AUCKLAND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

Otago Daily Times, Issue 233, 18 September 1862, Page 6

AUCKLAND (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

f2vi&2^t;-bar^ w, lieve,* faii^: in;; : y rapid evaporation isimaking S itselff nipst -; 'y..'-.J- "ewclent.jii;iisei^ite;',pf ;^tnos. rpaiSi^^hich^artf' how rapuHy"improving; {a^lew" '; i; ,tninglio:;showiiheJr denths---Hleep e^pugfc^itis ';; I Init yet having a bottom atleastoirid toe ; ; C S^tiißfiitotlie original;road leviel; so ;soon as our. -" grbwkat the < Supermtendent; proceed •tp jtate "\ the siims necessary "for jrepairingitJie roads, and the ;mischiefcaused by their owmiolly. That all tbiswUrspbn he acpbmplwhed'l have ■"■"■;;■ no doubt, as the'; eyilhag been-more'crying -' dining 4he late terrible 7 \vinter; than ;^it eyier '■■'. "was before, probably since: the< foundationi of the .colony— partly, no doubt* on account of : : ; : the;great: leng^:l:of^ rbads inter-; ,:.■;:■,■■/.; ;vene between a large body of. the^^^s the jnarkets for their produce, sindwhiclv have : been allowed,.for the want ot VTthe large but necessary eypenditure,^providedfor by-the foresight-of the -ijSxpicutivey-buV-'rtfused'by^tlic distrust qi* CouncU, to fall inlb; utter disrepair . fora very large proportion of their length. ■*. I s'iouM think an"Auckland winter wasinall'pro- :■■■■ bability quite as destructive to the rdacls. as an Otago one could be, and perhaps even? more so; but the great, influx of weal tv into; your province, before its roads had reached anything like tho- development oi pixrs, will, doubtless, have prevented the heavier weight of the tax .: entailed by roadniaking, making itself so much .■y felt. ; JLt Oqroxnaridel the benefits of returning dry weather are making themselves very ap-_ 7 - parent; The greater comfort enjoyed by the diggers is already making a considerable improvement in their general temper, -which, even although they did not desert the ground, made theni formerly far from amiably disposed,, V even ;while acknowledging "that, in a mere . money point of view, iaiiy had no reason to (:■:.. complain of their position. :In spite, however, . of this satisfactory result^of returning fine weather, we are about to lose a large number of diggers, who are very naturally atti acted ; southwards by the fame of the Hartley digi- ; ' gings, and the eiglity-seven pounds' 6t*gold. :,'-::-: About three hundred diggers are, I belike, en route forDnnedin by the Queen and three sailing vessels, all, pf which are on the eve of sailing. This, altion^gh-it vdll, doubtless, :. cause a temporary disappointment to sonu>, especially those who have set uj> stores at -Coromanclel, has not caused any feeling of vexation in the public mind here. On the contrary, while all are heartily glad that Otago seems likely to become what we all honed it would become—a great gold colonyr—the greater number see in this temporary drain / upon our mining population a much better chance for the cuiiet development ofour golden hopes, Svithout any premature rush in which much, loss and disappointment would have been sure to have mingled. That the; diminution of our digging population will not be permanent,—will not, indexed, last.maay . ~' months, neither the Auckland public generally, nor almost any individual member of it parti- : cularly, seems now to have any doubt. Of the. ''■'■ three hundred diggers who are just leaving us : for the more brilliant attractions of Otago, * there is probably not one man who really '",;• ought ever to have come to poromandel,: all of them being alluvial diggers, arid not quartzreefers, who are the only men" for whom any fieidis asyet;openin that place. Of course, I do not mean to say that diggings in the alluvium may not yet, be discovered here, or v that consequently really good' enterprising alluvial diggers may