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 The following rates of wages are given:—

From the rates quoted for labour, high as are the prices of most of the necessaries of life, it may be seen that tradesmen and labourers may live comfortably and save a good share of their wages.

The foregoing are the quotations of prices at Melbourne. At the diggings they were much higher, for instance, at Bendigo:—