New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-03-23
We annex the latest statement Of the Newt Orleans

Increase for the slO6Ilo
The 500, coo of Ciy of Wheeling debt, due on the
let inst came TO hand by the last steamer, and were
promptly paid by the Ohio Life and Trust Co.
At New. Orleans, at the latest date, business was
dull but as the rivers we're rising above, greater ac
tvi.y was looked for. Money wss growing easier,
with good demand for prime paper at alO cent.
In Exchange the business was large at vol cent.
for best Signatures; sight On the North, par and !
prem.
The following article on the gold-yield OF Califor-
MIA and Australia, is from Ike San Francisco Her
aid Of the 18th ult.:
bOurne-the depii Of the Australian goldfelds-iur-
ing the ten months of 1854 ending Nov. 4,
1886, 2l7 oHuces which, at SOL y ounce you'd be-
worth &c 9i4.s6s or $50 6s2 oO9. Daring 'hs a ue
time, were shipped from SydDey-tne ,ct b. III -,
New South Wales Inines-2l0 i9f ouDces-wJr.l, d,
sol an ounce, 4sfl, 976, or 81 0s3, $50.
REcAPITULATIoS.
From Melbourne, ten months. IS $1,000
From sy dney, ten mouths 4Oej,5S3
Total from Australia S57 776.lg2
Total from California same time...."..... 4iSs9l25
Excess 10 favor Of Caifornia......... s7I22sS
To make comparison between the production of
god by the rival gold fields during the entire year,
If estimate the yield of the Australian mines for
the months OF November aud December-from which
we have, as yet received returns-at the average
of the pre- ceding ten months We shall have
Product Of Australian mines 10 months ST 1872
Proeuet for November and December 1855 2js
Total for the year ls5 .........st5Sq So
Shipments from Caornis IN ls5'.... 5l5oeis2
Excess in favor OF Cslifsinis.......... - l6f702
Tskirg the shipments of gold as the measure OF
production il will be from the above that the
total productions of gold during the year 1854, by
California and Aastrslis-tte tso great gold-produc
ing countries of the world-were 900, 81, 500.
IN all the gold districts there has been falling off
in the productions during the year 1854, compared
with 1853.
In Australia the record stands IS follows:
s. ass no.. Fist is Sd.
Shipments OF gold from Melbourue.o 4s9 1858
shipments from sydney.,..........e1s. ~ 81 - 81
Total from Australia. 25342l 1854 3!2
Deduct. .ozs. !, Spi5%2
Falling of in 9 month, Of s5l.....oz. 500 90
Al bis rate the total falling of during the yesr 1884
Was 53a 1872 ounces, which a. 90 10 the ounce would
SAM so. OF sio,ss s5o
Actual falling of il California Sioosli
TotA! IN CAorr and - ls4
The Australian paper secount for the decrease in
the product OF their mines in 100 says: l. A large
proportion Of the digging population Go not nov con-
fire The mselyes 10 the search Tor goli. Large num-
bers have built houses fenced ADD cllt ya'ed land
and have settled down in numerous. departments o.
regular industry. ?. No less than seven gold
fields have been discovered and great deal OF ns
has been lost IN the rus0es TO test their
richness Similar have operated IN California
In making the comparison between the produ "a Of
the Austr allan snd California mnes, 1t must be boroe
in mind that the population OF the colony Of Vic
toris alone is fully equal TO that ef ali California.
The Australians have, then the advantage of us in
the lumber Of producers, by the number OF dggars
er gseed in the New South Wales mines From
careful review of the whole field, We may comfort
ourselves with the deduction that If California
timee YIELDS her treasures tsrdly she by all odds
the richest gold country now known, or heretofore
known, or ever likely TO be known.