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West Coast Times, Issue 3055, 18 January 1879, Page 2

Our usual weekly supplement is published to-day, containing much interesting matter to town and country readers. The rush to Lake Mahinapua is attracting considerable attention, and is likely to prove of much importance to this town and district. Our special reporter visited the ground yesterday, but not returning until a late hour in the evening we arc unable to give a full account of the doings at the rush before next issue. Meantime we may say that several new claims have bottomed, and show payable prospects. The ground- is taken up for a long distance, over a mile in length, and though it will take a few weeks yet to determine what extent of giouud is likely to become payable, there are a number of claimholders sanguiue that the lead may be traced for a considerable distance. Mr Linneman has a store in course of erection, in fact it was nearly completed yesterday, and will be stocked with general merchandise next week. A butcher's shop is also about to Ueerectedjand.a hotelsite has been marked out. There are nearly a hundred men at work, and four or five claims adjoining the prospectors have given promising indications. The prospectora are washing out half an ouuee to the load on the average. Killeen and party washed out 1J ounces from the bottom of their shaft, which was reckoned to yield an average of sdwts to the load. Altogether the prospects are decidedly improving, and the rush promises to extend itself. In the New Zealand Gazette of the 9th instaut, it is notified that Mr Gerhard Mueller has been appointed Superintendent Collector of Agricultural Statistics for the Grey and Westland districts for tbe collection to be taken next month . The last trip of the Charles Edward and the stage of Greymouth bar are thus commented on by the Buller News: — The steamer Charles Edward left Nelson for Hokitika and Greymouth on Sunday, laden with immigrants and return excursionists. In due course she arrived at Hokitika, and laaded her passengers for that port. There were some staunch