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Show mironius i:.vmii. A nows Hem a day or two ago made a shnwlnof the enormous gold yield of Victoria colony, Australia. Up to tbo presont time tho seven gold-pro duceraof the Australasia i group have yleldej something over Oi),o0,ouO ounces, Victoria's part being lully two-thirds nf thu whole. Tblt, for a long time, wuntsU-n Illy to Loudon tot coinage, but In thu year IBIS the lint Ith government rmltled tiieoitablMi mentor a branoh mint In Sydney, the demands of thu pe ip u InteruiteJ li that end having at last amounted to a rtoin-mand rtoin-mand which thu royal pnwera that be as Is usual when Auitralla wants auythln yielded to, although It was thu meant of laklog from tbo great metropolis muoh of Its profit ami pre-tlge. pre-tlge. In 187 J a similar privilege waa give n to Vlutorla, and up to It 01 tbe coinage there was 15 0W,.1H( wbllu duilugtho longer pniu.i Iheriydney mint coined 07,1 03.W). During eighteen years ill tho L melon coinage coin-age wai atlll 87 8S pir cant of the whole, that of Hydney VU.03, and of MelhournuM.72. 1'rlor to the last deca Jo tbe output of precious metnla from Auitralla waa practically all coll, but during tint Jierlod 1'itenslvu silver mines were dliooveied In Now Houlh Wales. At Hllverton auJ Ilroken 1 1 lit ou the Harrier range Iho lelget uncovered proved lo be of thu inoat Immsuie extent and greut value. Tne lltld ex lends over 2oM squara rnllss ol country. Tho Ilroken Hill enjojs the reputation of being Ihe greatest silver miue on eailb, thu ylol I for the first five years being r.'J,5I::,l 15 uuoccil Daring that lime the dlvldeuJa paid the share-holdera share-holdera amounted lo J, 010,000, more than two-thlrda bilug In caib, the remaluJer In sharua of other mines Monglog to the company. The whole of this vast yield, or thu great bulk ol It, found Its way to Loudon. From there a gieat deal of It hat gone to lodlawhereooltiato hat bean free, but la not likely to remain eo long. When wu reflect how very limited il portion ol Australia has been ex-ph ex-ph red, and how much emitter la the ortlon that la settled, the enormous wealth of Ihu cjuutry la more oaally uuderttood. Ita ranges avrarin with cattle and sheep, Its territory la nttrly M vast and dlveralflod as that of Iho United rltatea (ixcluilvu of Alalia), nnd the ijuettlou of aotual separation sep-aration from tbo mother coun try Indeponlencu It airealy has teems to bo oue uf but n short tlmu. There la no danger of annexation annexa-tion to auy other country being thought of lu the case of such a grand empire situated so far away from any power big enough to lako II; It n III be-cornea be-cornea nation by ltaslf an I that, toj, according to all appearance In a very short time. |
