the Registrar-General's tables, were produced in Victoria ill 1852-5, but passed through thc Customs of New South Wales, Tasmania, and South Australia, and not recorded in Victorian tables. The quantities used and manufactured in the colony cannot be estimllted. ' --~ 17 Lignite.-l,992 tons, at 17s. 6d.... £1,742 763 tons, at 5s. • .. 191 750 tons, at 58. 187 208 tons, at 58. 52 315 tons at 58. 79 277 tons at 58. 69 £2,320 Kaolin.-l,757 tons, at £4 per ton 7,028 50 tons 2 cwt., at £5 lOs. per ton 275 25 ton8 12 cwt., at £5 lOs. per ton 141 7,444 Flagging.-78,660 square yards .. . 22,370 1,500 square yards .. . 525 3,918 tons 6,206 1,738 tons 2,607 1,960 tons 980 1,961 tons 2,941 1,555 tons 2,332 1,735 tons 2,602 1,730 tons 2,595 43,158 Slates.-ll,OOO, at £8 per 1,000 ... 88 160 tons, at £4 per ton 640 85 tons, at £2 lOs. per ton 212 940 Magnesite.-6t tons, at £2 per ton 12 Ores, Mineral Earthy Clays, o/c., unenumerated.-77 tons 10 cwt. 2,608 Diamonds.-About 107 carats, at an average of say £1 per carat 107 Sapphires, o/c.-Numbers cannot be estimated, say 630 Total £189,568,143 The prices of the several ores, &c., have been obtained from persons best acquainted with the market value of them. THOS. COUCHMAN, Secretary for Mines. Office of Mines, Melbourne, 18th April~ 1878. No 8 c 18 ' TABLES. No.1. SUMMARY. NUlIIBER of MINERS employed in the several MINING DISTRICTS for each Quarte~ during the Year 1877. Quarter. First Quarter, ending ]}farch 31st Second Quarter, ending June 30th Third Quarter, ending Sept. 30th Fourth Quarter, ending Dec. 31st Quarter. First Quarter, ending March 31st 1,442 620 Seoond Quarter, ending June 30th 1,3776(l2 Tbird Quarter, ending Sept. 30.h 1,372 683 Fourth Quarter, ending Dec. 31st 1,251 ~53 NOTE.-The mean nnmber of miners employed during the year was 3S,SGO; and tbe total quantity of gold exported and received at the lIUnt WM 799,613 OZ8. which, at £4 per oz., gives £82 68, l'69d. per man per annum.' The rate per man pe, nnnum for 1876 was £89 19s. 6'84d.; for IS?5 was £104 4s. 4'0211.; ior 1874, £99 88. 3'07d.; ior 1873, £93165. 2·62d.; ior 1872, £9317s.1'47d.; for 1811, £98 68. O'62d,; for 1870, £81 Od. S'46d.; for 1869, £79 7s, O·87d.; for 1868, £104 18s. 8·75d.; for 1867, £87 Is, S·9Id.; for 1866, £80 8s. 3'87d.; for 1865; £74 4$. 2·09d.; for 1864, £14 Is. 9'29<1. ; for 1863, £70 95. 0·42d.; for 1862, £67 148••·l1d.; fOf 1861, £74 15s. lId.; and for 1860, £79 95. S'07d. ' No. Z. SUMMARY. NUMBER of :MINERS employed in the several MINING DISTRICTS duripg the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. . . !' , ALLUVIAL MINERS. QuARTZ lIfINERS. TOTALS. Mining Districts. I Grand Totals. European. Chinese. -Il':uropean. Chinese. European . Chinese. . i Ballarat Dis~rict ...... 2,584 1,957 4,041 80 6,625 2,037 8,662 1,784 1,961 1,,123 8 3,207 1,969 5,176 Beechwol'th District" .. ' ...... 4,302 40 5,529 988 6,5[7 Sandl1urst Distriot ...... , 00 • 1,227 948 Maryborough District ...... 4,005 1,882 1,862 ... 5,867 1,882 7,749 CastlemRine District , ...... 2,033 1,676 1,446 ... 3,479 1,676 5,155 Ararat Distriot ...... 1,156 851 932 3 2,088 854 2,942 Gippsland District ::: ... .., 781 470 553 ... 1,334 470 1,804 '" ------Totals ...... 13,570 9,745 14,559 131 28,129 9,876 38,005 ... I I No.3. NUMBER of MINERS employed in the Mining District of BALLARAT during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. ' AunVI.AL MWEItS. QUARTZ MIN~RS. TOTALS. Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Divisions and Grand Totals. SubdiviSions, European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. - 2,305 Central Division .. , ... .., ... 395 180 1,718 12 2,113 192 1 283 960 Southern Division ...... '" 527 282 150 677 44 496 124 620 Buninyong Division '" ...... 230 80 266 Smythesdale Division ...... 614 810 70 ... 684 810 1,494 Creswick Division ...... 625 275 900 .. , 1,525 275 1,800 Gordon Subdivision ...... , 345 12 345 12 357 Steiglitz Subdivision ...... 53 65 148 6 201 n 272 ,Blaokwood Division and Blue Mountain South /) Subdivision .. , ...... 140 265 440 580 270 850 Bana.n Subdivision ::: ...... 4 ... 4 I------'.. : ' 4 Totals ...... 2~58i .1,957 4,041 80 6,625 2,037 I 8,~62 . I -..- . 19 No.4. NIDIBER of MINERS emplo;red in the Mining District of BEECRWORTR during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. I ALLUVIAL MINERS. QUAllTZ MINEll•• TOTALS. <' MIning Surveyors and Registrars' Division. Grand and Subdivisions. : ' Totals. Chinese. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. '. ------Beechworth Division ...... 838 743 124 ... 962 743 1,705 Yaokandandah North Subdivision .. , .. , ... .. , ... '" ... '" ... Yackandandah South Subdivision ...... 250 217 100 '" 350 217 567 Indigo Division .. , .., .. , .. , i67 90 117 ... 284, 90 ,874 , 12 12 142 154 12 Wandiligong subdivision ... '" '" '" 166 Buckland Division ...... , ... 76 776 201 4 277 780 1,057 Alexandra Snbdivision ... '" ... 95 15 90 ... 185 15 200 Dry Creek Subdivision ...... 27 47 10 4 37 51 88 , BenalJa Subdivision ...... '" ...... Gaffney's Creek Subdivision .., 36 4 ,84 ,120 4 124 ... '" ... Wood's Point Subdivision ...... 88 2 75 '" 163 2 165 Big River Subdivision Hi .. , ... 50 5 30 ... 80 5 85 Mitta-mitta North Subdivision 250 250 ... '" ...... 250 Mitta-mitta South Subdivision ...... 45 30 ... '" 45 30 75 Jamieson Subdivision ...... 100 20 200 300 20 320 '" ------'" - Totals ...... 1,784 1,961 1,423 8 3,207 1,969 5,176 No" 5. NmIBER of MINERS employed in the Mining District of SANDRU'1tST during the Quar'ter 'ended 31st December 1877. " ALLUVUL MINEIlS. QUARTZ MINE"". TOTAL!'. Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Divisions i Grand and Subdivisions. '1'ollils. European. Chinese. European. Chinese. ! European. Chinese. --__1___ -- 1 - SandhurstDivision ...... 900 850 3,778 40 4,678 890 5,568 Kihnore Division ...... 8 8 8 .. , I 16 8 24 1 I Heatlioote Division and Waranga South Sub division... .., ...... 155 40 390 545 40 585 50 124 ... I 288 Waranga North Subdivision ... '" ... 164 ... 50 338 ------; - Totals .. , .. , 1,227 948 4,300 40 i 5,527 988 6,515 '" i , NUMBER of MINERS employed in the Mining District of MA;RYBOROUGR during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. ALLUVIAL MINERS. QUARTZ MINERS. TOTALS. Mining Surveyors and Registrars' DivisIons Grand and SubdiviSions. Totals. European. Chinese. EUropean. Chinese. European. I Chinese. I - --- Maryborough Division ...... 1,625 350 965 ... 2,690 35Q 2,940 Majorca Subdivision ...... 67 12 ...... 67 12 79 Amherst Division ...... 289 200 120 ... 409 200 609 420 592 12 432 Avoca Subdivision ... '" ...... 592 1,024 90 , Redbank Subdivision ...... 95 n' ... 90 95 185 DunoJiy and Tarnagnlla Divisions ...... 320 210 370 ... 690 210 900 Inglewood Division ...... 720 300 70 ... 790 300 1,090 St. Arnaud South Subdivision ...... 210 .60 55 ... 265 60 325 St. Arnaud North Subdivision ...... 115 40 266 ... 381 40 421 , Wedderburn Division ...... , l 149 28 ...)... I 149 28 177 Totals , •.. / 4,005-1,887 1,858 -,- ... - 5,86-3 1,887- -7;]50 , .. '" ' J I .. . . - . . 20 No.7. NUMBER of MINERS employed in th'e Mining District of CA.STLEMAINE during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. I ALLUVIAL MINERS. QUARTZ MINl:RS. I Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Diyjsjons Grand and Subdivisions. ~:ol"ls. I European. \ Chinese. European. Ohinese. European. Chinese. ------,-·,1----1----\--------Castlemaine Division ... 308 800 340 648 300 948 Fryer's Creek Division 815 735 I 170 985 735 1.720 Hepburn Division... ." 410 SOO 430 840 300 1,140 Tararuj,le and Kyneton Subdivision 170 140 95 140 405 Tarrangower Division ... 97 154 267 154 518 St. Andrew's Division...... 180 49 144 49 373 Blue Mountain North Subdivision 53 53 Totals 2,033 No.8. NUMBER of MINERS employed in the Mining District of ARARA'r during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. ALLUVIAL MINERS. QUARTZ MINERS. T(YI'ALS. lUning Surveyors and Registrars' Division. Grand illld SUbdivisions. ' I ' 1 Tomls. ,European. Chinese. European. Chinese. European., Chinese. I ---- I ---- Ararat Division ...... 110 335 35 '" 145 335 480 Pleasant Creek Division ...... 540 257 882 3 1,.122 I 250 1,682 Barkly Division ...... 275 150 ...... 275 150 425 Raglan Division 231 109 15 ... 246 109 355 '" ...... " ------~ ------'I.'otals ...... 1,156 851 932 :I 2,088 854 '2.942 No.9. NUMBER of MINERS employed in the Mining District of GIPPSLAND, during the Qua.rter ended 31st December 1877. I .ALLUVlAL MINERS. QUARTZ MINERS• TOTU•• Mining Surveyors and Reglslra",' Division. GrlUld ,< ~nd SubdlvlSio1lll. Tot"l •• European. Chinese. European. (.'hlnese. European. I ClImese. ' Omeo Subdivision ...... " ... 73 282 32 .. . 105 282 387 Mitohell River Subdivi8i~n ...... 70 18 5 ... 75 18 93 Boggy Creek S~bdivision ...... 110 30 ...... 110 30 140 60 184 60 244 Crook~d River Division n...... , 168 26 ... 131 Jericho Division ...... " ... 63 60 8 ... 71 60 Donnelly's Creek Division ... " ... 30 5 48 ... 78 5 83 . . , ,847 381) 389 Stringer's Creek Division ... ." ... 42 ... '" ... Aberfeldy Subdivision ...... 78 3 60 .. . 138 3 141 63 53 Russell's Creek Subdivision .. , ." ... 53 ...... 26 12 38 nendoc Subdivision ,...... , • ... 26 ,12 I '" ... '1'anvill Subdivi~ic>n ...... 26 ... 27 ... 53 ... 53 Traraigon Subdivision ...... ' ·0 I I ... 52 ... 52 --~ --:.-.--"'-------, ------Totals ...... 781 I 4iO II 553 1,334 470 I 1,804. - . 21 No. 10. S U:\iMARY. NUMBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ Mmnm in the several l\-IINING DISTRICTS during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. ALLUVIAL MmmG. i Stearn·engines 1 I employed in Winding, :!l Mining District". Pumping, &c~ en ~ """ ~ ",,::a ~ .. ----- .8'" .S :::: '" 0 "'Il " " 'i:l ~m III ~ «0 "'~ ~ ., £ o~ ~Q "gv: ""'" 1l ~~ ~ ":< P<" Il< S <:.& '!' ,!'i;3 ", .. " ill .. ... "'" "'''!i! ·S] ~ " i .rg '6.~ "" ,"0 ~ :a "" .tI 8" .~ !~~MO ,," "" ]ll t i~ ~e Wal P< w.£. ~ \OJ'''' w~ Iii ~ ~ ~ i ~ 0'8 ------.-- ------Ballarat District ...... 115 3,750 118 I 3 118 43 30 1,372 1 56 14 16 10 1 4 Beschworth District ... 37 541 11 ... 14 17 39 11,379 13 142 70 ,...... Sandhurst District ... 10 190 ...... 124 4 10 31 ... 60 ... 3 120 ... Maryborough Distriot ... 55 1,652 54 ... 404 68 42 100 ... 71 4 lOB 126 15 Castlemaine District ... 12 257 5 ... 171 25 78 525 14 112 5 25 24 1 Ararat District ...... 22 328 3 1 33 18 6 70 .. , 13 ... 28 71 1 Gippsland Distriot ... 4 44 I .., 6 9 12 1,351 2 61 54 ... 10 1 ----- ------Totals ...... 255 6,762 ,192 I-:-I~ 184 -; -::828 -; 515 147 180 361 13 QUARTZ MINING. :; ~... •,)1 Steam.engii,;s i !i! oQ W mping, s eD~~ ""~ "" ~a N' ';!~ Mining Dilltricls. &e. I ~ ... ", ~ .l!l p-.a"'" "'a III ~"0:> • " i ~~ ~~.fl :;3 ~ ~"""o"""oaw P< ~,;, !i ;:;r~ !l d&~ s~ ..: " bO»~ ;;~'S bii~:Z~ 1; i'l:§ -I'< <> l,.,,.; .3-;<1> 6.:a .. ;§~.s ;!: .... "l'l' ]s tI,"''' 7jJ",," jl§!i! ~ .~~ i!.e ...... S§~~ ~ ",.~~ ~~ ~n o,~,g ros."l) ~ ~J!4 ~ i ~ ~.s NOTE. In the Ballarat District tlle machinery used in allnvial mining shows a decrease, as compared with the returns for 1816, of 27 steam-engines, 912 horse· power" 28 steam . g machines. 25 horse puddling machines, 13 whims, 4 pumps, and 2 boring machines; and an increa.se of 16 whips or pulleys, 7 sluices, &c., 13 quicksilver and compound cradles. In quartz ruining there is an increase of 11 steam·ellgines, 200 horse~power! 1 buddle, 6 whips Or p stamp-heads, crushing q inerea"" of £47.519. In the Beechworth District the machinery used r, 2 steam puddling mn,chines, 10 horse puddling machines; 6 whims. 2 f 1 hydraulic hose. In quartz ruining there is au increase of 20 horse-p 1 stenm-engine1 13 stamp-heads crusJ-dng quartz, 2 whims, 7 whips or pulleys. The value of all mining plant in the LS nc sows an increase of £'J.,727. < heads ~~~!ili~~u~::n~~tt~C!dthaen ur~:~:~fie~l~rce~llI~aJu~~t;~~~~;~~e~~cf:~~ ?!c~~~~fif~~~~~:~~31 :t:~~~h~d':,bfP~orin~u1~c~:~:id a decrease of 2 steam-engines, 5 whims, It) whips or pul1eys. ·The value of all mining plant in the district shows a decrease of£11,180. In the Marybol'uugh District the machinery used in alluvial mining shows a decretl.se of 15 borse~power, :{ horse puddling machines, 1 Whim, 1 p~p! 41 stamp-heads crushing cement; and an increase of' 1 whip or pulley, 5 quicksilver and compoUnd cradles, 1 boring macbine. In quartz mining there is an wer, 2 whtps or pulleys; and a decrease of 1 steam-engine and 30 8tamp~hen.da~ The value of all the mining plant in the district shown 2 whims. 40 sluices, &Cci.',"~6; ~h)yid~trira:iuJC~i,~t~3~~i=p~~3dj!te~~:h:~~~~fc~?~~ :nge~:~~~~i ~;:~~~n~i~~;~~~~e;pc~~:~i:g hco::e:tU;d::rlga:k~~:~ of 2 steam puddlinfr machines, and 1 whips or pulleys. In quartz mining there is an increaS€< of 4 steam-engines, 114 horse-power, 1 crUShing machine; and a ~h~~~g~l ~fU:~e~i:~~h~~:n~t~;beb3i~~~t ~~-:::~ :~~c;=~1~il8:~heads! crushing quartz, 18 whims, 26 wbips or pulleys, .and 1 boring ma.ehlne. In tbe Arua.t District the machinery used in alluvial min' f 28 sbamp·heads crusbing cement. In quartz mhrlng there is au increase of 1 steam-enf,rine, 10 horse~power, 5 stamP-heads, and 2 ::tIue of aU minillft plant in the district shows a decrease of £2,400. water~h:~s?~~slt~~~S:~t::; ~~~h~D:7n~a~:~~iu~~m.engine.14 horse-power,O~ !?h:~:a13~P~;:h'e~~ sluices, &0., 1 hydraulic hose, 15 P}lll1PS'~2 is an increase of 8 steam-engines, 161 horse-power, 1 crushing mnchine, driven hy other power than steam, 1 winding, . . 'l'ho value of all mining plant in pared with tlle tot\1Js for 1876. the macbinery used in alluvial mining shows '~~~~~~:~fa~°i!~r~~~gl~glmb~~~esm!~fu~~~n~ r4~~rC;:il~~:n~ ~~l:~d3:rl~J~:: In quartz mining there is an increase of horse~power, 2 crushing machines, driven by other power than steam, 1 buddIe, 1 winding. washing, pumping, or other nUlehine moved by water·power, and 1 horing machine used in blasting; and a decreas. of 91 st&mp·hoads (crushiIl/l quartz or otller vein stuJl'). 32 whims, and 34 whips or pulleys. There is an increase in the tota.! value of all mining plant on the goldfields, as compared WIth 1876, of £40,46Z. . No. 11. -: ~~~. NUMBER, of MACHINES employed in ALI,UVIAL and QUARTZ MINING in the Mining District of BALLARAT during the Qual'ter ended 31st December 1877. .; ALLUVIAL MINING•. QUAn'IZ ){lNING. f,...jctlS ~;::~ steam-engines ' I .; 'g I . ~ Steam.englnes : ~ ,; ill • -a:~ iii employed in. i:~ ~ Q ~ MinIng Surveyors Ilnd Registrars' Divisions employed in· t- ¢!.- I" ~ .~ >1ii" Winding, Pumping, :fi ei'l ~ ~ lr.~ 13 Winding, Pumping, It) ~ ~ ::; ;d ~ .es::~ und SubdivisIons. &0. . """ 0 M ~ <:) , :l 'go Crm~hiDg!.&c. ~ a'a) ~ ~_ "'",0 I' .. -----j ~ • S ~,g :; '"" . )!!" ~.9"''''' ,,., ~.~t :fi • ~ ~~ ~'a § rf1 tal Aggregate1 ;; . e"; g ~ '; , e 6 A""m lA.ggreg3.t~ g-~ -S ':0 ~ .E .LO Horse rei -... -...... 8 .~ ~):ii~ I "" ~ i Horse- ~ ii e ~. 1:1 I tl p i Number, power: ;il ~ ~ rll ~ I::r !!t ~ power. Po. r:J],£,o ~ ~ ~ :::::I ~ ~ rn~ ~ ~~A ----,----",---.,------1------' --'--' '__'_'-1'-'--1---1---1---1----'------.-- '£ Central Division 80 1,934 '32 2 Hi 10 11 20 I 22 14 62 i,322 456 4, 17 12 112,405 Southern Division 2 20 11 2 12 35 1 6 1 8 144 56 3 4 15,000 13uninyong Division 13 260 8 19 8 2 14 8 9 200 70 ,1 7 1 31,500 Smythesdale Division 47 1,080'55 l' 13 7 33 l 2 10 5 80 27 2 25,500 Cl'eswick Division ... 23 456 2:l 60 -16 5 800 33 1,065 1 266 22 '7 7 1 102,000 1 I) Gordon Subdivision .. _ , "~t- 18 475 18,531 Steiglil,Z Subdivision '" ...... 20 9 223 30 1 13 7 }4,588 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Ru~divi.sio~ _. ... i, ": 450: ... 20 14 ,...... , 25 547 63,000 lluilau'Subdlvlslon .., ' ...... 1 10 9 - 275 I ... I 20 I ... . 400 --,--------- Totals 115 3,750 118 3 118 43 30 1,872 1 56 14 16 10 1 170' 4,066 10 1,18: -;-I~ ~I, 1 445,924 w mo. 12.. w NUMBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and 'QUARTZ MINING in the Mining District of BEECHWQRTlI during the' Quarter ended 31st December 1877. ALLUVIAL ]lINING. ' QUAB'IZ lIfINLNG. :s . ... o! "2. I1i Steam-engines ... . 5~; ",,,,,'" . be t- tiS ~ (,l,) employed in 1:;S' lI[lnlng Surveyors and Registrars' Divisions and I, a ~ m w ~ ~:E Winding, Pumping, I1lgB ~:gE;": ~~,,00 SubdivJsions~ , ;g . f ~ ~ Q ~ ~ Crushing, &0. ~o~ ~5";; i II ~.g hC~Q~ 8. ~~ ~ as . a E-1~.8 ~ • i ~ .~ Q;::CI ~ s:h.;2 I> i5"E.:C 6'1 Ef·E 'l'otal ~ ~ ~ ~ g ~ f ~ t ~ Total e~'" I .S E 1l" ~ .-""5~ Number. I ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Nunlber. power. ~!~ ~";:~fi; I>: ;q,; ------.-----.------,-----'-----I-----i----h--J ! ------l--2-,~-I----I--... ~~ -;,~~o ~ ~~ ~!. ~ --'5 Beechwort,h Division, ... -I! - .. 75 5 3 53,260 Yackandandab N orih Subdivision Yackandand"h South Subdivision 2 ...... 