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25.— Found at White Horse Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, in the same 

 hollow with No. 40 and No. 41. It was partly encrusted with quartz, 

 valued at 2,100?. Date of discovery, Oct., 1852. Gross weight, troy, 

 573 ozs. 



26. — Found at Bakery Hill, Ballaarat, Victoria, at a depth of 185 feet. 

 Tins nugget, and No. 1, were found within 150 yards of each other. Date 

 of discovery, 6th March, 1855. Gross weight, troy, 571 ozs. 



27. — " The Nil Desperandum Nugget," found at a rush near the Native 

 Youth, Ballaarat, Victoria, at a depth of 9 feet, with other lumps weighing 

 from 1 oz. to 9 ozs. This mass was nearly solid gold, sold in Melbourne, 

 4th April, 1859 — it then weighed 505 ozs. Assay, 98 - 80 per cent. gold= 

 23 carats 2J carat grains ; fetched 1,950Z., or 31. 17s. 2|d.per oz. Date of 

 discovery, Nov., 1857. Gross weight, troy, 540 ozs. 



28. — Found at Blackman's Lead,"" Maryborough, Victoria, at a depth of 

 6 feet, 15th Jan., 1858. Gross weight, troy, 537 ozs. 5 dwts. 



29. — Found by an Indian woman, almost on the surface of the alluvium 

 of the River Haina, near to the city of San Domingo, Hayti. This 

 specimen contained some stone, and was said to weigh 3,600 castellanos, 

 which, at 71 troy grains per castellano, equal to 532 ozs. troy. It was 

 shipped to the king of Spain, as a token of the wealth of Columbus's great 

 discovery, but was lost during a storm with 200,000 castellaiios= 29,587 ozs. 

 troy of gold. Date of discovery, 1502. Gross weight, troy, 532 ozs. 



30. — Found in Victoria, by two men, at a depth of 18 feet. Date of 

 discovery, 1856. Gross weight, troy, 524 ozs. 5 dwts. Specific gravity, 

 5-99. Estimate weight of pure gold, 33540. 



31. — Found at Bakery Hill, Ballaarat, Victoria, a solid lump of gold in 

 next claim to No. 26, March, 1855. Gross weight, troy, 480 ozs. 



32. — Found at the Twisted Gum Tree, Ballaarat, Victoria. Gross weight, 

 troy, 408 ozs. 



33. — Found in Reed's Mine, Cabarras County, North Carolina, United 

 States. It weighed 28 lbs. avoirdupois, and was 8-§ inches long, 5 broad, 

 and 1 thick ; dug up by a negro from within a few inches of the surface. 

 Date of discovery, 1821. Gross weight, troy, 408 ozs. 



34. — Found at Kiandra, Snowy River, New South Wales. Date of dis- 

 covery, Oct., 1860. Gross weight, troy, 400 ozs. 



35. — Found at Yandoit, Castlemaine, Victoria, at a depth of 16 feet* 

 Date of discovery, 1860. Gross weight, troy, 384 ozs. 



36.— Found at Robinson Crusoe Gully, Bendigo, Victoria, in an old pillar 

 of earth of a deserted claim. Length, 12 inches ; width, 6 inches ; thick- 

 ness, from J to 2 inches. Date of discovery, March, 1861. Gross weight, 

 troy, 377 ozs. 6 dwts. 



37. — Found in Canadian Gully, Ballaarat, Victoria. It contained a goad 

 deal of quartz. Sold in Melbourne, March, 1853, for 1,465Z. 16s. lld.^ 

 ZL 19s, per oz. Gross weight, troy, 371 ozs. 2 dwts. 



38. — Found by two diggers in Canadian Gully, Ballaarat, Victoria, at a 

 Septh of 60 feet ; at the same time another Nugget, No. 85, weighing 143. 



