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It may be as Tvell to state liere that diamonds have occasionally 

 been found in. our sister colony of Yictoria, and have been, 

 recorded by my friends, the Eev. Dr. Bleasdale, Mr. Ulrich, and 

 Mr. Brough Smith, the latter of whom, iu his recently published 

 valuable oiEcial work on the " Grold-fields of Victoria," mentions 

 sixty small diamonds of little value from Beechworth, tahen out 

 of, or near to, the usual " wash dirt" of the diggers, vai^yiug iu 

 weight from one-eight to two carats and a half. 



In 1SG5 fifteen more diamonds were also procured from the 

 TToolshed diggings. 



It is said also, that some small diamonds have been found at the 

 Echunga gold-field S. E. of Adelaide, in South Australia. 



At the present time, therefore, New South Wales is the 

 diamond colony of Australia. 



I fear, G-entleaien, in thus exhausting the subject of the 

 diamond I have exhausted your patience as well; but I have 

 been anxious to collect from every available source, in the course 

 of my own reading and observation, all that bears upon our new 



The following is a resume of the known shipments since the beginning of 

 September last : — 



ICUMBEE AXD VALUE OV DIAMONDS SEXT FB03I THIS POHT. 



1S70. Diamonds. Value, 



Sept. 14th.— Per E. M. S. Eoman 496 £15,000 



., 29th.— Per E. M. S. Norseman 387 15,500 



Octr. loth.— Per E. M. S. Northam 67 8,850 



., 31st, —Per E. M. S. Saxon 110 4,230 



Novr.lSth.— Per E. M. S. Celt 1210 22,255 



Per post 26 1,300 



2326 £-64,135 



Lost week we hnd intelligence by tolegrnph of some rery large "finds." 



The report wfi!; tbnt one of 150 r-aral'^; had been found : oiiec>f 117 earai-:, und 



.^evci'al ofhers i-ciuging IVuin 'M to IS ami 2.5 rarals. Wifli I'fgai-.i (o llir [wo 



vevj large ones, 1 prefer to take Hio an nK-i-hii-nl, >vit)i .-.linrii; !,.|.it iiH ic 



the ?)ii:dler ones, 1 dn not for h Tnoiiicni, d.iii'nl lli.-v wrvi- iimIIv .■lii;un(.'d. ,V. 

 "iV-r.~onal iVicnd of mine fuirnd. ojic ct' lln-ni vM-iglmig l'., cui-H,-. Ax (lie ,-aine 

 time there need be no unnecessary sccpticisui about the matter. Large tinds are 

 I'ept rery close ; but it is very well inown for all that, diamonds of immense 

 size have been foimd. V'hen I say " of immense size," I mean above 100 

 carats up to nearly double that weight. The 88 carat one found by Wheeler 

 arrived yesterday in town. It is in the Ivceping of the Standard Bank, which 

 institution has made a large advance upon it, and to wliich it is entrusted for 

 disposal in Europe. Irrespective of this monster, the mail steamer Celt will 

 take home on Saturday nearly 2000 diamonds, valued at a large amount," 



