“The Press” In 1865
July 4 WEST COAST.—We are informed on good authority that the numbers on the West Coast already reach 17,000. We further hear that the diggers themselves say that there will be a very large addition to their numbers—probably as many as from 10,000 to 20,000—the moment the fine weather sets in in the spring; By the middle of the summer the population on the west may be nearly if' not quite as large as that on the east side of the mountains;
while the quantity of land being let under agricultural licenses, and the extent to whieh the bush is being cleared for occupation, shew that long before the gold will have been worked out, a large permanent population will be settled on the soil In this view, the character of the works to be undertaken is considerably altered. The road to the West Coast ceases to be a matter of temporary emergency only, and becomes besides a great permanent necessity.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30793, 3 July 1965, Page 14
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