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West Coast Times, Issue 204, 15 May 1866, Page 4

Miscellaneous INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALASIA, 1866. Commissioners]: Sufßedmondlßarry^Knight, president* Hon. George Hafker, Hon. G. F. Yen Hon. J. F. Sulli n ' Sir James Palme. . ♦„ Hon< 0. J. Jenner, M.L.0., Hon. Win. Degraves, M.L.C., Sir Francis Murphy, Knt., - H. Bindon, Esq., M.L.A., J. C. Riddell, Esq., M.L.A., J. T. Smith, Esq., M.L.A., Edward Cope, Esq., M.L.A., Rev J. J. Bleasdale, D.D., Thomas Black. Esq., ■!Fefdinr.nd MueUeiy Esq., F<R.S. Professor McCoy, Phipps Turnbull, E«q., Charles E. Bright/ Esq., * T. J. Sumner, Esq., Robert MoDougall, Esq. l~| pleased to issue a commission, authorising the above-named persons to take the neoessary steps for managing and conducting an international exhibition, to be held in Melbourne, the Honorable the Chief Secretary of Victoria addressed himself t( J *^° Governments o£ the various dependencies of the Crown in Australasia, inviting their cordial co-operation. Highly encouraging replies have been xeceived : these convey a well-founded assurance that the project of instituting a series of exhibitions of natural produots, general industries and art, ifl beheld 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 publio advantage alike to all." The Commissioners are conscious, however, that it is not sufficient to rely solely on the good intentions and proffered support of the respective Governments. f They deem it right to appeal to the publio spirit of the different communities. They have now the honor, therefore, to invoke the earnest assistance of their fellow subjects, not only of those who dwell in Victoria, but of those also resident in the other British colonies in these seas, to aid them in the furtherance of the design, and they do so with the confident expectation that the appeal will be considered worthy of a generous' encouragement. The Commissioners do not propose to demonstrate by labored arguments the bonefits whioh must arise almost unbidden from a compreLen■ive, well directed organisation, for such a purpose, to the inhabitants of these regions, so favored by Divine Providence — those benefits are self apparent. They desire, however, to impress upon *11 thoughtful and energetic persons the necessity for engaging aotively in its support. An opportunity for united exertion, suoh as is now afforded, is of a oharaoter eminently interesting. ; ■ Exhibitors will be undismayed by the manifold disturbing influences which enoumber a competition with the populous and opulent societies of the old world, will be unaffeoted by the' innumerable distractions, whioli, in the perplexing variety of European exhibitions, call away the mind of the beholder from objects purely Colonial. Although the contemplated display cannot vie with the splendour of those whioh exoite the rivalry of nations, purposes of the highest utilitarian and social importance to those immediately concerned may be thereby seryod. A searching and penetrating attention may be concentrated on our mineral treasures, portions only of the boundless stores of which have been hitherto brought to light ; — on improved economic methods of winning them from the earth, and applying them to the ends for which they are intended ; — on the sources of wealth whioh, in theirj-aw state, abound on the surface of our soils, in the rivers, and in the waters which encircle our coasts j-r-and on the rare excellencies and peculiar development, in different latitudes, under different conditions of culture, of those products which successful enterprise has introduced amongst us, rendering us already independent of many countries, and enabling us to contribute to the necessities, the comforts, and luxuries of most. A deliberate comparative survey may bo made of the results flowing from the adoption of the liberal arts happily domiciled iv these climes, and the exercise of those useful manufactures whioh genius, self-reliance, and perseverance have established in lands so suitable for their natural vigorous growth. A diligent compilation of the statistics of the actual produots and of the productive capabilities of the different colonies will form a most valuable fund of information. Suoh, with many other engaging comparisons and combinations, may occupy most profitably the intelligent observation of those who associate themselves in the undertaking ; while all who enter heartily into the cause will doubtless be impelled to further efforts, conducive to a still more extensive and intimate acquaintance of the colonists with/each other, the expansion of the limits of their practical knowledge, and the In* crease.of their material proiperityj oonvinoed that the periodic recurrence of «uoh opportunities for amicable contention are calculated to generate •entiments of mutual respect, and to perpetuate those reciprocal feelings of esteem and friendship which should ever animate subjects of the great nation from whioh we are sprung. On behalf of the Commissioners, Redmond Barry, President. INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION, 1866. Intending exhibitors are informed that it is proposed to distribute the objects to be displayed into thejjfollowing divisions :y Mineral Products, Animal Products, Vegetable Products, Manufactures and the Useful Aril, ■ Ornamental Arts, Machinery. Class I. Mineral Products. l.*Oresand non-metallic mineral produots, geological specimens, building stones, limes, cements, clays, salt. 2. Chemical and metallurgical produots and processes. 8. Miscellaneous. Class 11. Animal Produots. 4. Wool, hair, skins, furs, silk, feathers, horns, hoofs, bones, guano. 5. Meat, Fish, Fowl, whether salted, dried, smoked, or preserved ; gelatine, isinglass, milk, tutter, cheese. 6. Miscellaneous. Class III; gtieultural, Horticultural, and Indigenous Vegetable Products. 7. Cereals, agricultural and garden seeds, pulse, food tor cattle, tea; coffee, cocoa, tobacco, spices, ginger, hops, herbs and aromatio plants, timber, bark, .resins, gums, fibres, dyes, flax, hemp, cOttbn,- india-rubber, gutta-percha, mate* rials adapted for paper-making. 8. Flour and meal of every variety and in every form, malt, starchy gluten, sago, tapioca, arrowroot, sugar, confectionery. 9. Wines, perry, cider, ale, porter, spirits, j liqueurs, fruits (dried or preserved), piokles, sauce*, vinegar, pyroligenous acid, potash, soda, essential and preserved oils and bheir cakes, perfumery, models' of fruits and vegetables. 10. Miscellaneous. ;Class IV. " Manufactures and the Useful Arts. 11. Porcelain and pottery, glaw, iron and hardware, cutlery, wicker-work. 12. Leather-work, bone-dtut, •nimaleharaoal apd- 0 oil», blood, ammonia, glue, fat, tallow ahaarine, honey, fat, soap, eandlm, varniahts. Wit ftfeteftu likv wwl, toft* Uir, A* •