14 ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS. 
disorganization of society, particularly as then constituted. But — 
had I known that the whole science of gold-washing lay in the 
shaking of a tin dish, I am doubtful whether any such con- 
siderations of public policy would have prevented me from essay- 
ing the facts at the time, particularly asa friend of mine was also 
at the time extremely urgent upon me to join him in a prospect- 
ing tour.” A 
The discovery of profitable gold-fields in Victoria followed soon : 
after the practical commencement of gold-digging in New South 4 
Wales. Early in 1851 Mr. Clarke had announced that “gold ; 
ought to be found, if at all, in the province of Victoria, between 
longitude 143° and 145°, north and south of 37° south latitude,” — 
and in a Report of a Committee of the Legislative Council of Vie- 
toria it is stated that “Mr. T. Hiscock, a resident of Buninyong, — 
induced by the writings of the Rev. W. B. Clarke, and by the — 
discovery of Brentani’s nugget in the Pyrenees district five years — 
before, had kept a constant look-out for gold in his neighbourhood. 
he * It is obvious that Mr. Hiscock’s discovery at 
a Buninyong, by attracting great numbers of diggers to the neigh 
bourhood, was the cause of the discovery of Ballarat, which is D 
fact upon the same range, and at no great distance.” ; 
About two years later the impulse spread to New Zealand. — 
A correspondent from that Colony wrote in 1853 to the [Uustrated % 
London News as follows :—“ The New Zealand settlers were first 
a _In August, 1851, the Government of Sir Charles Fitz-R , the 
: Pecuge: to make a geological exploration of the southern districts 
