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advees will be looked for with the greatest inter.
ekt and u they should establish the nircum ssanoas

adviees will be looked for with the greatest inter
eat, and IT they should establish the o,rcum stances
now mentioned, they Will producs amongst mer
chants ana shipowners stronger impression Lhaa
anything that mas Yet been co N unica ed. Il
he boIre IN mind thai hitherto the amounts brought
by eecort nave bs no mesns repres ensed the whole
esfbirgs OF the minerGthe EST rate being that AZ
least thnd OF their gains retained or sent TO
town by private hanJs. In contemplating the riches
otthe country, @e must also recoect thai although
New South Wales mines likely % b. neglected,
owing 10 the want of population caused by the
drain 10 Mount Alexander. the last intelligence re-
garding them was very favorable, AMI that they APP
pear To offer an unlimited field whenever the in
creme OF competition resulting FROM immigration
sbnil lead the cooniss to consider moSera,e earn
ings to be worth looking after. II is dIicat, how
ever toflrm an opinion as 10 when tia period may
arrive. Hitherto it bas beea supposed that the
labors at Mount Alexander could be carried with
great success only during the winter season. but If
its deposits should with any degree eff permSnenoy
offer the rewards presented, there be little
doaht that before the next dry season methods OF
irrigation will be devised, Whatever may be the
outlay required for them, and that hence the re-
ceipts from that singular locality will be more
less continues.
[Frcm the London Times, September 81
With reference to the statement received by the
overland mail, Of tho production of gold at the
Mount Alexander mines, in the colony of Victoria
the following is extract of another private letter
addressed to q mercantile firm in London. which
tends to c0rIoborate the probability Of its accuracy
The Bews obviously current at Sydney at the
date Of these communications, and there would con-
sequently now be to hesitate in regarding
1t as certain, but for the possibility that it may have
been fabricated by some Of the passengers of the
Shamrock, by which vessel it was brought to that
port
EXTRACT FROM A LETTER SYDNEY, JUNE 25, 1852.
The Shamrock is just in 1t is reported $4,000 OF
gold arrived in Melbourne the week the Shamrock sailed
$1,000 the previous week and less than 900
expected the week following
The subjoined additional paragraph from the
letter originally quoted likewise indicates that
ut Sydney the difficulty Of getting had great
~ increased, while it also mentions that consd-
cradle quantity of the Mount Alexander gold had
just been received
The departures for London this month sre-the
GaDges the 13th the Maitland the 26th; and the
San Francisco the 9th. There several vessels
ready for but the difficulty Of obtaining pre-
vents their getting away Even f10 per month will not
tempt them 90 to London. and the Glenbervie and
Neptune have scarcely hand on board The Shamrock
from Melbourne has brought 10000 ounces Of gold
freight, and about equal amount In private hands
Those large do not affect the price at Sgd
ney 67s. Is freely given, and 1t Melbourne 63s Cd.