Other formats

    Adobe Portable Document Format file (facsimile images)   TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand

Enclosure 1

page 318

Enclosure 1.

Return showing approximately the Value of Saw Mills and of Forests and Timber, owned by Sawmill Proprietors within the District of Hauraki, on June 30, 1875.
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.
£ £ £ £ £ 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.