THE DUNSTAN ESCORT.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 248, 6 October 1862, Page 5

THE DUNSTAN ESCORT.

Z>ll - escorfcfromr the Dunstan diggings, in charge of bergeanf-Majoi" Bracken, arrived in Dnnedin on Saturday, afternoon by-the steamer from Wakiouaiti witn 6,0310z. .The' gold was/ carried by pac«c-horses from the Dunstan to Waikouaiti, rather.more than two days being occupied,in" the journey, and there was a day's waitino-'for the mm- r* The escort started on Tuesday. . 1 here can be no doubt that'the 6,0000z represents rather the purchasing power of those on the ground than the productiveness of the field. A" gentleman who left the Dunstan a week sincej fwTu ° took pains to the facts, states that there was not then a sufficiency of notes in me nands of the buyers -to purchase 3,000 ozs of gold, and that the quantity held by diggers wasnndoMy very large. It must be rememlered, too, that published accounts prove that between 2,0000z and 3,0000z have been Drought to Dunedin by private hand, apart .from the very many small parcels that have been brought down direct, or that found their way lo iuapeka. . J

Unquestionably more than"8000 oas. have come to hand from the Dunstan, or one-half the quantity stipulated by the Government as-the^oon->£2 f flOOOeach; and barely half of^.the «uee months^ aUowed: has-yet expired. The -^2SJf S '} rf amucli. fi^r representation of