3,000 3 24 ' 21 ... 5 81 44 3 2 10,415 Indigo Division ... \I 11 I 6 4 '. 6 39 7 1 3 41 28 26,110 Wandiligong Subdivision ..', I 200 .. , 9 180 5 135 15,800 Buckland Division 12 .. ; ... 1,600 28 1 1 8 115 8 124 19,250 A lexltndra Subdivision 4 5 . 30 4 10 130 1 100 '5 ; I 12,280 J)ry Creek Subdi vision 1 10 1,900 Bonalla Subdivision. .. .. Gaffney'. Oreek Subdivision i'2 12 4. 64 12 1 3 17;634 Wood's Point Subdivision ... 12 12 10 152 7 2 1 1 25,822 lJig River Suhdivision ... ':7 7 6 60 5,454 MitLa.mitta North Subdivision 8 90 7,000 lIHtta,]11iUI1 South Subdivision 1,000 Jilmieson Subdivision 16,000 ... \ ::: !-- ::: \ ::: I-- ::: I--- 450 I-- ::: I--,- ::: I ::: I-- ::: I--- "4 I--- "47 I--- '8 \--- '74 Totals 37 541 --11 14 --17 39 1l,3i9 13 142 I 70 4 74 1,028 42 1,036 6 4 13 9 3 i 211,925 No. 13. NUMBER of :\fACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING in the Mining Dis.tdct of SANDHURST during the Quarter ended 31st Deccmber 1877; ALLUVUJ. MINING QUAR'l;Z MI>o'"ING. S!:;:~;r~~i~~S . ~ ~ I -;!=~;;ir:' ~ ~ ~ ~ g r ,. Milling Burve10rs and Registrars' Divisions and S11bdivisions. Wiu,-Un ,. Pumping, \1 M ~",.' rh Wi~dmg! Pumptng, ! -;- ~ ~ ~ ~ &0. :g ~ S '" I 'CruSIUIlg, &c. 1 "" '" • p.; ~ :l _ ;:t ~ J.< tf; ~ I 1 I ~~~. ~ ~S Pol = at ~ i~ ~ eJJ \:I a.::::'" $ VS «I t-(l = T tal Aggregate ~ :a S ."" " 1$ "" .E - I Ttl IAggregate a 0' '" :a .!l .S< ." , o H0l'39- I S ~ ...... a ii ·S e btl '"' -g 0 a Horse.. d bO.s '0 e ~ ~ 'g ______INUmlJer~ ~!~-~--l::--~~-----=--I ~; ~1~_~~~ ~~--IS-- ~[!l Sa.ndhurst :D~v.ision 10 [00 \ 6() ...... 1 10 3 120 I ... I 215 I 3,940 1,240 3 185 190 2 470:000 KlImore DlVISIOn ...... I ... ' I !-!,eathcot() Division a~d,1:aranga South Subdivision ...... I 40 .4 10. 30 50 ...... ' 19 I 374 12: 7 20 26,:92 " a.ran~a North SubdlV!SlOn ... .., I ,24 ...... 9. 150 9" 3 11 11,068 Totals '-1-0-!~I~ -4-)-;--3-1- -;---3-1-;;- -..:- -;;-14,461 -;';4- -3--;--;;- 2 507,960 ~ No. 14.. w NmIBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING in the Mining District of MARYBOROUGH during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. , ALLUVIAL MINING* QUA-llTZ lIftNING. "g'" , ~el Stemn-engines • '0 • StearD;-engil!es € ~ . . g.E;a employed in 1:.0 ~ ~ 00. employed in e:5 r:, Ci 'S ,.0 '. MintIl!! Surveyors and Registrars' Divisions and Subdivisions. WinfUng, PQmpJng,.s ~ ~ ~ 00 .s Winding. Pumping, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ &c. ::a ~ ~ S ~ '5 Crushing,&c. ~ Q • ~ ~~ ~ '§f. NUMBER of MACHINES employed in AUUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING in the Milling District of CASUEJlIAINE during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. ALLUVIAL MLNll'IO. QUARTZ MmING. o! .~~ . - 'l35'~ • '0 ·1 . . '" '" .~ S~:I~;~S ~ m.;1 Steam-engines gj a ~t,.Q . E.S...... tAl tc ~;! ~ ra::a g employed in .S J-o ;El:i'B ~ [f$ ei ~~:s Mining Surveyol'!l and Registrars' WindJng&~umPing:t Divisiollil and SubdiviSions. ~.9 '3.n . 8. ~ g ~ ]. . ~ Willdill~/'umping, ~2ii gj" 15..: § .9~ ~.;!!~ 'd ;g. ~~! ~ i ~~;~:g.~ Crus ngj&c. ~¢~ ~~a~ ~ ~j ce~~ ~~ ~~ . ~ ~.2 ~ I . ~ ~§ .!a ~ ~2~ ~ ~~!{S8. . ~;S~ ..~.S~ To'" IAggregate a;a "'~ fj So ~ is t; I §. ~ ~ ~ ~8 ~. Total AgHgregate .,. ~ &.\l :a ~'@:a t ~m ~ I' ~.S 2~·i\ T uw. I Horse.. ~ 0;,) )::; t.} ...... fl 's"a "0 0:1' ~ 'S j:;J P ';::::r orse- "":> ~ "0 a;;;; tl~· ...... , ";:;"::::1 A!"""!: Number. I power. i7J~ i:1l:ii ~ ~ $$ ~ I ~ p::: 018 ~.~ ~ Number. power. I &;S g, ~ ~~~jit; ~ I ~ ~ ~~A ___,__-- -!------!-I------.------__- __ -- 1 I I £ CastleIDaine Division ..., 1 'I 20 , 3 64 ...... 104 6 1 6 ...... 38 690 . 294 4 23 25 68,222 Fryer's Creek Division 4 ' 78 ... 57 6 15 306 ... I 38' 2 2 2:1 .,. 19 4fl6 . ]46 4 1 9 15 70,999 Hepburn Division ...... 1 18 3 55 80 2 38... 1 ... 1 28 483 . 188 1 3 36 42 34,OOS Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision .. . 5 139 ... 10 10 ... 4... 1... 3 ...... 14 328 . 112 ...... 34,893 Tarrangower Division ... '" ... 16... 2 11... 26... 19 ...... 34 722 ... 240 28· 52,766 St. Andrew's Division .., ...... 1 1 10 1 6 - 6 6 20 6 3 3 ...... 10 180 3 34 6 8,492 mue Mountain North Subdivision ...... 1 10...... '" ...... 1 14 . 870 ------I-!-I-!------Tot!Lls ...... I 12 257 5 171 25 78 525 14 112 5 25 24 1 14:1 2,903 3 ],014 9 4 102 82 271,305 " ~ ~ No. 115. NUJllBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAl, and QUARTZ MINING in the Mining District of ARARAT during the Quarter ended 31 at December 1877. ALLUVIAL MINING. QUAItTZ MmING. ------~--. - ':;11 • • iU ..... Steam-engines ,,; '1il ill 'til . Stearo-ellgines ,; ~.!l employed in ~Il b ~ d ~;a ij ~ , employed ill IA ~ :/tlining Surveyors and Registrar's Divisions. Winding, Pumping, :!l Ji ;:; m" '" ~ - .9 Winding, Pumplng, : ~ ,:!l i':, ~ &c~ "0 -0 ~ S:B ~O..§::i.g Crushing, &c. i ~ re ~~ •- ~ .. . i><~-g :ll ~. ~-g ol~ 00 . 0... ~m..? " . :- ;;j ~.g . ."" .15.3 - /!. ~ is 0 -ll Total .."'" ~.~ Number. ~!~:: ... .::1 " .£.'! .~ ;a llll ~ '" '" l::J' .,. NUmber.!AWopow;f!erte '~;a _.~ -- • "'''' ------.~ "'''' ~ ~ IZHT.l i>< 010 "'.~ ---P< I . j;:: ----i>' - No. 17. NUMBER of MACHINES employed in ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ MINING in the Mining District of GIPPSLAND during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. A.r.LUVIAL MINniG. QUARTZ l\IIN:ING. Omeo Subdivision ... 935 2 22 22 ...... 1 17 1 22 ... Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions ... 1 14 ...... 3 30 ... 17...... 2 1,500 Crooked Itiver Division...... 230 ... 12 10 ...... 8 137 4 126...... , 32,280 Jericho Division...... 90 ... 2.() 20 ...... 8 35 ... 35 1 '" ..: 9,00(1 Donnelly's Creek Division 1 10 ...... 1... 30...... 3 58 3 62...... 12,550 S~ringer's Creek Division ...... '" ,...... , ... 17 355 1 126 2 ...... 46,430 Aberfeldy Subdivision ...... ,.. 4 48 2 50... '" ... 12.500 Russell's Creek Subdivision...... '.. 2 1... 12...... 2 ... .., ,...... ' ...... 1Ii Bendoc Subdivision ...... 88 ... 6...... 1 ]6 1 20... 1 ,.. 1.160 Tarwin Subdivision ... 2 20. 1 4 7 12 4... 1 ... 10 1 3 37 1 30... '" ... 3,990 Traralgon Subdivision ...... 12...... 60 Totals ...... 4-"44-1 6912i:s51261MlOl48I7a3U-'4863--1-2125M5 No. 18. SUMMARY. NUMBER of distinct QUARTZ REEFS actually proved to be Auriferous, and the Total Extent in Square Miles of Auriferous ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ GROUND actually worked upon, in the several Mining Districts. N um oor of distinct Extent in Square Miles of Mlnlng Districts. Quartz Reef. proved to be Auriferous Alluvial and Quartz A.uriferous. • Ground worked upon. Ballarat District ...... 211 1571 Beechworth Distri'~t ...... "', 769 311 Sandhurst District ...... 775 141 Maryborough District ...... 597 122i Castlemaine District ...'" ...... 403 166 Ararat District '" ...... 77 83t Gippsland District ...... , ... 496 204t Totals ...... 3,328 1,1851 NOTE.-Tbe number of .. distinct" qu~rtz reefs cannot be strictly correct. as parte of the same reef, in some localities, !Il'e held to be distinct reefs, and named s the reefs are further explored, it is fou supposed to be separate reefs are not really distinct. The extent of aurifer ors and Registrars, not from .actual surveys; a.nd in a few iuatances the e present Surveyors and Registrars dHler IT their predecessors. The figures vary from year to year; .as the shallow alluviums of the older goldfields are abandoned by the miners, they are taken up a.nd occupied. Wider the provisions of the Land Act, by agriculturists lind gardenen. and ground which one year was included in the estimated area. ofgold·workings is excluded in another. No. 19. TARLE showing the Number of distinct QUARTZ REEFS actually proved to be' Auriferous, and the Total Extent in Square Miles of Auriferous ALLUVIAL and QUARTZ GROUND actually worked upon, in the several· DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District. Extent Number of in Square h-files distinct of Auriferons Mlnlng Surveyors a.nd R"I!istmrs' Divisions Remarks. Mining Districts. a.nd SubdivislOns. Quartz Reefs Alluvial and proved to be Quartz Ground Auriferous. worked upon. r Central Division ...... 24 89 Southern Division ...... '" 18 12 Buninyong Division ...... 13 161 Smythesdale Division ...... 12 18 16 BALLAnAT ... j Creswick Division ...... 13 .. Gordon Subdivision ...... 19 3t Steiglitz Subdivision 75 , 50 Blackwood Division and '''Blue Mountain South Subdivision ...... 31 4t I Ballan Subdivision ... 3 1 ... '" ------'I Totals ...... 211 157! 26 No. 19.-TABLE showing Number of distinct Quartz Reefs actually proved to be Auriferous, &c.-continued. ·NumberQf Extent distinct in Square Miles Mining Su.rveyors and Registrars' Divisions . of Auriferous Mining Ililltricts. Qu.rtzReefs Remarks. and Subdivisions. proved to be Alluvial and Auriferous. Quartz Ground 'worked upon. ( Beechworth Division ... 105 47 Yackandandah North Subdi~ision ..:" ...... I Yackandandah South Subdivision ...... 85 14. Indigo Division ...... 25 8 Wandiligong Subdivision ...... ]50 25 Buokland Division ...... 161 51 Alexandra Subdivision ...... 74 35 BEECHWORTH .J Dry Creek Subdivision ...... 1 7 Benalla Subdivision ...... 3 10 I Gaffney's Creek Subdivisioi{' ...... 19 24 Wood's Point Subdivision ...... 95 18 . Big River Subdivision ... .. , ... 14 33 Mitta-mitta North Subdivision ...... 10 14 Mitta-mitta South Subdivision ...... 16 l Jamieson Subdivision ...... -----27 9 Totals ...... ·769 311' , ------Sandhurst Division ...... 321 23 Kilmore Division 126 26 SANDHURST Heathcote Divisio~'~nd W~j.anga S~uth Sub: .{ division ...... 204 81 Waranga North Subdivision ...... 124 11 Totals ...... 775 141 . - r Maryborough Division ...... ,.. Hi3 • 5 Majorca Subdivisiou ...... 1 2i Amherst Division ...... 30 5 I Avoca Subdivision ...... 40 18li MAl!.YlIOROUGR ... ~ Dunolly and 'l'arnagulla Divisions ...... 185 16 Inglewood Division ...... 71 17 Wedderburn Division .... 9 37 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Suiidivision:~' 28 14! l St. Arnaud North Subdivision ...... 70 7 1------ Totals ... .. , ... 5W 122! ------Castlemaine Division ...... :" 103 9* Fryer's Creek Division ...... 37 28i/; Hepburn Divi~ion ...... '" 88 82 CASTL:EJIlA.INE ... Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision ...... ]9 22 {Tarrangower J)jvision ...... 75 4li St. Andrew's Division ...... 77 15~ Blue Mountain North Subdivision ... 4 4 I- Totals ...... " 403 166 Ararat Division,...... 26 34 Pleasant Creek Di~i~ion ...... 37 27 ARA.RAT ... Barkly Division ...... '" ... 9 16 ·..1Raglan Division ...... 5 6!: ------Totals ...... 77 83;i ------Omeo Subdivision ... 23 11 Mitchell River nnd Boggy C~eek Subdivisio~~ 21 19 r Crooked River Division ...... 350 49t Jericho Division ...... 33 26 Donnelly's Creek rii'vision ::: ...... 18 6i GIPPSLAND I' Stringer's Creek Division ...... 13 7 '''1 AberfeJdy Subdivision ...... 4 20 Russell's Creek Subdivision ...... 16 85 Bendoo Subdivision ... '" ... 13 26 'rarwin Subdivision ...... 4 3 l 'l'raralgon Subdivision ...... 1 It 'l'otals ...... 496 204* No. ZOD SUMMARY. AVERA.GE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of QUA.RTZ Crushed in 1877 in the several MINING DISTRICTS, from Ret~rns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. ! lIfinins' Districts; Tons Crushed. . Tot~ Produce. Avernge Yield per Ton. tons ewt. ozo. dwts. gr•. dwts. gr•. Bnllarat District ...... 350,761 0 120,344 19 1 6 20'69 Beech\forth District" ...... 64,471 12 35.380 10 10 10 23'41 Sandhurst District ...... , ... 302,153 10 132,947 13 4 8 19'20 Maryborough District ...... " . 40,409 0 24,752 11 10 12 6'02 Casl,lemaine District ...... 94,463 0 31,074 19 12 6 13'90 Ararat District ...... , ... 77.798 13 70,673 10 21 0 18 4'04 Gippsland Distriot ...... 35,517 0 88,198 14 23 1 1 12'24, Totals , ...... "" 965,573 15 453,372 19 9 0 9 9'38 show the toial quantity of quartz crushed in the severallocalitics, but only the yield. of certain H erushi1UJ$ It T(!specUng l'S have been able tQ obtain 'information. Owing to the circumstance that Illitny of the machine-owners are nnable to , it is impossible to get complete returns from every district, and in considering the relative importance of each quartz ug, the tables relating to machinery should be examined and campa.red. " , Sillce st publication of the Statistics, information has ),een obtllined concerning 14,3£8,488 tons 11 cwt. which have been crushed. and yielded 8.000.9030"', 2.dwts. 14 grs. of gold, being an average of 11 dwts. 3'2$ grs. per ton. - • 21 No. Zl. TABLE showing the AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain pa.rcels of QUARTZ Crushed in 1877 in the several. DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. MIning Districts. Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Divisions Tons Total Produce, Average Yield Remarks, nnd Subdivisions_ Crushed, per :ron. ------I-----~----~------·I------·I------tons cwt. ozs. dwts. grs. oz•. dwts. gra, Central Division ,.. ..' .. . 114,137 o 41,595 14 14 o 7 6'93 Southern Division .. , ...... 12,679 o 1,995 7 21 o 3 3'54 Buniuyong Division ,.. . .. 17,260 o 2,778 7 23 o 3 5'27 Srnythesdale Division ...... 8,202 o 983 6 18 o 2 9'55 !lALLAlU,T Creswick Division ... ". ... 130,616 o 41,698 15 17 o 6 9'24 Gordon Subdivision ." ... 46,109 o 20,213 15 15 o 8 18'43 .I Stei.:ditz Subdivision ...... 2,399 o 1,653 9 11 o 13 1883 !llackwood, Division and Blue I Mountain South Subdivision ... 19,323 o 9,354 1 2 o 9 16'36 l !lallan Subdivision ...... 36 o 72 0 0 200 Totals ... 350,761 '0 120,344 19 1 o 6 20'69 ------'------,------1------1 !leechworth Division .. , '" 5,407 0 2,724 Ii 0 o 10 1'84 Yaekandandah N. and S. Subdivisions 3,397 10 J,244 J2 12 o 7 , 7'84 Indigo Division...... , 3,087 0 ,3,696 9 19 1 3 2277 Buckland Division...... 16,897 0 13,260 0 6 o 15 16'68 Alexandra Subdivision ...... 1,470 0 822 99 011 4'06 BEECHWORTH Dry Creek Subdivision...... llenalla Subdivision ...... '" JGaffney's Creek Subdi vision .. . 12,545 0 2,642 8 19 0 4 5'11 Wood's Point, Subdivision ...... 8,243 10 2,500 10 0 0 6 1'60 Big River Subdivision ... .., 2,427 0 331 10 0 0 2 17'56 I Mitta-mitta N, nnd S. Subdivisions .. . 9,211 0 6,649 1 5 0 14 111'49 l Jamieson Subdivision ...... --=:~I~~ ~ 21'47 Totals .:. 64,471 12 35,380 10 10 0 10 23'41 Sandburst Division ... '295,302 o 127,818 4 2 o 8 10'76 Kilmore Division ... SANDHURST ,.. .. Heathcote Division and "WaraDg~ { Soutb Subdivision .., ... 3,201 0 2,179 15 0 0 13 14'86 Warauga North Subdivision ... ~50 10 i~~....::J~~ Totals ...... 302,153 10 132,94,7 13 4 0 8 W'20 1\1arybotough Division ... ,.. 10,175 0 4,791 14 3 o 9 10'05 Majorca Subdivision ...... 121 10 294 12 12 2 8 11'96 Amherst Division ...... 5,806 0 2,250 Ii! 0 o 7 18'06 Avoca Subdivision...... 293 0 122 15 23 o 8 9'17 MARYBOROUGH Dunolly and 'l'arnagulla Divisions .. . 9,413 0 11,537 2 4. 1 4 J2·31 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions 3,117 0 1,555 12 6 o 9 23'55 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Sub. divisions <0. ... ." ],336 0 938 12 6 0 14 1'23 St, Arnaud North Subdivision .. , ______10,147 10 3,261 - 10____ 4 1 ____0 6 10'28 Totals ... 40,409 0 24,752 11 10 o 12 6'02 Castiemaine Division ,.. '" J4,447 0 5,181 15 1 o 7 4'16 Fryer's Creek Division ...... 22,882 0 . 7,794 5 12 o 6 19'50 Hepburn lJivision ...... '" 41,197 0 8,741 5 21 o 4 5'85 CASTLEM!INE ~:aradale and Kyneton Subdivision .. , 5,016 10 2,240 10 0 o 8 22'38 Tarrangower Division ,.. ... 9,995 0 5,426 7 10 o 10 2060 St. Andrew's Division ...... 925 10 1,690 15 16 1 16 12'91 Blue Mountain North Subdi,vision .. . ------1--- Totals ... 94,463 0 ,)1,074 19 12 o 6 13'90 Ararat Division ... 30 0 12 0 0 o 8 0'0 Pleasant Creek Division 77,768 13 70,661 10 21 o 18 4'14 ARARAT Barkly Division .. , ··,f Raglan Division .., Totals ... 77,798 13 70,673 10 21 o 18 4'04 Omeo Subdivision .. ' ...... 724 o 440 8 0 o 12 3'98 ,Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Sub . divisions .. , .. , '" Crooked River Division... , .. o 443'''0 5 o Ii" 22'20 Jericbo Division...... GIPPSLAND Donnelly's Creek Division ...... 2,592 o 1,351"io 12 o 10 10'28 Stringer's Oreek Division...... 29,220 o 34,858 14 12 ,1 3 2'()'63 Aberl'eldy Subdivision .. , .. . 1,977 o 872 8 0 o 8 19'81 Russell's Creek Subdivision Bendoe Subdivision .. , 20 0 24"'0 0 1 4 0'0 'l'arwin Subdivision 241 0 208 13 18 o 17 7'64 l'raralgon Subdivision Totals .., ::: 35,~~1-3-8-,l-98·-..-~4-2-3- ---1-1-"'-12-'24- 28 No. ZZ: SUMMARY. AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of QUAR1'Z TAILINGS, MULLOCK, &c., Crushed in 1877 in the several MiNING DISTRICTS, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Mining Dlstriets. Tons Crushed. Total Produce. Average Yield per Ton. Remarks. tons owt. OZ5. dwis. gr•. ozs. tlwts. grs. Ballarat DistrIct ...... 