Enclosure 1.
Name of Owner. | Cost of Mill and Plant. | Date of Erection of Saw Mill. | Situation of Timber Purchased. | Date of Purchase of Timber. | Amount paid for Timber, including Surveys of Land. | Value of Logs in Stock in Bush or at Mill. | Estimated Present Value of Mills, Plant, and Standing Forests. | Total Value of Mills, Plant, Standing Forests, &Timber in Stock. | Average Number of Men employed in Mills & Forests. | Average Number of Vessels employed in Timber Trade. | Average Number of Men employed in Vessels. | Average Amount of Timber Cut Annually. | Average Annual Value of Timber Cut. | Remarks. |
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£ | £ | £ | £ | £ | Feet. | £ | ||||||||
1. Tairua Saw Mill Company | 23,000 | 1864 | Tairua | 1864 | 3,000 | 5,500 | 26,000 | 31,500 | 100 | 3 | 10 | 3,000,000 | 13,500 | Forests are extensive, but timber difficult to get out to mill. |
2. Mercury Bay Saw Mill Co. | 9,000 | 1863 | Mercury Bay | 1863 | 5,500 | 8,666 | 12,000 | 20,666 | 70 | 2 | 6 | 2,500,000 | 11,250 | A good deal of the timber has been cut; but there is work for several years to come. |
3. Schapp and Ansenne | 4,500 | 1863 | Mercury Bay | 1863 | 3,750 | 5,000 | 8,000 | 13,000 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 1,500,000 | 6,750 | Same as above. |
4. C. A. Harris | 15,000 | 1862 | Whangapoua | 1862 to 1870 | 2,500 | 15,000 | 40,000 | 55,000 | 125 | 6 | 18 | 5,000,000 | 22,500 | Many years' cutting still in forests; large quantity shipped annually to Middle Island, South Sea Islands, and New Caledonia. |
5. C. A. Harris | 10,000 | 1865 | Whangapoua | 1862 to 1870 | 4,025 | 15,000 | 40,000 | 55,000 | 125 | 6 | 18 | 5,000,000 | 22,500 | Many years' cutting still in forests; large quantity shipped annually to Middle Island, South Sea Islands, and New Caledonia. |
6. Cruickshank and Co. | 4,500 | 1863 | Kennedy Bay | 1863 | 2,600 | 3,000 | 5,000 | 8,000 | 40 | 2 | 6 | 2,000,000 | 9,000 | Timber will be cut out in a short time. |
7. R. Cashmore | 5,000 | 1862 | Cabbage Bay | 1862 | 2,500 | 3,400 | 3,000 | 6,400 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 1,000,000 | 4,500 | Forests nearly cut out. |
8. Pollard and Co. | 2,500 | 1865 | Port Charles | 1863-64 | 1,200 | 2,500 | 4,000 | 6,500 | 30 | 2 | 6 | 1,800,000 | 8,100 | Forests not very extensive; will only last a few years. |
9. Charles Ring | 2,700 | 1859 | Coromandel | 1859 | 1,000 | 150 | 2,000 | 2,150 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 500,000 | 2,250 | Mill generally idle; forest being nearly all cut. |
10. A. J. Cadman | 3,500 | 1865 | Coromondel and Matamataharakeke | 1864 and 1872 | 1,150 | 1,000 | 5,000 | 6,000 | 20 | 300,000 | 1,350 | Coromandel timber nearly cut out; mill will probably, be removed to Matamataharakeke. | ||
11. W. C. Daldy | 8,000 | 1865 | Waikawau and Mata Rivers and tributaries | 1864 | 2,500 | 3,000 | 7,000 | 10,000 | 39 | 2 | 6 | 2,000,000 | 9,000 | Forests extensive; a great deal of timber has been cut |
12. Shortland Saw Mill Co. | 9,291 | 1872 | Waiwhakaurangi River and tributaries | 1869 | 5,427 | 11,666 | 15,000 | 26,666 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 3,500,000 | 15,750 | This mill has not hitherto been in full work; timber chiefly consumed at Grahamstowm and Shortland; forests extensive; timber difficult to get to mill |
13. John Gibbons | 4,700 | 1874 | Kirikiri, and on bank of Waihou and Ohinemuri Rivers | 1871-72 2,200 | 4,750 | 6,000 | 10,750 | 65 | 2 | 6 | 1,900,000 | 8,550 | This mill outs white pine occasionally as well as kauri. | |
14. Hauraki Saw Mill Co. | 3,964 | 1869 | Turua Forest, Waihou or Thames River | 1868 | 3,843 | 650 | 10,000 | 10,650 | 60 | 2 | 8 | 2,000,000 | 6,000 | This mill cuts white pine only. A great part is shipped to foreign markets, the remainder is consumed at Grahamstown and Shortland; forest extensive. |
15. Holdship and Co. | 1,200 | 1868 | Otuturu Block | 1870 | 850 | 700 | 1,750 | 2,450 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 500,000 | 2,250 | This mill is situated at Grahamstown, and is connected with window-sash, door-making, and wood-dressing machinery; the product of which is consumed in the district. |
Totals | 106,855 | 42,045 | 64,982 | 144,750 | 209,732 | 678 | 27 | 82 | 27,500,000 | 120,750 |
James Mackay.
15th July, 1875.