REVIEW. (From the Times )

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 348, 30 August 1849, Page 3

REVIEW. (From the Times )

Four Months amoiu/st the Goldfmders in Alia California, Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Dhtricts, by T. Tyk whitt Brooks, M. D. Loudon, Bogue, 1849. Hkre js a gentleman, who know* all about il ! a live Englishman who lias set his foot in the diggings, has had his hand in the wabhings, bus seratche I for the dust till hi 8 back ached, has picked up lumpi as big «s your fist, without any labour at all, has made his fortune like a " stag," and lost it like a donkey j and. in fact g<,ne through a regular Culifomian expeiiencc in less tlnin no tune at all. We nro by no meant sorry to fake T. Tyrwitt Brooks, M D., hy the button for ten ncinutos, and to hear from Ins own lips a veritable account of (ha mystery. Indeed, we need a little of his cooling medicine before the next packet arrives to recover from the excitement occasioned by the extraordinary accounts brought to us by the lust. Our medicil friend* experience is a perfect febrifuge. We strongly recommend ii to all the agitited curates, lawyer's cierks, and banker's ditto, who are fi.mly resolved to throw up civilization and their hundred u year next quarter day, to buy wtth their poor savings a spade and a crddlc, and to set up in another hemisphere i upon their own account as dealers in bullion, wholesale and for exportation. The dose is not a severe one. A very few pages tell the whole business. The Doctor was not long, as the title of his volume indioates, in. California, but quite long enough to be sickened. He leaves El Dorado as poor as he went thither, and comes away by no meaus elated by his adventures. He is just the man for us at the present crisis. He shall tell hit own tale. We have already seen that our friend is a member ofthp medical profession. It would appear that he left his country originally to find employment m Oregon, that he failed in hit object, and that he finally quitted that " barren desert like place," to try hi. luck In California, the soil of which country was represented to him as one of extraordinary fertility, but of whoie mineral wealth lie at the time knew nothing. The war between the United States and Mexico was then at its height. One Mr. Malcolm, a Scotchman, and a practical agriculturist, offered to accompany the adventurer, and both set out for the already renowned San Francifco. Reaching the port, they fell in with an American settler, u Mr. Bradley, who piopnsed to make one of the party, and tbe three set off for Mon trrey, a town als-i on thr coast, and south of San Franc »co. At Monterey Dr. Brooks learned that California is uo place for doctors to settle in, and, much disgusted with the intelligence, made his way back at once to San Fraucisci). It was on arriving at , the la<-t named place for the second time that the first dt finite intelligence respecting the great gold I discovery reached his ears. Of course they pricked up amazingly. t A man had seen a man who had seen another man, rho a hundred miles away in the interior of the coun- | try, at a river called the "" American Fork," had, in the couise of the week taken 23 ounces of gold out of 'he water, with the least possible inconvenience. The Doctor had been unfortunate from his birth. Provident c was ju-,t, and was about to make amends. It was decided foithwith to start for the " Fork," whioh in situattd in the Sacramento settlements. The distance w*s 120 miles; nothing at all to the tin ee adventurous spirits. The resolution was taken on the Bth of May lait. Before the 13th, San Fancisco wns half mad. Individuals were walking about the town with lumps ot the previous metal in their breeches pocket?. They showed their tremu es, inI timattng how they got them, nnd the workpeople strnck to a man. The Doctor and his friends were to make their journey on horseback, but the saddlers were a'ready riding on their own manufactur-s to the golden region tlißmseives. The Doctor took boldly poisession of one saddler, and by dint of paying him exorbi'antly for his labour, and of watching him till the work was complete, obtained after much anxiety and delay the means of setting out for himself and his friends The party, by the way, had increased. One Don Luis Palo, from Monterey, arrived with his servant Jose, a converted Indian, and craved permission io join the partnership. He was admitted; so also waa ons M'Phail, from Oregon. We have all heard by this time of Suttor's Fort. Captain Suttor is a Swiss, was one of Charles X's guard in 1830, and still carries the arar of a wound TeeeiVdd during the three glorious d*ys. He was the first white man woo settled in those parts ; ten joars ago he received a grant of land 60 miles one way and 12 another, and at this moment he has 1700 acres under cultivation. His fort, built by Indians, lies on the American Fork. The travellers reached tbe