The manager reports:—"'-During the past week work has been carried on in the mine as usual, sinking the engine shaft and driving the crosscut at the 100 foot level to cut the Sons of Freedom reef, aridl also re pairs to the drive along the Dixon reef at' the Whau level. In the shaft the country is now a good class of sandstone, and better progress is being made ;' therefore I expect to have the shaft dawn the required depth' in a week or ten days, should the present class of country continue. The crosscut on the No. 1 level to cut the Sons of Freedom ! reef has only been partly manned during the : past week, owing to the men being removed to the "V^liau level to make repairs aud allow the water to drain off, prior to the shaft connecting with the drive. Tributersat the Clunes level -cleaned up on Saturday for a return of 24ozs of melted gold^T. A, DCTNLOP." • [' '"•'"■'■.'■'■. ' '"'I:':- .';-";

VICTORIA.
