Korong Diggings.—The accounts from this Gold Field are quite cheering. A correspondent informs us that a nugget weighing 4 lbs. 8 ozs. has been found there since the last large nugget reported. A still larger nugget has been found, but remains in the hands of the owners at the diggings. By private hand, 327 ounces reached town on Friday evening.
86, Elizabeth-street.
July 25.
The prices for gold dust during the week have been firm, as in previous quotations:—
| s. | d. | ||
| Castlemain and Bendigo, | 76 | 0 | |
 Avoca, Maryborough, Korong, |
| 76 | 6 |
| Ovens, | 76 | 9 | |
| Ballaarat, | 77 | 6 | |
| Standard ounce, | 73 | 9 | |
The business has been good, though the demand has not been extensive, in consequence of the length of time to elapse previous to the sailing of the James Baines, on the 5th of next month.
A larger quantity of gold has been brought to town by escort this week than we have known for some time, and, with the present escort, would make an excellent week's produce for our Fields. At Korong everything seems prosperous. Another nugget of about 168 ounces has been found, and report speaks of another still larger, found a few days since. We trust that the prospects thus made in that locality will not close without causing the diggers to search well the ground of the mallee, as in several parts of that hitherto terra incog. the gold has been found in considerable quantity.
We have also to notice the very much improved prospect which
