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GOLD 



Mr. E. Brough Smyth, the Secretary for Mines, remarks in his report that it is 

 impossible to state what quantity of gold is raised in any year ; but the following 

 figures afford data on which estimates may be founded : 



From the first discovery of gold in the colony of Victoria to December 31st, 1872, 

 the quantity of gold exported and minted was 42,037,326 oz. 5 dwts., at 4J. per ounce ; 

 this gave the value 168,149,305^. 



Exports of Gold from the Colonies named. 



The imports of Australian gold into the United Kingdom in 1873 exhibited a l;irpo 

 increase as compared with 1872, having amounted to 9,471, 601/. as compared with 

 6.014.62U, in 1872, and 6.919.480/. in 1871. 