3,827 0 ,454 14 12 0 2 10'29 Beeohworth District ...... 2,408 0 283 13 18 0 2 8'55 Sandhurst District ... .. ' ... 3,007 0 124 1 5 0 0 19'5O Maryborough District ...... 7,581 0 935 7 10 0 2 11'22 Castlemaine District ...... 9,860 0 963 14 8 0 1 22'92 Ararat District ...... 1,752 0 166 18 0 0 1 21'72 Gippsland District ...... Totals ... ". ... 28,435 0 2,938 9 5 0 2 1'60 'I NOTE.-From 1864 to 1871. inclusive. 1.757.394 tollS 7 owt, of Quartz Tailillgs. &0.• wc", crushed; and yielded 309,7100zs. 0 dwts, 4 grs, of gold. being au average of3 dwts,ill'Sl grs, per tou. . No. Z3. TABLE showing the AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of QUARTZ TAILINGS, MULLOCK, &0., Crushed in 1877 in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Mining Surveyors an(1 Registrars' Divisions I Tons Total Produoo, Avcr.g. Yield Mining Districts, and l:!ubdivisions, Crushed, per',£on. Remarks. tons Ozs, dwts. gr•• ozs. dwts, gr•• Central Division ... .., .. , 2,350 380 18 12 \I 3 5'81 Southern Division ...... Bunin'yong Division ...... Smythesdaie Division ...... 37 0 0 o 0 17'29 Creswick Division ...... BALLARAT JGordon Subdivision .. , ... Steiglitz Subdivision ... .., 450 46 16 o o 2 1'92 DIackwood Division and DIue Moun I I tain South Subdivision .. , .. . BalIan Subdivision ...... l --::-:-'1--:::___ 1___ :::--1 Totals 3,827 464 14 12 I o 2 10'29 ------·----1------1 Beechworth Division .. ' ... 300 51 0 \I o 3 9'60 Yackandandah N. and S. Subdivisions Indigo Division... '" .. , Buckland Division ...... Alexandra Subdivision...... 674 7B 11 18 o 2" 7'97 Dry Creek Subdivision'...... BEECHWORTH Benalla Subdivision .. ' ... UaffneY.'s Creek Subdivision .. ' Wood's Point Subdivision .. , 1,30(} 137 0 0 o 2 2'58 Big River Subdivision ...... Mitta·mitta N. and S, Subdivisions 134 17 2 0 o 2 13'26 Jamieson Subdivision .. , .. , -"-'1-"':'::"'-1--"'- Totals 2,408 283 13 18 0 2 S'55 '--1--.-- Sandhurst Division 2.743 99 14 17 o o 17'42 Kilmore Division .., SANDHURST Heathcote Division and:'Warang~ South Subdivision ...... 43 5 0 0 0 2 7'81 Waranga North Subdivision .. . __~I'_~~ _0_1~I 'l'otals .. , 3;007 . 124 1 5 0 0 19'80 I 29 No. 23.-TABLE showing the Average Yield of Gold f'rom certain parcels of Quartz Tailings, &c.-continued. , . lIDning Surveyors and negistrars' Divislons Tons Total Produce. Average Yield Remark!. Mining Districts, and Subdivisions. Crushed. per Ton. I tons owt. ozs. dwts. grs. ozs. dwts, grs. ( Maryborough Division ...... 3,111 0 329 10 21 G 2 2'85 I Majorca Subdivision ...... 30 0 8' 19 12 0 5 23'60 Amherst Division ...... 2,536 0 281 0 0 0 2 5'19 Avoca Subdivision 85 0 22 16 0 0 5 875 Dunolly and TarnaguJla D;~isions ::: 271 0 61 18 12 0 '-' 13'68 MA.RY:!lOROUGlI ... J Inglewood and Wedderburn Divi sions .. , ...... Redbank ~nd St. i~naud S'~~th Sub: I divisions ... 1.548 0 231 2 13 0 2 23'00 l St. Arnaud North'Sub'divlslon ... .., ...... Totals ...... 7,581--0-1 ~-;-7 ,10 I 0 2 11'23 I ------ ( Castlernaine Division .. , ... 7,026 0 784 7 20 0 2 5'59 Fryer's Creek Division ...... 110 0 6 10 0 0 1 4'36 i I Hepburn Division ...... 160 0 24 0 0 0 3 0'0 CASTLEM4INE ".~ Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision ... i ...... rfarran£ower Division ...... 2,564 0 148 16 12 0 1 ;r86 St. An rew's Division...... , ... I I Blue Mountain NorthSubdivisiori... I ...... l ,--"-'------. I Totals ...... 9,860 0 963 14 8 0 1 22'92 -----,------------ I Ararat Division ...... '" Pleasant Creek Di~ision ...... 1,752 0 I 166 18 0 0 1 21'72 ARARAT ...... { Barkly Division ...... I ...... Raglan Division ...... ------Totals .. , ... ~;-:-I~~~ o 1 21'72 ----,-----------r Orneo Subdi vision I Mitchell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions ...... 1I Crooked River Di~;sion ...... Jericho Division ...... I Donnelly's Creek Division ... I ! GIPPSLA.ND ... ~ Stringer's Creek Division ...... r Nil Nil Nil Itussell's Creek Subdi vision ... Aberfeldy Subdivision .. , ... I I Bendoe Subdivision ...... i I 'l'arwin Subdivision ...... I l Traralgon Subdivision ...... ------J ------Totals ...... Nil Nil Nil No. Z4. SUMMARY. AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of PYRITES and Bt,Um:l'JTINGS operated on in 1877 in the several MINING DISTRICTS, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. 1 :M IniDi Districts. Quantity operated on. Total Produce, Average Yield per Ton. Remflrks. tons owl. OZ5. dwts.8lS. o~s. dwts. grs. Ballarat District ...... 1,158 19 3,988 8 11 3 8 19'88 Beechworth District ...... , 957 9 1,124 12 4 1 3 11'80 Sandhurst Distriot ...... , 3,450 15 .6,709 6 2 1 18 21'27 Maryborough District ...... 1,221 5 371 0 12 0 6 1'82 Castlemaine District ...... 481 1 1,053 3 12 2 3 18'87 Ararat District ...... , ... I Gippsland Distriot ...... 125 17 398 12 12 3 3 8'38 Totals ...... 7,359 6 13,645 3 5 1 16 21'65 NOTE.-From 1869 to 1877, inclusive, 47,361 tons 3 o""t. oipyrites, &;0., were oJlcmtod OD, and yielded 120,001 ozs. 1 dwt. is grs, of gold, being an anrage of 2 OIlS. 10 dwts. 19'23 grs. per ton. . 30 No. ZS. TABLE showing the AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of PYRITES and BLANKETINGS operated on in 1877 in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. I Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Quantity Average Yield Mining Dis!""lcts. Total Produce. ' Divisions and Subdivisions. operated on. per Ton. Remarks. tons cwt. OZB. dwts. gr•• OZ9. dwts. gr., Central Division ...... 103 10 173 4 15 1 13 11'39 Southern Division '.. .., Buninyong Division ...... Srnytbesdale Division ...... Cresl'l'ick Division ...... 738' 5 3,267 3 12 4 8 12'27 BA.LL.&.l!.A.T Gordon Sllhdivision ... , .. Steiglitz Subdivision ...... 247 4 342 15 0 1 i" 17'53 llIackwood Division and Blue .M ountain South Subdivision ... 70 0 205 5 8 2 18 15'54 Ballan Subdivision ...... ·----·--1·------ 'fotals ... -----'-----11,158 19 3,988 8 11 I 3 8 19'88 Beechworth Division ...... 40 14 128 3 16 3 2 23'74 Yackandandah N.and S.Subdivisions 322 0 516 18 0 1 12 2'54 Indigo l)ivision...... Buckland Division ...... 568' 0 419 0 12 o 14 18'11 Alexandra Subdivision...... 1 0 500 5 0 0 Dry Creek 811bdi vision...... BBlICHWORTB: Ben,dla Subdivision ...... Gaffney'S Creek Subdivision .. . 4 15 11 3 2 6 2214 IV ood's Point Subdivision .. . 21 0 44 7 ° 0 2 2 5'71 Big River Subdivision...... Mitta-mitta N. and S. Subdivisions Jamieson Subdivision ...... ------1------1------·- Totals ... ,----1------957 9 1,124 12 4 ---1 3 11'80 Sandhurst Division ...... 3,306 15 6,703 5 2 2 ° 13'03, Kilrnore Division , ...... S.&.NDHURST Heatbcote Division and Waranga .. { South Subdivision ...... 144 0 6 1 0 o o 20'17 Waranga North Subdivision ... ------Totals ... 3,450 15 6,709 6 2 1 18 21'27 ( Marvborough Division...... 13 5 98 14 .12 7 90'45 Majorca Subdivision ...... I Amherst ])ivision ...... Avoca Subdivision ...... M:.&.RYBOROUGlI ... ~ Dunolly and 'l'arnagulla Divisions ... 1 0 260 2 6 0'0 I Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions Redbank and St. Arnaud South I Subdivisions...... 1,207 0 270 0 0 o 4 11'37 l St; Arnaud North Subdivision ...... ------1,------,1,221 5 371 0 12 o 6 1'82 Totals ... ------ ( Castlemaine Division ...... 356 1 778 3 12 2 3 17'08 Fryer's Creek Division...... Hepburn Division ...... 125 o 275 ° 0 2 4 0 C'&'STLBMJ.INE J 'l'aradale and Kyneton Subdivision 'l'arrangower Division...... St. Andrew's Division ...... l Blue Mountain North Subdivision ------\---- Totals ... --481 1 -----1,053 1:1 12 ------2 1:1 18'87 Ararat Division ... Pleasant Creek Division ... Nil Nil Nil AIlJ.B.&.T ... Barkly Division ." Raglan Division ... 'fotals ... Nil Nil Nil ( Orneo Subdivision Mitcbell l~iver and Boggy Cre~k Subdivisions...... , I Crooked River Division... .., J ericbo Division ...... Donnelly's Oreek Division ... GIPPSLAND ... J Strinjrer's ,Creek Division ...... 125' 17 398 12 12 3 1:1 8'38 1 Aberfeldy Subdivision...... Russell's Creek Subdivision .., Rendoc Subdivision ...... I 1'arwin Su\)tlivision ...... L Traralgon Subdivision... "'/ ...... 'l'otals...... 12~' i7398"121213 3 838 3i SUMMARY. 'AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of WASHDffiT Puddled and Sluiced in 1877 in the several MINING DISTRICTS, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Tons Puddled ]lIlnlng Dlstrlcts. I or SluIced. Total Produce. .Average Yield per Ton. Remark!!. ~~.-~~~---~-~ ------~~-- tons cw!. 0 ... dwts. grs. ozs. dwts. grs. Ballarat District ...... 29,876 0 6,020 2 6 0 4 0"72 Beechworth District ... .., ... 113,690 0 4,511 19 20 0 0 19'05 Sandhurst District ...... ,' 7,850 0 895 9 0 2 6'75 Maryborough District ...... 59,236 0 7,608 14 4 °0 2. 13'65 Oastlemaine Distriot .., ... 436,569 0 12,519 2 14 0 0 15'04 Ararat' District ...... , 27,700 0 2,509 16 6 1 19'49 Gippsland Distriot ...... ,.. ° ... Totals ...... 674,921 0 34,065 4 2 0 1 2'16 NOTlI.-Thc ab No. Z'7. TABLE showing the AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of WASHDIRT Puddled and Sluiced in 1877 in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Average Yield MinIng Dlstrlcts. per Ton. Remarks. ------.-~~~------~-----I------I-----I------tons OZ8. dwts. grs. ozs, dwts. grs. ( OentrallJivision ...... •.. 18,496 4,469 16 18 o 4 20 Southern Division ...... ' .9,800 1,521 2 12 o 3 2'50 Buninyong Division ...... SmythesdaJe Division ...... I Creswick Division ...... BALLAIU,T Gordon Subdivision ... ,.. Steiglitz Subdivision ... .., Blackwood Division and Blue Moun tain South SUbdivision ... •.. 1,580 29 :3 ° o 0 8'25' "1 Balian Subdivision ...... Totals 29,876 6,020 2 6 o 4 012 Beechworth Division ...... 95,760 3,145 14 6 o o 1517 Yackandandah N. and S. Subdivisions Indigo Division .. , ...... 8,850 1,275"'16 0 o 2" 21'20 Buckland Di vision ...... 9,080 90 9 14 o 418 Alexandra Subdivision...... ° BEllCllWORTH Dry Creek Subdivision...... Benalla Subdivision ... .., Gaffney'S Creek Subdivision ' .. Wood's Point SUbdivision,.. . .. Big River Subdivision...... Mitta-mitta N. and S. Subdivisions Jamieson Subdivision ... '" Totals 113,690 4,511 l() 20 o ° 19'05 1-----1------1 Sandhurst Division 7,850 895 9.0 o 675 Kilmore Division ... SANDHUBST ...I Heathcote lHvision and "Waranga South Subdivision ...... L Waranga North Subdivision .. . 1------1----·------1------ 'l'otals ·7,850 895 9 0 o 2 6'75 '32 No. 27.-TABLE showing the Average Yield of Gold from certain parcels of Washdirt-continued. hIining Surveyors und Registrars' Dhrislons Tons Puddled .A.verago Yield ~otal Froduce. Remarks. Minlng Districts. and Subdivisions. or Sluiced. per Ton. - ~~------.,-,~ tons ozs. dwtl!. grs. ozs. d wts. grs. r Maryborough Division ...... 7,028 1,105 13 10 0 3 3'52 Majorca Subdivision ...... Amherst Division ...... 26,80'1 2,})03 0 12 0 2 3'99 Avoca Subdivision 1,MU 1,381 0 0 0 17 22'44 MARYBOROUGR ... J Dunollyand 'l'arna.gulla Di~isions ::: 12,720 862 16 12 0 1 8'56, Inglewood and1Vedderburn Divisions 11,144 1,356 3 18 0 2 10'41 Redbank and St. Arnaud South Sub I divisions ...... , .. ... St. Arnaud North'SubdiviSion .. ... l ...... I 4 '-0-2-1-;;; Totals ...... 59,236 7,608 14 ------r Castlemaine Division ...... 15,825 273 11 16 0 0 830 Fryer's Creek Division '" ... 107,215 2,405 12 0 0 0 10'77 I Hepburn Division 255,692 7,633 10 4 0 0 17'88 CASTLBMAINE ... ~ Taradale and Kyneton S;ibdivisio~ ...... TarransolVer Division ...... 12,917 338 1 16 0 0 12'56 I St. An rew's Division 44,\)20 1,868 7 2 0 0 19'96 l Blue ~Iouutain North Subdivision::: ... .. , ... --,-------Totals ...... 436,569 12,519 2 14 0 0 l5'54 _____ 1______ Ararat Division ...... ARARAT ,.. Pleasan t Creek Di~ision ...... ·.. f Darkly Division ...... Raglan Division ...... 27,700 2,509 16 61 0 1 19'49 Totals ...... 27,700 2,509 16 61 0 1 19'49 ( Omoo Subdivision ') Mitchell River and Doggy Cre~k Subdivisions ...... Crooked River Di~ision ... Jericho Division ...... '" I GIPPSLAND ... Donnelly's Creek Division ... Stringers Creek Division ...... r Nil Nil Nil Aberfeldy Subdivision ...... I Russell's Creek Su bdivision ... Bendoe Subdivision ...... 'l'arwin Subdivision '" .... I l Traralgon,Subdivision ...... J I 'l'otals ...... I ... I No. Z8. SUMMARY. 'AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of CEMENT Crushed in Hl77 in the several MINING DISTRICTS, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors aml Registral's. .. .Mlning Districts. Quantity Crushed. , crotal Produce. IAvcrage Yield per Ton . Remarks. tons cwt. ozs. dwts. gl'S. 025. dWIs. grs. Ballarat District ...... 1,659 o. 467 2 15 0 5 15'16 . Beeohworth District ...... Sandhurst District ...... 567 0 123 12 18 0 4 8'63 Maryborough District ...... 659 0 246 1 17 0 7 11'24 Ca.stlemaine District ...... " 2,085 0 496 19 0 0 4 18'41 0 4 21'55 Ararat District '" ...... 19,645 16 4,811 2 13 Gippsland District ...... 'l'otals ...... 24,615 16 ..,6,144 18 15 0 4 23'82 NOTE.-The collection of the st&.tistica.l information in the a.bove table in a. separate form was commenced during the quarter ending 3I!th June 1872. In previous vears it has heen included with -- . 33 . No. Z9. TA.BLE showing the AVERAGE YIELD of GOLD from certain parcels of CEMENT Crushed in 1877 in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Quantity ! Average Yield Mining Districts. ! Div:lslons and Subdivisions •. Crushed. per Ton. Total ProdUce. \ Remarks. ------1------1 tons cwt. oz8, dwts. grs. ""s. dwts. grs. Central Division ...... f Southern Division ... '" 1,206 0 875 8 1 o 6 5'17 Duninyong Division' ...... Smythesdale Division ...... 161 0 61 5 5· o 8 218 Creswick Division ...... DULA-RAT ... J Gordon Subdivision ... '" Steij:!litz Subdivision ... '" Blaokwood Division and Blue, I Mountain South Subdivision ...! 800 0 80 9 9 02 075 l Dallan Subdivision ... --·---1------1---- Totals ... ------1,659 0 467 2 15 o 5 16'16 Beechworth Division ...... ") Yaokandandah N.and S. Subdivisions I r Indigo Division...... Buokland Division ... . '" l Alexandra Subdivision...... DEROHWORTH Dry Creek Subdivision .. , ...... ~ Benalla Subdivision ... .., Nil Nil Nil Ga,ffney's Oreek Subdivision '" I Wood's Point Subdivision ... Big River Subdivision .... ' '" I Mitta-mittaN. and S. Subdivisions l Jamieson Subdivision...... J Totals .. , ------'---I·------I------~------·------1------Sandhurst Division ...... Kilmore Division ... , .. SA.NDHURST Heathcote Division and Waranga South S u bdi vision ... '" W aranga North Subdivision ... 567 0 128 12 18 0 4. 8'63 Totals ... -----·----1----- ------'1------1------667 0 123 12 IS 0 4 8'63 Maryborough Division...... ,811 0 142 15 17 o 9 4'88 Majorca Subdivision ...... Amherst Division .. , .. . r Avooa Subdivision .. ' '" 7 0 2 'i 12 o 6 18'86 :M.A.RYBOROUGH ... -{ Dun oily and 'l'arnagulla Divisions ... 306 0 73 5 12 o 4 19'82 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions 86 0 27 13 0 o 15 867 Redbank 'and St Arnaud South I Subdivisions .. , ...... L St. Arnaud North Subdivision ... Totals ... ------1------'1------659 0 246 1 17 o 7 11'24 Castlemaine Division .., .. . 5 0 14 12 o 2 18 9'60 Fryer's Creek Division...... 1,080 0 482 7 o o 4 15'31 : Hepburn Division ... '" CASTLElLUNE ... 'l'aradale and Kyneton Subdivision I Tarrangower Division ...... I St. Andrew's Division ... .•. l Blue Mountain North Subdivision ------,------ Totals ... 1,086 0 496 19 0 --,----0, 4 1S'41 Ararat Division ... ~RA.RAT .•• Pleasant Creek Division ... 19,645 16 4,811 2 13 o 4 21'55 Barkly Division '" Raglan Division ... '-- ------'l'otals ... ' 19,646 16 4,Sl1 2 13 ------o 4, 21'05 Omeo Subdivision ") Mitchell River and Boggy Subdivisions... .., I Crooked River Division ." r Jerioho Division ... .., IIPPSU.ND Donnelly's Oreek Division ... ~ Strin ger's Oreek Di vision ... Nil Nil Nil Aberfeldy Subdivision ... ~ Russell's Creek Subdivision I j Bendoo Subdivision ... 'l'arwin Subdivision 1 l 'l'raralgon Subdivision ::: IJ___1____1______Totals ...... \ No.8. D 34 No. 30.' SUMMARY. PRICES charged per Ton for CRUSHING QUARTZ and CEMENT in the several MINING DISTRICTS during the Quarter ended 31st December 1877. . .' . lIfinlng Districts. . From To £ 8. il. £ 8. il. Ballarat District 0 8 6 0 12 6 Beeohworth Distriot 0 2 .6 1 0 0 Bandhufst Distriot ... 0 6 0 0 10 0 Maryborough.District 0 5 0 0 12. '0 Castlemaine Distriot 0 2 0 0 14 0 Ararat District 0 6 6 0 ,9, 0 Gippsland District ::: 0 10 0 0 16 0 Lowest and Highest Prioes 0 2 0 1 o! 0 i No.3la SUMMARY. PRICE of GOLD per Ounce in the several MINING DISTRICTS during the .Quarter ended 31st December1877 • .. . Minlng. Districts. From To £ 11. il. £ 11. il. Ballarat Distriot ...... " 8 16 ,0 4. 8 0 Beechworth District ...... 