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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 417, 22 October 1861, Page 4

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. Commissioners for the Province op Nelson :— HIS HONOR THE SUPERINTENDENT, JACOB BATEY, JAMES LUGSDIN BAILEY, EDWARD BAIGENT, EDWARD EVERETT, CHARLES ELLIOTT, ISAAC MASON HILL. DAVID MONRO THOMAS KIOGE HACKETT HENRY ADAMS MAXWELL BURY HENRY REDWOOD. I^HE above-named COMMISSIONERS M~ having been appointed by his Excellency the Governor *' for the purpose of receiving articles the produce or manufacture of the colony, and of selecting aud 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 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, 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 Raw Materials, Machinery, Manufactures, or Fine Arts. Articles not included in the above list will also be forwarded, if considered suitable by the Commissioners. Specimens of timber,should be converted into plank or scantling, 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 areobtained. 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. , The Commissioners will meet at the Government buildings every Monday, at Two, p.m., where they .Lay be consulted by intending exhibitors. On behalf of the Commissioners, C. ELLIOTT, .10 Hon. Sec. aJfe HPO STAND this SEASON j|LJ*igiß^ J- at Sunnyside, Spring Grove, ||3jyjg|jg " Young Athelstane," will beTt the following places on the days named. tt'akefisld Anm .. .. Every Monday. Foxhill Tuesday. Villac-e .. „ Thursday. Star and Garter .. .. ~ Friday. Fees, £3 each mare : Groom, f>s.; to be paid on or before the first of January, 1862. An allowance made if more than one mare. 204 JOHN ANDREWS. BANXBX. MOOKE, AUCTIONEER and COMMISSION ■^*- MERCHANT, Trafalgar-street, Nelson. 817 JOHNS BROTHERS, CJ &XG-BTEBM&XT, &.C., AC, HAVEN-ROAD, NELSON. Cargoes discharged by the ton or lump. Ships ballasted with stone or stihigle. Water supplied on t.he shortest notice. 237