OTAGO.
The latent date is the 4th ihst. .. The total amount of gold exported upto the end of February was 310,296 ozs. - The. population on the diggings is fluctuating, but rather on the decrease: There was a. nett increase i'fi population during the fli\st six weeks of the year of 4,2.37'. The; Provincial Government,- having de lined to relinquish the' • control of their mail service .between Otago and Melbourne, the Postmaster-general has agreed to contract with them for the conveyance of -the - general- -English mail to and from : Melboiuhe, so that Dunedin will now be the terminal, pomt of-.tliis service instead of Nelson. Mr., Swire from Melbourne lias been appointed - Provincial Engineer. A proposition has been made by a Mr. A. K. Smith from Melbourne, to. light Dunedin with gas. It coidd be accomplished within six months. Another gen 1' m i is expected from Melbourne about a railway iroin Dunedin to the poi’t.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 6, Issue 284, 13 March 1862, Page 3
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154OTAGO. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 6, Issue 284, 13 March 1862, Page 3
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