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GOLD  FIELDS  OF  NEW  ZEALAND. 
solved  in  the  water  ;  the  solution  is  then  filtered,  and  the  per- 
chloride  of  iron  is  added.  It  is  said  that  this  haemostatic  has 
been  successfully  employed  in  St.  John's  Hospital  at  Brussels 
by  MM.  Rossignol  and  Janssens.  It  is  not  liable  to  produce 
violent  local  irritation,  the  perchloride  of  iron  being  diluted, 
while  its  efficiency  is  not  impaired. —  Am.  Journ.  Med.  Sciences, 
Jan.,  1864,  from  Bull.  General  de  ThSr.,  15  Aug.,  1863. 
GOLD  FIELDS  OF  NEW  ZEALAND. 
The  gold  discoveries  in  New  Zealand,  more  particularly  in 
the  provinces  of  Nelson  and  Otago,  are  rapidly  extending.  In 
Nelson  some  very  rich  deposits  have  been  found  in  the  river 
Mangles,  and  the  diggings  on  the  rivers  Buller  and  Wanga- 
pella  are  proving  rich  in  the  precious  metal.     The  great  draw- 
back to  the  satisfactory  working  of  the  Nelson  goldfields  con- 
sists in  the  almost  entire  absence  of  roads.    The  country  is 
very  broken,  extensive  thickly  wooded  gorges  and  rugged  pre- 
cipitous  mountains  interposing  enormous  difficulties  in  the 
way  of  communication.     The  Nelson  people  are  now  seriously 
contemplating  the  construction  of  a  railway  to  traverse  the 
districts  known  to  be  rich  in  gold,  copper  and  coal.     The  Cor- 
omandel  goldfield,  in  Auckland  province,  languishes  under  the 
effects  of  the  war  raging  in  that  province,  and  most  of  the 
miners  have  left  until  quieter  times.    Gold  mining  in  Otago 
has,  for  the  last  three  months,  been  seriously  interrupted  by 
the  severity  of  the  winter.  But  the  worst  part  of  the  season  is 
is  now  over,  and  warm  genial  days  have  latterly  prevailed. 
Mining  operations  are,  in  consequence,  reviving  in  every  direc- 
tion, and  the  goldfields'  population  is  in  high  spirits.  Many 
new  discoveries  have  recently  been  made,  and  the  areas  of  the 
goldfields  are   rapidly  extending.     A  new  goldfield,  about 
seventy  miles  from  Dunedin,  in  a  north-easterly  direction,  was 
discovered  about  three  months  ago,  and  about  5,000  persons 
are  settled  there,  doing  remarkably  well.    It  is  confidently  an- 
ticipated that  the  ensuing  season  will  prove  a  very  brilliant 
one.     The  quantity  of  gold  produced  by  the  Otago  goldfields 
during  the  current  year  is  405,831  oz.,  and  the  export  of  the 
precious  metal,  450,595  oz.    In  New  South  Wales  there  has 
