THE HAAST.

Grey River Argus, Volume XIII, Issue 1640, 6 November 1873, Page 2

TH E HAAST.

. WARDEN TIZARD'S LAST REPORT." ...... . ■ ;■, ;... :.■'-,. :, ■■-' •■. ■:■•■:■ i ■ ■ ■ - '■„ ■ " - ' ■ t '--■ The folio wirig is Warden Tizard's report of his second visit to the Haast :— ; ;,-.'• • i /Hokitika, Hoy. 3, 1873. Sir— l have the .honor to ; state tliat I arrived' here last everiirigV tiavirigVleft! the diggings at the Haast overland bn rTuesday:last^:V:Jv' : '■•■^; : -■ ' : -"~']^';] r ,i -. I am glad to be able to reportitfaat pay-' able gold r has bjeen •fpund in. the Mjaori. Creek, and "that nine' ,'pri ten parties; are" now at work in it. :Thereis a slate. bottom ata very yariabley depth, in some -places very. shallow, in others difficultto bottom. Most, of the 'claims , are situate: just-below the point at which the prospectors' 'creek runs into • the 'rriain : creek, but sojne are a long distance below it. " . ■; '■ I' have accepted tenders , for : . f brrriirig' : 125 chains of the track' from Ship Creek "to. the; diggings,' at prices stated, in ithe niargin, viz. : — . , . ' • ■■' ■••r :: ' '■■''". £b. d.: : , Ten chains... 117 6 v :■:/,-. '■.^.n^.f...; :^..^2' ;f 5 i - ;0 Fifty chains .... ... 210 0.-r = Fifty-five db: y '■■ t .v; ! ... [ 215 0 And I would : suggest that advantage should be taker; of the present favorable opportunity of developing the district by completing the track to. the^ diggings, and enabling miners | ' to • get their provisiona without the great loss of time in swagging; them, . so that . they could . work any fair ground 'at : a ; profit, and. could; also pro-" spect ground many miles inland^ with aslittle labor in swagging as is now necessary in working bri^the diggings. o^Haying been iuformed just before leav r ing,' ■ tha'c ' a' 'coal seam-had been found by Mr^ William. Fox, I requestedjMr Arthur tbmake inquiry, and, if desirable, jtb-incur the expense -of obtaining, and forwarding a sample of the coal.

■ I have also , emplpyed Mr j ißianchai > d, the ferryman, to cut a pack-track to the .upper t road- oa :Maori : River,:' fearing that otherwise life woaldj sooner or later, be ■sacrificed.by:fording>atJthe moiith'i ?;^ > I would suggest that tp v facilitate com- : munication with the diggings^' a ferry ; sb\pnldjbe : plaped ;on, the Pareng'a below the Forks, .the ferryman .tp ; . cut the tracks "rieceVsafy'tb' 1 connect it'with' tHe present tracks. r ' ■■'* ■•":-'■■ '■j j)sit IhaVe the honor, &c, '" A EDWAKD F. TIZARD, Warden.