Japan-British Exhibi= tion.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 2 July 1910, Page 4

Japan-British Exhibi= tion.

THE NKW ZKALAND PAV.UdOX. •' Tlie New Zealand exhibit in tho Japan-Hritish Kxhibition is (says the Times) compact and complete, and is conveniently housed in n pavilion of its own. The dead meat suspended in a glass rclliberator iairrests the attentioii_ of thevisitor at once, and reminds him that Canterbury lamb is New Zealand's most characteristic export. In the exhibition refrigerator it is not only lamb .and mutton that are shown,'apparently in the best condition ; tbcro are turkeys, geese, butter and cheese, and apples and othei fruit. There .are three chambers ; that for the d,ead meats has a temperature of 18 to'JO degrees Fahrenheit; that for butter and cheese 31 degrees; and that, for the apples -l(> degrees. When these various foods are taken out of the .rofrigenator in three months 'time it is claimed that they will be found to be a.s good v if they were fresh indeed, to Ikfresh in tho essential moaning of that word. It is of some importance to New Zealand, to insist upon this efficiency of THE RI'TKIGKRATOH, for most of her ±2.000,000 sheep am. '_>.000,00 cattle p.r year to Kuglan;! dead, and the voyage from Now Zealand to Kngland occupies six weeks. So jeaioos is the State of Xew Zealand of tho reputation ol this important industry that U subjects the siheep and cattle of tin dominion to inspection both on the farms .and in the slaughter-houses; and a drastic system has produced the happy results that plouro-pnou-monia and foot-and-mouth disease are no longer known in "Saw Zealand, and tiibcfcuksis is being stamped out. "There nro other inspections at the port of shipment .and in the Lou don docks; and on board tho ships there are duplicate refrigerators, so that if one should get out o<f order another may be available. The valuo of the dominion's dead MKAT KXPORT is C' 5,000,000, or one-fourth of tho value of her exports. Wool, which is exhibited in the pavilion in many attractive forms, continues to In; the fhii-f export ;;C7,000,000 worth was brought to lOnglauid last year. X'eiw Zealand, though she exports little grain, having found meat, wool, and dairy produce more profitable commodities to offer to othei countries, still boasts that Ive.r grain yield per acre is second only to that of Great Britain. The sheaves of grain in the pavilion are the bes. evidence of the good quality of tin crops, and perhaps the quantity ai no distant date will be much o-rea-ter. The dominion is cultivating a wine industry with courage and perseverance, but that has not yet girt beyond a promising infancy. The grapes and tho winrs are exhibited. There are also specimens of New Zealand's minerals—coal, iron, and gold ; and hemp, rape, twine, and beautiful woods. An important article of export is the KAFIM GUM, which is found in the soil on tlie sites of old kauri forests and is manufactured into varnish. A remarkable colledtion of 200 pieces ol this fossilised resin, the property ol Mrs Neilsen, of Auckland, is one of the most boautiful exhibits at Shepherd's Bush. These pieces hav( been polished to an aniber richness, and more than an amber transparency, and fossilised within them art scon the insects of ages ago ae the relics of ancient forest fires. Around lthe walls of the pavilion are the many-pointed heads of deer, the offspring f>f "Windsor deer presented, to Now Zealand in 180-1 hy the Prince Consort."