GOLD AT BAY OF ISLANDS.
(united pkess association.) Auckland, May 22. Payable gold is reported to have been discovered in the Bay of Islands. The Waste Lands Board is in receipt of a letter which Mr Bernard Ryan bad forwarded to Mr Clendon, R.M., intimating to him the discovery of goldbearing quartz, and stating if it proved pay- ~ able be should claim the reward offered by Government. Specimens from the reef were assayed at the Bank of New Zealand, and were found to contain gold equal to 2ozs perton. The locality of the discovery is not stated, but Ryan has pegged out a prospectingclaim. A letter has been sent to the Minister* of Lands.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 691, 29 May 1885, Page 8
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114GOLD AT BAY OF ISLANDS. New Zealand Mail, Issue 691, 29 May 1885, Page 8
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