3 5 0 4. 2 6 Sandhurst Distriot...... , 8 0 0 4. 2 6 Maryborough District ...... 8 15 O· 4 2 6 CastlemaiDe District ...... 8 16 6 4. 1 6 Ararat District ...... 8 18 0 4. I} ·0 Gippsland Distriot ::: ...... 8 8 0 4. 0 0 Lowest and Highest Prioes ...... 8 0 0 \ 4. 6 0 _ .._-.. _------ No.3Z. QUANTITY.of GOLD EXPORTED during the Year 1877, as returned by the Customs Department. ozs. dwts. NO:rE.-In addition to tho above, 13,282'ozs. 18 dwts. New Zealand gold have been shipped from i:hJs colony during the year. 1'1'0. 33. RETURN showing approximately the GOLD obtained from QUARTZ VEINS and ALLUVIAL WORKINGS during the Year 1877. 02S. dwts. From Quartz Veins 513,452 1 From Alluvial Workings ... 286,160 19 Total Gold Exported and Minted ... 799,613 0 NOTE.-The above flguros are but rough approJdmations. The Mining Surveyors lind Registrars can furl\ish only estimate. based on information afforded by the banks and gold-buyers, and on their own knowledge of the ehl).l"acter of the workings in their districts. The el!eek on the returns-and not a suffiCient one-is thnt'afforded by the' returns of quartz snd quartz tailings crushed, pyrites operated on, and wasbdlrt and cement treated, which, however, cannot and do not comprise information respecting all tile staff put through the mills. . No. 34.. ' STATEMENT of VICTORIAN GOLD received at the' Melbourne Branch of the ROTAL MINT during the Year 1877, as returned by the Deputy-Master ofthe Mint•. Gross Weight of Rough Gold. Gross Weight of Gold Bullion. oz•. 26,650'24 264,269'60 NOTE,-The Mint has no evldcnce beyond the statement of the depositors that tile above is Victorlan 1'01<1. Gold the )lfint 011 30th April 1812. . 35 :No. 35. - '. " RErURN of the Number of GOLD-MINING LEASES in force on the 31st December 1877, and the Extent of GROUND LEASED. 1II1nlng Districts. Number of Leases • Extent. .~, : . ,: ,,' 1 A. n. P. Ballarat Distriot ...... 91 3,419 1 Iii\, BeeohlVorth District ...... 171i 2,798 0 34 Sandhurst District ...... 592 3,894 0 27i Maryborough Distriot ...... • 135 8,186' 0 39 Castlemaine Distriot 187 2,259 1 21i ...... , Ararat Distriot ...... 72 1,394 0 17 - ( 1,064 3 29 Gippsland District ... '" ...... 65 , ' , Totals ...... 1,317 ' . 18,016 1 m NOTE.-The total number of Gold-Mining Leases granted since the commencement Is 10,421 for an are!> of 189,6401>. 2r. 311-2Op. The above table Mom thollll only which wereactlUllJ.y in forceoll theaIst December lSrl. ' . , No. 36. RETURN of the Number of GOLD-l\fiNmG LEASES Issued in the Year 1877, and the Extent of GROUND LEASED. MlnlllJl' Districts. Number of Leases. Extent. A.' n. P. Ballarat Distriot ... 16 296 2 2 Beeohworth Distriot 41 569 2 15 Sandhurst Distriot 100 772 0 28 Maryborough Distriot 41 1,708 0 19 Oastlemaine District 39 436, 0 39 Ararat Distriot 25 512 0 10 Gippsland Distriot ... 12 196 1 31 Totals 274 4,491 0 19 '" SUMMARY. AnlllA of LAND held as CLAIMS under the District Bye-laws, and the portion of the same protected by Registration or by Exemption Certificates, in the several MINING DISTRICTS, on the 31st December 1877. 'fotal Area of Land Aggregate Area of Ground Mining Districts. held as Claims under not being worked, I the Bye-laws. being protected by CertificateS. A. ll.. P. A. B. P. Ballarat Distriot ... 14,597 0 17 1,505 3 85 Beeohworth Distriot 13,627 0 4 1,109 2 0 Sllndhurst District ... 1,309 2 2 71 1 4 Maryborough Distriot 2,681 2 0 128 8 87 Castlemaine District ... ! 2,115 2 6 227 0 17 Ararat Distriot 295 0 0 17 0 0 Gippsland District ... 1,642 3 28 40 0 0 Totals ... 36,168 2 17 8,094 3 13 lTG'I'E.-The arulJII glvellin tile le~Qnd CO]UllIIIlII'e inclucloo in the 1lrst. 36 No.38. TABLE showing the AREA of LAND held as CLAIMS under the District Bye-laws, and the portion of the same not being worked, being protected by Registration or by Exemption Certificates, in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS, on the 31st December 1877. Total Are!l. of Land Aggregate Area of Milling Surveyors and Regi.irars' DivislollS ground not being Mining Districts. held as Claim" ullder and Subdivisions. Ute nye-laws. worked, being protected by Certificates. A. R. P. A. R. P. Central Division ... 7,084 1 6 390 1 37 Southern Division ...... 1,638 .3 0 53 0 36 Biminyong Division ... 1,100 0 0 200 1 24 Smythesdale Division 2,925 2 11 60 0 36 Creswick Division ... 1,149 2 35 74il 2 6 BALLA1U,T ••• Gordon Subdivision ... 58 3 5 12 3 8 JSteiglitz Subdivision ... 140 0 0' 27 0 0 Blackwood Division and division... ,.. 51)1) I) 0 21 1 8 l Ballan Subdivision ... 'l'otals 14,597 0 17 1,505 3 35 Beeohworth Division ... 4,740 0 o 160 0 0 Yaokandandah North Subdivision r Yookandandah South Subdivision 820 0 o 55 0 0 Indigo Division ...... 2,300 0 o 700 (I 0 I Wandiligong Subdivision ... Buckland Division...... 169 0 o 27 0 0 I Alexandra Subdivision ... 120 0 o I) 1, 0 BEECHWORTH Dry Creek Subdivision .. . 85 2 4 ... " Benalla Subdivision .., ... Gaffney's Creek Subdivision .. . 45 .1) I). Wood's Point Subdivision' ... 85 0 o 2 21 0 Bi~ River Subdivision· 'H •• \." 40 0 o Mltta-mitta North Subdivision 4,472 2 o 150 0 0 Mitta-mitta South Subdivision 600 0 o lJamieson Subdivision 151) 0 I) I) 0 0 Totals 13,627 0 4 1,109 2 0 Sandhurst Division ... n...... , 900 0 I) 40 0 0 Kilmore Division '...... 50 0 o SANDHURST ••• Heathcote Division and Waranga South Subdivision ... 260 0 o 26 1 12 Waranga North Subdivision ...... 99 2 2 4 3 32 'l'otals .. 1,309 2 2 71 1 4 MarybfJrongh Division ...... 1,850 0 0 14 2 0 Majorca Subdivision'...... ''', 8 0 U r Amherst Division ..• ...... 240 0' 0 80 0 0 I Avoca Subdivision...... 33 2 0 6 0 0 l>!ARYBOBOUGH .:.~ Drinolly and 'farnal(ulla Divisions ... 180 0 0 173 36 . I Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions 150 0 0 Redbank Subdivision ...... I St. Arnaud South Subdivision ... 70 0 0 o l St. Arnaud North Subdivision '" 50 0 0 I) 2 1 'fotals 2,581 2 0 123 3 37 Castlemaine Division .n 284 2 0 9 3 27 ]i'ryer's Creek Division .. . 290 0 0 15 0 0 r Hepburn Division...... 1,250 0 0 46 2 0 CASTLEMAlNE Taradale and Kyneton Subdivision 208 1 I) 138 1 0 'l'arrangower Division ... 46 1 4 11 0 20 St. Andrew's Division ... 31 0 37 6 1 10 '''1 Blue Mountain North Subdivision 4 5 0 Totals 2,115 2 6 227 0 17 Ararat Division ... 200 0 o 10 0 o Pleasant Creek Division 40 0 o 7 0 o ARARAT Barkly Division .. . 20 0 o Raglan Division ... 35 0 o Totals 295 0 0 17 0 0 Omeo Subdivision...... 518' 1 28 Mitohell River and Doggy Creek Subdivisions 130 0 0 Crooked River Division ... '...... 450 0 0 20 0 o Jericho Division...... 258 0 0 Donnelly's Creek Division n. ... .n 100 0 0 GIPPSLAND ••• Stringer's Creek Division...... 9l 0 0 ... jAberfeldy Subdivision ... ." ... 20 0 0 Russell's Creek Subdivision ...... 46 0 -0 Bendoe Subdivision ...... '" 12 2 0 'l'arwin S u bdivision '" ...... 220 . 0 20 0 o l Traralgon Subdivision ...... Totals ::: I 1,642 3 28 40 0 o ------..--.. -----~------~~------ ------37 No. 39. SUMMARY. ESTIMATED VALUE of CLAIMS and LEASED LANDS in the several MINING DISTRICTS on the 31st December] 877. Mining Districts. Estimated Value. :£ II. d. Ballarat District ... 481,874 0 0 Beeohworth District 458,775 0 0 Sandhurst District , ... 2,082,500 0 0 Maryborough District 465,850 0 0 Castleinain6 Distriot 310,890 0 0 Ararat District ... 908,646 o 0 Gippsland Dis~~ict 499,460 o 0 Total 5,207,891) o 0 No. 40. ESTIMATED VALUE of MINING CLAIMS and LEASED LANDS in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Minirlg District on the 31st December 1877. Mining Districts. Mining Surveyors lind Registrars' Divisions and Snbdlvlsloll5. Estimated Value. :£ s. d. Cent,ral Division...... 177,600 0 0 Southern Division ...... 29,700 0 0 r Buninyong Division ...... 4,600 0 0 Smythesdale Division ...... 28,000 0 0 BALLARAT Creswick Division ...... ;.; 111,000 0 0 J Gordon Subdivision ...... 102,474 0 0 Steiglitz Subdivision ...... 3,600 0 0 Blackwood Division and Blue Mountain South Subdivision ... 20,000 0 0 l Balian Subdivision ...... '" ... 5,000 0 0 Total 481,874 0 0 Beech worth Division ...... 99,000 0 0 Yackandandah North and South Subdivisions 13,000 0 0 Indigo Division...... 55,000 0 0 f Wandiligong Subdivision...... Buckland J)ivision ...... 8,000 0 0 I Alexandra Subdivision ...... 21,750 0 0 BEECHWOll.TII Dry Creek Subdivision ...... •.. 3,000 0 0 ·.. i Ben~lIa Subdivision ...... Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ...... 15,400 0 0 Wood's Point Subdivision ...... 7,100 0 0 Big River Subdivision ...... , 6,000 0 0 Mitta-mitta. North Subdivision ...... 194,525 0 0 Mitta-mitta. South Subdivision ...... 2,000 0 0 IL Jamieson Subdivision ...... 34,000 0 0 ----_.._ Total 458,775 0 0 Sandhurst Division ...... 2,055,000 0 0 SA.NDIIUll.ST Kilmore Division...... :f Heat,hoote J)ivision and Waranga South Subdivision 16,500 0 0 Waranga North Subdivision ...... 11,000 0 0 Total 2,082,500 0 0 Mary borough Division ...... 125,000 0 0 r Majorca Subdivision ,...... 10,400 0 0 Amherst Division ...... 13,600 0 0 I Avoca Subdivision ... .., ...... 29,150 0 0 ll-bRYBORQUGII Dunolly and Tarnagu\1a Divisions...... 197,000 0 0 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions .. . 53,000 0 0 '''1 Redbank and St.. Arnaud South Subdivisions 14,700 0 0 L St. Arnaud North Subdivision ...... 23,000 0 0 Total 465,850 0 0 r Castlemaine Division .. . 39,340·0 0 Fryer's Creek Division .. . 40,800 0 0 I Hepburn Division '...... 155,000 0 0 CASTLEMAINE ... ~ 'J'llradale and Kyneton Subdivision ... 40,000 0 0 I 'J'arrangower Division .... 10,000 0 0 I St. Andrew's Division ... . 25,100 0 0 L Blue Mountain North Subdivision ... 650 0 0 Total 310,800 0 0 38 NO',40.-Estimated Value of Mining Claims, &c.-continued. : ' ~lng DlstJ:lcts. lI1Inlng Surveyors and Reglstr'l's' Divtslonsand Sub :£ If. d. Ararat Division ... 20,000 0 0 Pleasant Creek Division 882.546 0 0 ABABAT ... Barkly Division .,. Raglan Division ... 6,000 0 0 Total 908,546 0 0 rOmeo Subdivision ...... 9,390 0 0 Mitohell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions 1,400 0 0 ,Crooked .River Division •.. .' ...... 3,740 0 0 I Jericho Division...... •.. 1,410 0 0 I Donnelly's Creek Division ...... 7,800 0 0 GIPPSLAND ... ~ Stringer's Creek Division ...... 441,520 0 0 Aberfeldy Subdivision ...... 80,000 0 0 Russell's Creek Subdivision ...... 1,050 0 0 I Bendoe Subdivision ...... 400 0 0 Tarwin Subdivision ...... 2,700 0 0 l . Traralgon Subdivision ...... 50 0 0 Total , '.' No. 41. . 1.' .. SUMM·ARY. ~ENGTH of ,WATER RACES ,and t~eir APPROXIMATE COST, in the several MINING DISTRICTS, ' 'I on the 31st December 1877. ' Mining Dlstrlcts. Length of Races. Approximate Cost. , miles chains. :£ s. d. Ballarat District ; ... 266 56 21,423 o 0 Beeohworth Distriot, ... 927 60 165,957 o 0 Sandhurst District • ;.: 65 0 5,800 o 0 Maryborough Distriot 104 67 3,678 o 0 Castlemairie District! :;: 219, 53 16,905 o 0 Ararat District : ... 110' 0 7,260 o 0 Gippsland Distriot ;, ... 149 3 ,9,283 o 0 Totals 1,842, 69 230,306 0 0 ·No.4Z. TABLE 'showing the 'LENGTH OF WATER' RACES and their APPROXIMA';t:E COST, in the several DIVISIONS , : •• I ~ ',! and 'SUBDlVisIONS of eacli MINING DISTRICT, on the: 31st December 1877. I. I' lUning S';"veyors and Reglstr;"'s' Divisions MInlng Districts. I '.. and Subdlvislons. Lengtirofli~s. : ApprOxi.m~te Cost. RemarkB. -' . miles chaIus• :£ s. d. ' Central Division ... 54 10 1,428 0 0 ' Southern Division ... :::; 5 25 233 0 0 iBuninyong Division ... 5 0 200 0 0 ~ About 11 mile. 61 chains of races . Smythesdale Division ... 80 8 406 0 0 [ abandoned. BALLARAT ... ' Greswick Division ...... 117 18 13,857 0 0 Gordon Snbdivision ...... f Steiglitz Subdivision ... •.. None in U'c. B1aokwood Division and Blue 2 miles 42 ebalns 27 links of new .' JI 55 0 5,300 0 0 water races have been conatructed Mountain South Subdivision I { during the year. , , BalIan ,Subdivision , .... ' ... lI ------1------ Totals ...... ii-__2_6_6_5_6__ __2_1,_42_3 __ 0_0_ 1 1 Beeohworth Division 605 0 132,500 0 0 Yackandandah North S~bdivisi~~ Yacka.ndandah South Subdivision 200 0 6,000' 0 0 r Indigo.Division ... .., ... Buokland Division ... ." 41 0 2,807' 0 0 Alexandra Subdivision...... 18 0 1,250 0 0 Dry Creek Subdivision...... 30 0 750 0 0 ...J Benalla Subdivision ...... Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ... 83 20 6,650 0 0 Inclusive of races not in n.e. Wood's Point Subdivision ... 25 0 5,000 0 0 Many ot the races are rapidly Big River Subdivision...... 27 40 5,100 0 0 1 decaying. Mitta-mitta North Subdivision ." Mitta-mitta South Subdivision ... 24 0 2,400' 0 0 24 0 3,500 0 0 , lJamieson SUbdi;:::: ., ;:: ::: I 927 60 165,957 0 0 I 39 No. 42.-TABLEshowing the Length of Water Races, &c.-continued. Mlnlng Dlatrlcts. MIning Surveyors nnd Registrars' Divisions Length of Races.. Approximate Remarks. lIIld Subdivisions, j ~ost. ------1------ - ..--- ---~--I------mlles chains £ 8~ it Sandhurst Division ...... 40 0 2,800 0 0 Kilmore Division ...... S.A..NDHuBST Heathcote Division and Waranga South Sub division ...... : ... 25 0 3,000 0 0 Waranga North Subdivision ...... Totals 65 0 5,800 o· 0 Maryborough Division ...... 1 40 45 0 0 Majorca Subdivision ...... Amherst Division ...... 96 0 3,500"0 0 MABYBOBOUGH Avoca Subdivision ...... 2 62 111 0 0 Dunolly and Tarnagulla Divisions ...... 5 35 22 0 0 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divisions ... Redbank and St. Arnaud South Subdivisions St. Arnaud Nortb Subdivision ...... " I------i------I Totals 104 57 3,678 0 0 I Castlemaine Division ... •.. Fryer's Creek Division ...... 32 60 6,580' 0 0 Hepburn Division ...... 160 0 8,000 0 0 CASTLBlIUINE Taradale and Kyneton Subdivisions 1 0 50 0 0 ... j Tarrangower Division ...... U St. Andrew's Division ...... 22 00 2,155"· 0 0 L Blue Mountain North Subdivision ... '323 12000 1------',------1 Totals 219 53 I 16,905 0 0 The water·races are . Aral'llt Division ... 25 0 740 0 0 cbiefiy 'used for sup . Pleasant Creek Division 30 0 2,060 0 0 plying the town of ARARAT ... :.. Barkly Division '" ·Bea.ufort 'for domestic uses, &c. In winter, { when the supply of Raglan Division ... 55 0 4,460 0, 0 water ill plentiful, the privilege of using the Totals 110 0 7,260 0 0 surplusfor milling pur. poses Is bongbt from the shire council, who .. Lcontrol thereces. Omeo Subdivision ...... 63 0 3,780 O. 0 Mitohell River and Boggy Creek Subdivisions 6 0 120 0 0 Crooked River Division...... 34 0 .. 680 0: 0 Jerioho Division .. , '...... 20 0 400 0 0 f Donnelly's Creek Division ...... 4 0 1,400 0 0 GIPPSLAND Stringer's Creek Division...... 2 23 775 0 0 Aberfeldy Subdivision ...... 2 0 528 0 0 Russell's Creek Subdivision ...... 14 0 750 0 0 "'1 Bendoo Subdivision ...... 3 0 350 0 0 Abandoned. Tarwin Subdivision ...... 0 60 500 0 0 Many ra.ces abandoned L Traralgon Subdivision ...... Totals 149 3 9,283 0 0 . No. 43. 1 ,.. • I . RETURN of the NUMBER of WATER-RIGHT LICENSES in force on the December , ., 31st 1877• ! lIfaximum Quantity . ~. - , ! i Area of Number. Area Of Races. Length of RIlces. of Water t<> be diverted Capacity of ReServoirs. AnnuaIRent. per diem. Reservoirs. " A. B. P. mlles cbalns. gallons. A. B. P. gallons. £ s. d. 164 1,270 1 37 436 15,'llb 206,777,655 105 3 33 102,185,335 90515 0 :No. 44:. TIlE NUMBER Qf WATER-RI6JIT LIOl!lNSES'for Gold-Mining purposes issued during the Year 1877 is as , follows: lIfaximui'n QU1lJltlty I Area of Rent. Number. Area of Races. I I.ength of Races. of Water to bo diverted Reservoirs. Capacity of Reservoirs. Annual per diem. I A. B. P. miles cbalns. gallons. A. B. P. gallons. £' s. d. 5 58 0 1 17 24.'60 3,090,000 , 10 1 2 .. 6,500,000 42 0 0 40 No. 45. SUMMARY. RSCEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, and BALANCES in hand during the Year 1877 of Sums lodged with the Wardens' Clerks of the several Mining Districts as Deposits under the Gold and Mineral Lease and Wstar-right License Regulations. . .. Balances on hand Total Deposits Total D!Sbursem~nts I Balances on hand l\[Jning Districts. on the received made on , 31st December 1876. during 1877. during 1877. 31st December 1877. : ;£ s. a. ;£ 8. a. ;£ s. a. ;£ s. a. Ballarat. ... n...... 14610 8 165 5 6 198 5 8 11810 6 Beeohworth ::: : ...... , 89511 9 1,021 15 10 622 8 1 794 19 6 Sandhurst...... 602 8 6 557 7 0 981 811 228 11 7 Maryborough" '" '" ...... 205 6 5 477 10 5 847 9 8 335 7 2 Castlemaine ...... 145 0 9 384 10 6 365 10 2 .164 1 1 Ararat. ." ...... " 89 5 7 :273 IS 0 229 6 3 133 17 4 Gippsland ...... 148 111 '·268 0 0 232 18 7 lS3 8 4 Totals ...... , 1,782 5 2 3,148 7 3 2,921 16 11 1,95~ 15 6 i No. 416. RECEIPTS, DISBURSEMENTS, and BALANCES in hand during the Year 1877 of Sums lodged with the Wardens' Clerks of the several DIVISIONS of the Mining Districts as Deposits under the Gold and Mineral . Lease and Water-right License Regulations. . . Balance. ou hand Total Deposits Total Balances on hand Mining Districts. Divisions. 