Search For Gold In
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New Caledonia
THE gold search continues in New Caledonia.
Mr. Witt, the representative of a Mel bourne group, returned to Australia from New Caledonia in June, bringing with him certain samples, which apparently have been regarded as encouraging. Mr.
Witt, with a couple of assistants is now returning to New Caledonia to make further investigations and he expects to find payable gold in the auriferous slates somewhere about the middle of New Caledonia.
It is reported that the New Caledonian gold-bearing country is not very rich, but the gold-bearing material is believed to be available in sufficiently large and easily-worked quantities to make opera tions worth-while.
During August 9,819 tons of copra were exported from New Guinea. Shipments to Australia totalled 891 tons, 1,767 tons were consigned to France, and to the United Kingdom 7,161 tons. The latter shipment is a considerable increase over previous shipments. During 1933-34 the total shipment to the United Kingdom amounted to only 6,764 tons.