The Discoveries

Before alluded to—for instance the [unclear: eryat] at Laugdon's in the Grey dis[unclear: tub] twenty years ago, with its phe[unclear: nal] returns of gold. The su[unclear: n] at the Taipo, rich in the pre[unclear: s] mulal metal The coal deposits at [unclear: tle] Annie' and 'Camel Back.' The [unclear: rich] rich and promising reefs at 'Cedar [unclear: k] The auriferous and argentiferous [unclear: at] Rangitoto.' The argentiferous [unclear: as] found in the Totara and in the labourhood of Mount Bonar. The [unclear: Mid] coal, and rich carbonates of [unclear: paper] found at the Haast, and many [unclear: per] of tin, nickel etc, all ob[unclear: ed] lisias of great value and importance but, unhappily, as far off develop[unclear: ments] as ever but not on account of the [unclear: ut] of enterprise on the part of private [unclear: duals] in dealing with seme of these [unclear: eries] but from sheer want of capital and undoubted skill so requisite the success of such undertakings, the answer.