31st Decem ber received Disbursements 31st December 1876. during 1877. made during 1877. 1877. ;£ s. a. ;£ s. a. ;£ s. d. ;£ s. a. Ballarat ...... 49 4 0 4410 0 50 0 0 48 14 0 BUllinyong ...... ' ... '" ...... Smythesdale ... 17 S 5 20 0 0 87 S (, ...... , 10 14 17 17' 2 5 0 BUL.UU:l' ... Creswiok ...... 12 10 2 0 7 JGordon ... 84 0 6 79 7 6 48 2 6 65 5 6 Stei~itz ::: ... H~" , ...... I Blao wood ...... 0 • . 88 7 2 1014 0 39 17 2 4 4 0 Clunes .. L ...... ! . ... Totals ...... 146 10 3 165 5 6 193 5 8 11810 6 ( Beechworth ...... 125 0 0 49 0 0 152 14 5 21 5 7 Yackandandah ...... 5 0 0 41 15 0 24 5 6 22 9 6 Chiltern ...... n 19 0 2214 1 32 S 9 2 4 4 Morse's ere·ok...... 35 3 1 5714 0 63 2 7 29 14 6 Jamieson . ... , ... 39 7 o· 45 0 0 84 7 0 ... BEEOlIWORTll Wood's Poiiit ...... 65 2 2 64 6 9 97 1 8 32 7 3 ."J Wodonga ...... 54 0 0 645 0 0 65 17 11 633 2 1 .Henalla ...... Alexandra ::: ...... 45"i6 6 23 6 0 6311 9 15 10 9 Mansfield 73 0 0 34 14 6 88 (, 6 I ...... ! l Eldorado ...... 14 4 0 ... 14 4 0 ... Totals ...... 89511 9 I 1,021 15 10 622 S 1 794 19 6 Sandhurst ...... 402 S 10 378 6 0 641 18 11 189 011 Kilmore ...... 3518 3 ... 85 IS 3 ... Heat.hcote ::: ...... 73 IS 8 65 2 0 110.14 6 28 6 2 SANDHUBST ...... J Waranga '" ...... 615 8 IS 6 0 21 10 9 310 6 I Graf.town ...... l Eag ehawk ...... 88 7 6 95 13 0 121 6 6 . 57"i4 0 Totals ...... 602 8 6 557 7 0 931 311 228 11 7 Maryborough ...... 11 13 7 110 8 0 54 12 1 67 9 6 Ma~rca ...... "...... Talot...... 88 IS 7 10 0 0 30 11 S IS 611 Carisbrook ...... Avooa ...... w"is 0 107"i4 0 57"i8 1 70"is 11 MARYBOROtlGll ... Dunolly ::: ...... 12 9 3 15611 0 78 15 0 90 5 3 'l'arnagulla ...... 3 12 6 24 0 0 16·19 S 10 12 10 Korong ... '" ...... Inglewood ...... 11714 6 45 17 9 9S 5 1 65 7 2 St. Arnaud ...... 22 19 S 1018 1 12 6 7 Totals ...... 205 6 (, 477 10 (, 347 9 S 335 7 2 - - ...... --_. ~ ..~.. ------ 41 . No. 46.-RECEIPTS, Disbursements, and Balances in hand during the Year 1877 of Sums lodged with the Wardens' Clerks, &c.-continued. IBalances on hand Total Deposits Total BliJances on hand Mining Districts. Divisions. . 31st December received Dlsbn_menlll 31st Decemher 1816. during 1817. made durlng 1877. 1877. ;£ 8. d. ;£ 8. d. ;£ 8. d. ;£ 8. d. r Castlema.ine ...... 2712 0 82 13 0 78 0 1 32 411 Fryerstown ...... 27 13 0 19 10 0 8 3 0 ; I Daylesford ...... 28 4 0 36 3 0 34 13 1 2913 H Taradale ...... CASTLRMAINB Maldon ...... 5"'0 0 42 6 6 38"i9' 6 8 7 0 Anderson's Creek ...... 79 17 9 195 15 0 190 0 6 85 12 3 ,t 4 4 0 Trentham ...... 7 0 ... 7 I ... Kyneton ...... Totals ...... 145 0 9 38410 6 365 10 2 164 1 1 0 Ararat ...... 2912 1 30 0 0 45 3 1 14 9 0 128 0 4 , Beaufort ." ...... 0 8216 95 3 8 ARARAT ...... {Stawell ...... 59 13 6 9314 0 140 511 13 1 7 JJandsborough ...... I ... , 22 4 0 H 011 1l 3 1 , Totals ...... 89 5 7 273 18 0 229 6 3 183 17 4 ( Omeo ...... 13 0 0 10 0 0 23 0 0 .,. Grant ...... I Bairnsdale ::: ...... 15 13 4 /) 0 0 15 13 4. 5 0 0 GIPPSL.l.ND ... Sale ...... Stringer's d;~ek ::: ... 112 3 7 233 0 0 181 15 3 163 8 4 Corner Inlet and Foster ...... 15 0 0 ... 15 0 0 '''1 Jericho ...... 7 5 0 5 0 0 12 5·0 ... Totals ...... 148 III I 268 0 0 232 13 7 183 8 4 No. 47. RETURN of the QUANTITIES of GUNPOWDER Issued, &c., on the several Goldfields during the Year 1877. Quantity in Steck at the Quantity Issued during Quantity in Steck £1t the Mining Districts. commencement of the Year. the Year. end of the Year. tens cwt. qrs. IbS. tons cwt. qrs. lb•• tens cwt. qrs. lbs. Ballarat District ...... n 4 o 12 48 3 0 9 7 14 0 6 Beechworth District ...... 9 2 26 17 5 0 5 :3 7 2 5 Ararat Distriot ...... : ... 9 4 2 12 .. 44.' 2 1 14 8 8 1 5 Gippsland Distriot ...... 2 12 2 20 2 2 No. 48. SUMMARY. MINING COMPANIES REGISTERED in the Office of the Registrar~~eneral during the Year 1877. Mining.. Districts. I Number of Companies. Number of Shares. Nomina.! Capital. ;£ B. d. Ballarat Distriot ...... 20 123,838 128,400 0 0 Boochworth District ::: '" ...... 2 86,000 9,750 0 0 Sandburs~ Distriot '" ...... 12 303,800 263,000 0 0 Maryborough District" ...... 14 119,260 129,700 0 0 Castlemaine District ...... 3 50,500 38,600 0 0 Ararat District .., ...... 5 57,1..68 30,366 0 0 Gippsland District ...... 4 65,000 72,600 0 0 Totals '" ...... 00 755,566 667,316 0 0 8!atil~15:or infol1ll&tion relative to companies registered and companies wound-up previous to 1st January 1876, see Tables Nos. 4.8 and 49, M,ntr Number of Number of JII1n!ng Districts. DiVisions and Subdivisions. Companies. Sbares. Nominal Capital. ;£ 8. d. r Central Division ...... 18 52,808 86,000 0 0 Southern Division ...... Buninyong Division ...... I Smythesdale Division ...... 3 i7:030 5,600 0 0 BALLAIU.T.;. Creswick Division ...... 2 24,000 16,800 0 0 Gordon Subdivision ...... 1 10,000 10,000 0 0 Steiglitz Subdivision ...... 1 20,000 5,000 0 0 Blackwood Division and Blue Moun tain South Subdivision ..• ... '''1 Balian Subdivision ...... I--~----i------i------Totals 20 123,838 123,400 0 0 ------1------1 r Beechworth Division ... r Yackandandah Division ... Indigo Division ...... Buckland Division .. . 1 i:ooo 1,000 0 0 I Alexandra Subdivision ... BEBCHWORTH ... ~ R~haYI~eS~~di~~!i~~ion ::: Gaffney's Creek Subdivision ..• Wood's Point Subdivision ... Big River Subdivision ... I Mitta.mitta Division .. . L,Jamieson.Su,bci.ivision ... I__'_'i__;i ____i_5:_0,0_0_1~~ i Totals 2 36,000 9,750 0 0 1------------Sandhurst Division 11 279,800 239,000 0 0 Kilmore Division ... SANDHURST Heathcote Division and "Warang;. ..{ South Subdivision ...... 1 ,24,000 24,000 0 0 Waranga North Subdivision ... 1--- I, ,Totals 303,800 263,000 0 0 .... ---=.:~.,I' Maryborough Division...... 57,500 70,000 0 0 Majorca. Subdivision ...... Amherst Division ...... 1 '3;700 3,7iio '0 0 Avoca Subdivision ...... 1 10,000 5,000 0 ,0 MARYllOROUGH Dunolly and 'l'arnagulla Divisions... 3 30,000 30,000 0 0 Inglewood and Wedderburn Divi sions ..: ... :...... 1 60 3,000 0 0 Redbank and St. Arnaud Subdivi ,sions ... , ...... St. Arnaud North Subdivision ... 1 18,000 0 0 Totals , 14 119,260 129,700 0 0 --1------1-- Castlemaine Division ...... 1 24,000 12,000 0 0 Fryer's Creek Division... •.. Hepburn Division ...... CASTLE!UINE Taradale and K;vneton Subdivision ... Tarrangower DIvision...... St. Andrew's Division ...... 2 26,5iio 0 0 Blue Mountain North Subdivision... Totals ... 3__11. __6_0_,5_00__1__3_8,5_0~_O_ Ararat Division ... Aru.RA.T ... Pleasant Creek Division ... 8 ~:5:08B 2M16, 0_0 BarklyDivision... . Raglan Division ." 2 '2;080 1,550 0 0 -- --,--·1------1 Tota.ls 6 57,168 30,366 0 0 _____I______li·______1 Omeo Subdivision ... I ... ,I 24,000 6,000 0 0 Mitchell River and Boggy Creek 'Subdivisions...... Crooked River Division... •.. Jericho Division ,...... GIPPSLAND Donnelly's Creek Division...... Stringer's Creek Division ...... 2 16,000 41,000 0 0 Aberfeldy Subdivision...... 1 25,000 25,000 '0 0 Russell's Creek Subdivision .. . Bendoc Subdivision ...... Tarwin Subdivision ...... L Traralgon Subdivision...... l------~-I------...I--~------Totals 65,000 72,000 0 0 --'''--,,, -'------ l'f'o, 50" RETURN of MINERS' RIGHTS and BUSINESS LICENSES issued inYictoria during the Year 1877. Miners' Rights. Buelness Licenses. Consolidated ~ ,gj " Miners' Rights. ,gj m ,gj ~ ~ o! ., ., ~ , Total Receillts. Place or Dtstrict where Issued. ., ,gj ., < '" ., ~ ..... '" -:! -:! ~ .. '" '" ~ -:l Amount received• , -:! til ~ ~ ~ ..: Amount reooived. .. m .. .. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ II .8 § ~ !i ~ 8 i.lil'" ~ ~ ~ ~ ,~" !., :a ., , lZ<" !!l '" ... '" "..... t~f . I "" ~ - --'-'-- -- - -- £ s. d. ..,.~r:,... £ s. d. £ s. d. 30' , 479 9 1,400 0 30 75 0 1,475 *!~~iPi~t,rict of Ballarat ...... 5,112 ...... '" ...... ° 0 83 212 10 °0 1,071 0 0 Mining District of Beechworth ... '" 3,391 ...... 8 40 3 858 10 °0 1 ... ~.... lI:;iiIIiI<14_ Mining District of Sandhurst ...... 2,586 3 ... 7 1 1 1 1.. ,50 3 675 15 0 30 ...... ,75 o 750 15 0 °0 '600 5 0 Mining District of Maryborough ...... 1,807 ...... 1 4 ... 452 11; 69 ...... 147 10 If '" •.~.-~o;::st" III 62415 0 Mining District of Castlemaine ...... 2,183 ...... S ...... 3 24 .., 554 16 °0 28 ." .., 70 0 ~.,""'" Mining District of Ararat ...... 1,534 2 2 .' 2 ...... 7, 86 11 412 5 0 13 ...... 32 10 °0 44415 0 42015 0 Mining District of Gippsland ...... 1,450 ...... ( ... ' " ...... I' 11 2 365 15 22 ...... 55 o 0 0 0 Melbourne 269 , , 4, 19 69 10 °0 6 12 10 0 82 ~, ...... ___.. 0 ... '" ...... -- -- - - -- --- --- Totals ...... 18,322 6 2 12 1 1 1 65 713 28 4,789 6 0 270 1 ... 680 0 0 13,169 6 0 --- Non::-Tho figures In tll1s Table'do not nee_rny agTCC with those in Table No. Ill. :mOe Sna STATEMENT of the,R¥lVENUEdirectly derived from tpe' (j-oldfields'C!m:ing the 'tear 1877, compiled from the Treasury Statements of Revenue,&c. ;£ 8. d. Amount received for Miners' Rights '4,942 6, 0 Amount .received for Business Licenses 707 10 0 Amount received (or .l;Jeases of ~tiriferous and Mineral Lands ' 9,576 7 0 Amount received for Water.rig~t and Searching Licenses 848 19 7 Total ui .~.- £16,076 1 7' NOTE.-XOneys reccivetl from holders Jf and 1I11pUcanta for Mining Leases 1ll!der the heads offccs, tines, and forfeitures, are not liIeluded In tll1s return. " No.5Z. TABLE showing the WAGES paid per 'Week for different kinds of LABOR in the several DIVISIONS and SUBDIVISIONS of each Mining District during the Year 1877, from Returns made 'by the' Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Legal :.Mining Foreman of Mining Surveyors and Registrars' Engineer. Engine-driver. Pitmnn. Blacksmith. Oarpenter. Miner. Surface ]\fan Divisions and Subdivisions nfanager. Manager. Shift. (Laborer). Boy. Chinese. ------1------1------1------ Oentral Dh'islon I-;;;~ £2 to £0 £3 to £5 £25s.to£4 £22•. to£25s. £2108. £28s.to£210s.£2Ss.to£210s. £25s. £1165.to£22s. £1155.to£2 128. to £1 15s.to£12s.6d. ( Southern Division £4 £1 to £1 lOs. £4 £225. .. £2 8s. £2 8s., £2 2s. £225. £12s,6d.to£110s nunillyong Division £3 £2 £2 £2 7s. Od. £3 £225. 6d. £2 £1 lOs. £1 5S. Smythe.sdnle Division £310s. to £6 £1 to £5 £3 t~ £5 £3 to £3 lOS., £2 2s. to £2 8s. £2 lOs. £22s. to £2 17s. £2 2s. to£210s. £2 2s. to £2 lOs. £22s. £2 to £2 29. £1 to £1 lOs. Crcswick Division £4 £1 to £~ £4 to £7 £210s.to£3 ISs. £2 ZS.,£212S.6dl. £2 lOs. to .£4 £2 ~s. to £3 £228.to£3 £27s.6d.• £210s. £225. to £28s. £2 2s. to £25,. .Ill 45. to £1 15s. ~J Gordon Sub £1 £4 £4 £215s. £215s. £3 £3 £210s. .~.R £5 £1 lOs. to £2 £5 £3 £2105. to £215s. £2158. to £3 £3 £3 £3 .£2 lOs. Oto~R £1 £15s. £3 £3 £2 lOs. £2105. £2 lOs. £2 lOs. £2 lOs. £25s. £2 £1 lOs. lOs. to £ I (is. £2105. to £4 £3 to £3 125. £2 to £2105. £2 to £2 5s. £2 2s. to £2 Us. £210s. to £3 £2 ,- . 28.to£21Os.I£J 10s.to£228. £114s.to£116s. lOs. to £1 12•. to I.,•. £110$. £3 to £4 £4 £25s. £2 to £2 28. £2 £1 to £116•. £3 £.5 to £5 lOs. £3 £2 £2 lOs. £210s.to£3 1 £2 lOs. £2 tOs. £2·5s. £110s.to£1 £1 to £1 5s. 155. to £1 lOs. £2 lOs. to £4 £255. £225. £255. to £2 lOs. £255. to £2 lOs. £255. £2 25. 01:2 25. to £2 £1 lOs. £3 to £6 £2 lOs. £~ IDs. £2 lOs. £3 £3 £2 lOs. £25s. £2 15s. to £1 lOs. £5 £2 £3 £2 lOs. £2105. £2 lOs. £2 8s. £2 {js+ £223. £1 lOs. £1 £2 105. £2 Ss. £3 £3 £2 105. £255. £25•. £1 £1 lOs. £3 £3 £2 to £2 lOs. lOs. £2 2s. to £2 105. £1 to£IIOs. £2to £5 £2 to £5 £4105. to £6 £4 to £6 £2 lOs. to £3 to £3 15s. 12s. £2 to £~ 8s. £1 to £1 lOs. Od. to 18s. £4 £4 £3 £210•. £3 £255. £25s. £25s. £1 lOs. Omco Subdivision £5 £1 £3 lOs. £3 lOs. £2 lOs. £3 £3 £3 £2 Ss. £119s. £1 £1 .ilfitcholl lUver o.nd Boggy Oreek ( Subdivisions £310s. to £4 Orooked HiveI' Division •. £3 to £6 £2 £3 £3, .. £2 15s. to .£3 • £215S; £215S. £215s. £2 15s. £2 155. Jericho Division £3 ~I Donnelly's Crook Division £1 lOs. £4 £3 lOs. £3 .£2 ·iOs. £3 £3· £2 105. £1 lOs. Stringer's Creck Division £10 to £12 £1 105. to'£2 lOs. £5 to £6 £5 to£510s. £3to £355. £4 £3 lOs. to £4 £3 lOs. £21Os. to £3 £1 to £2 lOs. Aberteldy Subdivision •• £7 £2 £2 lOs. £3 los. £2 lOs. £1155. Russell's Creek Subdivision .'.. ~ ~1 Bendoe Subdivision £3 £3 £2 5s. to £2108. £1 lOs. 'l'arwin Subdivision· £3IOs. to £4 lOs. to £1 lOs, £3 to £3 lOs. £8 to £3 lOs. £2·io~. £2 lOs. £3 £3 £2 lOs. to £3 £2 lOs. £2 I!;s. l Tro.rnlgon Subdivision •• 45 No. 53. THE PRICES of MINING MATERIALS ·in some of the more important MINING CENTRES are as follow: BAI,J,ARAT.-Castings: Iron puddling machines,20s. per cwt. ; lift pumps, 16 in. t~ 22 in., inclUding working.s and conn.ec tiona, 268. per cwt.; winding and pumping gear, 35s. per cwt. ; water-plpc, 148. per cwt. ; stu.n~pmg battenes, with iron frames and fittings connected ,vith 10 stamps, say 10 cwL. per stamp or hammer, accordmg to constrnc tion or design 40 in. iron with wood framing, £40 per head. Gas-pipe, ~ in. to 2 in., 4d. to Is. 2d. per foot. Iron rivets, 375. to 56s. pe; cwt. Chains, tested, round, sizes i\; in. to I in., imported, 378. to 56s. per cwt.; ditto, made at Ballarat, 50s. per cwt. Rope: Flat wire, 3 in. t~ 4 in. x ! in., 60s. to ?5S. per c:vt.; fiat hemp, 4pn. to 6 in;, 80s. per cwt.; fiat Manilla, 728. to 78s. per cwt.; round Mamlla, 63s. per cwt., dlfferent Slzes. Powder, glazed blastlllg, IOd. per lb. Fuze: Single tape, lIs. per dozen coils; double tape, 12s. 6d. per dozen coils. Candles, sperm, 13s. per dozen Ibs. Oil: Olive 68. 6d. per gallon; colza, 58. 6d. per gallon; castor, 5s. 9d. per gallon; kerosene, 2s. 6d. per gallon, Tallow, beef and ~utton, 50s. per cwt. Quicksilver, 3s. per lb. Picks: Single-ended, driving and sinking, 42s. to 60s. per dozen· double-ended, 90s. per dozcn. Pick-hilts: Hickory, 14s. per dozen; coloniallightwood, 8s. to 12s. per dozen. Sl{ovels: Long or D-handled, 72s. per dozen; Cornish, socket-handled, 52s. to 56s. per dozen. Shovel-. handles: English, 18s. per dozen; colonial, 14s. per dozen. White yarn: Flax packing, Is. 6d. per lb.! hemp packing, 6d, per lb. Iron: Common, 16s. per cwt.; best Low Moor, 40s. per cwt. Leather: Colomal, for pumps,2s. per ,lb. ; English, 3s. 6d. per lb. ; belt leather, colonial, 2s. 3d. per lb. Guttapercha, sheet, for pu:up clacks, 5s. per lb.; tubing, 9s. per lb. Steel: Cast, 65s. per cwt.; blister, 56s. per cwt.,; shear, 65s. percwt.; sprmg, 37s. per. cwt. ; Stubbs' No.2, 112s. per cwt. CREswICK.-Castings: Stamp-hNld and beds, 16s. per cwt.; wrought-iron beds, 18s. 6d.; wheels, &c., 228. per cwt. HeI?P rope,3 in. to S' in., 54s. to 70s. per cwt. Blasting powder, 7d. to 9d. per lb. Fuze, lIs. to 12s. per dozen COlis. Candles, 9s.6d. to lOs. per dozen Ibs. Oil: Colza. 5s. to 58. 6d. per gall. ; machine, 6s. Gd. per gall. Tallow, 37s. 6d. to 44s. per cwt.· Quicksilver, 2s. to 88. per lb. ]>icks, 488. to 18s. per dozen. Pick-handles, colonial, 68., American, 13s. per dozen,' Shovels, long-handled, 60s. to 72s. per dozen. I.eather, English, for pnmps, 2s. 6d. to 4s. per lb. Cotton waste. 7!d. to sd. per lb. Iron: Coinmon, 1'68. per cwt; sheet iron, 22s. per cwt. Steel: Cast, 56s. per cwt. ; blister, 49s. to 58s. per cwt. Sheet indiarubber, 3s. 6d. to 4s. per lb. BRIGRT.-Castings, plain, 40s. per cwt. Hemp rope, 70s. per cwt.; wire rope, 80s. per cwt. Chains, small and medium, 7d. per lb. Blasting powder, IOd. per lb. Lithofracteur (ten cases in one box), £9 per box. Indiarnbber, double tape fuze, 148. per dozen coils. ]~est sperm candles, 129. per dozen lbs. Oil: Colza, 8s. per gall.; Chinese, Ss. per gall.; kerosene, 4s. per gall.; olive, 9s. per gall. Quicksilver, 3s. per lb. Collins' double picks, 70s. per dozen. Pick-handles, 18s. per dozen. Best long-bandIed shovels, 90s. per dozen; best short-handled shovels, 70s. per dozen. Leather. Colonial, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6el. per lb. Common iron, 30s. per cwt. Steel: Octagon, 70s. per cwt.; blister, 65s. per ewt. [Carnage for heavy goods, as above, £6 per ton.] N.B.-l'rices at Harrictville and Buckland are about 5 per cent. higher on most of above lines. . WOOD'S POJNT.-Castings (shoes, heads, &c.), 40s. to 428. per cwt.; of extra size or pattern, lIDs. per cwt. Boxes . Dynamite, Krebb's, Nobel's, or Colonial, 258., or 5s. per lb. Powder, glazed, Is. per lb. ]<'uze, 18s. per dozen coils. Candles, Is. to Is. 3d. per lb., in quantity. Oil: Castor, lOs. per gall.; olive, lOs. per gall. Quicksilver, 28. to 3s. per lb. Mining pick-heads, ISs. to 208. per dozen. Shovels: Long-haudled, lIOs. to 1208. per dozen; short-handled, 100s. per dozen. Leather, belting and grain, Is. 6d. per lb. Vulcanized indiarubber belting, four-ply, 4s. 6d. per foot. Best wrought iron, 42s. Gd. per cwt. Steel: Cast or blister, 80s. to 90s. per ewt. Nuts, bolts, &c., Is. per Ib, The above prices cover but very small transactions for the past year. SANDHURsT.