§ MR. CAIRDsaid, he wished to ask the Under Secretary of State for the Colonies, Whether he has receive dany authentic information regarding Gold discoveries in Nova Scotia?
§ MR. CHICHESTER FORTESCUEsaid, that the Government had received accounts of gold discoveries being made on a small scale at a place called Tangier Harbour, some forty miles from Halifax. The Governor reported that he doubted whether they ever would be valuable to individual miners; but he thought them of considerable importance, and capable of being made valuable by the application of capital and machinery.