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Gold. — The " Tasmania," at Beaconsfield, was found in 

 1877, and has crushed 495,895 tons of quartz, yielding 

 569^778 ounces of gold. Paid-up capital, £168,200 ; divi- 

 dends distributed. £772,072. 



The "New Golden Gate," at Mathinna, with £7390 of 

 paid-up capital, has crushed 218,216 tons of quartz, yielding 

 191,357 ounces of gold, and has distributed in dividends 

 £326,400. 



Silver. — The " Western," at Zeehan, capital paid up 

 £29,600, has produced 3,702,912 ounces of silver, and 20,321 

 tons of lead, and has paid in dividends £102,000. 



Tin. — The " Mount Bischoff," at Waratah, capital paid up 

 £29,600, has distributed in dividends, since found in 1871, 

 £1,885,000. 



Co2)per. — The " Mount Lyell," at Queenstown, found in 

 1886, but not systematically worked till 1893, has produced 

 46,856 tons of blister copper, and has paid dividends 

 amounting to £900,637 ; capital, £825,000. 



General. 



The present is a good time to bring under public notice 

 the many advantages possessed by Tasmania. The benefits 

 of intercolonial freetrade are already noticeable. New 

 businesses are springing up, land is increasing in value, and 

 people of other colonies are coming to Tasmania. In the 

 present days of competition it is not sufficient to possess a 

 good thing, but it is absolutely essential that the advantages 

 of this possession should be made known. There are so 

 many parts of the world, less blessed than Tasmania, with 

 large populations, hardly able to make a living, while in 

 Tasmania there is room for a very much larger population. 

 It should be our endeavour to make known the advan- 

 tages possessed by Tasmania. This subject has been 



