ANALYSIS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3342, 2 April 1868, Page 7

ANALYSIS.

JThe following! is > an anatyaia of the arrivals and departures foreign during the month. : —

r Our Tauranga correspondent' on February 23 writes : •=— "Captain Goldsmith has within tbelasttwo days returned from a prospecting tour, daring which there WM no evidence of any interruption from the natives. That gentleman reports— and bis experience is a' Buifieient guarantee alone of great consideration — ♦ that, about seven mijes weit of the Wairoa river, quartz was found containing gold. The bed rock wm trachyte; this is the , principal rock of this district, occasionally changed by an outcrop of dlorite.' » We were shown on March 24, by Mr. P. White, one nundred-and-twenty grains of retorted gold, which had been obtained from, fifteen pounds of burnt quartz picked from the Hokianga Claim at the Thames — being at the rate of 40 ounces to the ton. The quartz w_as crushed and amalgamated yesterday at Mr. Mason's mxebin^/wbich was found" to work thoroughly to the'fatftfaotion . of Mr; Beck, who superintended, and others who watched' the operation ; and it^was fuUybelfeved that not* particle of gold was lost./ %t^. .' The Otago Daily, Timet ha* the following information. We wonder when equal facilities for publishing valuable information will be afforded to the Auckland .newspapers: — "We are indebted to the chief postmaster for the following returns : — During the month of, February,. 479 money order* were .issued, representing £2,265 17s. 9d.; and 293 were paid, amounting to £1,475 170. 6d. Since the commencement, of ttiiei system, on the Ist September, J 1862, 31,026 orders have been issued,' representing £145,443 12s. 5d.: and 14,295 have been paid, amounting to £69,027 195. I'd. In the Post-office J3avings> 'Sank Department, the number of new accounts during February was 62, and 231 additions were made to existing accounts. The deposits to ,new accounts amounted to £1,381 35., and the addi•taoiisto £1,863 a7«.5d. Thetotalnumber of deposits was 293, making f 2^60 from' the beginning of the system on Ist February, 1867, amounting to £31,156 Bs. 3d. There were 99~withdrawals during February, inoludidg . 10; accounts olosed. The amount withdrawn^was £1,576-18s. 9d.- Since the establishment of the lyttem, there iave been 710 withdrawals, for J^tott^mn of t\s&® IM," , . ,

war. JTame. Tons. Jfrom uargo. fas. ' 11— Empreu, barque .. 480. .London .. .. general 50 19— Rita, brig .. 108.. Sydney '.. ... general 8' 18— Eagle, cutter .. 41. .Fiji Island .. produce 1' !o— Kenilwortb, ichr .. 113.. New Caledonia., produce 7 a— Dart, brig ... 154.. JIauritiui ... rogars 0 !l«-:Alarm, brig. „. IDS.. Newcastle, N.S.W. coali 0 3-LadfAlicia, brig . . 182. .Newcastle, N.S.W. coali 0 54— Au Beroir, Ibrigant 1381 .Sydney . . . . general 0 ; M— Aapaiia, whooner. . -45. .Fiji Islands . . fruit 2 »— Egmont, 1 1. ... 808. .Sydney .. .. general 18 ll— Eugenia, •chooser..', 180. .Tahiti .. .. cotton 1 .)' \ l 2,037 " "ll

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Mar. Name. ; Tom. For^ , Cargo. 2— CkndHmmilton,n.s3o..Bydney ..' ..' general B— Alico Cameron, bq. 347.. 5 an Francisco .. coals B— Paciflc.schooner .. 60.. Norfolk Island... general I— Harriet Annitage.M 238.. Newcastle, N.S.W. ballast H— P.CJB., barque .. 291.. Newcastle, N.B.W. timber 19-Blttern, cutter .. 40. .Norfolk Island., timber fL-Pdneeu Alice,!brlg .287.. Wellington , ...coals Pas. 60, 21 2 0 20 0 .. 0 ~93.

DEPASTURES.