captain's abode, and heard from his own lips the history of the great Californinn di.scovery. Our renders know from other accounts all about the mill-wheel and the tail-rece, and we must pass orer the history here, Whilst Captain Shutter narrated it, the poor Doctor was in aitntc of extreme agitation. Hew»i most nervously anxious to be oIT. Ai the point of operations grew nearer, the wondrous tules became more magnificent, the evidence of positive ti ensure more citar, the bustle and animation of greedy multitudes mote irritating aid intense. On Sunday, June 4, they lef f the fort. At noon they halted to refresh "by the side of a small steam crystal purity." The corner of every man's eye peered wickedly into the crystal stream for golden imitations. None was therp, the happy spot was not yet reached. They pushed on ; tbe scenery was no doubt very beautiful j but who thinks of scenery in a chaise and four, with a lovely and blushing bride at his side ? The lofty Sierra Nevada was, we dare say, a glorious ridge of snowcapped mountains ; but the little bright lumps in the distance utterly put out the mountains above our travellers' very noses. Finally at sundown they came upon the lower minei. Forty tenti were scattered on the river side, occupied mostly by Americans and their families. It was Sunday ; yet everybody was at work. There were men mth their naked arms washing out golden flakes from the generous soil ; others passing gold dust in sieves ; others again washing lumps of soil in poti, and stirring them up to seperate the lighter jmnicles from the mass. The Docor immediately called all he had read in his youth in the Arabian Nights ; what plans he at the same time formed for his family, how much he patriotically proposed td himself to give to Sir Charles Wood towards the annihilation of the national debt, wbst hospitals he would erect, what churches endow, it is impossible for us to say. It is our simple but very painful office to confess that, although the day was the Sabbath, and although the doctor had been (ravelling from sunrise to sunset, and although it was high time to say bis prayers and go to bed, he posi*

tiycly set to work on the very Sunday night of hia arrival, and never left oft" until be was in a condition to return the congratulations of his American friend Bradley who met him at the close of the night's operations in tip top spirits and with a shrewd " guess that this is the way we do the trick down in these cleat-ings." Real business may be said to have begun on the following morning. Two of the horses belonging to the party had escaped, and it was necessary to recover them. Who should go in search of the runaways ? It it pJertsitigr to think that the doctor and his friends were not forgetlul of what was due to the young Indian catechumen. To leave gold digging and to run after stray horses, evidently required the exercise of Christian stlf-denial ; the youngest Christian needed most practice, and so Joid was selected for the office. The youth was modest and declined the honour. Bradley, of the United States, seized his rifle and threatened to shoot the laij if he disobeyed orders. So theryoung Christina was convinced, and went after the nurses. \fier dinner on the Mond-iy Dr. Brooks was so completely knocked up with his work that he cuuld do nothing iuore. llik reflections at this point are admirable, — " Alter dinner, (he siys,) we determined to rest until the next day. The fact is, that the humun frame will not stand, and whs never intended to stand, a course of incessant toil; indeed, I believe that in civilised communities the Sabbath, bringing round, as it does, a stated remission from labour, is un institution physically neresiiary." Dr. Biooks, in other words, with a profound sense of his moral and religious duties, piously resolved, upon consideration, not to work again on the Sabbath, if he should find himself unable. Thus fortified, labour went on, and the labourer prospered. Gold, indeed, was to be had for the picHng up. There was no mistake about it. " I reckon," said a$ Kentuckian, addressing the Doctor one morning at the diggings, " I reckon old John Bull will scrunch up his fingers in hu empty pockets when he comes to hear of it. It's a most everlasting wonderful thing, and that's a fact, that beats Joe Dunkin's goose pie and apple surce." The Doctor quite agreed with him. The average produce of a day's work amounted to something like sixteen ounces of gold each mm), the value of an ounce being fourteen dollars. But the price of a common shovel for digging purposes was thirty dollars, and Hir-rni Hensloe, a Yankee, who kept a store at the " Placer," charged fifteen dolhrs fora am ull pair of brass oidinary scales. Eveiything else was iv proportion, even to doctors' advice. Bad diet, daily exposure to a burning aun at noon, followed by an exposure to the cold damp air at night, brought many of the miners down and plagued them with low