riot yet be a great benefit ■ tons; but that neither the weather which we have had, nor in truth the diggers who are - leaving us, are quite the right sort for the ob;r . taining such results. That the weather has - been quite bad enough to forbid any :great works of prospecting, cannot, I think, be doubted; and that the diggers vow leaving us were not men -of thestamp of those who have '-;•:' discovered for you the Hartley; diggings, seems sufficiently proved by the fact that none of them have been holders and workers pf any regular fclaims at- Coromandel. ; Even the V Southern Cross hasTlately cpmerbiJnd to the - opinion wbicli I have expressed; befbre^-that -quartz reefers rather thau gold, diggers are the men of whomCoromandeihas naed, and whom ; it will repays It is emphatically not a "poor man's diggings.'-; theoperatiphs ft' there do not flag at" all, but, are,'on the con-: Vtraryi pressed on with great vigour, fWe are - now in expectation of the immediate arrival of ■ : •" ■ two quartz crushing machines, -one for each of ■ the'reefing cbnipaniesi - The first {that fat itie T- Eeven's Reef Company) is a large one, of ten '■-"■ stampers"; Whilst the "other * has ' only four ;i stampers. In expectation of their 'arrival pre- - parationa are now being pushed forward for setting them up at once, so tliat I have no doubt ; ; another-month will set at-xest the question, -'not Whether the reefs Tare payable, but whether : the hundred pound shares in these companies . i are tp;yieldthe.fortunate pbSsessoraathousand : a year, as- is confidently anticipated by many. >I confess that -such expectations:;seefa; very ■ greats yet there can be: no doubt that if the - r reefs yield sA all in proportion; to-those pieces ':'■:- from them,iwhich: nave beeri-crushedy v ■_>.? suchj or even a greater profit, will be the re- ; / :};). suit. «iThe;goldigot frpm::°ur '• quartz 'is Tery largely \ mingled >Jwith < silver^ so much so inits declared value is only 3s. 4d. ?per ozii The Bank of New; South Wales has, I understand, bought a good deal of the gold ; quartz, aiid>has shipped it to Australia, >abond^to the Government to repay the duty u;> Jwhen the vahie of their; shipment; shall* be ascertained. All things,'--I think, '■ Ipok:as well ; ■;;'i '*i for"Coromandel^^^as^ we could wi^ah \\^ahd pQbple X contentto -wait and see-what \ a few ,-..; r;;Ainontbs willibringforth;- :^= (M['^r^ \y;i: a i;THe leasing bf two allotments in< the city'bf i: vsAuckland' last^ week ibra period of twentyr ;■' "oneyears, may-serve to show at what rate the riniaiitots valufetheir^prbpSr ty{herel! ?■: j TKey ,; overepart ofthev city one ifrbnt-' •i: ;HiDg^Shortland-street, ;the 3PtheryFqrt-strieet^ ;|I V and having a frontage;of ?3O feetC i^The HrliSfeleasess wefe^auctioned &t the:upsetvprice ofJ£3Q r ; each per annum, or one^pound-a- foot; -:<'^S\\e; t ; hil<K> ; V;;i^a.year^^ihe ©tferjlor eac^ casje"it; >1 "^can b^^erectedtEere must be of stone, ibripk^ - ■■■■. :^l«'^^ -^ -to* tW fi^tng^u^^Htj^ )n^ caflit) fMce ■ s:^"^mor^b^pr^pyt:th||^ iss£ 7 'x pd-making^^rvv, jotiii: ;;':■ ;-'r^ lsecret. Jt is alsovsaid^l^a^^p^rt^pf ?them ;: ; 5 will; b^^^ 7; 2& iion]y;an on' dfi, an^^^^ndt ;t^|c^eaL ; upon ;as W' »in^wfiiter q^fitet's 5 Ka^ I^u^elra^d^b^n oitjtiial i-sV. V 3 ■^6ie?rematkaUly J^i^^fO^;'^!^'"^^,! ii^B. si j^Bmstry'ha^an Special S^.ov tMsf-i>^nT^^niß^eJylt]^MUL^ |BUI. yi y^^Sl&nwtKegenertJ bpMpn^bo^ti^hlMyis,iKafr^ *£ S ; debt is rather: too great tPm& for l<io yoiiag: •-; ; '; /^country'"to take upon its shouldersat ronceVand

