The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-16 00:00:00

BY GOYERNBIST ISCORT.

Ouseer.
From Oct. 1,18.51, to Aug. 26, 1852
From Ang. 26 to Sept. 25
From Sept. 25 to Nov. 15
From Nov. 15 to Ike 30 154,746

Total 1,406,744

Bl ritIVATZ ESCORT.
Ounces.

From June 21 to Aug. 21
307,588
From Aug. 21 to Sept. 25
From Sept. 25 to Nor. 13
Flom NJT. 15 to Dee. 30
- 878,959

Conveyed to Adelaide by Escorts

Total conveyed by Escorts
But this amnunt by a means represents the total yield
of our gold fl ids. fn a previous summary we proved tbut
a large proportion of the precious metal was carried from
the diggings by private hand, by comparing the amount
known to have been brought to Melbourne by the far larger
amount actually shipped from the port. Our first sum-
mary showed the result of a very careful estimate as prov-
ing that, up to the slid of August last, the total yield of
gold was 2,532.422 uunces. The escorts have brought down
since Then as under : Ounces.

From Aug. 26 to Sept. 27
Frotn Sept. 27 to Nov. 15
From Nov. 15 to Dec. 30 496,104

Total 1,332,636
Dot to this amount something must be added for the
quantity conveyed by private hand within that period. Of
course no definite data exist for ascertaining this; but it
will not be over-estimated by taking it at ten per cent. of
the quantity brought by escort. The totals would there-
fore stand thus :

Estimated total of the yield up to August 2,532,422
Conveyed by mint since than 1,332,636
It private hand 133,263

Estimated grand total of the yield up to
3:lth Dec., 1852 3,998,321

We may Pay, in round number', four millions of ounces,
which, at 70s. per ounce, is fourteen millions sterling; but
its instrilude value is certainly more—nearly siatecn millions
sterling. The world hu never. perhaps, exhibited so
astounding a (cult as these figures show.
This astonishing out-turn of the Victoria diggings
had been obtained chiefly by human labour, rnost
unassisted by machinery, the ordinary and hasty
operations of diggers allowing much to escape. The
gold of Victoria is considerably finer than that of
Sew South Wake, and realises 2s. 6d. an ounce
more in the Sydney market. Some unprincipled
gold brokers, however, have resorted to dishonest
dealings, and the public arc cautioned to beware.

ADELAIDE.

Although the process of developing these diggings
is blow the latest received accounts are highly favour-
able. A correspondent, writing from Echunga,
January 8, says that miners are not only too sanguine
but that they too readily abandon the holes made in
one place for some other reported to be more profit-
able, instead of persevering in the same neigh-
bourhood. Some of the miners had obtained
a fair :amount at Long Gully, after a month's
unremitting exertions; the yield being about
an ounce to the horse cart-load of earth.
Some lucrative employment is found at Chapman's
Gully. The particles are small, but the quantity
I obtained is highly satisfactory. Tho total number of
licences issued from the 23rd August to the 29th
December at the Echunga diggings was 1,208, of
which 106 were renewed twice, and 7 were renewed
three times. The number now in force is 180.
From the last mentioned facts it would not appear
that the gold fields of this province were profitable,
but the fact of gold being found is sufficient ground
to pursue the search with more zeal.