Page 4 Advertisements Column 4

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 415, 15 October 1861, Page 4

ROBERT BURN, TINS3ROTH &c. : " ■* tmfalgar|treet, ielsgn, has just received, per Sir Geobge Pollock, a number of ; ; ' * SEAMLESS MILE PANS, together with a large assortment of articles suitable for DAIRY, KITCHEN, AND GENERAL PURPOSES. Builders and others can now be supplied with • .-, •.,.-..,■,-, SHEET AND PERFORATED ZpO at the lowest possible prices for cash, Also, ■~,.;', , and : '■■■■' ■ ■" ■ ■ ZINC GUTTERING AND REPAIRS executed with the utmost promptitude in town or-country.- ..'-■■.' •f. K. 8., in drawing attention to the new stock of Goods just received, and in guaranteeing them as the BEST EVER IMPORTED, trusts that the character he has acquired in Nelson, as a Tinsmith, during the last twelve years, will be a sufficient warranty for its truth. . HO COLONIST PRINTING Of SGi, WAIMEA-STEEET,:^OT;iiSON;' ";''■• "■"■'■ ■ " ■ - .■. . .v •.••■■ ::; r-i'.-ir; ' v '■ ' '■ : ■■'■' ■ '■ . '■■'- '■■'■ '; ' : (,■•: !•. .■■' ■ ••'■;• ii.-i-'T'-'' ■'■ ''■ '; '• ' •■ ■ : POSTERS, HANDBILLS PAMPHLETS, -BEC^ LABELS OF ALL EINBS, CARDS, ißlLl^Hl^pe, AND EVERY OTHER DESCRIPTION 0E PBINTING, ON MOST REASONABLE TEitMS^^^ ; ; ; ;

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 18621 Commissioners jfor the Pbovince of Nelson :— - HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, JACOB-BATEY, . • JAMES LUGSDIN BAILEY, EDWARD BAIGENT, EDWARD EVERETT, CHARLES ELLIOTT, ISAAC MASON HILL. DAVID MONRO THOMAS RIDGE HACKETT 1 HENRY ADAMS MAXWELL BURY HENRY REDWOOD. , THE above-named COMMISSIONERS *- having been appointed by his Excellency the Governor " for the: 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 the Province of Nelson may be worthily represented in the forthcoming Great Exhibition. The Following list includes articles suitable for exhibition :— Mineral ProductsGold : 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 ProduceWheat, Oats, Barley, Malt, Pease, 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. . . Wood manufactured—Furniture, Cabinet Work, &c. Architectural and Building Contrivances Models of Colonial and Other Houses; Skins, Feathers, and Hair. ' Shells, suitable for manufacturing purposes. Leather, manufactured. Specimens of Natural History. And any other article produced or obtained by human industry, whether of Kaw Materials, Machinery, Manufactures, or Fine Arts. Articles not included in the above list will also be forwarded, if considered suitable by the Commis- j sioners. Specimens of timber should be converted into plank j or scantliug, say six feet long and four inches thick, 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 forwarded, at the discretion of the Commissioners. A room has been set apart at the Government Buildings, where Mr.' Greenfield will, on behalf of the Commissioners, receive every article sent, and give a receipt. ' ' ■ The very latest date at which goods can be received is the Ist of November next. ' ' { Articles will be carefully packed, and forwarded free of cost, to the Government Agent in London, who will see the goods properly placed in~the Exhibition. Exhibitors are requested to forward' a full desscription 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 any of the Commissioners, or at the Union Bank, j The Commissioners will meet at the Government, buildings every Monday,lTt Two, p.m., where they .i.ay be consulted by intending exhibitors. ; On behalf of the Commissioners, • .. C. ELLIOTT, 10 Hon. Seel Notice of Alteration. . ON and AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY 1861, the ROYAL MAIL will leave WAKEFIELD eveiy Tuesday, Thubsdat, and Saturday, at Half-past Seven, a.m., if the river permits, arriving in Nelson at Eleven a.m., and leaving the Royal Hotel at Three o'clock, p.m. N.B.—-All orders executed on commission, Parcels delivered, &c, &c., by ' ' J. ANDREW^ Mail Contractor.* NOTICE. The Advertiser having purchased the : ■DICHMOND PUBLIC CONVEYANCE, JL^ begs to inform the inhabitants of Waimea-East that he intends running every ' Monday, Wednesdays I'riday, and Saturday, leaving Mrs. Kite's, Richmond, at 9 a.m., and Wright's Royal Hotel, Nelßon at 3*30 p.m. Parcels Delivered. 933 " HENRY HAMMOND. To the Citizens of Nelson and its Suburbs. T PATTERSON respectfully begs to an- • nounce that he has COMMEMCED BUSINESS as a GENERAL SMITH in CollingwoQd-street, and he hopes, by strict attention to business, to merit part of their kind patronage and support. %\