-Stamper-boxes,20s. per cwt. Stamper-heads, ISs. per cwt.Stamper-shoes, 16s. per cwt. Discs; 9d. per lb. ; Cliff's or Watts' patent discs, 55s. each. Belt pulleys, 24s. per cwt., not turned. Bar-iron, BBR, 16s. per cwt. (contract). Octagon steel, 54s. per cwt.. Pump pipes, 20s. per cwt. ; supply pipes for batteries, 208. per cwt. Cams, 10d. per lb. Quicksilver, 2s. 9d. per lb. Sheet copper, IS. 5d. per lb. Candles: English, 25s. for 25 Ibs.; Colonial, 10d. per lb.; tallow, 4d. per lb. Powder: Hall's, IOd. pel' lb.; Curtis and Harvey's, 10d. per lb. Gun cotton, 70s. per box. Lithofracteur, £6 lOs. per box of 501bs. Engine-packing, Is. to Is. 6d. per lb. Cotton waste,6!d. per lb. Bolts and nuts, 5U. per lb. Shect indiarubbcr, 5s. to 78. 6d. per lb. Copper rivets, 28. per lb. Nails, aYerage,5d. per lb. Punched grating, Is. 3d. per square foot. Shovels: S.H., 66s. per dozen; L.H., 72s. per dozen. Pick-handles, American, 14s. per dozen; Colonial, 9s. Gd. per dozen. Oil: Neatsfoot, 5s. 6d. per gall.; kerosene, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per gall. ; castor, 6s. per gall. Fuze: Double, ISs. per dozen coils. Manilla rope 80s. per cwt. MARYDOROUGH.-Whhll and truck wheels, 208. per cwt. ; chains, 42s. per cwt. Rope, Manilla, 66s. per cwt. Fuze, 13&. per dozen coils. Powder, blasting, 60s. per 100 lbs. Candles, IOd. per lb. Oil: Colza, 6s. 6d. per gall.; castor, 5s. 6el. per gall.; olive, 7s. per gall. ; kerosene, 28. 6d. per gall. Quicksilver, 2s. Gd. per lb. Iron, BBR, 16s. per cwt. Steel: Cast, 66s. per cwt; blister, 55s. per cwt. ; shear,558. per ewt. Leather: English, belt, 3s. Gd. per lb.; Colonial, belt, 2s. 6d. per lb. Tallow: Mutton, 228. pcr ewt.; beef, 28s. pCI' cwt. Pick-handles, 7s. per dozen. Shoyels, 568. per dozen. CASTLEhfAINE.-Castings: Heavy, as stampers, &c., 198. to 215. per cwt. ; wheels, gear, &0., 22s. to 24s. per cwt. ; pipes, &c., 20s. to 21s. per ewt. Iron, BBR, 16s. per ewt. St€el: Blister, 5!d. per ib.; cast, 6~d. per lb. Rope, Manilla, 7kd. per lb. Tallow, refined, 46s. per cwt. Candles, sperm, II s. per dozen Ibs.; tallow, 5s. Gd. per dozen .lbs. Oil: Colza, 6s. 6d. per gall.; olive, 6s. 6c1. per gall.; castor, 5s. Gel. per gall. Powder, IIall's blasting, 9~d. per lb. Fuze, D.T., 12s. per dozen coils. Shovels, Day's, 54s. per dozen; Ames', 66s. per dozen. Picks, light, 24s. to 44s. per dozen '; heavy, 54s. per dozen. Pick-hilts, Colonial, 14s. per dozen. Leather: Colonial,2s. Gd. per lb. ; English, 3s. 3d. per lb. Cotton waste, 7 ~d. per lb. MALDoN.-Castings, stamp-heads, ISs. to 208. per mvt. Hope, to I inch, 8d. to lod. per lb.; wire, 21s. to 25s. per cwt. Blasting powder, Is. per lb. Fuze, 12s. 6d. per uozen coils. Candles: Sperm, 10d. to II~d. per lb.; tallow, 5d. to 6!d. per lb. Oil: Colza, 55. 6d. to 6s. per galL; kerosene, 4s. 6d. per gall.; olive, 6s. 6d. to 7s. per gall. Cotton ,vaste, Sd. per lb. Picks, Is. per lb. Piek-handles. Is. 3d. each; Colonial Is. each. Shovels: English, 58: to 6s. 6d. each; American, 6s. to 68. 6d. each. Leather: English and Colonial, 38. 6d. per lb. :Flax, Is. to 18. 9d. per lb. Spun yarD, Sd. per lb. Iron, wrought, ISs. per cwt. Bar steel, 44s. to 50s. per cwt. Quicksilver, 3s. Gd. per lb. ARARAT.-Iron: Castings, 2d. to 3d. per lb.; :fire-bars, 22s. per cwt.; truck-wheels, 2Ss. per cwt. :Manilla rope, 7 inch, 58s. to 60s. per cwt. Blasting powder, IOd. per lb. Fuze, 14s. per dozen. Candles, stearine, Is. per lb. Colza oil, 7s. per gall. Tallow, 30s. per ewt. :rick-bandIes, she-oak, 8s. per dozen. Short-handled .,hovels, 60s, to 698. per dozen. Leather, English bntts, 3s. 6d. per lb. Bar iron, BBR, 16s. per cwt. Steel, cast, 70s. per ewt. Hardwood, 3 in. x 2 in. measurement, 6s. per 100 feet.; 6 in. x} in. measurement, 5s. per 100 feet. STAwELL.-Lift pumps, 12 in. to 22 in., inclnding working and connection, 348. per cwt. Winding and pumping gear, 36s. per cwt. Water-pipes. 248. per cwt. Stamping batteries and iron frames, with fitting connected to say 30 stamps of 7 ewt. 2 qrs., £45 to £65. Gas-pipes,!} in. t02 in.,4d. to Is. 2d. per foot. Iron rivets, 408. to 568. per cwt. Manilla rope, round, 64s. per ewt. Blasting powder, Kames', 9d, per lb.; Curtis and Harvey's, 9d. per lb. Hall's, 9d. per lb. ; Victorian patent safety, 6~d. per lb. Dynamite, 3s. 6d. per lb. Lithofra.cteur,3s. 6d. per lb. Gun cotton, 75s. per 500 charges. Candles: Kitchen's petroline, lod. per lb.; DRJ, Is. per lb.; Brandon's, Is. pe:t; lb. Oil: Olive, bulk, 6s. per gall.; drum, 6s. 6d. per gall.; colza, 6s. per gall.; castor, 6s. per gall. ; kerosene, Devoe's, 3s. per gall. Tallow, 358. pCI' cwt. Quicksilver, 3s. per lb. Picks: Single-ended, 46B. per dozen; double, 72s. per dozen. Shovels: Long-handled, Day's, 66s. per dozen; Ames', 72s. per dozen; D-handled, Day's, 66s. per dozen; Ames', 72s. per dozen. l"ick-handles: Hickory, 15s. per dozen; Colonial, .128. per dozen, Hammer-handles: Hickory, 14s. pel' dozen; Colonial, lOs. per _dozen. Cornish shovels, 488. per dozen. Flax: packing, Is. 6d. to 28. 6d. per lb.; hemp ditto, Sd. per lb. Bar iron, BBH, 16s: per cwt. Shafting iron, 4 in. to 9 in., 30s. per cwt. Sheet iron, 208. per cwt. Rail iron, 16s. per ewt. :Fuze: Bickford's single tape lOs. per dozen coils; double tape, 128. 6d. per dozen coils. Steel! Cast, 56s. per cwt.; octagon, Johnson's, 55s. per cwt.; S.S.S. ditto, 48s. per cwt.; blister 45s. per cwt. ; shear, 528. per cwL ; spring, 34s. pcr cwt. Leather: English, 3s. 6d. per Ib:; Colonial,25. 3d. per lb. Gutta-pereha, sheet, 3s. 6ci. per lb. lneliarnbbm', 3s. 3d. per lb.; insertion 3s. !/d. per lb. Indiarubbcr tubing, three-ply: ! in., 10(1. per foot; i in., Is. per foot; I in., Is. 6d. pcr foot; I~ in.; 2s. pllr foot; 2 in., 28. per foot. :Firewood, 14S. to 15s. per cord of 128 feet. BENDOC.-Oil , Castor, about 7s. 6d. per gall. ; kerosene, 38. Gd. pcr gall. Candles, sperm, J.j~, pel' dozen Ibs. Stamp heads, shoes, and bottoms, 30s. to 40s. l)cr cwt: Shovels (Collins') : Short-\J(lD(lled, 70s. pCI' dozen; long-handled, 96s. per dozen. Picks. (Collins'): Hammer-headed, 70s. per. dozen; dOUble-ended, 78s. per dozen. Pick-handles, 12s. to 168. per dozen. Iron, 30s. to 40s. per cwt. Steel, 60s. per cwt. Powder, blasting, Is, per lb. Rope. :i\-ianilla, 5 inch, 7Ss. per owt. ; ditto, 2! inch, 78s. per ewt. 46 No. 54:. TABLE showing approximately the QUANTITY and COST of TIMBER consumed for Mining Purposes m the several MINlNG DISTRICTS during the Year 1877, from Returns made by the Mining Surveyors and Registrars. Firewood, &c. ... 165,846 tons £ 8. d. Props and Cap-pieces 454,573 pieces ... BALLABAl' ... Laths and Slabs 901,085 pieces 80,077 5 10 f Sawn 'l'imber 1,524,226 feet ... '''1 Firewood, &c...... 41,816 tons . Props and Cap-pieoes BEHCHWOBTH 33,250 pieces ...} ... . Laths and Slabs ... 265,300 pieces 16,912 15 10 f Sawn Timber 202,200 feet ... Firewood. &c. ... 21.5,160 tons Props and Cap-pieces 70,405 pieces ... SANDHUBST ... Laths and Slabs ... 73,000 pieces 83,278 15 0 f Sawn Timber '529,000 feet '''J Firewood. &C. ... 93,829 tons Props and Cap-pieoes 352,095 pieces ...} MABYBOBOUGH ... Laths and Slabs ... 388,269 pieces 44,843' 7 1 f Sawn Timber 259,358 feet Firewood, &c. •.. 60,240 tons Props and Cap.pieces . 109,503 pieces ... CASTLEMAlNE ...... Laths and Slabs ... 128,1l6 pieces "'} 21,429 9 6 f Sawn Timber 221,756 feet l!'irewood, &0. ... 37,950 tons Props and Cap-pieces 45,070 pieces ... . Laths and Slabs ..• 134,925 pieces '" 15,880 7 6 f Sawn Timber 496,163 feet .:. '''J Firewood, &c. ... ·28,309 tons ,Props and Cap-pieces' 33,826 pieces .,,}... GIPPSLA.ND ... Laths and Slabs 28,620 pieces 12,070 8 8 f Sawn Timber 159,626 feet Total Cost £274,487 4 5 Wo. 55. THE FOLLOWING PARTICULARS, wlticlt have been collected by tlte Mining Surveyors and Registrars, relate to the weight and cost of the Stamp-lteads and Slwnks or Lifters made use of in some of tlte principal Gold Mines in tlte several Mining Districts, and supply additional information-connected with the process of crushing Quartz during the Year 1877. . . . . In the BALLARAT MINING DISTRICT the stamp-heads and shanks or lifters vary in weight from 5 cwt. to 9 em., and t1:Je cost is from 15s. to £2 2s. 8d. per cwt. The fall of the stamp-head ranges from 7'to 10 inches. The number of.strokes made per minute is from 55 to 84. The quantity of qUl1rtz crushed per head per diem of 24 hours varies from 1 ton 8 ewt. to 3 tons 13 cwt. The number of holes per square inch in the gro.tings used is from 64 to 200. The horse-power required ta work each stamper is from 1 to 2. The quantity of water used per stamp-head in crushing varies from 60 gallons to 770 g~llons per hour. The quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stamper is from 4 to 40 Ibs. The'quantity of merc1l,ry lost per stamp-head per week is from ! oz. to 4 ozs. . In the BEECHWORTII MINING DISTRICT the stamp-heads and shanks or lifters vary in weight from 3 ewt. to 9 cwt., a~d the cost is from £1 2s. 6d..to £13 per cwt. Thc fall of the stamp-head ranges from 6 to 10 inches. The numbcr of· strokes made per minute is from 56 to 80. The quantity of quartz crushed per head per diem of 24 hours varies from . Iton to 3 tons. The number of holes per square inch in the grl1tings usefl is from 90 to 200. The horse-power required to work each stamper is from!l- to Ii. The quantity of water usecl pCI' stl1mp-head in crushing vl1ries from 60 gallons to 1,200 gallons per hour. The quantity of mercury uscd in thc ripples per stamper is from 13 to 68 Ibs. The quantity of mercury lost per stamp-head per week is from t oz. to 10 ozs. In tbe SANDllURST MINING DISTRICT the stamp-heads and shanks or lifters vary in weight from 5 cwt. to 8 cwt., and the cost is from 18s. to £1 10s.,.per cwt. The fall of the stamp-head ranges from 8 to 12 inches.' The number of strokes made per minute is from 60 to 70. The quantity of qUl1rtz crushed per head per diem of 24 hours varies from 1 ton 5 cwt. to 10 tons. The number of holes per squarq inch in the gratings used is from 80 to 200. The horse-power required to work el1ch st.'tmper is 1. The quantity of wl1ter used per stamp-head in crushing varies from 200 to 255 gallons per hour. The quantity of mereury used in the ripples per stamper is from 15 to 36 Ibs. The quantity of mercury lostper,stamp-hcad per week is 1 oz. . In the MARYDORQUGR MINING DISTRICT the stamp-heads and shanks or lifters vary in weight from 4 cw-t. 2 qrs. to 7 cwt., and the cost is from 19s. to £1118. 6d. per ewt. '1'he fall of the stamp-head ranges from 8 to 12 inohes. The number of strokes made per minute is from 50 to 85~ The. quantity of quartz crushefl per head pel' diem of 24 hours varies from 1 ton to 2 tons 5 cwt., The number of holes per square inch in the grl1tings used is from 80 to 200. The horse po'yer required to work each stamper is from I to It. The qUl1ntity of water used per stamp-head in crnshing varies' from 60 to 456 gl1llons per hour. The quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stl1mper is from 10 to 35 Ibs. The quantity of mercury lost per stamp-head per week varies from I to 12 ozs. ' In the CASTLEMAINE Mlr-."ING DISTRICT the stamp-heads and shanks ot lifters vary in weight from 6 cwt. to 8 cwt. 1 qr., and the cost is from 18s. to £8 per ewt. TIle fall of thc stamp-head ranges from 7 to 15 inches. The number of strokes made per minute is from 60 to 74. The quantity of quartz crushed per head per diem of 24 hours varies from 1 ton 2 ewt. to 8 tons. The number of holes per s(luare inoh in the gratings used is from 75 to 250. Thel),orse power required to work each stamper is from 0'75 to L Thc quantity of water used per stamp-head in. crushing vt\ries from 66 to 666 gl1110ns per hour. The quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stamp-head is from 4 to 30 Ibs. TjIe quantity of mercury lost per stamp-head per week varies frolll 0'50 to 40zs. ' In the ARARAT MINING DISTRICT the stl1mp-heads and shanks or lifters vary in weight from' 2 em. to 9 cwt. and the cost is from £1 2s. to £4 per cwt. The fall of the stamp-head ranges from 6 to 10 inches. The numb!lr of strokes made per minute is from 60 to 75. The quantity of qUl1rtz crushed per head per diem of 24 hours varies from 1 ton to 2 tons 10 ewt. The number of holes per square inch in the gratings used is from 120 to 342. The horse-power required to work each stamper is from 0'5 to 1'25. The quantity of water used per stamp-head in cFushing varies from 160 to 900 gallons per hour. The quantity of mercury used in the ripples pcr stamper is from 20 to 70 lbs. The quantity of mercury lost per stamp-head per week is from 1'5 to 29 ozs. In the GIPPSLAND MINING DISTRICT the stamp-heads I1nd shanks or lifters vary in weight from 5 cwt. to 8 cwt., aml the cost is from £1 to £3 per cwt-. The fall of the stamp-head ranges from 6 to 10 inches. The number of strokes mnde per minute is from 50 to 84. The quantity of quartz crushed per head per diem of 24 hours varies from 1 ton 2 ewt, to 10 tons. The number'of holes per square inch in the grutings is from 80 to 160. The horse-power required to work each stamper is from 1 to 1'75. The quantity of .water used per stamp-head in crushing varies from 120 to 630 gallons per hour. The quantity of mercury used in the ripples per stamper is from 9 to 120 Ibs. The quantity of mercury lost per st.'lIDp-head per week varies from 1 to 10 OZS. • 47 MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. No. 56. RETURN of the NUMBER of LEASES in force on the 31st December 1877 for the purpose of Mining for METALS AND MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD. Names of Metals and Mlnernls. Number of Leases. Area. A. B. P. Antimony...... 20 397 1 39 Argentiferous Galena. 1 154 I 32 Coal...... 9 5,438 0 Coal Shale or Lignite ::: 1 640 0 "0 Copper and the Ores of Copper 2 872 3 13 Flag~ing ... 1 9 2 30 LignIte 1 475 2 10 Silver 2 353 2 28 Slate 1 49 3 39 Slate and Fi~ng ::: 2 19 2 25 Ironstone... •.. 1 320 1 35 Red Ochre Clay ... 1 2 0' 14 Tin, and the Ores of Tin 5 1,196 0 89 Tin and Iron I 51 I 39 Totals, 48 9,981 2 27 No. 57. RETURN showing the NUMBER of LICENSES to SEARCH for METALS OR MINERALS OTHER THAN GOLD issued during the Year 1877. I Extent of Gronnd Names of Metals and Minemls. Number of Licenses. held nnder such Licenses. A. B. P. Coal ...... , 22 14,080 0 0 Copper and'Lead ...... 1 50 0 0 Tin-ore...... I 320 0 0 Coal, Lignite, and Kerosene ...... 1 640 0 0 Flagging ...... 1 50 0 0 Lignite or Brown Coal ...... , ... I 16 0 0 Totals ... .., ... 27 15,156 0 0 NOTB.-Fees are charged for Searching Licenses in accordance with the following scale: £ $. <1 • For an area exceeding 320 acres, but Dot excceding 640 acres, per annum •• .. 10 0 0 160 It 320 H Ii 0 0 80 " " 100 " 210 0 "64,, 80" 150 And for any BreB not exceeding 64 acres 100 (Viae Notice published in the G&1It1'1Iment Ga!ette of 2nd December 1864.) No. 58. RETURN of the NUMBER of MINERAL LEASES issued in the Year 1877, and the EXTENT of GROUND LEASED. liTrunes of Metals and Minerals. Number of LellS.... Area. A. B. P. Antimony ... 7 165 0 4 , Coa.l ... 2 1,274 1:1 26 Ores' of Silver 2 388 0 37 Tin 1 320 0 0 Totals 12 2,148 0 27 48 METALLIFEROUS MINERALS,' COALS, LIGNITE, CLAYS, SLATES, AND MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. METALLIFEROUS MINERALS" SILVER. According to the returns made to the Department, the following quantities have been raised :-' , . .,' ' . ... SUver Ores. Sliver. I ". ... . tons cwt., OZ8 • dww. 1l''S• Previously-up to 31st Decembet, 1876 •...... 16,168 10. , 84,825 11 23 , From 1st January to 31st December 1877 ... 3,892 0. 671 15 ]5 I Extracted at the Mint ...... 19,0.46 12 0. Totals ...... 20.,0.60. 10. 104,543 19 14 The following statement of. Exports has been supplied by the Cnstoms Depal'tment: YCM. SUver Ores. Stiver. tons cwt. ou. dwts. 1861 10. 6 1864 4,20.7 15 1865 4,954 0. 1867 366 2 1868 5,604 9 1871 236 0. 1875 12,165 10. 1876 14,704 11 1877 Totals 10. 6 42,238' 7 . 'l'he London and St. Arnaud Gold and Silver Mines Company raised 162 tons of silver-ore during the year 1877. Tho quantity smelted was 163 tons, from which 310. ozs. 2 dwts. were obtAined, representing a value of £62 O.S. 6d. The Chrysolite Gold Mining Company, during the year 1877, from 3,730. tons of quortz aud 646 tOllS of tailings, obtained 180. OZB. 4 dwt•. 