fever. Our friend the Doctor was the only medical man at the diggings, hit stock of medicine was small, and, like a prudent person, he made the most of it. An ounce of gold was his fee for advice and medicine at starting, but as the dtu<rs declined, the pric* was raised, and finally the advice atone was all that the physician was disposed to give in return for the fee. Thus, even in California, and amidst whole rivers full of gold, do things find their level, and the balance which weighs the varied relations of man is carefully adjusted I Ou Monday, July 24, our party, having done well at the "diggings" and ." washings," and becoming naturall at the < ont'nual pouring in of fresh gold-woiaiiijipers, resolve to go northward, »nd to try their luck at a less frequented tributary of the Sacramento* called the Bsar River. A tripper, for aix'yfive dollars and In* food, offered to become their guide. A liwyer, a sailor, and a carpenter proposed to join the society : and. thus strengthened, the force set forth. No signs of human life welcomed them on the spot, upon which a shanty wan at once erected. Labour W'*s proportioned to each man, and the trapper agreed to become the general servant, provided he mitfht hunt for his masters and have nothing to do with the gold diguing. He wns as indifferent to the grand object of m.in'a love as though he was a trapper in M . Cooper's lait novel; but he wai not the less appreciated ( n that account, by his employers. Nature was as prodigal as ever. Amongst loose particles of rock several large lumps of gold were! picked up, of much larger size than any that had before beea met with. There was no limit to expectation or to the promiies of these glorious rivers. How rich Dr. Brooks and his c^mpsny would have become if circumstances had not arisen to render them deplorably poor, it is not easy to conjecture. But circumstances did ari-se, and out of them springs the whole moral of this history. One morning three of the party set out upon a hunting expedition, accompanied by the old trapper. The converted Indian and the lawyer above mentioned remained at the camp. The rest of the party proceeded to a neighbouring ravine with their implements, and for the usual object. After working for a few hours the diggers procured more gold than they had obtained in any two days before. They were on the point of returning to the shanty when a rustling was heard near them, and shortly afterwards an Indian was seen stealing along as if to avoid observation. Being per< ceived, he dischar^d an arrow, which lacerated the ear of one Mr. Dowliriff, who, smarting under the wound, leaped forward, buried his mattock in the head of his foe and killud him on the spot. At the vrry moment the crack of a rifle was heard iv the direction of the camp, and, immediately afterwards, a whole troop of Indians approached the diggers at full speed. The latter sought shelter in a dell close by, and there prep»red themselves for attack. First came a shower of anows, which the diggers answered with rifle shots that told. The Indians, panic struck, made off with their wounded, and left the white men in possession of the field. This was the beginning of the end. Returning to the camp, the victors were informed that one of the hunting party, Mr. M'Pliail, wai missing. At one o'clock in the morning a portion of the society let out in search of him, though ignorant of his track. Several fires were visible on the hill sides, at the distance of half a mile, and towards them the party valiantly directed their steps. Coming close upon them, the travellers dismounted, gave their horsei in charge to a boy, who renaiuned behind, and then cautiously advanced ; when they were within two hundred paces of the camp fires a shot wa» heard, and then a shrill whistle. Both had come from the camp, and the former was about to be answered, when a familiar " D— «n yoB, Trho goei there I" proceeding from the same direction, caused our friends to desist and* to look about them. They had hardly time to do so wheu a shout Irom the lad in charge of the horses called them instantly to his assistance. They battened to him, but the poor fellow was already murdered and scalped. A tribe of Indians had settled bis fate, but the cump fires Ind beea lit by a set ot digger* and washers, like our friends, who were visiting the distant quarters with the same civilized object as the gentlemen who had mi-taken them for natives, and who were prepared to slaughter them accordingly. The missing man of the hunting party turned up in a day or two. bickness broke out, provisions became low, fear of attack constantly prevailed, defences were necessary, excitement reudered the labourers unfit for regular work. At the end of a month nearly every man began to think ih.«r, he had enough, of it; the Doctor, for

