The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-11-13


The only other imports paying any duty are :
beer, in bulk; coffee, chocolate, cocoa dried fruits,
sugar, molasses, tea, tobacco, and wine with less
than % per cent alcohol.
Upwards Of fifty drays left Adelaide for Mount
Alexander, in the first for might Of July
There is ut present, says the Otdg0 Witness, a
brisk demand for cattle and sheep in Otago; COW
and calf OF good breed in some instances fetching
Els Breeding ewes not to be purcha sed A
cargo or two would Handsomely remuuerate spe-
culator
The price paid by tho English Company for the
purchase of the store and stores (at Mount Aexan-
der) Of Thomson Il Co., of Geelong, amounted to
fS 700; the freight, or rather carriage, from town
was charged at EGO ton.
Upwards of G700 have been raised in Van Die
mans Land towards the expense Of one OF the pri-
vate expeditions in search Of Sir Johh Franklin,
now fitting out in England.
THE GOLD CIRCULARS
474 GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY, Aug. IA, 1852.
We have receive1 information from our western mines,
encouraging alike 10 those who there AMI to future
adventufers At Tambaroura and Long Creek, parties
continue prosecuting their abors with great success AL
Satisfactory to find that oil nearly all obtaining
liberal reward On the Macquarie below the junction.
the yield realizes the most sanguine expectations enter
tanned Of It, Since our last, the Great Nugget Vein
Company have elected their directors and the board Is
composed Of the following Thomas Holt Jr.. I. 8.
Mort. NJ Metcafc, John Croft, benjamin Buchanan,
and Edwin Tooth, Esqs. We congratulate the share.
holders the buincss character OF the gentleman In
whose hands they have placed the management OF this
company.
Things remain much they we're at our southern dig
gBgs. with slight increase In the number OF miners
who has working at these mines for the last
six months has returned this week and states his earn
ipgs for that time TO be f4dO
Our northern gold fields attracting much atten.
tion and shall not be surprised to find that ere long
they well covered Each steamer that leaves Sydney
for Morpeth In crowded with anxious hearts and hands
prossedy determined to find tho gold II IL Is there and
from inoI matisn gathered during the week We have
to believe they will not be disappointed re-
ported that large extent Of table land on which the
dggers engaged highly aurerous gold In quanti
ty having been obtained In every portion yet worked
An armed escort will leave Tsmworth for Sydney the
26th August 9th September and 9th September, and
will Sydney for Tamworth the 4th and 18th Sep
tember Gold must be delivered at the Commissioners
Office; Tamworth the day previous to Its leaving
The despatch from Earl Grey to the Governor General
Sydney, from which II appears that the subject was
brought the notice Of Earl Grey by OF the
principal bankers in London Earl Grey while stating
bis willingness to grant mint requested by the coun
e Expresses his opinion that the existence Of mint In
Sydney would probably not edesirabe believing that
would be more advantageous to export the gold
than coined With reference to price Earl Grey s OF
opinion that the large influx Of capital will speedily raise
the value Of uncoined gold to nearly It's value when
coined The cost Of mint to coin five millions per an
mum il estimated, for machinery and buildings, at
f10C00 and to coin all the gold obtained at E30 600.
The number Of hands employed on small mint would be
thirty. one, and Nge mint forty nine.
The western escort, which ought to have In
The southern escort have brought In this week-from
Majors Creek 32s Gouburn 172 ounces Braid.
wood. ounces and the mails from Sofala 3 ounces;
Bathurst SO ounces; Wellington, Is Yass, 3S
ounces Murrurundi 10 ounces; Brsidwood 80 ounces
Goulburn 10 ounces; Maitland 20 In all by cs-
cort and mails ] 23t ounces; worth about e. 100.
WHO p'ce has continued fsr throuch ~" week ~ "Hs
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