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WILL BE COMMENCED IN THE QTAGO WITNESS OF FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5, A HISTOIIY OF THE EARLY GOLD DISCOVERIES. Author's Notice, The memory of the early discoveries of gold f ?f? fc ff a A° f.i f^ st . d , ying out « and are few lett to tell the tale. It has been suggested that I should gather together the records which are scattered in a fragmentary form, through newspapers and official documents, and blend them with the unpublished information, acquired, both privately, aud in my capacity as tjoldfields Secretary, into a continuous narrative. With this view the present series of papers has been prepared. When a similar history of the Victorian goldfields came to be written, it was found that, although but a few years had elapsed, only an imperfect sketch could be given owing to the scarcity of authentic contemporaneous records. The fact so impressed me that I made a point of setting down each event as it occurred after my acceptance of office early in 1862. At the same time I collected every scrap of information obtainable respecting those things which happened before my arrival in the colony. From these sources I have compiled what may be accepted as a faithful, and, to far as possible, complete history of the early discoveries. Valuable assistance has been rendered by some of those who bore a part in the stirriug episodes of the eventful times when the golden mysteries of nature were being forced, aud brave men, armed with the pick and shovel of the prospector, went forth in search of fortune amidst the desolate solitudes of the almost unknown interior. I have thought it best to adopt the narrative form as being best calculated to attract the general reader, to whom it is hoped this record of the rise and progress of an industry which has contributed Forty-three Millions to the capital wealth of New Zealand may not be uninteresting. VINCENT PYKE. Notice to Agents. The Proprietors of the Otago Witness, anticipating a large extra demand for copies of the issues which will contain Mr Pyke's interesting history of the Early Gold Discoveries of Otago, request Agents and others who may require extra copies to send in their Orders as early as possible. ' WITNESS SUBSCRIPTIONS. 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