hi* part, felt inclined to return to the coast forthwith. There was a large quantity of gold in the camp. What was to be done with it? Don Luis and Bradley, tin? American, volunteered to take the treasure to San Fiancisco, and to deliver it to the custody of some merchant there, on the joint account of the company. The Doctor didn't like the suggestion, for the temptation to make off with the booty wai great. Ilia friend Malcolm, however, proposed to accompany the pair, and the sth of March was fixed for their journey. On the sth the three set out. Malcolm carried the bulk of the gold. Don Luis and Bradley formed his guard. The former had seventy pounds weight on his horse, the latter had each eighteen pounds in their saddle bags. Late in the evening of this same eventful sth of September Bradley gallopped up to the camp, and Don Luis shortly after him. Malcolm \v»s not with them. The best part of the gold win ?one. When all but within sight of the Sacramento Valley a party of Indians had attacked ihem i'or the s<tke of their treasure, had all hut lolled Malcolm, and had quite taken away hh gold. The former was undfr th* oara of a California woman, the latter, who cou'd ielJ, where that was ? " Throughout fhe whole of that night," says Dr. Brooks, " most of the party re* mained gathered round the c*mp fire — now in sullen silence, and now expreising their bit'ur dissatisfaction,, which had led to the day's misfortune. And when the first faint light of d-iy-break showed over the tall peak* of the snowy mountains, it discovcied us lookin r haggard and dejected, alike wearied and di' gusted with, every thing around." The pjrtnemhip was about to close. It was deemed advisable to share whatever gold remained, and t'» break up the establishment. Each man received^four pounds two ounres in the distribution ; everybody squaoled, and nobody was satisfied. Some reiolved to set out forthwith in search of the marauders, othcrit were too tick to m»ve. Those who were in htalth had been taught selfishness sufficient in their pursuit of god to be perfectly oblivious of the danger to which the wretches weie exposed whom sickness detained at the camp, and placed at the mercy of the natives, who had scalped the lad in charge of the horses. Our hero, of course, made one of the paity in pursuit of the rob« bers ami the gold. Upon the the return of the Doctor and his friends south wai ds to the diggingi there w is a perceptible change in the gold-teeming district. The ruiny season was close at hand, when great mortality might be expected. Many deaths, indeed, had already taken place. Two-thirds of the folki at the settlement were unable from sickness to leave their tents ; the remaining third, we grieve to lay, were too intent upon their labour to render the sufferers any aid whatever. Rnpidly decaying vegetation produced m.il«riu, malaria disease ; but whilst a man had strength to scoop out ths precious particlei, or to hunt for the more inviting knobs, he braved the malaria and he fought against the disease. There were other disagreeables at the diggings. Life and property were becoming insecure. A man amassed gold— he w-is watched and followed, and then — he was missed. Thedead were by no means so numerous as the missing. Ltta digger get at much as he would, he would carry his 'precious burden about his person. At night, as.eep, his gold would be. under his pillow, and his bed-lellow a revolver and a rifle. One or two dead bodies had been found floating in the river without; their gold. Altogether life at the diggings was getting an pleasant as life on a raft at sea, when lots are about to be cast for a melancholy purpose, and when humanity has been thrust from the soul by the entrance? of passions that drag men down to the level of (he brute. The piicei of every article of consumption had gone up amazingly. Clothing was not to he had at any price. Brandy was selling at a dollar a dram. Pitiable gold-diggers paid this price for the liquid, which they swallowed dram after dram— Heaven help them !— to quench the burning thirst of their fever. One of our Iricnds entered the shanty of a big bony American, to make a civil enquiry. The latter coolly took down hit rifle, and threatened to make a hole in his skull if he did not de, art without another word.' He had already ihot two visitors, and threatened a host of others, Explanation was given after ware 1 ?. It appeared tliat the big bony American had accumulated a large amount of gold, and it wai his firm con. viction that every man who entered hit shanty cam a there to examine its weak po'nts with a view of plundering him of hii booty at a more convenient season. The search for the marauders was fruitless. At San Francisco the pursuers called at the honsc of an alcade to consult with this functionary as to the best steps to be taken for securing the fugttivcs» but all the maji* trates had gone off to the diggings, so had the police, so had everybody. After a short and uieless pursuit, Dr. Brooks and his companions gave in, "We turned our horses' heads," he says, *' and retraced our