Gold.

43. The gold raised in Victoria during 1879 amounted to 758,947 ozs., as against 775,272 ozs. in the previous year. Since the first discovery of the Victorian goldfields in the middle of 1851, the total quantity of gold recorded as having been raised therefrom is 48,817,596 ozs., of an aggregate value at £4 per oz. of £195,270,384. These figures give an average per annum during the period of about 1,700,000 ozs., which is more than twice the quantity raised in 1879.