15 gr8. of silver, which realised a sum of £45 lB. The pure gold'obtained was 1,962 ozs. 1 dwL 15 grs., representing a value of £6,52898. In this mine the silvot· is got as an alloy with gold, being in quartz gold abont 10 pel' cent. and in tailings about 20 per cent. The mine is now being worl'cd at 60.0. feet in depth. , The Wilson's Hill Company raised during ]877 about 4,290. tons of quartz, which ~'ielded 980 ozs. 10. dwts. of gold, from which IS! per cent.. of silver was obtained. . In October 18i7, the discovery of a silver lode at Bethanga was reported. Some prospectors found what they supposed to be antimony; bnt ou showing the specimens in the township they were declared to be silver and lead. The ground was taken up, and guided by a thin vein of carbonate of lead, about au inch or two wide, the lode was songht for. After following this for about 15 feet, the lode was met with about one inch in width. but which opcned out to about a foot. Operations are being carried on to ascertain whether the lode continues, 01' whether the quality is payable. During the year 1877 the quantity of silver extracted from gold at the l\'IeJbournc Mint amounted to 19,046·600zs., which, al the rate of 55. pc,' oz., represents a value of £4,761 IO.s.4d. 'i'he amounts extracted were as follow : ozs. 1st quarter ended March ... 5,225'56 2nd qmll'ter ended June ... 3,217'41 8rd quat'ter ended Septcmber 5,781'95 4th quarter ended December 4.821'68 Total 19,0.46'60. 'l'he quantity of fine silver sold hy the Melbourne Mint during the same year was oz~. 1at quarter ended March ... 5,075'0.2 2nd quarter ended .June ... 4,239'79 3rd quarter ended September 3,497'38 4th quarter ended Decembet· 4,580.'65 Total 17,89::1'84 A sample of metallic lead from Ri~gwood gave, on assay, 130118. I dw't~ of silver to the.ton of I~ad. Ii. mixed sample of sulphides of i(()n and lead. with traces of copper and zinc, from St. Arnaud, gave, on assay, I 'per cent.. of.silver and lead, equal to 1 oz. 12 dwts. 16 grs. per ton. A parcel of arsenical pyrites frolll Flag.taff Hill, Bethanga, gave, upon assay, .i1ver equal to 13 dwts. per tall. . Two leases are in force to mine for silver over aI) area of 353a. 2(', 28p., and oue for argentiferous galena on an area ,of 154a. ] I'. 32p. " Two leases were issued during the year to mine fm' ores of silver ovcr an area 388a. Or. 37p. 49 TIN. The following statement of Exports has been received from the Customs Department : TIN ORE. tons cwt. TIN. lbs. Previou6ly-up to 31st December 1876 1,134 6 Previou~ly-up to 31st December 1876 529,184 From 1st January to 31st December 1877 62 4 From 15t January to 31st December 1877 6,576 'rotal 4,196 10 Total 535,760 The following information relative to the quantity of tin-ore raised in the Beechworth district has beeu supplied by Mr. A. Alderdice, Warden's Clerk at Beeehworth : Tin (black sand) raised :- Eldorado tons cwt. Ovens G. and T. Co.... 2 15 Wellington Co. 17 10 United Eldorado Co.... 44 12 McEvoy ." 13 16 Ah Moy's purchases (Woolshed, Pilot Creek, &e.) 16 0 --- Total 94 13 --- The produce of the tin·ore ~melted amouuted to 22 tons 11 cwt., which W,lS sold in Melbourne at the rate of £62 lOs. per ton. 'rhere were 44 tons 12 ewt. of black saud shipped to England hy the United Eldorado Company. The price of black sand dUl'ing the year has ranged from £22 to £24 per ton. It wili he observed that the great proportion of the black sand has been obtained from the three claims at work at Eldorado.. The drought duriug the year completely dried up the whole of the tin bearing creeks ",\ling froUl the Pilot and Dingle Ranges. These creeks can only be worked profitably in Very wet seasons. Mr. G. Head Murphy, the Warden's Clerk at Foster, reports that during the el1.rly part of the year 1877 Mr. John Amery found large quantities of tin-ore on a tributary of the Franklin River, which yielded on an average about 70 per cent. of pure tin and 0'1 per cent. of gold. He hus obtained a lease of 320 acres, and has applied for 100 aeres more under a race license, Further prospecting has proved heyond doubt the payable nature of the tin in this locality. Mr. A lOery ha~ cut a track for a proposed flume from the Agnes River and a tramway to the Franklin.' . '1'he Mining Surveyor and' Registrar for the St. Andrew's division stl1.tes, in his quarterly reports, that sluicing operations for tin are still being carried on at Mouut Benak, on the La Trobe River, I1.nd that stream tin sinieing i, proving remunerative at McCrac's Creck. He further reports the discovery of some rich prospects of stream tin nenr the head of the Bunyip River, Mount Benak, upon which two minel'Ul leases have been applied for, Stream tin workiugs are vigol'onsly progressing on the Bunyip. The Mining Registrar for the Tarwin subdivision states, in hi,; quarterly reports, that Mr. John Amery, who for the last couple of years has been employing from two to three men prospecting, has now obtained tin on a tributary of the Franklin River, twelve miles froUl Foster, in what he believes to be payable quantities, A sample of tiu·ore from South Gippsland gave, on assay, 61 pel' cent. of metallic. tin. A sample of till-sand from the Upper Yarra yielded, upon assay, 72 per cent. of metallic tin. Tin-ore in small quantities was found in a sample of titaniferolls iron sand and quartz grains from the Morwell River, Gippsland. Five leases arc in force to mine for tin and ores of tin over 1,196a. Or. 39p., and one for tin and iron over an area of 5la. 11'. 39p. One lease wa.s issued during 1877 to mine for tin over an area of 3~0 acres. Olle license to search for tin over an area of 320 acres was issued during the year 1877. COPPER. According to the returns received, the following quantities of copper-ore have' been raised : ton •. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 ... 1,604 From l!.t January to 31st December 1877 1,037 Total 2,641 . The following statement of Exports has been received from the Customs Department: i Copper. Copper Ore. tons owl. tons cwt. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 ...... 89 0 36 1 From 1st January to 31st December 1877 •• , ...... Nil Nil - Totals , ...... 89 0 36 1 The lessees of a eoppormine at Walhalla report that during the year 1877 copper-ore to the amount of l,037 tons was raised; 996 tons 19 ewt. were smelted. the produce being 83 tons 4 ewt. of pimple metal, giving 94 per cent. of pure copper. In the month of October 1877, about 140 tons of copper-ore from the Brthanga. reefs were transmitted to Neweastle, New South 'IN ales, to be smelted at that place. The results of tne operation have not yet been made pulllic. The Mining Registrar for the Stringer'~ Creek division says in his reports that during the quarter ending 30th September no smelting was done at the Walhalla Copper Company's works, owing to their having run short of fuel and pending arrange ments for a less costly mode of transit of the ore. . . A sample of ore composed of. copper, arsenical iron, and magnetic pyrites, from Bcthanga gav", uponaoalysis, as a whole, 14 per ceot. of copper and 1 oz. 12 dwts. 3 gre. of gold per ton. 'rwo lea~es to mine for copper and the ores of copper arc in force over an area of Silla. 3r. lap. One lease WilS issued in 1877 to search for copper and lead over an area of 50 acl'C~, No, 8. E 50 ·ANTI1\£ONY. AccorJing to I'ctUI'llS received, the following quantities have been raised : ASTIMONY ORE. tons cwt. qts. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 ... 15,476 18 :3 :From 1st January to 31st December 1877 2,640 2 1 'fotal 18,117 1 0 The following statement of Exports has been received from the Customs Department: Antimony Ore. Antimony Antimony. - Uegulus. Crude. tons c"wt~ tous cwt. tons ewt. tons CWt5 Previously-up to 31st Deeemb~I' 1876 ... 9,164 11 1,542 1 430 1 254 4 From 1st J anuar'y to 31st December 1877 ... 868 7 556 10 Nil 125 6 Totals ...... ]0,032 18 2,198 11 430 1 379 10 The lessees of an antunony clulln at Nunllwadmg report havmg rinsed dUrlng the year 1877 antimony-ore to the amouut -of 930 tous 17 cwt. 1 qr. The ore \'aries very mueh in quality, but is generally good. No smelting is done at the mine, as the lessees sell the ore to vadous firms in Melhourne who have appliances for smelting operations.' 'l'he les.sces of an antimony mine at Costcl'field state they havc raised'during the past year 1,696 tOllS of ore; 274 tons were smelted, which yielded 139 tons of metallic antimony. .'!'lie lessees of another mine in the same place have raised 2 tons 15 ewt. of ore; they have worked a considerable portion 'of tlie top ground, but found 'it exceedingly poor; hopes are entertained of better success this year. The lessees of II mine at South Costerfield report having raised I) tons 10 ewt. of antimony-ore during the past year. At North Costerfield the lessees of a mine stilte they are engaged in driving night and day for the reef, and. expect to cut it within 50 feet of their present workings. 'fhe lessees of another lease at SundHY Creek'report that during the:ycar 6 tons 01 ore were raised, 4 tOllS of which were smelted. yielding 1 ton 10 e\vt, oC-metallic antimony. ... '...... The Warden at Rushworth reported that during last year thef(~ were two antimony claims 'in his district;" ()Be'the Black Cloud at 00/s Diggings, and the other the Stoc);:yal'd Reef, sitnated at Whroo. Through 'the breakage of machinery'and the want of water, operations have been some time suspended in both'claims. , ' . ·The Mining SlIf\'cy01' and Hegistrar for the Se Andrew's divisioD states in' his quarterly reports that the ·Ringwood antimouy mine Ftill yields abundance of this valuable metal, and that the' company IH~ve'a: very effective plailt, consisting'of Ii 40 horse-power engine ana winding engine. ltlessrs. CuiTan and Co.: and :Messrs. Bright Bros. and Co., have also erected engines at their Hingwood claims. The engine cl'ected by MeSSI'8. Bright and' Co. has proved inad'equate· in 'power to reduce the water, and will have to be replaccd by one of greater power. The other leases at Ringwood have DOt yet reached the reef, and mu~t cred pumps before llluch progl'ess is made. Oxide of antimony has been found at Yangardook, and' a shaft is being SUlik to find the lode. The Mining Hegistrar for the Waranga North suhdivision', ill his reports for the quarters ending JUlle and SCl'tellluer, states that the U. and 'F. Antimony Co. at Whro6 are still working, and that the reef is increasing in thickness. and is looking well. The reef is from 3 inches to 1 'font thick. fIe also states that hut for·the excessive eOl\t of carriage to Melbuurne two other antimony reefs of plo\'ed value, viz .. the Stockyard Reef, \"'hroo, and the Black CI&ud Beef, Coy', Diggings, ",ould be worked. In his December report he says that a small e!lginc has been erected on the ground of the Black Cloud Heel; and that \vork will be resumed in a short time. Twenty leases are iO'force to mine for ant.imony over an arca of 397a. If. 39p. Seven leased we;'c issued ill 1877 to mine for antiDlOl1y"ovcr an are" of H;5a. Or. 4p. LEAD. According to I'clums received, it appcars that the following quantities 'of lead-ore have hC{lll raised:-- " tons Cl\"t. qr. Previously-up to 31st De~embct· 1875 586 6 0 From 1st .January to 31st December 1877 , ]5 0 0 Total 600 6 0 The following statement of Exports hus beeu received from the Customs Department : Lead Ore. I.eatl. tons cwt. tons cwt. Previously-up to 3ist'Dccember 1876 ...... 66 18 0 1 From 1st .January to 31st December 18i7 ...... Nil Nil Total ...... 66 18 0 1 The manager of a' mine at :'flurindal, Gippsland, reports th"t during the year 1877 the amount of galena raised was 16 tons. Of this quantit.y 2 tons 3 ewt. were smelted at the company's works, and yielded 2 cwt. 2 ql's. of lead. 'fhe Mining Hegistrar fur the Mitchell Riv(Jt· sUbdivbion of the Gippslaud Mining District reports that at the galcna 'mines at BuchHll no .work of allY illlpOttatH:c is being proceeded with. During the ye11l' a sample of ledd was obtained in the oli! Persevcmnco claim at PCl'cydale, ncar Avoca. It is said to be ·of exceedingly good quality; and to cxbt in payable quantities. The .lead,ol·e runs througll the gold·bearing quartz, and in .getting out the latter, which carried {l dWl,'. of gold to the ton, the former must he removed. . A sample. consisting of lead, eulphides of iron, and traces of c9Pper Hnd zinc, from St. Arnaud, gave, upon assay, 1 per ·cont. of lead aud "ilvel'. ODe lellse is in force to mine for argentifcrous galena. over an area of 164a. II'. :32p. One licensc to scal'oh for leflll and copper ovcr an area of 50 acres was is>ucd in 1877. IRON. According to returns received, it appears that the following quantities of iron-ore ha,e been raised :- '. tons cwt. Previously-up to 31't necl'llllwl' ]876 419 0 :l!'rom·lst January to 31st December 1877 . Nil 'rotnl 419 0 51' The following statement of Exports has heen reeei \'cd from the Cmtoms Department : IrO!l Ore. tons cwt. Preyi0usly~up to 31st December lS76 10 S Frum 1st January to 31st December ISH Nil Total 10 8 The ::Ilining n('gistl'ar for the Gordon snbdivi,ion of the Ballarat l\1ining District reports that the only work doue at the iron mine of the Lal Lal Company, Lal Lal, Wa;; preparing It machinery .ite and placing an engine and geat· upon the ground. In 1I1<"oh 1877, William Bayne, a selector on the Glassy Creek, 'Nestei'll Port I3ay, notified to the Mining Department thut on the creek there was It bcd of ironstonc cropping OIlL of thc surface. The ironstoac Was tcsted, and was found to contain 70 per cent, of iron. '1'he :Mining ncghtrltr for thc Trarulgon suhdivision of the Gippsland Mining Distdct reported, at the end of March IS77, that the ironstone claim lOll the Tramlgon Creek was beillg worked nt tl. lower level. 'I'he R COAL AND LIGNITES. COAL. - According to retnrns received, it appears that the following quantities have bce·n raised :-: tons cwt. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 6,551 S From 1st January IQ 31st December ISn 2,420 0 Total". 8,971 S The lessees of a coal mine at Westel'll Port report that during the past year operations were impeded hy insufficient means of transit from the mine to the place of shipment, but that 2,420 tons of coal have been raised. 'J'he lessees of It coal lease at Coleraine state that a shaft has been SUlIk to a depth of about 240 feet, and is still being suuk, in hopes of finding a. payable seam of coal. 'I'he lessees of 11 lease at Denison, near Sale, report that their mine will become remunerative as SOOIl as railway communication is opened up with ?l1elbonl'lle. . . 'l'he Mining Registrar for the Traralgon snbdivision of the Gippsland Mining District reported, at the end of September last, that a. scum of coal had been found at the head of Tyers Creek. It was intcuded, he stated, to use it (if it answered the purpose) for smelting the copper-ore at Cooper's Creek . . In February ISn, l\1r. Peter Mills reported the di8covery of an outcrop of coal on his selection on Mosquito Creek, near the ]\:[oe. He stated tlmt he traced it upwards fl'Orn the r,reck lor sonae distance, and that on sinking to " depth of 15 feet carne upon a seam 2 feeL in thiekness. " The discovery of a. Vahltl.ble coal seam in South Gippsland was, in March 1877, reportcd hy Mr. R. A. F. Murray, Geolo gieal Surveyor. 