GRAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION IN 1851. New Zealand Specimens. [From the "Wellington Spectator," May 4.]

New Zealander, Volume 6, Issue 437, 22 June 1850, Page 3

GRAND INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION IN 1851. New Zealand Specimens. [From the " Wellington Spectator," May 4.]

Among the recent topics of discussion in England* theie are few which have excited more general interest than the piopo^ed exposition of the industry of all nations, to be held in London, in 1851. As the exposition will contain specimens of the industry of all nations, we may presume it may also be visited by manufacturers of all nations, who will naturally feel anxiou* to avail themselves of the opportunity thus offered, of observing and comparing together the products of different nations. Such an opportunity should not be allowed to pass unimproved by the settleis of New Zealand, and timely effjrls should be made to forward specimens of those product! peculiar to the colony, which are likely to beiome available, as exports, or as exhibiting its internal reoourcei. The coal at Massacre Bay, the Totara and oiher furniture woods of the South; the Iron sand of Taranaki; and the Copper ore of the Norih ought all to be sent in sufficient quantities to allow their qualities to be fairly tested. But above all, samples of flax, the peculiar produce of the colony,— which we yet hope will shortly become one of its staple exports, as soon as the difficulties of | reparing it in a cheap and expeditious manner are surmounted,— should be sent carefully prepared, paiticularly samples of the Tihori, and best kinds of flax. A statement should be forwarded with each sample of the price at which the article could be delivered in London. We hope the subject will not be lost sight of by our merchants und those who are desirous of promoting the commercial prosperity of the colony, as we can seldom hope to meet ae;ain with so favourable an opportunity of drawing attention to the products peculiar to New Zedland.