Council Paper. Gold Fields. (Western District.)
Laid upon the Council Table by the Colonial Secretary, and ordered by the Council to be printed, 7th June, 1854. Letter from Mr. Commissioner Green, to the Colonial…
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Gold Circular
Since our last report, the long looked for Queen of the South has arrived with home news to the 4th of April; the most important of which is the [?] of War and no mistake. Contrary, however, to the general…
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I can only follow the remarks of Mr. Paterson in his last Gold Circular from Geelong, with respect to the transactions of Gold. It is [?] in the hands of the Banks. The price it is now arrived at precludes the…
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BALLARAT.—The emigration in the direction of the Pyrences still goes on, and from the information which has come to hand will rather increase than otherwise…
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June 21.—From the very unsettled state of the weather our digging population have been occupying their attention more toward making their huts water-tight than pursuing…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Council Paper. Letter from Mr. Commissioner Green, to the COLONIAl SECRETARY. Gold Commissoner's Office, Bathurst, May 17th. 1854
Sir—I d myself the the bonour to forward for the information of his Excellency the Gonverner-Genral, a Report of the gold fields of my district up to the end of last month…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victoria Gold Fields. (From our own Correspondent.)
THE BENDIGO POLICE MAGISTRATE.—There is no subject more earnestly debated than the conduct of Mr. M'Lachlan, the Police Magistrate of the Bendigo, and, perhaps, "for good or for evil," there is no man on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Empire. Wednesday, July 5, 1854. Our Gold Fields
MR. Commissioner Green's Report upon the gold fields of the Western District is calculated to recall public attention to a subject which has fallen very much into…
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The transactions in gold on this side being of so limited a character, it is difficult to write anything worthy of interest. I see a report of some great discovery at the Wentworth diggings. Great caution, however, is…
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The quantity coming forward continues still to be of a very limitted character. But gold being eligible for remittance at present rates, it is re[?]dily bought up, and in some instances at 3d. per…
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Neither the " Goulburn Herald", " Bathurst Free Press", nor " Maitland Mercury ", give any account of the diggings in their respective neighbourhoods, so that we are utterly at a loss for…
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Intelligence has reached Bathurst of the discovery of rich digging ground in the vicinity of the Bald Hill, and that a rush from Tambaroora had in consequence taken place. For some time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. (From the Maitland Meroury's Correspondent.) Hanging Rock, July 1, 1854
SINCE my last communication we have been deluged with rain, which did an inconceivable amount of damage, both to the ridges and to the creek claims. The miners were unprepared for such a flood, and having left their tools in their claims over night, as is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Western Mines. From the Correspondent of the Bathurst Free Press. the Turon
After a week's rain we are again favoured with beautiful weather, sharp frosty nights, and warm bracing days. The ground about the Turon and the adjoining diggings has been so thoroughly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Northern Gold Fields. the Hanging Rock. From the Correspondent of the Maitland Mercury. Hanging Rock, July 1st, 1854
Since my last communication we have been deluged with rain, which did an inconceivable amount of damage, both to the ridges and to the creek claims. The miners were unprepared for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Circular
THE quantity of Coal sold by me during the first half of the present year was 11,320 tons, and the average price 48s., viz.— January...... 2637 tons,...... price £2 2s. 11½d. February... 1608 ditto...... ditto 1 19 3…
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£. s. d. Turon...3 17 3 Melbourne.... 4 0 0 THE TURNON.—After a week's rain, we are…
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There has been more inquiry for gold this week. One of the new English Banks purchasing, the price advanced fully 1s. per ounce. The news from our various diggings is not of much…
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The Queen of the South steamer being advertised to sail to-morrow, for London, by which remittances to a good extent will be made, has imparted a considerable impetus to the gold market. To this, and no other cause,…
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After a week's rain, we are again favoured with beautiful weather, sharp frosty nights, and warm bracing days. The ground about the Turon and the adjoining diggings has been so thoroughly saturated with the last rains, that the diggers, particularly those…
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