THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DALY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1880.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3466, 3 February 1880, Page 2

THE Evening Star. PUBLISHED DALY AT FOUR O'CLOCK P.M. Resurrexi. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1880.

We have received from tbe Secretary to the Sydney Exhibition Commission papers relative to the International Agricultural Show it is proposed to hold in the Garden Palace early in March. The following extract from one of tho papers will briefly explain the objects of the exhibition and the class of exhibits wanted:—" This will be not only a Show of Agricultural and Horticultural Pro* duce and Plants, but is meant to bring together for comparison and instruction •very article that the soil of these colonies, from tho tropics to the South Cape, can produce. Besides exhibits of cereals, fruit, sugar, tobacco, See., tho produce of industries already established, the inhabitants of all the colonies are invited to send the result of their local observation and experiments, such as indigenous gums, nuts, flax, indigo, barks for training, dye woods, &c. ; also, native grasses, the different varieties of salt bush and plants used as pasture. Also the results of their experimental cultivation, chinchona, olives, silk, arrowroot, pepper, spices, &c, accompanied by information that may guide others until these experiments grow into extensive industries, for with a country extending from within 10- degrees of the equator, to the south end of New Zealand in 47' S., with high mountain ranges throughout, and a coast line of over 3000 miles, there must be climate and soil suitable for the production of every article grown and consumed on the face of the earth. Only by experiment and comparison can the capabilities of the various countries, districts and climates be learned, and it is earnestly requested that all will contribute their experience towards this result, one of the principal objects of the Commission in this show.