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Our idleness is no more the idleness of ennui our waking dreams are filled, not with shadows, but realized; the forebodings of my last have come to pass--we find the gold now in pounds weight. Joe the miner, of Monday Bar, with lour hired men, came…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The following is the list of consignments of gold brought down on Monday by the Southern Escort:— oz. dwt. gr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The rains of the past week have slightly raised the river, so much so, as to put a stop to bed claim operations, and the diggers have according to invariable custom in such cases, betaken themselves…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following is the Act just passed by the Legislative Council, for the management of the Gold Fields. An Act for regulating the management of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The market for gold has been for the most part active since the issue of my last Circular; though towards the close of the week prices varied, as the list of my sales this morning will show. £3…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notwithstanding the departure of the leviathan steam ship, Great Britain, by which it was expected a large quantity of gold would be fowarded to England, and that prices would give way a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Act for regulating the management of the Gold Fields of New South Wales, and for raising a revenue therefrom, and for the preservation of order thereon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Act is about to be introduced by the [?] vernment for the future regulation of the mineral community—chiefly to provide for the prompter preparment of the heavy. unequal,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE chief purpose of the Act of Council just passed, to regulate the management of the gold fields, appears to be, to put them under the forms of legislative authority. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Christmas holidays have come round once more, but without producing that diminution in the produce of our mines which might have been expected. On the contrary, indeed, the quantities at all the diggings have…
Continued on Trove, page 361 →Gold has declined this week 3d. The market opened at 70s. and left off at 69s. 9d. A week of unusual dulness has passed both in buying and selling. The want of orders, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There has been little var[?]tion in the price of gold during the week; 69s. 9d. to 70s. being the buying price. At the Ballarat district the diggers seem to have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the past week the following consignments of gold have been received by escort and mail. From Major's Creek, 321 ozs. 9 dwts.; Goulburn, 331 ozs. 6 dwts. 12 grs.; Braidwood,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR—The importance of the extract taken from a letter received this day, per Shamrock, from Melbourne, will be a sufficient apology for my addressing you to-day, and to-morrow being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great inconvenience is being experienced throughout the country from the scarcity of silver coin. The cause has been by many attributed to a scarcity of silver as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE MACQUARE—We had an opportunity of inspecting a sample of gold from the Macquarie a day or two age, and at the first glance could not help remarking its singularly uniforn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Bill for regulating the management of the Gold Fields of New South Wales, which has just passed the House, is, politically speaking, an illustration of the old…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From the, Nelson Examiner, December 4.) Gold has been discovered in New Zealand— real, bona fide gold—thin layers that will cover a shilling, and nuggets as large, at peas. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ESCORT.—On Sunday evening the escort from the northern gold fields reached Maitland, bringing 1345 ounces 2 dwts. 3 grs of Hanging Rock gold, and a piece of gold quartz from Bingera…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →By the armed Escort from the southern diggings, the following consignments of gold were received, yesterday, and deposited at the Treasury:…
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