OFFICIAL REPORTS.

Southland Times, Issue 566, 21 September 1866, Page 2

OFFICIAL REPORTS.

By the courtesy of Mr Commissioner "Weldon, we have been favored with the following reports : — Orepuki Police Station, - 11th September, 1866. Sergeant Morton reports that the population on the Oiepuki Diggings is still about two hundred and fifty miners, that is to say, one hundred and fifty on the beach, and one hundred in the bush. The miners on the beach are making the best wages. They are making from £6 to £15 per man per week, when they make a full week's work. The miners in the bush are making from £3 to £9 per man, when they get a full week's work ; and they believe that there will be some very good payable gold struck during the summer months. There are several parties out prospecting in the bush, but they say it is very difficult to get through, on account of the underwood and furze. E. Moetobt, Sergeant. T. K. "Weldon, Esq., Commissioner of Police, Invercargill.

Orepuki Police Station, 16th September, 1866. Sergeant Morton reports that ten miners arrived at Orepuki diggings on the 16th inst., from the West Coast diggings in a boat of about sixteen tons burthen. They stated that they left Okerika about seven weeks ago, and was since prospecting along the West Coast. E. Morton, Sergeant. T. K. "Weldon, Esq., Commissioner of Police, Invercargill.