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LARGE DIAMOND FROM RIO JANEIRO    1854

Recently one of the largest diamonds known was deposited at the Bank of England by a London House, to whom it was Consigned from Rio Janeiro.  Its weight is two hundred & fifty four Carats (254) and its estimated value, according to the Scale £280,000.  It is said to be of the finest water, and without flaw and was found by a Negro Slave, who received his freedom as reward
 
HIGH PRICE GIVEN FOR STOCK
AT BENDIGO JUNE 1854.
 
While trade and business generally on these gold fields have been ruinous to some, & have but afforded a scanty living to others, the squaters [squatters] or Stockholders in the neighbourhood of the mines have been for some time in Clover - Beef & Mutton the diggers must have and the growers of these good things have scarcely been able to supply the great & increasing demand upon their stock -
Within thirty miles of Bendigo,  Mr Lucas has sold cattle upon his run for £13. each - Sheep has realized [realised] twenty seven Shillings each and at the Campaspie [Campaspe]  (17 miles from Bendigo) Mr Robertson, a squatter, sells hay at £100 per ton -  The last gentleman has the pre emptive right to 640 acres at twenty Shillings an acre - The Crops of oaten hay upon this ground are estimated at ten tons to the acre, so that the yield of 3¼ acres for one season will pay for these 640 acres.  Mr Lynott another squatter on the same river, as well as Mr McDougall, have their Claims recognized [recognised] to the same extent as Mr Robertson
Mr Lynott's ground is in the market at a upset price of £10,000
The run is sublet for £600, per annum, and a public house upon the run for a like sum.  Again the whole round from the Edward River to the Bendigo and the neighbourhood has of late been alive with horses, fat cattle, & Sheep, 2000 sheep from the Edward River district lately fetched forty shillings each in Melbourne Market
A Small quantity a flock of 8000 or so has just passed the Campaspie [Campaspe], they belong to Mr Wentworth, and are on their way to Melbourne, The fluctuations in the Melbourne Market have determined most of the dealers in Stock to Commence their journey, while the market is lowest in order to aim at arriving at
 

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