'fhe discovery was made by a person uurned W!llter Powell, at t.he head of the Mosquito Creek, betwecn the N arracan Swamp and the Moe Creek, the locality heing about four miles from the nearest point on the Gippsland Rail\\·ay. The seam, at the outcrop, was IS inches thick. Although the qnality of the coal on the surface Was somewhat deteriorated by atmospheric action, on heing traced a few feet it was found to improve in quality and to increase to a width of 2 feet. A portion of the coal was analysed by MI'. Cosmo N ewbery, with the following result :- "Coal, bituminous, yielding a good coke, on analysis, it shows~ Moisture 3'10 Volatile mattcr 32'48 Fixed carbon 61'54 Ash 2'88 'fotal 100'00 The coal is of a good quality, and closely resembles sonle of the best samples from Cape PatterBon and Killmnda." A seam of coal was reportcd to have bcen di:,;covcl'cd Ht Coleraine ahont the middle of the year. The first Seam was struck at a. depth of 10 leet; it was 3 inches in thickuess, and was composed of what is known as .. brown coal," At 42 feet, a sellm 15 inches thick, of a decidedly better quality of coal, was gone through. Another 12 feet of Illarl was pierced, and at the depth of 54 fect It seam of still better quality was met with, 20 inches ill thickness; and at 74 feet, tl. "hurd band" of coal 22 inches thiek was pierced. I30ring was proceeded with, hut it Was not u[Jtil It depth of 162 leet 5 inches had heen attained that any fresh discovery was made. At. this depth the hodng-rods wont through ,I scnm of coal 5 feet 6 inches wide. The coal was not ,0WI, but consisted of three brLnds, the intervening bands consisting of brown coal. Up to September last the boring-shaft had reached a depth of 185 feet, and ten seams had been gone through. '1'he samples of coal obtained burn well, and arc stated to resemble those obtained from the Ncwcastle and other known beds of coal. The prospector, W. Priest, is of opinion that some 300 feet in depth will have to be reached before a papble seam is obtained, A company has been formed to work the mine. A sample ofeoal was exhibitod in Salo c1uring the month of September 1S77 by Captain Bell of Carolina_ Tile coal was found by him ou high land betweeu Lake R~eves and Aitken's homestead. A quantity of loose coal was seen lying about, but no seam was visible, but the discoverer intilllated his intention of making search lor one, as he fancied the coal found mnst have been broken off an outcrop in the vicinily. , A discovery of coni was made during the year on McClintock's land, neal' Clifton township,oll Lhe Colao road. Some workmen making a wcll, at the depth of 31 feet passed through several thin hyers of coal, tlu; thickness of which, it is stated, would not justify an expenditure of moncy for prospccting purposes. A sample ofbl'ight black c,)al, from Gippsland, very friable, and the joints of which were coated with carbonate of lime and oxide of iron, gave, upon analysis:-Volatile matter, 28'79 per cent. ; fixed carbon, 51'79 per cent.; ash, 13'20 pel' cent.; total,100'00. A large part ofihe ash was derived from the miuerals coating the joints. 52 Niue leascs are in force to mine for coal over an area of 5,438a.'Or. 4p. '1'wo leases to mine for coal over an area of 1,274a. 31'. 26p. were issued in 1877. ; Twenty licenses to search for coal over an area of 14;080 acres, and on~ license to search for coal, lignite, and kerosene, over an area of 640 acres, were issued in 18H. LIGNITE. According to returns received, it appears that the following quantities have been raised : . tons ewt. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 4 123 6 From 1st January to 31st December 1877 '277 10 Total ... 4,400 16 The lessces of a lease at Lal Lal state, in their return of lessees' operations during the year 1877, that they have raised 277 tons 10 cwt. of lignite. . In January 1877, the Mining Surveyor of the Skipton Distriet reported to the :vnning Department an alleged discovery of coal in that locality. 1I1r. Krause, Government Gcological Surveyor, who officially examined the locality, in his report to the Mining Department, pointed out that the country around Skipton is occupied by Upper Volcanic lava, resting, probably, upon Older Paleozoic rock~, while three and a half milcs further east, and thence to thc Flllgstaff Hili, neal' Linton's, there is granite, which, 110 doubt, nnderlies the basalt uninterruptedly to Nnllirnia and Mount Emu. The patch of Silurian near the east boundary of the township of Skipton is traversed by a quartz vein, which ,was tested in a shallow 8haft and abandoned. Hecently, says Mr. Krause, search was again made for this vein, and a few shallow pits were sunk under the talus of t.he basaltic cliff, striking a. black bituminous clay. 'rhis, no doubt, led to the statement that the coal-bearing rocks of the Otway.District were represented in the local it)'. All indication of the presence of the Mesozoic or older carbonaceous veins were found by him to be absolutely wanting. 'fhe strata passed thl'ough indicates a narrow P!iocene vein-channel, filled with clay, s!lnd, and gravel, and containing an abundance of drift wood, p~rtly unaltered and partly in a sub· fossil statc, and converted into peat or lignite. Mr. Krause points out that the term" seam" is not applicaille under thcse conditions; and the thIckness of the deposit is equivalent. in Victorian mining parlance, "to the depth of sending into the gutter· bed." He found the liguitell"of " bright jet-black color, and extremely brittle. although it showed conchoidal fracture. It ignited only at a very high temperature, owing. no doubt, to the small percentnge of fixed carbon comparcd to the large amount of hygroscopic water. Judging by the indications of the workings which Mr. Krause inspected, he thought the matel'ial was of but littie vaillcaa a fuel. .,\ sample of what was supposed to be lignite was found, about the middle of 187., in the Taliara district, at'a depth of 35 feet below the surface. . A sample of brown coal lignite from the Tyers River was submitted to analysis. In 100 parts it contained :-Water. 28'40 per cent.; volatile matter, 33'06 per cent.; fixed carbon, 33'96 per eent.; ash, {'58 per cent. It would make a good fud if dried artificially or exposed to the air in sheds. A sample of brown coal (variety pit.eh coal) from the Aim Rivel', Cape Otway, upon analysi" gavc in 100 parts :-vVater, 2'95 per cent.; volatile matter, 40'02 pCI' cent.; fixed carbon, 47'88 per cent.;. mineral ash, 9'15 per cent. . One lease is in force to mine for lignite over an area of 475a. 2r.. IOp., and one to mine for coal shale over an area of 640 acres. I Onc license to search for lignite, over an area of 16 acres, and one liccnse to search fOl; lignite, coal, and kerosene, over an area of' 640 acres, were issued during the year 1877. CLAYS. According to returns rcceived, the following quantities of kaolin have been raised : 'tons cwt. Previously-up to 31st December ISiS ... 1,8;)2 14 From 1st January to ;)lst December Ib77 Nil Total 1,832 14 The following statement of Exports of clays has heen received from the Customs Department; .. tons cwt. Previously-up to ~1l8t Decemher 1876 ... 25 0 From ht January to 31st December 1877 16 3 Totfll 41 3 Some ~pecimens ()f clay found in the I3eechworth Di,trict were forwarded early in the year to the Ballarat pottery, in ·order to be tested. 'Jhey were ~)und to he sdaptcd for pottery purposes, taldng variou8 glaze" well. A sample of kaolin clay [r'om Pottery Hill, Epsom, upon alla1y~is, in 100 parts gave- Silica 71'85 Alumina ... 22'00 Magnesia ... 1'48 Water 4'15 A Ikalies and loss 0'52 100'00 It contained frec qnartz grains, and this quartz sand is included in the silica. Another sample from the same place gave, in 100 parts· Silica 47'65 Alumina .. . 44'30 MlIgnc.ia ... 3'44 \¥aLer Los$ 100'00 It was ill part colored by oxide of iron; this part is not included in the anal:n;i~. 4 A snmple of clay from the .:IIoe was found to be aluminous Eoapy clay, which, if found in qultntity, might be of value as fil'c·clilY. 53 FLAGS AND SLATES. FLAGGING. According to returns received, it appears that the following quantities have ueen raised : tOM cwt. qrs. square yards. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 ••• 12,868 5 3 80,160 From 1st January to 31st December 1877 1,730 6 2 Nil Totals 14,798 12 1 SLATES. The returns received show that there have been raised: slates. toW!. , Previously-up to 31st December 1876 .•• 11,000 245 From 1st January to 31st December 1877 Nil Nil Totals 11,000 245 The lessees of a mine at Castlemainc stn,te that during the year 1877 about 1,642 tons 6 cwt. 'of slate flagging have been raised from a depth of 160 feet from the surface. The flagging has been manufactured into shelves, hearths, steps. and mantel-shelves. 'l'he lessee of, a mine at Specimen Gully reports that the operation of raising material was, in the early part of the year 1877, retarded by the work being confined to sinking deeper for the new make of reef and to stripping on the top reef. 'fhe quantity raised was 83 tons. The lessee of a lease at the Bald Hill Range, Stilwell, states that during 1877 he raised 5 tons of slate flagging. ' The Mining Registrar of St. Andrew's Division states in his quarterly reports that a fine description of slate is being opened out at Watson's Creek, and that some large sample blocks are being operated on. The stone is said to take Ii fine polish, and will be probably utilized for billiard-tables, mantel-shelves, &c. One lease is in force to mine for slate over an area of 49a. 31'. 39p.; one to mine for flagging over an area of 9a. 2r. 30p.; lind two to mine for slate and flagging over an area of 19a. 21'. 25p. . One license to search for flagging over an area of 50 acres WM issued during the year 1877. " . MISCELLANEOUS MINERALS. J AMESONITE. The Warden's Clerk at Tarrangower states that the only new mineral found in the district during 1877 was Jamesonite (double sulphide of lead and antimony), in small bunches of acicnlar crystals, associated with molybdenum in quartz. The specimen was discovered by MI'. John Hornsby, the chairman of tlte committee of the Maldon Athenreum alld Mining Museum, a considerable distance from the antimony deposits. MANGANESE. A sample of earthy manganese-ore from Costerfield was submitted for analysis. It was found to be largely impregnated with oxide of iroll and clayey matter, and did not ~ontl>in any cobalt. On account of its impurity, it was of' no commercial value. ' OLIVINE. A highly felepathic porphyritic basalt specimen from Learmonth was found to enclose olivine. Oliviue was also found in samples of scoria from the samc place. LIMESTONE. The Registrar for the Tarwin subdivisioll of the Gippsland Miniug Dist.rict, in his reports for the quarters ending June and September, stated that the lime-kilns at Waratah Bay were progressing rapidly, that a jetty of 500 feet had been run out, and that other improvements had been completed. A lease is held behind the Waratah Lime and Marule Oompany's ground, on which are large quarries of grey limestoue, which has been proved suitaule for uuilding purposes. ' FREESTONE. Mr. Cosmo Newbery paid a visit,of inspection to tile Mount Aur'upt freestone quarries at Dnnkeld, and was favorably impresscd with the quality of tb.e stone. He condemned, however, the nse of blasting as a means of getting out the material. Freestone should never be subjected to the action of cxplosives, liS blasting tends to shalter the stone and to damage a far greatcr quantity than it relllOYCS. SULPHUR. A sample of limonite from Dandenong was, upou analysis, found to contain a large quantity of sulphU!'. PHOSPHORUS. Pho~phorus was found in a large percentage in a sample of urown iron-ore from Blackwood, and also in a brown hematite specimen from Ghost Creek. GYPSUM. A discovery of gypsum haR been made neal' Kerang. A sample of earth which was forwarded to the Department of Agriculture was analyzed by Mr. Ivey, who fnroislred the following report-co The substance, on examination, proves to be nearly pure gypsum, coutaining over 88 per cent. of hydrated calcic SUlphate, the impurities consisting of sand and of a small proportion of organic matter and clay." .Mr. 'Vallis, the Secretary for Agriculture, supplemented this report by stating-" The suustance gypsum is valuable as a manure for luceme alld clovers, uut is of little or lIO avail for "cereals ...... '" If a pure white INFUSORIAL EARTH. A sample of infusorial earth was found about the ~iddle of the year near Talbot, the polishing properties of which were found to be excellent. During the draining operations being carried on at the West Melbourne swamp anolher Bample was discovered. On analysis it was found to be an impure clayey infiIsorinl earth that might if washcd and calcined be 'used as tripoli ()r in the manufacture of dynamite. DIAJ\,£ONDS. Previously-up to 31st December 1876 107 From 1st January to 31st December 1877 . Nil Total 107 The 'Varden's Clerk at Beeehworth reports that for the fil'8't time since the opening of the Ovens goldfields no diamonil~ have been reported as found in the Beeellworth Division. Thig is pm·tly accounted for by the fact that there are fewer claims working at the Woolshed,than formerly, and that the season has ,been so exceedingly dry that none of the crceks.falling into the 'Woolshcd have been worked at all. SAPPHIRES, ZI~CONS,GARNETS, TOPAZ, ETC. Tne Wal'dcn'sClerkat Beechworth' states 'that the inferior stones found in his division; such as garnets, zircons; sapphires; &e., have bcc'n few iIi number and of 'little value. The topaz, eairngorm, agate, aud jasper are getting extremely scarce in the vicinity,'of Bcechworth.' Zircons and garnets have been found in various parts of Gippsland. " : ': A rather curiously shaped crystal, of·a light· straw-color, and about I inch long bY,J inch thick, was found at·Pilot Creek! in' tlle' washdir't. 'On being submitted -to judges in Melbourne, it was pronounced by the majority of them to be a beryl or aqnamarine.' The stone is now in the possession of a resident in Melbourne. ,(',. JASPER. A specimen of jasper was forwarded from the cast branch' of'the Tarwin River. A small waterwol'D piece was found to be pisolitic iron-ore. . , . THOS. COUCHMAN, Office of Mines, Secretary for Minel". Melbourne, 18th April 1878. " 55 APPENDICES. APPENDIX A. METALS (OTHER THAN GOLD), MINERALS, AND ORES IMPORTED INTO VICTORIA DURING THE YEAR 1877. (Jilrom Returns furnished 011 the Honorable the Oommissioner of Trade and O'UStoms.) Article. Quantity; Value. Article. Quantity. ! Value. £ £ Antimony Ore ... 125 tons 7 cwt. 1,421 Quicksilver 109,353 lbs. 14,160 Regulus ; .. Nil Nil Silver '" 4790zs. 95 Arsenic ... Nil Nil " Ore· ... Nil Nil Asphalt ... 10 cwt. 15 Slates . . .. Nil Nil Coal ... 252,182 tons .325,367 Slate Slabs ... Nil Nil 'Copper .. , 73 tons 9 cwt. 5.942 Spelter ... 2 tons 12 owt. 83 " Ore ... Nil Nil . Steel .. . 598" 8" 18,295 .Iron, Ore ... 16 tons 8 cwt. 44 ,Sulphur ..... 13,033 owt. 6.049 n Pig u. 7,237 tons 5 owt. 33,318 Tin, Block .. , ' ... 2.997· .. 10,706. Kerosene Shale 2,787 tons lU92 , .. Ore '.:...... , 8 tons 14 ewt. 148 IJead, Ore .. . 703 tons 19 ewt. 8:141 ". .. '(Black Sand)' 20owt. 160 .. Pig .. . 325'" 4 .. 7,361 Zinc, Ingots '" 636 " . 904 .Lime ... '" 939 tons 1,038 .. Ores, MineraL Earthy Metal, Yellow ... 151 tons 3 cwt. 11,555 Clays, &0., unanu .. Unenumerated 8 ';' HI .. 230 merated... '" ... 246 tons 15 ewt. 1,466 Plumbago ...... 5" 2 u 85 ·Quartz ...... 44 tons 156 Total £459,931 APPENDIX B. METALS (OTHER THAN GOLD), MINERALS, AND ORES EXPORTED FROM VICTORIA DURIL'lG THE YEAR 1877. (Jilrom Returns J ~, ~...;;;O~ bll the Honorable the Oommissioner of Trade and Oustoms.) Article. Quantity. Value. Article, Quantity. Vallie. £ £ Antimony, Crude 125 tons 6 ewt. 3,302 Quartz ...... Nil Nil . " Ore 868 .. 7 " 12,102 Qnicksilver...... 8,9S71bs. 1,153 ltegulus 664 ., () " 31,638 Silver .... '" Nil Nil Arse~ie '" Nil Nil Slates ... .., Nil Nil Coal...... 1,016 tons 3 cwt. 1,414 Slate Slabs...... Nil Nil Coke and Fuel Nil Nil Spelter ...... 20() tons 7 cwt. 4,fl34. Cupper .. . 1,817 ewt. 6,306 Steel ...... 24 .. 1" 1,00S " Ore .. . 78 tons 1,808 Sulphur ...... 85 owt. 62 Iron, Oro .. . Nil Nil 'l'in, Block...... 1,627 " 5,702 ,. Pig .. ~ 23 tons 16 ewt. 148 "Ore ...... 31 tons 15 cwt. 1,573 Kaolin ... . Nil Nil .. " (Black Sand) 609 ewt. 1,263 Kerosene Shale Nil Nil Zinc, ID~ots ...... 48 .. S() Lead, Pig...... 45 tons 15 ewt. 9~5 Ores, l\iineral Earthy t1 Ore ... .u Nil Nil Clays, &0., unenume i l.illle ...... 5n tons 19 ewt. 1,931 rated .. , ... 63 tons Ii cwt. 3,180 Aretal, Yellow ... 623 ewt. 1,891 i " Unenumerated ... Nil Nil Total ... £80,120 in these tables are extracted from the returns published by the Honorable the Commissioner of Trade und Customs. The state- materials. Thus pig-iron is included, but lIot burs, rods, plates, or castings; lead and lead ore, but not piping or sheet lead; and others. 'fhe returus published by the Customs Department ueeessarii)' include all. eXpOrted include metals, &c., net the produce Of Victoria. APPENDIX C. EXPLOSIVES IMPORTED INTO VICTORIA DURING THE YEAR 1877. _____E_·"_PI_os_iv_e_._____i _____Q_u_an_t_ltY_.____J Value. £ Blasting Powder 1,160,014 lbs. 26,337 Dynamite ... 30,000 " 4,200 I'use ... 176,150 coils 5,645 Gun Cotton 9,299 lbs. 1,091 Lithofracteur Nil Nil 56 APPENDIX D. EXPLOSIVES EXPORTED FROM VICTORIA DURING THE YEAR 1877. Explosive.. Quantity. ! Value. :£ Blasting Powder 78,235 Ibs. 2,827 Dynamite-Victorian 23,150 " 2,985 " Other Nil Nil Fuse...... 29,03l coils 1,125 Gun Cotton ...... 1,280 lbs. 320 Lithofracteur-Victorian 136,690 " 17,789 Other ... 55 .. 6 APPENDIX E. RETURN SHOWING THE QUANTITY AND VALUE OF KEROSENE OIL IMPORTED INTO AND EXPORTED FROM THIS COLONY DURING THE YEAR 1877. (From Jieturns jiwnisked by tke Honorable tke Commissioner of Trade and Customs.) IMPORTED. EXPORTED. Quantity. I Value. Quantity. Value. :£ :£ 1,264,462 gallons ...... 114,90() 33(),303 gallons ...... 30,808 By Anthority: JOHN FERRES, Government Printer, Melbourne.