steps towards the coast in no merry mood. We rode along, in fact, in sullen silence, only broken to mutter out our expressions of disappointment at the escape of those who had robbed us of the fimts of so many months of toil, exposure, and hardship." They arrived at Monterey again, shook hands, and separated. Don Luis went back to his pleasant home, Bradley started for San Francisco, the Doctor was left alone. Upon the 11th day of October, 1848, he writes home to his friends. One passage from his instructive document shall close this hasty narrative of bis adventures :— 11 Three months ago (so he writes to ' dear George,' his brother in England) I thought my fortune was made, and that I might come home a South American nabob. Nothing of the kind. Here I was almost on the spot when the first news of the gold was received. I have worked hard and undergone some hardships, and, thanks to the now almoat lawless state of this country, I have been deprived of the great mats of my savings, and must when the dry season comes round again, ,set to work almost anew. I nave but 1400 dollars worth of thy precious metal remaining; and, with the rate of prices which now universally prevails here, that will not keep me much over a couple of month*. My own case n that of many others. As the number of miners and diggers augmented robberies and violence became frequent. At fnat (when we arrived at the Mormon diggings, for example) everything was tranquil. Every man worked for himiell without disturbing his neighbour. Now the scene is widely changed indeed When I was latt there things were bad enough ; but, nuw, according to the reports we hear, no man, known to be in possession of much gold, dare say, as he lays down hit head, at night, that ha will ever rise from his pillow. There are lermons in i tones ; there is a moral in gold ; and in this instance there needs little digging and scratching to bring it out. Dr. Brooks w»« on the spot when the glorious tidings of a newly discovered world came to hiß ears. Within a few miles of him there was gold enough on the eaith's bosom to buy an empire. He stretched forth his hands and burned hu fingers. Reader, why should you journey over sea and mountain, through difficulty, dunger, trial, vexation and trouble, to achieve the s»me foohsli and unprofitable purpose ? There is gold under your very eyes, if you will but see it. It will spring from the earth at your bidding, or cue from the waters. Speak, — and work !

Abatement compiled from the Returns published in the "Government Gazette" of the Shipping, Revenue, Expenditure, &c, &c, of the Northern Division of the Colony of New Zealand, from the commencement of the Colony to the end of thefyear 1845; and from

REMARKS. The imports for. 1846 were not twice the Exports by £11,000 ; in 1847 they were more than five times the export! of that year ; and in 1848 they were six times the exports of the year. The expoits for the last three years exceed the exports for the preceding five by £3,500 sterling; the year 1846 exceeding the years 1847 and 1848, by £8,500. The Customs revenue for the last three yeais is more than double the revenue of the preceding five. The average of the anival of ships fiom foreign or other colonial ports is one every third day for the last three years, and the average tonnage 235 tons; the average of the preceding five years is one about every fourth day, and the average tonnage rather under 219 tons. "REvnrxJB -— The Revenue for the Northern Division of New \ lnr o fi9 nn 1 Expenditure.— Shews an outlay Jbeyond the Revenue with the balance of arrears of Zealand, for the years 184G-7-8, is / * >lJ U former years of _ 2,450 16 2 . For the ptevious yeais 88,053 9 11 But the Revenue of the three years, with the proportion of the.Parliamentary Grant, To which must be added the propoi turn belonging to this divUion exceeds the expenditure by the sum of 4,595 18 11 of the colony, of the sum of £117.991 7 11. ,»,,,,* Suppose it to be one half 58,995 13 11 147,049 310 . 7,046 15 3 rr I. - Being the amount paid in 1846 for the expences incurred in former years. 253,411 4 9 The amount expended on the Roads and Public Works is about ten per cent on the revenue. The amount received foi Land Bold, to the end of the year 1848, i • • 451,30 0 7 Loss the cost of the survey department •• •• •• •• •• 26,790 11 6 Jnd the payment to NativeB 1 JjMOJMII 32 ' 630 15 5 Available for other purposes (emigration) ' H' 4 " 5 2 At the end of the year 184G there was ••• •• ••• •• •» •" " y " - "' " '• *'. '.'.'; Y. jjo'X 12 1 Af^ 184/ to^thef end of the year 18*43 th c "Avenue derived from the land as not in any one year been equal to the cost of the Survey Department, and the amount paid for land, i T iabilitv o/ the colony.— No Return published since December 1847. Amount paid to the Aborigines for their land.-Ic appears that only £555 4s. lid. has been expended in purchasing land from the Natives since 1845.

