Australia, $26,000,000 $80,000 $26,080,000 New Zealand, 4,000,000 500,000 4,500,000 Africa, 2,000,000 500,000 2,500,000 Oceanica, 580,000 247,000 827,000 __________ __________ ___________ Grand Total, $98,000,000 $114,000,000 $212,000,000 The following statement will exhibit the annual product of the precious metals at different periods:-- Periods. Gold. Silver. Total. A.D. 14, $800,000 $4,200,000 $5,000,000 A.D. 500, 200,000 2,800,000 3,000,000 A.D. 1000, 120,000 880,000 1,000,000 A.D. 1492, 100,000 150,000 250,000 A.D. 1550, 800,000 3,200,000 4,000,000 A.D. 1600, 2,000,000 9,000,000 11,000,000 A.D. 1700, 5,000,000 18,000,000 23,000,000 A.D. 1800, 17,000,000 38,000,000 55,000,000 A.D. 1843, 52,000,000 42,000,000 94,000,000 A.D. 1850, 106,000,000 47,000,000 153,000,000 A.D. 1853, 236,000,000 49,000,000 285,000,000 A.D. 1863, 208,000,000 63,000,000 271,000,000 The following statement will exhibit the amount of the precious metals estimated to be in existence at different periods: Periods. Gold. Silver. Total. A.D. 14, $427,000,000 $909,000,000 $1,327,000,000 A.D. 500, 100,000,000 400,000,000 500,000,000 A.D. 1000, 65,000,000 200,000,000 265,000,000 A.D. 1492, 57,000,000 135,000,000 192,000,000 A.D. 1550. 76,000,000 284,000,000 360,000,000 A.D. 1600, 105,000,000 391,000,000 496,000,000 A.D. 1700, 351,000,000 1,410,000,000 1,761,000,000 A.D. 1800, 1,125,000,000 3,622,000,000 4,747,000,000 A.D. 1843, 1,975,000,000 5,040,000,000 7,015,000,000 A.D. 1850, 2,368,000,000 4,963,000,000 7,331,000,000 A.D. 1853, 2,942,000,000 4,945,000,000 7,887,000,000 A.D. 1863, 5,107,000,000 4,945,000,000 10,052,000,000 A.D. 1884, 8,166,000,000 5,504,000,000 13,670,000,000 The following statement will exhibit the amount of the precious metals estimated to have been obtained from the surface and mines of the earth, from the earliest times to the close of 1884:-- Periods. Gold. Silver. Total.