GOLD CIRCULAR.

New Zealander, Volume 7, Issue 587, 29 November 1851, Page 2

GOLD CIRCULAR.

Very saliifacfory intelligence has been leeeived fiom the Ilev. W. B. Claike, who it will be leinembeied was sent out by the Government on a piospecting (our. ile lias examined a veiy laige tract of coutitij in (he vicinity ot Biaidwood, and is of opinion that gold e\i«ts in considerable quantities aiound theie. Application lias been made to the Government lor the establishment of ait escoit fiom Una dislnct, and it 11 hoped that something will be decided befoie ne\tweek. Gold is accumulating fast from the impossibility of getting it Mlely into in.uket, ami there is no doubt that the fust escort will convey a laigp amount. The diggings are lemaikably siieeesslnl— paihes aic making fiom 7to 14 ounces pel day, and <ome even inoie than this,. The Bra id wood Mail is now loaded eveiy evening with paasengers, and vast niinibeis.irc proceeding by the coaMeis. The watei was subsiding at Tmun, and seveial bed claims wtie being woiked. Gold was realising a vciy high price at the mines-in many instances as high as (ils. per ounce. The Bishop of Sydney commenced building a chinch on Wednesday, sth, which was so far completed on Snnda>, that the jnineis assembled to workhip in it, At Oplur, Mr. Howell has been appointed postmaster, at a lalary of £'<50 per annum. Noithwood's iii.iclitueiy is advertised for sule, and seveial bundled pounds was oflered for it yeitenUy jnd lehiicd —it comprises evuiy aitidi; th.it can possibly be required for extensive opeiations. i The Government 1 eceived on Thursday foi licences in gold, I notes, and cheques, within a tulle of £0000. The utmost haimony and good feeling pieviils tlnotiglioiit the whole of our mines, and it is exceedingly giatilyiiig to find that although men are congiegated in laige masses, yet that they can conduct themselves with propriety, and lequirc not the utrong arm of anthoiily to keep lliein 111 order. I'iopeity ot eveiy kind is perfectly sate, so much »o, that the nnncis leave then teuts entirely unprotected dining the day. The nevv» tiom Victoria it highly encouraging. The escort brought in to Melboui nu last week 4900 ounces, ami it is supposed that upwaids of 3000 persons aie at the mines. The Coquette, fiom Melbourne, yesterday, biought up neaily 1000 ouncei ot gold ; and it 11 believed that seveial thousand ounces will arnve per Shamrock steamer. Mr. Donaldson succeeded last week in carrying through the House a seiies ot important lesolutious on the question of lmmi- | gration, the tesult ot winch is that the Government have adveitised for tendeisfor £100,000 woith of Debentures, and otlei to take Bank diaft* on London for payment; this will mateiially assist in leiicving 0111 banks ot their heavy balances in London, and enable them to allow the Exchange to leinain as it is for some tune. The price of gold was us high as fiss. (id. before the Phoenician sailed ; but on Thursday it fell to 04s. <id., ami seveial parcels were purchased at 6js. (id. There is no vessel likely to sail tor London before (he cud of (he year, and the pike may theiefore be coimdeied sUtionaiy until then, when it may probably again reach OS*. The Escoit brought down—fioin Ophir 73 ounces, the Turon 423J ounces, and Bathurst 8o"9 ounces ; and the Post—trom Pennth 104 ouncii, Bathurst »93 ounces, lJrouke .')5 ounces, Braidwood .000 ounces, Maiulan 13 ounces, and Goulbuin SO ounces : in all CG7O ounces, 111 value, about £'21,007. The export since our last has been very considerable, and will unquestionably produce a wondciful cflect in England, when they find it increasing by eveiy ship, as it has hitherto done. The following aie the quantities by each vessel: —

E\change on London— Di.ifts against gold C pel cent, dncount. Freight, 4 per cent. GEORGE A. LLOYD. 474, George-street, 15th Nov., 1851.

November 2.— Per Antonio, for Hambuigh 110 8. — Blnckti idr, foi London 11,041 10.— Bolivar " 50 12.— Phoenician " „ 22,009 34,110 Vhich at 65i. per oz. gives £110,857 10 0 idd previous cxuoit v 18,0-10 fl 0 Total Gold shipped to this date £329,797 JO 3