the Ist of January, 1846, to ;he 3 1st December, 1848. POPUL. .TION. lmpoits of N r»i\is. exclusive of New Plymouth. Exports ditto. Revenue of Customs, ditto. Ships' Inwards Tonnage. Ships Outwards Tonnage. REVENUE. EXPENDITURE. Males. Females 2299 1671 347,480 84,500 26,493 7 5 475 103,912 474 99,214 From the commencement of the Colony to the end of the Year 1845. Northern Dhision 88 >S™ ,? U n Southern « «.J« « 3 Miscellaneous 117.9J1 7 11 Northern Division . . Southern " Miscellaneous .. 162,494 1G 49,789 18 19,860 4 8 4 9 i £254,394 13 1 £232,144 19 9 1846 — 1847—1848. 18 46— 1847 — 18 48. Proportion of Parliamentary Grant appliod to Northern Division. Ruisell. Auckland. RUSIKM,. Auck; .AND, Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. ARREARS. 175 13 6 23 3 2 ARREARS. 6,071 3 2 1,174 8 7 3,225 17 0 3,339 8 4 2,710 0 6 4,427 1 6 198 16 8 4,180 2 U 3,874 0 7 3,401 5 6 6,009 0 1 7,245 11 9 2836 1819 84,955 48,293, 111,602 18 6 981 21,167 101 22,439 1846. 2,891 5 1,891 5 0 0 13,702 7 4 17,464 9 1 18,597 13 0 1847. 1,891 5 2,891 5 2,537 19 4,247 4 O 0 0 6 4,782 10 0 1847. 1847. 4,396 19 10 [5,305 5 4 6,136 17 0 6,116 1 3' 1847. 1847. 6,538 10 2 7447 18 8 8,794 U 4 7,922 17 5 11,5 13 6 274 12 4 21,955 8 5 338 14 3 30,703 17 7 [95,6091 18,722 131 30,412! 126 27,702 •2841 2376 a a 1848. 8,625 0 2,625 0 4,62 5 0 6,625 0 i 1848. I 193 5 0 166 17 8 186 4 4 181 6 9' 274 11 1848. 6,324 4 2 8,1/16 10 10 9,443 8 4' 6,729 0 7 1848. 213 15 5 370 13 10 308 19 9 624 3 4 338 14 3 1848. 14,468 7 5 11,905 19 0 12,709 12 6 12,398 13 2 3123 I 2272 122,260 21,066 23,919 15 5 137 34,368 138 35,027 727 3 9! 30,653 3 11 1,517 12 4 51,542 12 1 22,500 0 <*, Total,lS 85,947] 365 85,168 88,850 3 6 1,002 6 1 66,509 11 4 1,856 6 7 HC,956 10 6 146-7-8 302.824 88,081 54,120 6 11 366 " 1 810-45 347,480 84,500 20,493 7 5 475 103,912 4741 99,214 650,304 172,581 80,613 14 4 841 189,859 839 184,382 Auckland, Russell, Proportion Revenue for 18' " ditto if Parliamenta: RECAPITULATION. 16.7-8 .. .. .. • . »« • • 7 Grant • • « * 66,509 11 4 1,002 6 1 38,850 3 6 RECAPITULATION. Auckland, Expenditure for 1846 7 8 Russell ditto 106,956 10 1,856 6 6 r £106,362 0 11 .€108,812 17 i

