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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 410, 27 September 1861, Page 4

AUCTIONEER and COMMISSION A MERCHANT, Trafalgar-street, Nelson. 817 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. Commissioners for the Province of Nelson :— HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, JACOB BATEY, JAMES LUGSDIN BAILEY, EDY.'ARDBAIGENT, EDWARD EVERETT, CHAKLES ELLIOTT, ISAAC MASON HILL. DAVID MONBO THOMAS RIDGE HACKETT HEXRY ADAMS MAXIVELL BURY HENRY REDWOOD. rjHHE above-named COMMISSIONERS JL having been appointed by his Excellency the Governor " for tho purpose of receiving articles the produce or manufacture of the colony, and of selecting and transmitting to London such articles as may be thought worthy of exposition," take the earliest opportunity of soliciting the co-operation of their fellowcitizens, so that tho Province of Nelson may be worthily represented in the forthcoming Great Exhibition. The following list includes articles suitable for exhibition :— Mineral Products— Gold Copper Chrome, and its manufactures Coal Iron Sand Tin Plumbago . Limestone. Flax—raw and Manufactured, including pulp for paper-making. Wool—washed, unwashed, dyed, and manufactured into cloth. Agricultural Produce— Wheat, Oats, Barley, Malt, Peaso, Beans, Flour, Biscuit, Oatmeal, Ale and Porter (in cask), Hops, Dried and preserved Fruits. Specimens of Wood—in plank and Scantling, and accompanied with dried twigs and pressed leaves of each wood. Woof) manufactured—Furniture, Cabinet Work, &c. Architectural and Building Contrivances Models of Colonial and Other Houses. Skins, Feathers, and JUair. Shells, suitable for manufacturing purposes. Leather, manufactured. Specimens of Natural History. And any other article produced or obtained by human industry, whether of Raw Materials, Machinery, Manufactures, or Fine Arts. Articles not included in the above list will also be forwaided, if considered suitable by the Commissioners. Specimens of timber should be converted into plank or scantling, Pay six feet long and four inches think, and cut so as to show the sap on both edges. Where more samples than one are sent of any article, the best samples only will be forwardod, at the discretion of the Commissioners. A room has been set apart at the Government Buildings,-where Mr. Greenfibt-d will, on behalf of the Commissioners, receivo every article sent, aud give a receipt. The very Idlest date at which goods can be received is the Ist of November next. Articles will be carefully packed, and forwarded free of cost, to tho Government Agent in London, who will Bee the goods properly placed in the Exhibition. Exhibitors are requited to forward a full description of the articles .sent, and to state the locality whence they are obtained. Subscriptions, to defray the expenses of packing and forwarding articles, &c., &c., will be received by uny of the Commissioners, or at the Union Bank. Tho Commissioners will meet at the Government buildings every Monday, at Two, p.m., where they .uzy be consulted by intending exhibitors. On behalf of the Commissioners, 0. E&LIOTI, 20 Hon. gee.