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West Coast Times, Issue 129, 15 February 1866, Page 4

INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALASIA, 1806. Commissioners • Sir Redmond Marry, Knight, President. Hon. Georgo ITurker, lion 0. P Verdon, Hon. .T. F Sullivan, Sir Jmnes Palmer, Knf., lion 0. J. Jonnor, M.L.0., Hon. Win. Degrnvcs, M.L.0., Sir Piano's Murphy, Knt., S. H. Bindon, Es>q , M L.A., J. 0. Itiddoll, Esq., M.L.A., J. T. Smith, Esq., M.L.A., Edward Cope, Esq., M.L.A., Kov J. J. Bleasdalo, D.D., Thomas Black. Esq., Ferdim.nd Muellor, Esq., F.R.S. Professor McCoy, Phipps Turnbull, E«q., Charles E. Bright, Esq., T. J. Sn inner, Esq., llobort McDougall, Esq. HIS Excellency Sir Charles Darling having been pleased taiasuoft commission, authorising tho nbove -nam ed persons to tako tho necessary steps for managing and conducting an international exhibition, lo bo held in Melbourne, tho Honor*, able tbe Chief Secretary of Victoria addrgssed himself to tho Government of the various' dependencies of tho Crown in Austtalasia, inviting their cordial co-opomtion. Highly encouraging roplies havo been ioceived : these convey n well-founded assurance that the project of insti uting tv series of exhibitions of natural products, gonoral industries and art, to bo held in succession in the several Australasian colonies, has been accepted in a spirit which acknowledges the truth of the proposition —that such exhibitions would ' • prove of public advantago alike to alf." ■ The Commissioners are conscious, howevor, I hat it is not sufficient to l'oly solely on tho good intentions and proffered support of the respective Governments. They deem it right to appeal to tho public spirit of the different communities. They havo now the honor, therefore, to invoke the earnest assistance of tieir follow subjects, not only of those who dwell in Victoria, but of those also resident in the other British colonies in these seas, to aid tllem in tho furtherance of tho design, and they do so with the confident expectation that the appeal will bo considered worthy of a generous encouragement. fho Commissioners do not propose to demonstrate by labored arguments the benefits which must arise almost unbidden from a comprehensivo, well directed organisation, for such a purposo, to i ho inhabitants of these regions, so favored by Divine Providence— -those benefits aye self apparent They dcaire, however, to impress upon all thoughtful and enorgotie persons tho necessity for engaging actively in its support. An opportunity for united exertion, such as is now. afforded, id of a character eminently interesting. Exhibitors will bo undismayed by the manifold disturbing inllucnces which encumber a competition with tho populous and opulent societies of the old world, will bo unaffected by tho innumerable distractions, which, in the perplexing variety of European exhibitions, call away tho mind of tho beholder from objects puioly Colonial. Although the contemplated display cannot vie with tho splondour of Ihoso which excite the rivalry of nations, purposes of tho highest utilitaiian and social importance to 1 those imme« diatoly concerned may be thereby served. A searching and penetrating attention may bo concentrated on our mineral treasures, portions only of tho boundless stores of which have been hitherto brought to light ;— on improved economic methods of winning them from the earth, and applying them to tho cuds for which they aie intended j— on the sources of wealth which, in their raw state, abound on Iho surface of our soils, in tho rivers, and in tho waters which' encircle our coasts ; — and on the raro excellencies and peculiar development, in different latitudes, under different conditions of culture, of those pioducts which successful enterprise lias introduced RinongHi us, rendering us already independent of many countries, and enabling us to contribute to the necessities, the comforts, and luxuries of mo.st. - A deliberate comparative sufvoy may bo made of the results flowing fiom the adoption of the liberal arts happily domiciled iv theso climes, and the exercise 6f thoso useful manufactures which genius, solf-rolianco, and perseverance have establifhcd in lands so suitable for their natural vigorous growth. A diligent compilation of the statistics of tho actual pioducts and of tho productive capabilities of the different colonies will form a -most valuable fund of information. Such, with many othor engaging comparisons •\ml combinations, may occupy most profitably the intelligent observation of those who associato themselves in the undertaking ; while all who enler heartily into the cause will doubtless be impelled to further offor's, conducive to a still nioro exteusivo and intimate acquaintance of tho colonis's with each othor, tho expansion of tho Mini's of their piactical knowledge, and the incioaso of their material prosperity ; convinced hat the periodic recurrence of such opportunities for amicable contention arc calculated to generate stntitnents of mutual respect, nnd to perpetuate' ihoso reciprocal feelings of esteem and f rieiulship which should vvcv animate subjects of the great nation fiom which we are sprung. x On behalf of tho Commissioners, ' ' Redmond Baiuiv, President.

INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION, .180(3 Intending exhibitors fire informed that Is proposed to distribute the objects to be displayed into the following divisions : Mineral Products, Animal Products, VogctiiLlo Products, Manufactuics nnd tho Uficful Arts, Ornamental Arts, Mnohincry. OfcASS I. Mineral lVoduots,. 1. Ores nnd non-iiictallio mineral products, geological specimen^; building stones, limes, cements, clays, salt. 2. Clicmical and metallurgical products nnd processes. 3. Miscellaneous. Class 11. Animal Products. 4. Wool, hair, skins, furs, silk, feathers, horns, hoofs, bones, guano. 5. Meat, Fish, Fowl, who" her salted, dried, smoked, or preserved ; gelatine, isinglass, milk, butter, cheese. , 0. Miscellaneous. •Class 111. Agricultural, Horticultural, and Indigenous Ycgetnblo Products. 7. Cereals, agricultural and garden seeds, pulso, food for oiiitlo, tea, coflee, cocoa, tobacco, spices, ginger, hops, herbs and aromatic plants, timber, biujt, rosins, gums, fibres, dyos, flax, hemp, cotton, india-rubber, gutta-percha, juntorials adapted for paper-making. 8. Flour and meal of every variety and in overy form, malt, starch, gluten, sago, ttijpioca, arrowroot, sugar, confectionery. 0. Wines, pcry, cider, nlo, porter, spirits, liqueurs, fruits (dried or presorved), pickles, sauces, vinegar, pyroligenous acid, potash, soda, essential nnd pieserved oils and <-hoir cakes, perfumery, models of fiuits and vegetables. 10. Miscellaneous. Class IV. Manufactures and tho Useful Arts. 11. Porcelain nnd pottery, glass, iron nnd hardware, cutlery, wicker-work. yl2. y 12. Leather-work, bono-dust, animal ohnrcoal and oils,- blood, ammonia, glue, fat, tallow, stearino, honoy, fat, soap, cnijdles, varnifthefh