THE FAMOUS CALEDONIAN CLAIM.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 110, 7 April 1871, Page 3

THE FAMOUS CALEDONIAN CLAIM.

The following, history of the above claim during the last two months is taken from' an Auckland contemporary

In January last the shareholders first to reap the reward of their perseverance, ;md after paying working expenses," a dividen d of £2 per share was decland, amounting altogether to a sum of £5720. During the past month of February the returns from this mine have gone on steadily progressing, and still continue to do so T >e gold taken out during the five' weeks ending -J<tli of March amounts to 27.2200z5., or rather over a lon weight, and of the value of £74,038. Dividends' in February were paid to the shareholder- to amount of '£20,180 •or at 't'.e rule of _CX*3 scrij), and u>-

morrow a luurtJu pe*scrip will be payable., ther, with dividend of £ 1480 paid. in. December lafct—■\vHsefh- \ve>'fwid 'almost forgotten—£67,2ll)- divided. T the fortunate shamlW)ld«rs. the two and a-hali'years-that thin mine has been Rtea®l^^Vork6d; s ;the;«x , amounted to a Hum'of £ LO/JIM, an outlay which Has 1 brieri' , itbuiVdrrt^l l y recouped' 1 n 1i; 'y mon th. The Thames paper 61'; —Some idea of 'the. OiYorVnotis' richness ot tiie bp. formedfrom the fact tii&t ■ and; #y§ jo£ within one montli,- drably ovenj- 1 £84,000 MTO*, metaf has been lodged to -Aoe. credit* of' ihe compaHwfiii tH6 Baofe a& the produce of tJi'at - time. And as fo its" futurcrprospeete;— there is every rcalstfii it will continue for a time JiJuUlly A tne 13J feet level,. wliicli it i.s evident that the same rich stone exists, lound in the4)6lit<hu aiidlt'&pdiej&'ls. If vve value t; tion in mo^t j hs' r p ni-chase it, in e v ido ill tliat b even at ij;s pr4pn™W cheaply, fb¥ tlJptbctefrfcAi fcl be relied upoir tol pay divjdentlis.'at the rate ot about £8 per week. The olil mentioned abotflr<B)e» uho parcel'- lodged l ' jHe&terday.'. .! M now mens on hand, upon which the two-

stamped batte'ty foill'li# *rti)d! and there qxo besides about 2000ozs. of hard sqilceiSGd 4&t ttitoiw retort, , . , " ' ' -■• MItiOELLA]VEOITS. - lc " n-i) aidim ' ' of l'optL prosents a picture of lnwery'i?i' 4w Trtftftf'"' sian Provinces,. / , It says ayin litems of famine which man ileal i;le uf- w selves in Prussia strikeUjUMfpjjfi the Goeermneut. The cries of* distress' —raised by thousands of women orphans—threaten to stiile the crips joy which have been heard on aetW\al| of the victories which have been {ftrtained Uh< Ki-eueh. T-iio oJJjoial journals pnss under silence iriiseVii-s which reip;n in Prussia, and the other journals do not s speak of,t!ie lll I'pr palriotic and reasons 1 . certain facts wliicli wil'Fiioflail to ojW' the eyes of those who are not/'Prussians. In the Province of Westphalia there are wi4pws of the fallen on the field of'bytlle. wlio.dunng tlu> last month liaVe undressed vernment for su.eeour. 1-h of childretf'bf these m- tin the li^e^sjh; Prtviiit?es'there-are< widows, T >ift* the Proving 'of t ' 9624 widows* .with- 2U,416 asking for alms; in< Easieru> the distress is; ijidiserihablc -' ••

A Geyujju* %i|^J'equird , d f< : f receipt in full, ulka-'niuch f produced the! tbllowiu^:-r- u J ittfi£ul£*' I wants 110 Jxjhii mer." . -■ iv, '• Jack, lend ,me ten shillings till i nell my d0g."... Jack replied soothingly and sympathetically, " Uii,"Juu,-"Jl wouldn't sell fcmi.7 ■, .rf ' | Alluding .to. ohignons, M rs. rteayer said,. M Yes, {p., J .it", ' ropfil'cl My Cleaver, ; ,rrl A youug lady ,\vho haw been practising " Let Wis says .^hei tries the better nhe if * • , '< * '..uT'i-uiq .1 7 ft , * ! h!Xl ' tag**; : — " r " : ~~m.m Jlollowai/'n QiwUiisnfcand*-PiUs,-—-AbsotiSMiUji, Erysipelas, Pilfetj;— U iM&j>iug!Lf£iiocess Attend a. all who treat those diseiiK'S according (n the simple printed directions .wrapped round each pot ana box. They tire iiivaludbie to the young and timid, /whose li 1 nt;©c> sometimes endangers • 1 ite. ; A \irile 'attentf oi# perseverenee, and trifling expense will eixitfie the most ditlideut to conduce auy ense to n happy issue, without exposing to anyone. The Ujutment arrests lJuj spreading inflammation, restrains the excited vessels, couls the overheated Vkin, alleviates throbbing and smarting pains, and ;;rr it ease. The same directions also clear v point oilt! whelp aud uo\v llolloway's Pilia air to be taken, "th& their purifying; and regulating , powers may assist by adjusting and strengthening the constitution. .r 4. .