The Southland Times. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1866.

Southland Times, Issue 558, 11 September 1866, Page 2

The Southland Times. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1866.

It is with satisfaction we learn that the Stewart's Island fishing company are persevering, and that the exports to Melbourne and the West Co^st are increasing, and another consignment of between twenty and thirty casks of fish will he forwarded to the West Coast by the next vessel. Maories are chiefly employed in this enterprise, and we understand that they are mating good wages, and that the company is likely to prove a success. The 'Rockhampton Bulletin' (Queensland), 17th ult., mentions that two splendid quartz nuggets had just been brought into town from the Peat Downs ooldfields. The largest weighing 13 oz., and it was estimated to contain fully 10 oz. of gold. The quartz, of a reddish description, was almost entirely covered with rough gold of a dark color. This specimen was obtained from Macdonald's Flat, and was picked up from the surface of the ground. The smaller specimen, weighing 4£ oz., is impregnated with a finer quality and lighter description of gold, and it is watprworn. The quartz is of a light color. and is said to contain about 3 oz. of the precious metal. This was also obtained from the Spring Rush. It is, we understand, Mr Feez's intention to forward them to a friend in Melbourne to have them placed in the Exhibition there, provided the Commissioners will permit of their being relumed.