Several other
authorities were then referred to by His Worship, who expressed himself
thoroughly satisfied as to the course he ought to pursue, and announced
the following as the final state of the Poll in the Respective Wards.
WARDS GREY FOSTER
Gipps Ward . . 50 . . 17
La Trobe Ward . . 102 . . 15
Bourke Ward . . 43 . . 32
Lonsdale Ward . . 100 . . 28
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leaving a majority for Earl Grey of 203, who was declared amidst
enthusiastic cheering, to be duly elected as a member of the Legislative
Council for the Electoral District of the City of Melbourne.
GOLD
+Source.+--A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53
(Mrs. Charles Clacy), pp. 19-29, 82-85
Gold was discovered in Australia at a time when the people of every
nation in Europe were demanding a greater share in their respective
governments.
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