SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

Wellington Independent, Volume VIII, Issue 782, 9 April 1853, Page 3

SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

.7 A proclamation is issued, stating that, jwhereas the.nuantity of;-'gold brought to the.Assay, Office ,the, conso? cutive., periodi.of-four ; weeks, ainountedtb less ;thian 400Q ounces, the , Lieutenant<-

Governor proclaims that' from' and after tho 17th February, tho Assay, office shall be closed, and the functions thereof shall cease, save as in the 'Act excepted; i ' ,

The sale of Crown Lands, yesterday, exceeded by upwards of £780 that of any ono day's sulo during this or the past year. The biddings for several lots were oxtromely spirited. It was pleasing to observe that a considerable number of the purchasers were evidently men who wanted lands for their own occupancy. The;average;price per acre was a fraction over £1 Bs.

'■Another Discovery of Gold.—-An. old and respected-subscriber has send us wordy that he discovered gold; 'on i the lower part ofjFixom's.Gully, South Para, about five miles; from the chain of Ponds'. It was near the roadeleading toßarossa; and 'at. no; great .distance from Malcolm's Hut. Asettleriu :the.';Barossa district; who brought in the message, exhibited a. small sample of gold which was obtained by "surfacing.'". ',; :■•'. f c ..-.;-i ■-. i ■'■■','"' v .The .Diggings.—Although wei still have,everythingto indicate gold in 'large quantities, hone .have, yet .succeeded/in realising their'hopes.;,;i.knowsotne parties who for the last two months have, been sinking in every likely spot, within five or six miles, but has found a place: that will pay. elf. there were a few more such men ; they;might be likely .to succeed;: but the majority content themselves; for. the present with what they can. get on Chapman's Hill and Gully,:knowing that if ;a fresh] place, is/ discovered, they will- stand a chance; as thoseethat have spent months of labour in trying to • find better,gro\md.-rßegisler,. . ;,;.,:; -> ;.