New Zealand Stud Book. TT is proposed to conipUe, with a view to -■- publication j; ;a New:; Zealand ''Stud Boot,' which shall contain, as far aa can be ascertained, the name rand pedigree of every thorough-bred* '.horse'imported into, or bred in the colony. ; ';'' '" - The great and inbueasing'- interest shown mall the provinces in the breeding of thorough-bred horse stock, r.enderaa work pf the above character highly desirable, as, without it, in a few years th£ pedigrees of many valuable animals will be'altogether lost, so^ that it will be at any future time-, to^certify.to the blood of their deabendants*-i/PVom thecircumstanco that, until quite recently,,no Stud ;Book was ever pubblished in is'ew South Wales, .to^ which colony New Zealand is so largely lhaebteifoi: its hdrae; stock, it has already become difficult to trace'the pedigrees of many of our supposed thorough-bred horses to the English Stud Book/the only recognised authority of a horse's purity of breed; Much,: however, may bo done by research and inquiry to /clear up, doubtful pedigrees if the task is at once but the longer the work is deferred the. greater' will; be the difficulty of ultimate success. ; - As soon as the''compilation of the New Zealand Stud Book is complete/ the work will be published, if a sufficient number of subscribers for it can be ob tamed to guarantee the expense of printing, and it ig proposed to publish, in successive years, loose sheetg in continuation of the work until there shall be sufficient materials to justify the publication of a second volume, which will then be issued, and the further continuation of the New Zealand Stud Book will then become an easy task. • Breeders and owners, resident in New Zealand, of thorough-bred or supposed thorough-i>red horses, are requested to furnish the undersigned with all the information they possess regarding the breeding of the animals whose,narnes they wish to see entered in the New Zealand Stud Book, which it is intended shall hereafter become the test of breeding of, horses in this colony in the same manner in which the Stud Book is regarded in England. In order that the foals of the present season may be iucluded in this contemplated volume, the work will not be sent to press until the Ist of March next^ up to which date communications will be received, but in order that the work may in the mean time be prepared, it is hoped that communications will be sent in as early as possible. The price of the work will be 10s. 6d.| which will entitle subscribers to any loose sheets of pedigrees which may be published previous to the issue of a second volume. In tending subscribers are reques£ed to forward their names at their earliest convenience, to C. ELLIOTT, Secretary of Nelson Turf Club. *„.* The following Js given as a specimen of the information which it is desirable the compiler should be furnished with, where practicable :— Flora'M'lvor, a brown marej imported to Nelson by Mr. H. Eedwoood from New South Wale's, in 1855, by Associate, out of Cornelia, byGrassv liopper. lr . ! - -IBss,foaled be' Chevalier,1 by Lsjwson'4 1856, foaled b f 10, by Sir Hercules:. 1 ■ " 1857, foaled eh f Waiinea, fey Sir Herculeg. 1858, missed to II Barbiere. • 1859, missed to II Barbiere and tov Potentate. 1860, rnis3ed4obt.:Aubin. ■■' ■ • Nelson,-September. 5,1861. . ' 7 8 -AjJfc'' - ' 'TO ST^IO) this ,SEASON XdFjaMßLji X a f Sunnyside, Spring Grove, IQfclSfe " Young Athelstane," will be at the following places on the days named. ; i Wakefieid Arms :.:',..' Every Monday.: •! :Foxhill' ■.. ■ ;<::. ftTi;." .. » Tuesday 1. Villape :.. .. .. .. ,r-iThiirsday. Star and Garter.. .... ~.: Friday. , ■ Fees, £3 each mare: Groom, 55.; to.be paid on or before the first of January, 1862. An allowance madq jf more than one mare. . ! 204 ; ; } V ; JOHN ANDREWS. ■.'.:"' :'; NOTxcjß. . :.,,;. ... - : : TO SUBSCRIBERS AND ABVERTXSBX*. THE COLONIST, published every Tuesday "and r Friday morning, is regularly forwarded-to!Eng--iand,.Sydney, Melbourne,Geelong, Adelaide, Queensland, Tasmania, and circulated throughout. Australia generally.' ; Parties' desirous of having th 6" Summary for Europe and' Australia" posted to :their friends abroad, may send their addresses to this office, which will be promptly attended, to. ;....,! It is particularly requested that any irregularity in the delivery of this'paper, may be notified at this Office,, in order that steps may be taken Jo prevent tn recurrence of the annoyance. The terms for advertisements are as under:—Eight lines . . . £0 4 0 Every line above eight 0 0 3 , Every subsequent insertion will be charged one-half of the above prices. ; '. •, Every advertisement not exceeding fifteen words will be charged at the uniform rate of Is. for, each insertion. , ..,,:,.,... \ Quarterly Advertisers will be charged'according to a scale to be ascertained on application* at this office.