NEW SOUTH WALES.

Colonist, Volume XV, Issue 1475, 14 November 1871, Page 3

NEW SOUTH WALES.

The Ourrajong correspondent of the Foi'iea Times writes on October 6th:—"The rush continues, diggers and business folk are coming from all directions. At a rough estimate tho total number now on the ground is from 650 to 700, G-ulgong and Grenfell being well represented. Shares have been bought and are in demand; as much as £100 has been paid for shares in a claim not on goldj none of the shares on gold have changed hands ; prices asked are high. I learn on good authority that No. 6 north have washed several dishes of dirt, which have averaged fdwt." The Sydney News of October 19th states :— "The exodus to the Ourrajong has ceased, the Q-ul-gong contingent to it being about 2000. The reports from it are fluctuating, and the opinion of those who have visited the rush and returned is not a favorable one as to its extent."

The same paper says:—"The usual fortnightly escort left Gulgong on Thursday last, conveying 87400z5. Idwts. 7grs. of gold—an amount that was only surpassed by the escort from the Lachlan gold-field once or twice in the zenith of its yield. It was generally believed, says the local paper, that this escort would be over 70000z., but few thought it would be one-fourth larger than the estimate."