New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-17
AUSTRALIA.

We have received files OF The SdHy E~pre TO jan -
eE Which gather in;eIe sting psrtcusTs with re
gard to the preduo Of gold in Australia and other items
The northern Mines consisting Of the Hanging Rcck,
Rocky River, and Bngers, have been worked sito Goa
siderable The fs,ore methcd has been the system
az sluicinC which established by some rom
iofria and hss heen carried very large % ale
By M water has been brought to spots previously
uTnoEkable for want Of H. New di-sinCs have 5een
found n the northern district az Csm7Sons Creek near
Arm dse Il difficult % give ay proxn-e estn ae II
tie Of gold cb,ained from hi- district IS y has
nearly ell been brought down o. sidney 6y private hand
In coreqe tie Government Escort 90 the North has
teen discontinued very large amour: is nevertheless
believed have been obtained. The produce Of the
Western mines hiss bean fUcaaIing, owing 10 the IN
certainty in which the question of the gold license fee
was lett during large portion of the year. Bat the
pires for the wear may be stated at 1900 Some
new dgcrgs have been discovered here the Maqlage
River Bnlsndcng these promise 70 tu ont the richest
Gieepgs in our western gold hed The southern ri les
near BradwoOd have Dot been so productive this year
having sent Sydney by escort on an average only ABOUT
500 ounces uer week Some fields have lately been
dscoyered here also the richness OF which hss
beer tried On the soahern border OF the colony
the far famed Ovens bat this side OF The Marray River
some new digsirgs have been opened 81 Adeong Creek
which have Welded large amount Of the precious metal
One spot to which there Is ct present an immense rush
named Buffalo range. Some thousands Of miners are oa
their yay thher ard the older worked deposits the
Ovens are comparatively deserted On the whole il sbs
Leyed that under the reduced amount OF license ice,
much larger development of the mineral we.lth OF the
take place. ard that o. miners VINO
had gone rte the Victoria fields viii rearnthe more
moderate price of the necessaIes Of life the greater de-
gree of security and order ani the more eqla dssribu
ZION Of remuneration bring taken to eounterbaiance the
SPLENDID prizes and numerous blanks that Characterize
The total export Of gold from Sydney for the year end
irr less has been 24947 and the total export
from IL discovery nc the end Of the year 1883 has been
6I5s5 ounces which valued az II is per ounce gives
a total of 46o5s,33l s. Iheres esuculsted 10 be al
present in sydney upward of $4,000 ounces.
Numbers ~ have recently lefs sydney
for the mines So that empo men is more easily pand in
the town II Is expected that next year you Will SEQ a
much srger duotOn from mines very favorable
ueccnco Las been brought down during the last week
from the TuToR and other localities
change has taken place in public feeling with regcrd
10 steam cOmmunCorol The recent successful voyages
al The various steamers t. these sh)res ha, awakened
strong here that something like regularity viii now be OBJ
tanned in our postal communication The most ftvorite
route however is decidedly that by Panama - the oPeu
inc OF which looking forward With high raised
pe1taiion Next 10 The direct Panama line the General
screw Stesm Shipping Company have the sympaihes OF
the cclnisis the excellent passages made by the Argo
ard the having this Company very highly
in the public esietm
aue me IT. and il has recently received slight inpuse
ftcu The numbers that arriving here from Victoria
There on the contrary the tide Of immigration Is on the
ebb II be doubted but that the superior com
fCit economy ard order OF sydney VIII continue 10 al
tree population thence
OF sydney, during the year 1858 found 60 have been
tures l63O7 We unable to give any estimate OF the
urbers that may have arrived at other ports those
who may have come into the colony overland bnt the
Numbers either way would not affect the total very ma
triav The present number of the population OF New
south Wales may be taken approximately at 10000 OF
whom leo 600 may be taken 90 be females and 10000
males
Ihe harvest which now being got in is generally very
good In toe early part Of the season great trs were en-
tcrtsiUed from long continued dr0uth; rains NJ
et 9th fell and resusciatd the crops in surprising
manner Reports rom the Hunter River District the liza
wars district from ShoGlhaven and from the Interior all
concur In staDg that the crop OF wheat has been abun
dsIt and hay Of which unusual breadth IL laid down
In of Inc enormous prices that this article has
realized will also be large crop La the Hunter River
district the crops ere heavier tban has been known for
ry ak ears past Tie clip Of wool also large and al
thouIh the is the usual complaint of want of labor for
sLearipV Il seems now 10 have settled down more into
of the price TO be paid han absolute impossible
~ of urocuring hands for the work
A new settlement has been made in the Northern dis
trict at Port Curtis surveying party is at present em
Moved there and has marked out the site OF town to be
called Gladstone Tire country descbei aurierous
in its appearance and very fertile. The harbor is mag
nfcent large river has been discovered and it is
named AFTER The Governor General IL runs into the sea
about forty miles north of Port Curtis and ii is probable
that by its means the interior Of that district will be
opeLtd out. ..,.
make suitable demonstration at the Paris Exhibition OF
1885 The Government have approprii ted the sum OF
IS eco for the preliminary expenses and il hoped that
BY this the attention OF Europe may be drawn to
the vast natural resources of this continent