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We shall next show a comparative statement of the product of gold, shipping, and population, between the years 1852 and 1855. In the former year there was a gold product of 14,866,799 oz., and in 1855 there was 12,856,299 oz.; the shipping inwards, in 1852, was 1657, tonnage 408,216; with an entire population of 148,627. The shipping of 1855 was 1897, tonnage 549,376; population, 319,245. Besides the above enumerated Gold Fields, there are several others which were not included in the return received by the mail of June last. We quote, therefore, some extracts from the local papers of same date.