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CONTENTS.




Historical Records of the Fourth, or King's Own, Regiment of Foot

Pages 149—152

The First Settlement of Port Phillip, and subsequent abandonment.—Settlement of Van Diemen's Land.—Death of the Governor.—Colonel Collins.

153—160

Aborigines' Superstitions and Jealousies

161—163

Editorial Notes

164—168




Statistics of the Province of Victoria, 1851.—The Census.—Public Revenues.—Commercial Results.—Effect of the Bathurst Gold discoveries.—Benevolent Asylum.—Imports and Exports.—Acres in Cultivation.—Number of Sheep, Cattle, Horses, &c.

169—178




The Golden City

180

Province of Victoria.—Ports.—Additional Statistics.—Population.—Gold discovered.—Ballarat.—Mount Alexander.—Gold Diggers.—Escort.—Exports of Gold.—Consequences of the Golden Discoveries.—Statistics dated 1st February, 1852.—Increase of Population.—Commercial operations.—Customs' Duties.—Pilotage.—The Harvest.—The Gold Fields.—Immense Nugget.—Escort Returns for January.—Export Returns for January.—Escort Returns to the 18th of February.

181—189

California in contrast with Victoria

190—196