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THE COLONY IN 1856.
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"The escorts this week have provided us with a smaller quantity than usual; the decrease seems to be general, except in the case of Maryborough, which shows a considerable increase.


RECEIPTS PER ESCORT.
Name of Gold Field.

Quantity

ozs. dwts.
Castlemaine, 3,556 0
Sandhurst, 7,848 0
Ballaarat, 11,393 0
Avoca, 862 10
Cheswick Creek, 1,613 5
Amherst, 1,005 0
Maryborough, 2,832 0
Total, 29,109 15
 

"GOLD EXPORTED DURING WEEK.

Sardinian, for Liverpool, 61,725 0
Spray of the Ocean, for Singapore, 3,005 12
Everdina Elizabeth, for Calcutta, 2,019 17
Jamestown, for Bombay, 1,865 2
City of Sydney, for Sydney, 1,350 0
London, fordo., 48 0
70,014 7