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Southland Times, Issue 1662, 15 November 1872, Page 4

Ooreroment Advertisement. EXHIBITION OP COLONIAL PItODUCE, 1872-73. IT has been announced that an International Exhibition will take place in Vienna in the course of 1873. The Colonial Government, are desirous that an Exhibition of New Zealand Produce and Manufactures should be held at Christchurch, commencing on December 15, 1872, and that from the articles therein shown should be selected tho best in the different classes for transmission to Vienna, in order that the Colony may be well and properly represented at the latter place. At a meeting held in Christchurch on September 25, a General Committee were appointed, who formed in their turn Sub-Committees, to' superintend and arrange the exhibits of the various classes of Produce. The following lists of quantities and varieties of articles required have been drawn up by the Sub- Committees, and they accordingly invite manufacturers and others to send in to them for exhibition the various specimens and samples they may desire to show. Tha Exhibition will be opened on December 16, but articles should be sent in to the Committee by December 1, in order to insure proper arrangement and classification. All goods will be transmitted free of cost. WOOL. StTB-OoMMITTEB OB MANAGEMENT. H. P. Murray- Ay nsley, Esq. John Inglis, Esq. W. K. Macdonald, Esq. Net weight of each exhibit, if washed or scoured, to be 112 lbs. If shown in the grease, each exhibit to consist of ten fleeces, no skirting removed. Each exhibit to be accompanied by the following statement : — Owner's name. Breeder. Breed of animals. Age. Sex. Where bred. If imported, date of importation. If imported, whence imported. If imported, age when imported. Date of this shearing. Date of previous shearing. When washed, and how, previous to this shearing. If ever diseased. When dipped, and materials used in dipping. Weight of fleeces. Average price realised for previous clips from same flock. Where sold, and how. Ist combing "N « I i ",i • r stating grease, washed, or scoured Ist clothing I °° ' 2nd „ ) FLAX. SXTB-COMMITTEE OY MANAGEMENT. H. H. Deßourb-1, Esq. Geo. Booth, Esq. J. A. Bird, Esq. Fibre, cold-water dressed — 50 lbs stripped, in pressed bale. 50 lbs bleached do 100 lbs scutched do 100 lbs hackled do Fibre, warm-water dressed — 100 lbs scutcheely in pressed bale. 100 lbs hackled, do Cordage — 1 coil white of each size, 3in., 2in., lin., Jin. 1 coil oiled of each size, 4in., 3in., 2in. 1 coil tarred, 4&in. Wool lashing — samples. Twine — an assortment of different varieties and colors. Maori-dressed Flax — specimens. Maori-manufactured Flax — specimens. FUx Seed — samples of different varieties. Pulp for Poper making — samples. Articles manufactured from Flax Fibre — specimens. • GRAIN AND A GTITCULTURAL PRODUCE. Sub -Committee op Management. A. L. Smith, Esq. • P. Cunningham, Esq. ,T. N. Tosswill, Esq. Exhibits will be classed as follows : — Class I.— Wheat, Oats, Barley. Class II. — Flour, Oatmeal, Bran, and Sharps. Class lll.— Malt. Class IV. — Beans, Peas, and Tares, Class V. — Grass, Clover, Rape, and other Seeds. In all cases each exhibit shall consist of 50 lbs. Exhibitor to state how often and by what machine the grain has been cleaned. In all cases the grower's name and residence to be added. COAL, MINERALS, AND ORES. Sxtb- Committee of Management. J. Anderson, Esq. H. P. Hill, Esq. Coals, in pieces of about two cubic feet. Ores, in quantities of not more than two cubic feet. Glassniaking Sands, samples in bottles. Fire Clave, specimens of about two cubic feet. IJarger specimens of peculiar excellence will be received. TIMBERS. Committee of Management. Geo. Holmes, Esq. J. Booth, Esq. F» Jenkins, Esq. Exhibits will be classed as follows : — Ship-building Timber. House-building Timber. Furniture Woods. Fancy and Ornamental Woods. Wood Carvings. Exhibits of Woods for furniture or fancy and ornamental purposes, must have one side rough and one polished. Exhibits to be accompanied by a description and statement of the price at place of production. a — — — AGRICULTURAL, FLAX, AND OTHSE MACHINERY. Sttb-Committee op Management. E. Richardson^ Esq., M.H.R. A. Duncan, Esq. B. Wilkin,£sq. - E. G. Wright, Esq. Exhibits will be classed as follows : — Class I. — Railway Plant j including models, wheels, springs, gauges, railway chairs, carriage breaks, signals, couplings, &c, carriages and engines. Class II. — Carriages not conneoted with Rail or Tramways : Buggies, carriages, and carts of sorts, cabs, spring carts, coachsmith'a work, specimens of carriage painting, &c. C1&8S 111. — Machinery in general j inclusive of engines, cranes, quartz-crushing machines, chain pumps, turbines, Californian pumps, windmills, hydraulic rams, boiling- down plant, &c. Class IV. — Agricultural and Horticultural Machinery and Implements : Rollers, clodcrushers, harrows, reaping^nd mowing machines, threshing machines, seed sowers, ploughs, horse hoes, cultivators, wool and cheese presses, whipple trees, field gates, iron fencing, hurdles, rakes and tools, garden chairs, fountains, &c. Class V. — Flax Machinery : Strippers, dry and wot goutchers, feeding and discharging apparatus, hackles, &0..