The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-10-22

last absut 5000 or 4,o00 and in July about l6 900
6iggers and appear 10 have ret ined laxve p0pulk
ton. In the ak months ending on the 9lst of 90
tober it sent BY escort to Melbourne sos ozs OF
The Official returns show falling Oh both in the
amount Of geld brought down By the government
escort and In the amount exported. The average
exports during the last six mouths Of 1862 were
Of 1853, only 2l3,967.
But the quantity Of gold conveyed By private
hands renders these tests exceedingly misleading,
Mr.. Latrobe supposes that the whole yisld
up to the end Of 1861 was not less than 000, 900
ounces while the Official returns Of exports are less
than half that amount. But, however this may be,
TIE rapid succession Of discoveries sufficiently i'm
portalt to attract adventurers from spots Of &C
knowled productiveness AFFORDS strong evidence that
the decrease even II real cannot be ascrbei to any
deficiency, actual or probable, in the precious metal
creased between the I'd Of March 1851, and Novem-
Der, 1853, in the proportion Of five to two. At the
former date the census showed it to be n, S45 On
the slst Of December, 1852 it was in the opinion Of
the acknowledgements under estimated ct Isl l27,
and must consequently have increased by more than
Is, 900 persons.
In the nine months of 1853, from February to
October inclusive the arrivals BY sea we're 1854,
and the departures $3.50. Assuming 8, 900 arrivals
and 5000 departures to have taken place in Janus
ry, (for which month the returns have not been
sent from the colony) the increase from immtgra'
tlon Dy sea must nave been near oU,OOU, ana tue
population Of the colony probably above zoo, 900.
From the beginning Of 1851 to the end Of October,
1853 1t would seem that upwards OF III 900 persons
arrived 10 the colony, and up wards Of 90 600 left it
by sec.
VAN DMxEN's LAND.-The following exhibits the
amount Of land sales in Van Diemen's Land during
the year l862-Number Of lots, It's; extent, 6025a.
Or. 2ltp average price per acre, f2 2s 3d.; amount
realized, fl2,729 l5s Sd. The receipts from licenses
and quit rents were - follows:-Licenses, f23,9l0
De. 3d.; quit rents f4l4 l5s. 3D.; total ga, 3 16s
3d. The total receipts accSunt Of the land reve-
nue. were, therefore, EST 054 lis sd. The general
revenue Of 1862 IL stated to have increased as much
a. 80 per cent on that Of the previous year.
WESTERN AUsTHALIA-The following shows the
sm0unt OF land sales In Western Australia during
the year 1885, Number Of lots, TIA; ent, 2272a
2r 1872; average price per a,re 81 So. I'D; amount
realized, 1899 los. The receipts from leases and
licenses were as follows Leases, 81 .O55 l4a 3d..
licences, (timber) f3l-total, f2,0s6 las. Sd. The
total receipts account Of the land revenue were,
therefore, f5, 456 9s. cd.
The revenue of 1852 amounted to f37, 02l, which
was an increase Of ell 1854 on the previous year;
and during the same period the imports show an
increase from f56598 to f97 1903, while the exports
show decrease of e. $685. attributable 10 the falling
OF of the trade In oil sandal wood, and horses and
to ame delay in shipping the w,ol clip Of 1852,
which was not included IN the returns Of that year
|. The emigration conducted by this board has been
limit< to three ships conveying 887 souls, Of whom
800 were single females, and emily 45 single men.
CANADA.-The whole number of emigrants land.
ed in Canada during the years 1852 and 1853 were
az follows