A BlUohoolc lately issued by tlic Queensland Government shows that out of a total revenue of £743,058, that colony pays annually £315,000 in salaries and wagesi
Tn tlie locality of the Upper Sliotover, wo are, informed, mining operations are entirely suspended,—except in the case of a few tunnelling claims,—owing to tlic severity of the weather. The track to Skippers still continues so bad that horses ai'e daily being cither crippled or killed. Some of tlic sluicing claims on the left-hand branch of the. Shotover arc reported to be turning out very rich. Mr Matthew Egart lately sold a fourth share in a sluicing claim in that locality for £lßo,»~Arroic Advocate
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Cromwell Argus, Volume 2, Issue 90, 1 August 1871, Page 3
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