It is not correct that we have had no blast since 1868. I have had two or three myself of about 1500 lbs. of powder. Oar company have not had a blast on the one side since 1868 on this side of the claim, •with the exception of one which contained 7 or 8 cwt. I cannot desci ibe the position of the large blast. Mr Evans fired it, and can tell the position of it. The dam broke away previous to the shot being fired. The dam became useless in 1807. On lflth March, 1870, our Company and Great Extended Com pany entered into agreement. In considera tion of £200, (Jreat Extended Company gave privilege to plaintiff to construct a channel one chain wide through the land of Great Extended Company. After this we got seve ral rac holders to apply to shift their races into the new channel. They were, viz., Morrison Company (Tuapeka Water Com pany). Waipori Company, Hales and Hindes, M'Nabb and Company, Otago Blue Spur Sluic ing Company's race, Campbell and Company's race. The applications were made 28th Fe bruary, and assented to on 16th March, 1870. There is a pretty deep cutting at where it is marked as a precipitous face. The Great Extended Company and Hales and Hindes are higher than when they call it by that name. The depth of the cutting there will be about SO feet, but is not 100. Our Com pany are working at a lower level than Mor rison and Company, who are farthest on the hill. The plaintiffs' company did not get gold from the triangular piece of land, as it was nearly all left standing except where we cut for the race. The cutting in the photo graph comes from peg 16. Some of the ground which was washed out by the agreement can not be defined by me on the plan, but it is near 85a. The face is so altered. Some of the ground which was washed out by the agreement was part of the two men's ground, »nd the four men's ground was all absorbed j in Morrison'o claim. The tail race came away, and the surface ■with it. Mr Adams drew the blue line on the plan from our infor- 1 mation. The ground slipped away from the effects of a blast put there by defendants. 