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oz. | ||
From the discovery of America (1492) to 1600—108 years. | 41,000,000 | |
From 1600 to 1700 | 80,000,000 | |
From 1700 to 1800 | America | 100,000,000 |
Africa, Russia | 27,000,000 | |
248,000,000 | ||
From 1801 to 1850 | America | 60,000,000 |
Russia | 30,000,000 | |
50 years | 90,000,000 | |
From 1851 to 1860 | America, excluding California, say | 7,000,000 |
California | 23,000,000 | |
Australia | 25,000,000 | |
Russia | 7,000,000 | |
10 years | 62,000,000 | |
From 1861 to 1867 | California and British Columbia | 11,200,000 |
Australia | 13,300,000 | |
Rest of America and Russia, say | 8,400,000 | |
New Zealand | 3,500,000 | |
36,400,000 |
Total Amount, 1492 to 1867. | |||
Russian Dominions | 33,74,000 | ||
Europe (Austria) | 3,271,000 | ||
Southern Asia (East Indies) | 11,300,000 | ||
Africa | 2,436,000 | ||
South America | 26,136,900 | ||
United States | 52,400,000 | ||
British Columbia | 1,440,000 | ||
Australia | 39,183,000 | ||
New Zealand, to July, 1868 | 3,906,500 | [1] | |
173,806,500 |
Thus the Average Annual Yield of Gold has been for the—
oz. | ||
17th century | 800,000 | |
18th {{{1}}}„ | 1,270,000 | |
1801 to 1850 | 1,800,000 | |
1851 to 1860 | 6,200,000 | |
1861 to 1867 (including New Zealand to date) | 5,002,000 |
In reporting some of the most interesting results of the labours of the Geological Department since last meeting, Dr. Hector said that there had been upwards of five hundred analyses made in the laboratory, and the results of each had been entered in a book, which was open for inspection by members. The principal analyses recently made were of samples from the large deposits of brown coal which had been found in Southland. This coal occurred in seams of great thickness, being in some places over thirty-five feet thick; and though it was inferior in quality to the coal on the West Coast, it would no doubt prove of great local value, and perhaps be extensively
- ↑ The total yield of gold in New Zealand from 30th April, 1857, to 31st December, 1874, was 7,599,973 ounces, valued at £29,577,016.—Ed.