The Dunstan Times. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1880.

Dunstan Times, Issue 954, 30 July 1880, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1880.

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In our last week's isue we referred to the poisoning of cattle, horses, and sheep by the poisoned wheat aid down fur rabbits, deeming it, as wo sad, our duty to point out the danger, so hat owners should keep their stock from tie poisoned districts. Since then we have jeen informed that no cattle, or horses, ir sheep have been poisoned, and that if vuy have since died it must hive been fron other causes. As our notice was written from information received, we were but doing our duty in drawing attention to the danger, and we now look upon it asa further duty to note the contradiction. Vhich is right or which wrong we will not take it upon ourselves to say, hut we can divine no reason why people should as it were lay an information if it were not true. But there are very apparent reasons forthe contradiction. V c know for certain, h (.fever, that since the laying of poison tin percentage of deaths among stock of all kinds is larger than usual, and we furtler are convinced the deaths of many are ycribed by the owners to poisoning.

The next outwarc mail Via San Francisco will close at this olhce Clyde, on Wednesday 11th August at 2 pm, Mr Stewart Uewa-, who for the past few years has ruled ovir the Post and Telegraph Office here, lias been removed to Queenstown, Mr flciey, from Alexandra, taking his place. Mi Dewar is a painstaking, zealous officer, and most obliging to the public in the discharge of his duties, and we can but wish the change may bo beneficial to him.

We have to acknowledge" the receipt of bundle of Hills now before Parliament, also No. 13 of Hansard. We notice a peculiarity in the Bills, as some are printed post size, others foolscap. Perhaps the Committee of the House apponted to report on the working and management of the Government Printing Office will be able to solve this to us inexplicable mystery. It looks to us that the object is to create confusion amongst those who vill have hereafter to refer to the measuies when passed into law, or to make work for the office.

Under new regulations all telegrams from the offices of Alexandra and Ophir will be charged sixpence in addition to the ordinary rates. We are requested to draw attention to the auction sale of 2S head of mixed cattle at German Hill on Tuesday next.

An advertisement in another column announces that the time for sending in returns under the Property Tax has been further extended to the 31st August. We (Bnice Herald) are informed on good authority that the few men who are now at work gold-gigging at Mount Misery arc making wages. The land is private property, but the owner makes no charge to the diggers, and only one condition, viz., that prospectors shall fill up the holes they make. The gold found is tine, water is plentiful for sluicing purposes, and as “ the colour” can he got anywhere, it is assumed that a payable though limited field may yet be opened out. There wore about a dozen men at work yesterday morning, when our informant left the ground. The distance to the workings from Milton is only six miles, and the road is good. By the report of the Superintendent of Labatories Ballarat on experiments in gold saving machinery, we learn that thirteen samples of tailings weighing SOlbs from the Cromwell Company's Reef were tested. The assay tost showed they contained from 3oz. 2dwts. 22dwts. to Jdwt. 3nz. to the ton, and on being operated on by Denny and Roberts grinders and amalgamation they yielded 13,00 grams being with 1,010 grains of the total they should have yielded as per assay test.

“Slip-rail” tells “.E;les” that in a certain township on the Murrumbidgoc a Good Templars’ Encampment had boon formed. Not long since the bookkeeper at one of the hotels died rather suddenly. The doctor made a post-mortem examination, and as he was subsequently coming out of the house, he was met by the most noble and dignified grand of the order, who enquired whether the dissection had disclosed any grog. The doctor said “No.” “ Ah, doctor,” said the most dignified grand, “ do go back again and try and find some grog or even the smell of it —it would be such a moving topic on the next lodge night.” The fact is that the township is singularly orderly and well conducted, and the Good Templars are prokokiugly hard up for some shocking examples. A return was recently laid on the table of the Victorian Legislative Assembly' with reference to the number of Chinese in the gaols and lunatic asylums of Victoria, and the amount of specie and gold exported to China from Victoria since ISSI. The number of Chinamen in gaols and penal establishments was set down at 47, and those in the lunatic asylums at SO. The annual cost of the former was LOS 2s lid per head per annum, and of the latter L 33 Cs Gd. There were also in the lazaretto at Ballarat five Chinese, the cost of whom, m the financial year IS7S-9, was L 227 13s 7d.; and to the 30th April, in 1879-80, L 122 5s Gd. The quantity of gold exported to China in the years 1851-3 was nil. In 1854, it was 1,2500z ; in 1855, 50,8870z.; in ISSO 120,2230z.; and in 1857. 130,3530z. From the latter year to IS7G there was a gradual decrease in the amount exported, until in 1870 it was only 750z. Since the latter year neither gold nor specie has boon exported to China The amount of specie exported rose gradually from La,437 in 1355

to L 101,425 in ISC.'!, and it then gradually fell to L1,G32 in 1875 when tlio export ceased altogether. The total amount of Victorian gold exported to China from 1831 to 1876 was BSG,OGSoz. of the value of L 3,531,950, and from 1804 to 1875 there was exported 12,9250z. of gold other than Victorian The total value of the specie exported from 1851 to 1875 was L712,2.'J0. Altogether the mining products of Colorado prior to 1877 (says an exchange) amounted to nearly SO tons of pure gold, 770 tons of silver, 2110 tons of copper, a»d IC, 150 tons of lead. For IS7S they were as follows 5J tons pure gold, 103.1 tons pure silver, 5930 tons of copper, 9989 tons of lead. In 1879 they were much greater than during any previous year in the history of the State, owing to the development of the great carbonate deposits near Leadville.