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THE THREE COLONIES OF AUSTRALIA.
An idea of the financial importance of the gold exports may be gathered from figures:—
| Gold exports to 3rd February | 1,088,244 | ounces |
| At 70s. per ounce | £3,850,000 | |
| Licences issued in 1852 | 22,500 |
| Gold exported to 30th January | 2,625,820 | ounces |
| At 70s. per ounce | £3,200,000 |
| 1850. | 1851. | 1852. | |||||||
| LABOUR. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| labourers per week | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
| Shepherds, with rations, per annum | 23 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Blacksmith's ditto | 47 | 10 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| General useful servants, ditto | 28 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 10 | 0 |
| Carpenters per day | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| FEMALE SERVANTS. | |||||||||
| Thorough servants, per annum | 15 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 0 |
| Cooks, ditto | 18 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 10 | 0 |
| Nursemaids, ditto | 9 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| PROVISIONS. | |||||||||
| Beer ale per hogshead | 4 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 15 | 0 |
| Tea, hyson skin, per chest | 2 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 0 |
| Coffee Java, per lb. | 0 | 0 | 5½ | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Sugar refined per lb. | 0 | 0 | 4½ | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Flour,[1] fine, per ton | 17 | 10 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Bread, per 4lb. loaf | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Rice Java per ton | 9 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | |||
| Cabbages, per dozen | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| Gooseberries, per quart | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Cherries per lb. | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Fowls, per pair | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Geese and Turkeys, each | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Sheep, wethers, each | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | |||
| Cows, each | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 6 | |||
| Horses, hacks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 |
- ↑ Flour is usually sold in Melbourne by the ton of 2,000 lbs., instead of 2,240 lbs., as in the United Kingdom. If reckoned by the ton of 2,000 lbs., the price is respectively £15 and £22 10s.
