The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-22

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,~.,,~ "a rn,s., r.,,sl,e statistics. the siA'y
,r..,nsrs rho fern The legislative Assemoi, "
,...or,.. are divided as foiie~s, wa - -
,.n !, merchants. & harristers, so.eno,''
.eua,sers, 2auct ioueers, 2surseso'''
/. ,.rmar.. 1 editor. wine mcfchan.
-, ~ the Board Of Work, post
h.nr.I treasurer. solicitor general, 1
-, .er,n,,ry. / newspaper proprietor, and
80 .,io, The Speaker Is described As gen.
,,.,,., and the Chairman OF Committee asa barr
80, There are eli post towns 10 Victoria; HE
-.ns, distant Is 254 miles ftem Melbourne. The
names Of .ve Of these are Lucknow, Raglan, ST.
A-nsui. Sale and Murehsson. According TO the
.i, the population Of Victoria is Ace 637; Of New
south Wales 500 0eo; Of south Australia, 109 zoe;
Of Ts.manis. 900; Of New Zealand 100 600; tho
total CT which 10 1,oa2,eS. The Chinese nopula-
son ia Victoria numbers about $1,000.
The Philadelphia Inquirer collects some stats"
tt,s Of California from recent valuable message
Of Governor Weller, Of tia: State. The popuia'
ton, witch 10 Ista numbered only 0,oOo persons,
10 row coo 600, while last year there we're 1894
acres Of land under cultivation snd i 80 $50 used
for srszing. There are C5o,000 sheep: 1900
horses; lao, geo cattle The export Of hides was
over half a million of dollars the past year. The
crop Of wheat for the year 1883 is set down at
s55s,oSa bushels, and shat Of barley at ,3S2,.l7
Tails IL 91s,.aS more bushels Of barley than the
smoant raised ia the whole Union in $780, accord
ing 70 the census Three hundred aud eighty fl We
Thousand gallons OF wine aud ten thousand gall
lens Of brandy were manufactured in that State
las: year. The gold yield of 1885, sos $50 900,
and the total yield since the discovery, $500 900
ooo. The State debt is 81, l5o,o00. There are row
S,:2o mites Of artificial water courses constructed
for mining purposes, at an expense of thirteen
and half millions OF dollars; and this will be
very much extended during the present year, az
there are Thousands of Of rich mineral lands
cadeve!opcd for want Of water. These ditches
are mainly constructed by the miners, aud are
s,iii owned by ihem-very few having as yet
fallen into the hands OF capitalists. The quartz
mining has become more permanent, AID has in
creased in importance during the past year
The improvements in machinery, which are
CONSTANTLY being made, will soon place this
interest amongst the first in the State. In
April, 1857, the number Of mills is stated at
13s, with AZ aggregst CT 1871 stsmps--the cost
Of erection 1915 ,oU0. On the Let Of November,
1858, the number OF mills in operation was 279,
with aggregate of 25lo stamps. The cost OF
machinery is estimated at 50, q 600 Ia addition
TO this there are 5I3 arastras, some of which are
connected with the quartz mills. To prove the
extraordinary richness Of the quartz in some
localities il is stated reliable authority, that
from sixty.three ious taken from a vein u y evada
county, $4,000 were obtained. The public expen.
ditures of the Government of California last
year, were 1922 553the receipts 81 ,2l5, lbs. 32i
newspapers and other periodicals. OF all kinds
started at As different localities. or this
number there existing 50. published
at ~ different localities; 10 are daily, 81 weeks
ly, l ssmi-mor;h!y, l monthly, aud l an
n1aliy. or the dailies and weeklies, 81 are
Democratic, Republican, and So independent, or
neutral In politics. OF the whole number, there
are 6 religious weeklie,, representing Methodist,
Baptist, Congregational, Campbeilite, Catholic and
Jewish Churches. OF the whole number, are
literary publications, and one professional
t0edicai