#toagMin,^ ;i^ y«t;weiare as yetctoi cautious tdtodmlrewlMhag $6 h^zanJousva »look| about-itiificeing^bat^ip7^he; ;wpuld a the ;a|^aU9a.ij|^)cajsnpj', if|^^^bo^vfe^|,>r : i!Mm^K|h^^^C7tbe*;^o^£w^;^pm;pn^ i>eop!e ;<4wlio; \l:^aowsii\i&7^ niatives^v^tHaf-':the plan,;prpposedpofisettingiTbpdies ipf;single men ,uponi:t;Ue:frontief,;wou][d,be^th^;m probably^ of alt cpncelvablo^plaifs a|ocit a iliptur^sWitli -the;; natives?; vandi^moreoveVthat suchilpjppiilatibn^wddld^'thafciio^ *puld 'niaintain / tb^- l^ae^Hol^aa ta the ftjtfiiincnt ,pf;thei^e]ngagcinentßi raore^especiiuly wheu we, consider ;t^e;v£Wtattrfldipns7' which njiituripdly^pri^e^to t!i6yputigß^ttin^bara3sed.r to: conceiye c,iri .\vljat;way sack a scheme icotald; jcpniluceitp the jpiiil;evi»lqnitly;;6et before who have ;propounflecl it^niauiely^ the fusion, ofj live races^ -JTp:jiie;it= Beeais?likely thafcthe ibc^t obr tamable" ■ result \ wonld : be thrpwing, jiwky■ ft]t the money cxpei)(led in; bringing put men toljilHce thp^peacQ Jofrthe "country in jeopardy, by itlioso hien goiripi nptto tho frontier, but to the gpl4 iliggings.; ;|lf f howeverj they did i go ~ to'the frontier, ahddictript cause any {irsturbanceAvith tho Maori's when;there,; li cannot"dpneeive upon w]tat;prinw ciple, so sound a jreasoiier as Mr; Bell cau ihaye proceededj: when he stated; that; they woult? prpbably pjiy '■'■■£4 a-ycar in ,tuxes^ seemg k thatj. men pjautea as would be; in the wilderness; would necessarily be for some years an expense, and not aprpfit to the reyenae; Tequiring to bfe supported, rather than pAyin^ taxes to support the country, l^phc Here do«blf hwcycr,'that:if It. bo possible to niike^ f6ada'throUjjH;tlie couiitry, such aiwdrk jought to be done. Eveivafc the expense of a heavy de^ti^aud that by su^ran fcxporitlitur^ of'the loan, ii much-speedier and; more certain -ruturn would be. attainable towards paying the; interest u/P r sich:^ loan, tlian by; pkcing bodies' cf 1 »)«!,_ -ina-rriecl or unraarriey, but especially the latter, as military settlera 'on the frontier. ; Npta.little^^ interest;hasof course been excited here by the debate upon ; the' removal of tho seat of ; Qovernnjouti to Wellington, and the result luis • oi conrso,caused s:Uisfaction,but^ tliocKcilenient has beeit wonderfully Jess th«n niight havo been; ex--pecced,;6r thati it WQuld ladet-d have been a fevr •year^ago.' when such a change would have mucli more afli-cted our prosperity than it now could do. Most people, I suppose, look for ?orae; such change hs inevitable next Session, unless something occars? to alter the state of feeling in the Bo'uth before that ■time; The Natives aro perfectly quiet so far as external raovemeut is concerned. The" Upper and Lower Watpa correspondents of the.Cross continue, like Tennysbn's "Gods," to— - ? ; Find a mu^ic centred ia a doleful song^ Steaming up a lamentation raid an ancient tale of ■-•.; wong,:'; -■ :. '.'■ •• ■" '; "••"■.•■■ '■•...••..■,.- Hearing war m every wbls|?i;r, and treason in every f t«ngi" ovar au old chief's boQCS ; but as yet, happily,■ these sail portents are invisible to ayes less acute than theirs. ; Tha second munber of The New Zealand Magazine has appeared, and seems to give very much greater general satii-fiietiou than its predeo^ssbr. ;I think there can be jo doubt ks t> its being a great improvement, but of this >-OH will no; doubt ;hiivo an opportmtUv of J« clSi'%' yotu'selv-es iis soon its this letter can reach' yon. >Tho public of Auckland have heou favoured during the last f<jw; weeks with vocal entertain-, ttients by Miss Gordon, %vho 1 think paid you visit a short time ago • I believe she is not to remain here much longer, although I havo not heard where she goes next. -; The Harrier came iuto harbor on Wednesday lastfrora Wellington; I presume she will go back shoir4ly, but have not heard howrsooh. The Customs collected here daring the month of August amounted to nearly £7800, a sum less tlmn was expected, from the result of tho first fortj night in the month.; The Nonconformist settlers ! may now arrive any day ; a good deal has been ! said about giving them a public welcome, but i whether any tiling will come of it I do not know, j