The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-19 00:00:00

NEW ZEALAND GOLDFIELDS.

The Otago Daily Times of the 17th January
says :—" The first report from Mr. Worthington,
the newly appointed commissioner of the Wakatipu
District, was received in Dunedin yesterday, and
has been placed at our disposal by the Government.
It is dated the 10th of January. Mr. Worthington
reports the estimated population of the district as
6,400. He further reperts as follows :—' Lead ore
has been discovered on the Arrow River. The men
represent that there are large quantities to be got
at readily. Payable gold has been struck on a
creek running into the Shotover, iibout 15 miles
above Arthur's Point. Miners have been rushing
principally to the westward, and are in a very
unsettled state. I should estimate that one-half
the population are doing nothing but search-
ing for new ground, or following up suc-
cessful prospectors. The population during
the past week have been steadily migrating
westward, on the track of a man who goes by the
name of " Moonlight ;" and a great deal of auriferous
country has been discovered, causing a rush from the
older workings un the Arrow and Shotover Rivers,
but principally from the former. The majority of
miners have settled down on a creek running into
the Shotover River, about 15 miles from Arthur's
Point, where the prospecting claim on the river is
situated. The creek is worked for about 31 miles
from the junction, but the first mile through gorges,
and it is only in isolated epots in this portion of the
stream where miners can get a chance to set in.
Above this the c.,untry opens out to some slight ex-
tent, forming a flat of about a mile and a half in
length, and 70 to 75 yards in width. A great deal
of ground has been turned up here, and most favour-
able results obtained. One man, on whose informa-
tion I can rely, states that he and his mates have
washed as much as 111 b. to the dish, and two miners
of his acquaintance cradled 130 oz. in one day. Ac-
counts of this sort are numerous, and though of
cc urse they must not be taken as any criterion of the
results obtained by the majority of miners, still I
think there are very few steady working men who
have any cause to complain. Sinking varies from
one to five feet, with very little wash dirt, the gold
being principally on the soft slaty reef, and usually
coarse and nuggety. A few of the spurs in the
vicinity are being worked, and the prospects ob-
tained are sufficient to cause a rush on to them.
Above the flat the creek divides into two streams,
both of which are rocky and precipitous, and to-day
I hear there has been a rush to flats some four miles
up on one of them. The road to these diggings is a
most difficult one even for a man, but miners manage
to take packhorses within about a mile. M'Donald and
a party have discovered payable ground on a small
river, emptying itself into the northern portion of
Lake Wakatipu, on the east side. they left Mr.
Ree's station on the 20th ult., in his schooner;
made the island that night, and the next morning
landed about 10 miles from the road; started north-
ward, following the shores of the lake, and about
mid-day struck a river about the size of the Arrow.
Prospected, and found traces of gold, but nothing
more. Proceeded on, and the next week was passed
in trying the auriferous nature of a large river flow-
ing into the head of the lake from the snowy
ranges. Nothing but the colour was obtained, as
they could not bottom anywhere, from the fact of
their having no proper appliances to get rid of the
water. This river was prospected for 30 miles,
and, though precipitous in places, flows through
numerous flats and terraces. On the 26th they re-
turned to the first river they prospected after land-
ing from the island, and sunk holes on a flat imme-
diately below a gorge, about one mile distant
from the lake, where they obtained four grains
to the dish, off a false bottom of gravel. A better
prospect, however, was ultimately found in two
places higher up, on the side of a spur, the general
average being 2dwt. to the dish, besides picking up
several nuggets, the largest of which would weigh
about 7dwt. Another party having found payable
gold in the stream immediately below them, they
teought it was quite time to secure a prospecting
claim, which has been granted to-day. I may men-
tion that there is plenty of wood for all purposes in
the neighbourhood, and sawyers are at work on one
of the islands."

THE GRESHAM PROFESSORSHIP OF Music.—
Several candidates are in the field for the Gresham
professorship of music, rendered vacantbyMr. tHheudlleahat,hwofhAolirs.
Edward Taylor. Amongst them are
well known on account of his singing classes and elemen-
tary publications; Dr. Wylde, of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, principal of the London Academy of Music ; Mr. H.
J. Lincoln, who has achieved a high reputation in musical
circles by his lectures, and his aptitude for conveying the
highest class of instruction to large masses of people; and
Mr. Salaman, who has an extensive connection as a private
tutor at the West-end of London. Other candidates will
probably announce themselves. It may be mentioned that
the first Gresham professor of music was Dr. Jilin Bull,
the composer of the " National Anthem."
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