NEW CALEDONIA.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 145, 27 March 1872, Page 3

NEW CALEDONIA.

AVe are in receipt of papers from Noumea, from the 7th February to the 28th of that month.

The Zlortihur d< La y. Cl, of the 7th of February says : —The news from Manghine is excellent. The vein of metal, or reef, has at length been found at the depth of from 30 to 35 feet from the surface. It appears to be very rich, and nearly three feet wide, the excavations being carried by means of gun-powder, pending the arrival of a machine for crushing the quartz. In the meantime washing for gold is continued, and with results sufficient, to give the miners some heart, and to pay the cost of carrying on the work.

The gold-commissioner stationed at the Diahot Mines, besides the important duties thereby devolving upon him, still finds time (as the Captain of the Port) to lay down soundings in Durand Bay so as to ensure the secure entry and departure of ships, the presence of which will soon be indispensable should the Manghine Reef justify the great hopes of its proprietors, and should the discoveries of the Eureka Company he fully confirmed. The resignation of M. P. L. Desjardins, Lieutenant de juge provisoire, has been accepted.

By an order dated the Bth February, Lieutenant de Ynisseau Henri Ferdinand Manzac (formerly attached to the Fiance) takes command of the Sureouf. The sugar factory at Paita was inaugurated on the Bth of February last, by the Pro-vicar Apostolic and the Governor of New Caledonia. The Marist Fathers have established the Usine for the benefit of that sugar-growing district. Madame Ricbcrie assisted at the ceremony. M. and Madame de la Richerie were enthusiastically received by the people.