AUCKLAND.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume XXII, Issue 15, 14 February 1863, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

Our files of Auckland papers are to the 7th instant. By them we see that that province has sulfei M from along continued drought, of which tho i\e<y Zealander says: — "The weather still con tiuues tu-y aud suitry. In tho out-country settlements water is very Bcarce, and we hear of numbers of cattle dying from the want of it. Rim is anxiously looked for by all parties." The Nonconformist settlement of Aibertlaud does not appear to have been very successful, ns, by the New Zealander, we see thut " tho settlers of tho Nonconformist party have ottered tho site of their city of Albertland for sale by auction, dome private and personal differences amongst tho leaders of the epeoial settlement immigrants were exposed ut the sale, and, we believe, materially affected the result." Of the progress of Coromundel it is somewhat difficult to speak, for the New Zealundef states thut " Mr. Hartley, the discoverer of the Dunstan diggings, had been on a tour of inspection through Driving Creek, and had purchased into several claims," It also says :—: — " A crushing from Keveu's Reef Company's claim took place early in the month ; the result was anything but satisfactory. Twenty tons of quartz are said to havu been crushed for a result of a few specks of gold. Mo better result was subsequently obtained from Mr. Bruckcnbury'a claim on the same reef. Afterwards £15 worth of gold was put into tho machine with a quantity of stone, crushed together, and still no gold in the quicksilver. From this it is inferred that the machinery, not the reef, is at fault. A £ll)0 share, however, m Keren's Company, on which £1)0 had been paid up, was sold a few days ago to Air. Michael Wood for £10." The Southern Cross says : — " Our own correspondent, in his last letter from the Coromandel diggings, stated that his Honour the Superintendent had recently visited that loculity, and that the miners anticipated good results to toliow.

[ Whether this will bo tho case or not, depends on circumMani't.* over v hi-h the Superintendent is us power* less of coj.rvol as tho diners. On the occasion of his J Honour's first vi-u to Corotnnndel he sati-fied hisni self of tin? necessity for providing a permanent road jto the iii^uiiiK'j without which their development woui.l be greatly retarded during the winter. On ' examining the ground, it likewise became ■. apparent that a tramway would be cheaper of construction ami more durable than a metalled road ; but there was an obstacble to at once commencing operations. The tramway must, of necessity, run through the native reserve, nnd the natives were uuwilling to sell. On the occasion of his last visit, he took a Government interpreter down with him, to consult with the natives on the subject, and endeavour, if possible, to purchase n right of way. But he failed to accomplish tho object of his journey."