Estimated ' Amount received from British Trcasuiy. Amount expended in making Roads, Bridges, &c. Amount received for Land sold. Cost of the Survey Department. Liability of the Colon j ) An cars of Revenue due t Amount paid to Government for the Year 18K Abongines foi their received in 18!(>, and amoun Land. i><ud in 16 10, loi expenecs u currcd in 18-15 &. pievioui yean From the commencement of the Colony to the end of Ihe year 1845. 15th Nov. 1845. 53,440 4 1 :eceipt» in aid'of Rev. asperac. laid before .. r Q kt o a legiilative Council 116,857 2 4 .ess Debenture with- 0 « oi^ in a danrnfromcirculat. 30/314 19 4 Arrears of 1845— 179 16 0 204 2 5 2,840 4 5 383 18 5 41,941 2 1 Arrears— 22,566 J4 9 Arrears— 372 9 10 126 3 0 498 12 10 5,285 0 0 44 6 3 23 3 2 67 9 5 , . "■»■ '" > ■ 80,042 3 0 3,224 2 10 42,008 11 6 23,065 7 7 1846«7-8. 1846-7-8. Public Works. Ho; ids. Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. Quarter. Year. QuarterYear. 174 6. 2,891 5 1,891 S 0 0 1846. 184 15 8 167 9 1 237 15 11 249 19 6 1846. 3,44 1 11 0 0 0 122 10 4 145 16 6 242 5 0 259 10 0 236 0 11 221 9 6 30tli Sept. 1816. 42,479 17 10 840 0 2 959 5 5 Paid1847. 1,891 5 0 2,891 5 0 2,537 19 0 4,247 4 6 4,782 10 0 1847. ! (583 15 4 555 17 8 655 16 0 : 251 4 0 1847. 915 2 2 2,097 14 11 1,474 3 8 1,f16 C 11 1847. 17 2 0 301 7 9 46 16 6 0 0 0 612 8 9 1847. 243 6 3 221 16 11 221 7 2 261 0 2 21st Sept. 1817. 6,071 3 1,174 8 11,567 13 6 2146 13 0 365 6 3 947 10 6 30,371 17 2 7,245 11 6,203 7 8 [ Received— 175 13 6 23 3 2 198 16 1848. 8,625 0 0 2,625 0 0 4,625 0 0 <5,625 0 0 ' 1848. 306 3 2 915 8 I 1,043 19 11 684 2 3 1848. 2,460 14 6 2,262 19 5 1,725 1 5 3,256 1 4 1848. 1848. 454 19 9 428 6 4 467 10 8 467 10 3 31st Dec. 1847. 22,500 0 0 2,949 13 5 9,704 16 8 731 1 4 278 16 6 662 5 ] 471 11 2 2,143 14 1 1,818 7 0 35,614 11 10 1848. June 149 17 4 Sept. 405 7 7 7,046 15 5,936 6 7 15,908 4 4 3,121 9 42,008 11 1 6 184(i.7»8 1840-45 3,725 23,065 2 11 7 7 555 4 11 5,285 0 0 Total.. 184 G. 7*B « 1840-5 38,850 3 6 Say " 1840-8 80,000 0 0 45,130 0 7 26,790 10 C 5,840 4 11 118,850 3 6 RECAPIT :ULATION. Public Works for 1846«7'l Roads .. .'. ■8 .. .. . . •• • • 5,936 6 7 15,908 4 4 1840*45 . 21,844 10 11 3,224 2 10 25,d68 13 9

a No Return published or Kussel 1 for this Quarter.