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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 68

Manganese

Manganese.

This is a mineral of less value (under £5 a ton at Home), but at the Taieri Mouth the deposit is very large, near the surface, and easily worked, and the quality is remarkably good, the per centage of oxide far exceeding the average return. 12,000 tons of manganese had been shipped from New Zealand, chiefly the Bay of Islands, up to the end of 1885, and it is believed that the Home market will take all we are likely to send. The limit of the industry is the quantity which can be taken Home at ballast freights. There is a good margin for profit at present, but high freights would greatly reduce this. The mine is under the management of Mr. F. Wayne, of Milton, and the first shipment will shortly be made.