Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-11-23
AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

NEw BOurH WALES CEDAK--Aus-
tralia h rich In valuable timber trees,
anu among these the red anu white
cedar (Ce1fela tooGa and Mrlia com.
postal Of New South Wales, occupy a
leading place. Tuo red cedar 10 a
magnificent timber treo, often attain.
ing d height OF 100 feei, with glrJh
of over 81 foe,. lts timber IL OF great
value, being light, easily wrought,
durable, splendidly grained, ami well
adapted 10 furniture aud cabinet max.
ing, The white CEDAR IN "a pretty tree,
growing to height ut so feet with n
diameter " feet. itH timurr b. ruf,
aud easily worked, but 10 deficient IA
tuubllu strength anu durability
MISSING rs NEW Scum WALES
Mining II carried on bJtu on private
property 10y the owners, ami on lands
leased from the state most Of the priu.
cipal coal miuca belong % the former
category, while the leading mine, Tor
other minerals are on lands leased
under the various sections OF the laud
act The area Of freehold lLud devoted
20 miuing purposes IL not known; tue
area u state lands held under tho
terms oi the land act was, ut the close
u 1891, ais, a-O acres; Of this, 1869
acres were within reserves aud IA, bi5
outside reserves, the remaining area Oi
6S,0J3 acres beng held under applicA.
lion Tor lease. The number Ut IUrmill
TO search anu dig fOr gold was ie2, and
Of these 1862 were granted curing 1891,
The revenue from mineral leases aud
licenses was Gji,052 aud the royalty
ON reserved mIneta.B E,OtO.
EXPLORATION 40 AUsTRALIA.-Po
sons dcsirOus OF proceeding 10 the
colony Tor the purpose OF starting In
business rs retail tradesmen should be
extremely cautious. Not only are rents
aud other expenses considerably higl-
or thRn In the United Kingdom, bat
competition n extremely keen. Mhcr.
ever there exists a chance ui success.
iully establishing a business there are
always plenty OF entofprising iudi.
viguals Ia feadiuets 10 ugiliGD II. 10 IL
the same with business Agencies. The
colony is OveTTuu with business agents
oievefy class, anu uuieua the agent has
something specially attractive b
lab0b thrown away. IL H., alter
all, the hard working man
anu working woman-the intelligent
mechanic aud tho willing domestic
seryant-who get on tho best In the
colony; ana people OF this class need
not have any fear OF their future In
New South WHlos, although they may
have numerous difficulties 10 contend
with at the outset,
AUSTRALIAN Nu0GErB-3l mo big
uuggctts Of gOll nave buua found boz
New South Wales, Among tho prin.
cipal were u mass o gold found on tne
lutou River goldlnylls IA July. 1851,
aud which weighed lOGIh-, Of ,g7-9z,
In November, 1858, at hurfanduur,
near Orange, another nugget was
found which, when melted At the
sydney MINT gave l,ls2lz. 6iwt.
OF ure gold, OF the value
VI Z as9 So. lOl. a mir
nugget, called the Brennan, wap
sold M sydney in 1851 Tor cll6G. Ia
1850 ami 1859, reveral uugsrls which
were uuearlutd NJ Temnfa Weighed
from so 10 l88 a., aud la 1857 nugget
were found by fOsaiOEers IN vaTious
parts a the country, our OF which,
weighing respectively 357oz., 2O1o2
4Iuzi aud a2o2,i were obtained uI
Hargfavtfj nuu another, Weighing
3uaz at Limestone Creek The Juli.ur
nugget weighing 3ii12, was also dis
covered Ia that year A. Maitland Bar,
Ia the Mudyee district, ana was worth
about ella6