SUMMARY FOR EUROPE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1602, 18 February 1867, Page 5

SUMMARY FOR EUROPE.

The forthcoming election for the Sapcriateadeatship has been almost exclusively occupying public aUcution, until within the last week, when tbe Governor, Sir George Grey, paid a visit to the Province. His Excellency enjoyed a splendid reception. It is hie first visit to the Province

during bis present tenure of command, and he does not disguise his surprise and pleasure at what he sees. He seems to have had a very inadequate conception of the p!ace. He was here many years ago, before tiie settlement of the Province commenced, lie intends £»oing into the interior, and probably will prolong bis visit for Hi rec wetka. Wherever he goes he i* likely to be we!l received. The election for Superintendent is bcin^ hotly con*eut-.d between Mr. Dick, the present Superintendent, and Mr. Macandrew. Th'.'Bupf'ortorß of the lat»cr gentleman tie linking a great fusi anel noise, e-pecially tinny of them not possessed of votes; hut there is reason to suppcec that .Mr Dick will go in by a considerable majori.y. The; elections lor the Provit;cttl Conned commence immediately afterwards Provincial affdrij aro more pro?pero»s than they hnvc bc.n for amue time past Public works arc being resumed, and immigration is increasing. The Government have, besides, a considerable balai cc at the Bank, which i. rather a novelty in Xcw Zealand. The harvest is most promising. The news from the North is comparatively nnimportant. 'I here has ben a skirmish at Tauranga, but it is not likely to lead to any permanent complication. The feeling in favor of Separation is becoming very strong in the Province. A petition, in favor of .Sc-p'iration, firrncd by two thousand jitrfona, incitidiiift a large number of "the rno«t infl'iential members of the community is about being presented to His Excellency by the Superintendent. Although there is nothing special to record re peeling the Guldfktds, the intelliuence continues to be cheering. The official reports describe works in course of operation or completed that involve heavy outlay of capita!, and the returns from the various claims justify the investments. It ia not so easy, now that ruining has become a fired indu'try, to obtain information respecting the yield of c.rtaia reef* or sluicing claims. The systematic arrangements now made, nnd the economy of" time nnd labor fdu'lied, do not permit those frequent washings up that marked the earlier periods of gold mining. The return i-i periodi-:, and the yi-.ld- rtiiir.tiins a full average. Some of the works that have been for some time irt course of construction, are only now beginning to be reproductive. Oae of these', a flume for conveying water across a gully 400 ft wide, proje:ted and carried out hy the Golden Gate Company, at Wrick's Digzing*, has been two years in co'ir.?e of construction. By the aid of two rest.", each about, JJOft high, wire cables arc i-tretched nod fastened into the ground on each side ot the gully. Smaller ropes cuspend from then" a platform, carrying tubes of" gHlvanirCil iror>, in lengths of 25 feet each, fitting into each other, and kept in I heir placs by gutta percha collars. Sufficient fill Is given to insure an effective current ol water, and the plan has proved so successful that o:h--r companies are about to adopt it. Tho Btruitnnj i? desctibd as exceedingly liiilit and handsome. The quartz mining companies are gradually getting into work; i're-b eli-coverus ol auriferous reefs are con-tiiiitly hein.ur made, and where the state of the machinery enables clashing to be proceed with, the yield equals txpectrilio'i. The (Jhiness are arriving in ivecasing ruimb'-r?, and very quietly settling to work without interruption from the Europeanl?. It is un lerttood that they tire well sitiMied with their prospects. Lnbor i* still scarce, and wn^ts continue high in proportion to the cost of living. The yield of /;old is Urge in proporti ,v lo the population engaged in actual mining. *