KENNEDY'S BAT GOLD.
It is satisfactory to find that the gold obtained from the Kennedy's Bay district, like that from some of the Coromandel creeks, is of superior quality. We give below the following particulars of two assays made of this gold .• — Assay of gold from Kennedy's Bay made by the Bank of New Zealand— Weight before melting, 1 oz.; weight after melting. 1 oz.; fineness, 5673 ; standard, 15.22 ; value, £3 13s. Sd. Another sample— Weight before melting, 1 oz.; after melting, 1 oz.; fineness, 5990; standard, 21.22; value, £3 16s. 3d.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1434, 22 June 1868, Page 3
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92KENNEDY'S BAT GOLD. New Zealand Herald, Volume V, Issue 1434, 22 June 1868, Page 3
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