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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3351, 18 September 1879, Page 2

of Auckland —is of great finish and elegance. There are (No. 335) somo very pretiy braces aud belts ornamented with coloured silks, and mounted with silver from tbo Thames minea/the. production of Mr Greensbields, of Auckland. They were principally made as present!, and have the names of the owners woven iv and embossed thereon. Nothing more beautiful of its kind than this exhibit is to be seen in thin Court or in the Exhibition. Itich.'inl 3£dwiird Graham gives us an example of "vvbnt may one day prove a very valuable industry of this country in some raw silks of a very rich quality—the produe«of a thousand different silkworms, fed on lettuces, mulberry, and fig leaves. The quality is bo ft; it bus a shiningTtiiitre and appears to be very durable. Iv lace we have a very fine specimen of Limerick patiorn made by Mrs O'CoDtiell, of Auckland—one of the few specimens of this material there is in the whole of the Australasian sections. In the decorations with ceramic and vitreous materials. &c, we find a china dish with raised figures, over two hundred years old. exhibited bj J. F. VYaite, of Thames, and by A. Milne, Wanganui, engraving on glass of racehorses. In forest products, Mr E. Isaacs, of Auckland, shows a rough piece of kauri timber showing the natural formation of kauri gum. In wiuen, J. Weridel, Syaondi street, Auckland, exhibits three samples of wine made from grapes grown iv Auckland. No. three is called "quinine grape wine." It. Whitson and Son, Auckland, exhibit several dozen bottles of ale, breweel from malt and hops grown in Auckland. Ehrenfrierl's beer, in hhd. and bottle, ii also exhibited. E. Craig, of Princes street, Auckland, exhibit* a couple of ' books containing New Zealand ferns. The covers "of the books are made of mottled kauri, French polished. From the Thames we have some Rood tailings for testing from the Caledonian mine (quatrz yielding one ounce to the ton), Golden Calf, Premier, Eurunui Hill, Alburnia, Mosuatairi, and WaioUhi, with some rich specimens of auriferont quartz from the same locality. Some fine specimens—one very valuable—-of the Keir Zealand Goldfields are exhibited by the Bank of New Zealand forming a very rich collection.

Thames Potters' Clay.'; Potters' china clay, by E. 11. Edwards, of the Thames, is here ip great variety, and if well known might be found available here, where the manufacture of such material is not followed with great avidi'y. But an exhibit of atiii greater value tire the slabs of lithographic time* iione sent by the Pawarika Lithographic Stone Company, Westl&ud. The surface appears capiblo of tiie highest possible polish and dressing. Lithographic atones of good quality and large aize by no means so common here .< as those who do not understand the .requisite in these valuable blocks may imagine. The complaint of their breaking Under the heating process or during polishing are constant with lithographic printer*, who often during the manipulation of the stones destroy the finest works of artists. If stones of large awe, good texture, and.power of heat-endurance could be sent over here from New Zealand they would find a ready market. I need scarcely tell you that the' New Zealand Department is not like the country itself, dirided into provinces or political electorates; so, as ali the exhibits are not yet ready, I will not pick my steps and thus lone time, but will tt-te things as they come to me.'' ■) .:■■. s The illustrations of manufactures in stoneware give proof of a great advance lof this industry. Amongst these is a remarkably interesting exhibit (No. 192) of pottery ware, made with, amateur implements, and appliances by an amateur, William Plaut, of the Thames. He was evidently planted his mark in this department, aud shows great taste in execu: tiou and freedom in design. B. „W. Capstick, of Dunedin, has some very ex* ccllent jugs, vases, teapots, and caudlesticks, remarkably useful for the'household. With such thirfga in the kitchen the cats might wander about without giving the mistress visions of unexpected breakages, and Cookey would be happy without fear of stoppage of wagea for breakages.

Hew Zealand Furniture. A very fine article of household furniture is a bedstead made of mottled kauri wood, by Jainea Cocks, of tho Thames. The design is rather heavy, but the polish and grains of the woods are remarkably fine, and the turnery is well finished. No. 213 is a charming escritoire, or writing-table, also of New Zealand woods, by Findlay and Co., of Duuedin; a little gem; the drawers opening easily, and the finish being remarkably elegant. Guthrie and Larnach's New Zealand Timber and Wood Factory, Dunedin; 'give a Tery fine massive bed-room, suite, constructed of rimu, mottled kauri, and totara. Tho graining and colours arc admirable. Ladies' Exhibits. Miss Mary Henry, of Nelson, a young lady of evidently an ingenious turn of mind, has No. 301, and exhibits a woollen .scarf, spun and knitted: by hand from wool grown in tho Nelson district. The color is very pure, the texture eren, and the workmanship regular. Miss Heaty should be German, for it is iv the great "Fatherland" that spinners abound, though it is by no means a country for spinsters, since German Miidchen always made pood housewives. Four matt made of New Zealand flax and wool are shown by William Cook, of Wellington. The competitors in this branch of native industry, who meet hero in friendly rivalry, are so numerous that the judges will have considerable difficulty in. arriving at, a decision. Art. Mr W. Gordon, of the Telegraph Department, Wnuganui, shows a speei> men of the Lord's Prayer in Maori, and is most beautifully ornamented. He also shows a *' Pen and Ink" sketch, called "Study Table," for which he obtained the medal at the last Sydney Exhibition. Messrs Lucas Cork nud Co., Dunedin, exhibit an organ, piauoforte, and a deik i harmonium (their own invention) manu* factured by the exhibitors. The Hon. the Native Minister exhibits a splendid bust of the Great Kative Chief "Ha« puku." An astonishing number of oil paintings is exhibited from almost .all the principal cities of New Zealand. In & later letter I shall deal more particularly with the works of art in general. The* natural products of New Zealand arevery extensively represented.

At this early stage in the history of the Exhibition, and with things in so di§... turbed a state, it is impossible to do mof» thon «ire a heterogeneous account of the principal things that strike the Titifer'*