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Dec. 18, 1853 (158) FURTHER REPORTS ON THE GOLD DISTRICTS:
transmitting returns and reports for the quarter ended
30th September 1853

Returns of quantity and value of gold exported, number
of licences granted, amounts brought in by Govern-
ment escort, &c.
REPORTS FROM THE REV. W. B. CLARKE,
24th June 1853. No. 9., on the geology of the
Clarence district and the adjoining regions -
REPORT OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. Letter
from the Geological Surveyor, dated 1st July 1853,
containing a further report on the GEOLOGICAL
AND MINERALOGICAL STRUCTURE OF
NEW SOUTH WALES

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June 12, 1854 (72) FURTHER REPORTS ON THE GOLD DISTRICTS.
The usual quarterly returns as above noted for the period
ending 31st March 1854

GEOLOGICAL REPORT. Further report of the
Geological Surveyor, dated 1st January 1854, con-
tinuing the subjects adverted to in former report,
and referring to the COAL FIELDS at Brisbane
GOLD FIELDS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICTS
of New South Wales. Commissioner's report there-
on, with return of the places at which gold fields
have been discovered.

GOLD FIELDS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
Similar returns.

Return of LICENCES ISSUED from 1st April 1853
to 31st March 1854.

EXPORT OF GOLD. Quantity and value of export
from 1st April 1853 to 31st March 1854.

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DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

Jan. 13, 1854 (7)

July 4, 1854 (10)

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FINANCE. REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE
nected with the gold discoveries. Treasury letter, dated
28th December 1853, respecting the adjustment of the
colonial account under this head
CONSTRUCTION OF THE SYDNEY MINT. Reply
to Sir C. Fitzroy's despatch, No. 37., 27th February 1854,
relative to financial arrangements for this service

July 13, 1854 (12) CORRESPONDENCE WITH SIR R. MURCHISON
respecting the anticipation of gold discoveries in Austra-
lia. Acknowledging Sir C. Fitzroy's despatch, No. 31.,
21st February, forwarding a letter from the Rev. W.
Clarke on the subject

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August 2, 1854 (23) CONSTRUCTION OF THE SYDNEY MINT.
warding a communication from the Lords of the Trea-
sury relative to the appointment of Captain Ward, R. E.,
to superintend the completion of the mint, and to other
contemplated measures in connection with the subject

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Nov. 17, 1853 (176) STATE OF THE GOLD FIELDS. Customary Report
for the months of September and October

Beneficial result of measures for removing the licence
fee increase in the number of persons who had
become licencees.

Restoration of good order and confidence amongst the
mining population.

Increase in the quantity of Gold brought down by
Government escort.

Objections on the part of certain of the miners against
the proposed issue of leases to companies.
LAND SALES, AND SETTLEMENT ON THE
GOLD FIELDS. Considerable land sales effected,
and a great disposition evinced by the population to
settle permanently in the gold districts.
Statement relative to the health, good order, and
success of the population at the various gold locali-
ties as named, the general yield at the old and new
workings, &c.

Proposed Legislative measures.

[SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMARY RETURNS of
licences issued, gold exported, lands sold, immigra-
tion and emigration, criminal trials, &c. will be found
in full at page 82.]

Nov. 17, 1853 (177) MANAGEMENT OF THE GOLD FIELDS. Report
of Select Committee of Council, containing recommenda-
tions on various pending questions, enclosed, with remarks
on proposed bill, embodying the recommendations con-
tained in the report

Nov. 24, 1853 (187) BOTANICAL REPORTS. Forwarding copies of the
-first general report of the Government Botanist on the
Vegetation of Victoria; and of a Botanical Report, by
William Swainson, Esq., F.R.S.

GEOLOGICAL AND MINERALOGICAL RE-
PORTS; also forwarding a report on the Geology
and Mineralogy of Mount Alexander and the
adjacent country, lying between the Rivers Loddon
and Campaspie, with chart attached.

Dec. 10, 1853 (192) ACT FOR THE BETTER MANAGEMENT OF THE
GOLD FIELDS in the Colony of Victoria, No. 4,
December 1853, enclosed, with observations on its various
provisions

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Condition of the population at the several gold dis-
tricts; general good conduct; average yield of gold.
Discovery of a valuable lode of antimony.
Discovery of a new gold field on the Buckland River;
description of the works and the population there
congregated.

The new bill for the management of the gold fields
favourably received.

Attempt of certain disaffected persons to raise a spirit
of opposition to law, and to organize a "Diggers'
Congress."

[A SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMARY RETURNS of
licences issued, gold exported, population, wages and
prices, immigration and emigration, &c., as well as
general summary of such returns, for the years
1851, 1852, and 1853, will found at page 106.]

STATISTICS OF CRIME. Forwarding a return of
cases disposed of in the Police Court of the City of Mel-
bourne during the six months ending 31st December
1853, as exhibiting an improvement in social order

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March 14, 1854 (34)] PUBLIC WORKS. ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
porting its completion from Melbourne to Hobson's Bay,
and proposed continuation to Geelong and Port Phillip
Heads

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Sir Charles Hotham.

March 15, 1854 (35) STATE OF THE GOLD FIELDS. Customary Reports
for the months of January and February 1854

Quiet and good order generally prevailing; healthiness
of the population. The population of the gold
fields estimated at 84,000, and the yield of gold at
from 30,000 to 40,000 ounces per week. Opening
of new workings at Bald Hills and Tarrangower.
Arrivals and departures. Immigration of Chinese.
Satisfactory operation of the new Act for the manage-
ment of the gold fields; opposition to the enact-
ment; memorial from storekeepers.

Criminal returns. Extensive land sales. Establish-
ment of a gold assay office at Melbourne.
[SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMARY RETURNS of
licences issued, gold exported, population, &c., will
be found in full at page 132.]

STATE OF THE GOLD FIELDS. Customary Reports
for the Months of March and April 1854

General good order prevailing throughout the Gol-
Districts.

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SUMMARY OF REPORTS OF CROWN LAND COM-
MISSIONERS for the period between 6th March and
15th April, being a weekly statement of events at the
various Gold Districts; the state of the population;
yield of gold; revenue; issue of licences, &c.

[SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMARY RETURNS of
licences issued, gold exported, population, &c., will
be found in full at page 147.]

ACTS RELATIVE TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
THE GOLD FIELDS. Despatch forwarding and
commenting on Acts

No. 1., 17 Victoria, "To prevent unauthorized mining."
No. 4., 17 Victoria, "For the better management of
the gold fields."

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. Establishment of elec-
tric telegraph. Act No. 22., 17 Victoria.

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July 17, 1854 (87) THREATENED DISTURBANCES. Report relative to
a threatened disturbance on account of the CHINESE
AT THE BENDIGO GOLD FIELDS -

July 21, 1854 (91) STATE OF THE GOLD FIELDS. Customary Reports
for the months of May and June 1854

[A SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMARY RETURNS,
&c., will be found at page 166.]

The
Duke of Newcastle.

DESPATCHES FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

1 May 23, 1854 (25) STATISTICS OF CRIME. Acknowledging Lieutenant
Governor La Trobe's Despatch No. 28, 7th February 1854,
inclosing same

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