OTAGO.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1799, 2 December 1862, Page 3

OTAGO.

The special correspondent of the Qtago Daily Times of 24th instant, thus writes from the Dunstan. " What is lequired is that this gold field should be kepi as intact as possible, and that instead of half a dozen different districts being proclaimed within its own natural boundaries, one chief central field should have, .been established. At present its boundaries' ate so oir* eurascribed, that the Dunstan proper is really one of the smallest proclaimed gold fields of the Province, instead of being the largest. It is with regret that these remarks are made, but the most cursory examination on the part of the Government would at once establish their justice. Tuapeka, Waitabuna, Wetherstohe's, and Waipori are very differently situated. The outlyitig districts on each side .'of this great river, and the constant discovery of the aurife> rous nature of its tributaries, all point to^be fact that the entire length of the Molyneux from some distance above the Tuapeka, 01 at least from the Teviot, to above the Kawaru and its gullies and tributaries, should be considered as one single field. Any other action will only complicate difficulties and mar the greatness of Otago's most valuable field. In the Dunstan, as it should be bounded, she may glory in, the magnificence of a gold field that the world has not yet matched }but merged into the outlines of a number of smaller fields, its strength' and resources can never be either understood or realised. Whatever action-may be pursued, it cannot affect materially the position of this im mediate part of the district; but it will, un- ! doubtedly detract from the interests of {tie Province at large, when viewed from a distance " Coining down to details, nothing rery ex« traordinary has turned up' to-d.iy ; ' bill several applications for prospecting claims adjacent to Potter's Gully, Conroys, the Ernsdeugb,' and below the Manuherekia, have been made. As their merits have not been examined iuto, ' and as none of them are as rich as usual, I hold over further particulars till my next,. which ifis probable will meet Dunediu as soon as this. The best is tbiity-one pennyweights to the dish in Oonroy's Gully. The ground was opened on the Jsth, and is an outside claim." . It also appears from a careful examination of our files, that while the Diiustan diggings are generally in a prosperous condition— the. prqspects of the new rush, 'the Cardrona are rather doubtful. '