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West Coast Times, Issue 206, 17 May 1866, Page 4

Miscellaneous INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALASIA, 1866. Commissioners' 1 : S.irjßedmondfcßarry/jKnightjEPresident, ' Hon. George Harker, Hon. G. F. Veu Hon. J. F. Sulli n Sir James Palme. •' ♦„ Hon C. J. Jenner, M.L.0., ' ' Hw. Wm; Degravesl'M.L.C, Sir Francis Murphy, Knt., ' - , H. Bjndon, Esq., M.L.A., J. C. Riddell, Esq., M.L.A., J. T. Smith, Esq., M.L.A., Edward Copo, Esq., M.L.A., Key J. J. Bleasdale, D.D., Thomas Black. Esq., Ferdinand Mueller, Esq., F.R.S. Professor McCoy, Phipps Turnbull, E«q., ' f Charles E. Bright,. Esq., T. J. Sumnor, Esq., Robert McDougall, Esq. TIS Excellenoy Sir Charles Darling having been L pleased to issue a commission, authorising the xjve-named persons to take the necessary steps r managing and' conducting an international diibition, to be held in Melbourne, the Honor)le the Chief Secretary of Victoria addressed m q 6 lf to tho Governments of the various jpendencies of the Crown in Australasia, inting their cordial co-operation. Highly encouraging replies have been icived : these convey a well-founded assurance iat,the project of instituting a series of exhitionk of natural' products, general industries id art, to he held in succession in the several dstralasiancolonies, hasbeen accepted in a spirit hich acknowledges the truth of the proposition -that such exhibitions would " prove of publio lyantage alike to all." The' Commissioners are conscious, however, lat it is not sufficient to rely solely on tho good tentions and proffered support of the respective overnments. They deem it right to appeal to ie public spirit of the different communities, hey have now tho honor, therefore, to invoke ie earnest assistance of their fellow subjects, it only of those who dwell in Victoria, but of lose also resident in the other British colonies t these seas, to aid them in the furtherance of ie design, and they do so with the confident cpectation that the 1 appeal will be considered orthy of a generous encouragement. The.Commissioners do not propose to demonrate by labored arguments the benefits which ust arise almost unbidden from a compre».enve, well directed organisation, for such a urpose, to the inhabitants of these regions, so ivored by Divine Providence— those benefits are slf apparent. They, desire) however, to impress upon all loughtful and enorgeiic persons the necessity >r engaging actively in its support. An opportunity for united exertion, such as i now afforded, is of a character eminently iniresting. Exhibitors will be undismayed by the mani)ld disturbing influences which encumber a )mpetition with the populous and opulent soeties of the old world, will be unaffected by ie innumerable distractions, which, in the perlering variety of European exhibitions, call ivay the mind of the beholder from objects urely Colonial. Although the contemplated display cannot vie ith the splendour of those which excite the valry of nations, purposes of tho highest utilinian and social importance to those immeiately concerned may be thereby served. A searching and penetrating attention may be mcentrated on our mineral treasures, portions ily of the boundless stores of which have been itherto brought to light ; — on improved econolic methods of winning them from the earth, id applying them*to the ends for which they re intended; — on the sources of wealth which, i their raw state, abound on the surface of our )ils, in tho rivers, and in the waters which enrele our coasts'; — and on the rare excellencies id peculiar development, in different latitudes, nder different- conditions of culture, of those roducts which successful enterprise has introdeed amongst us, rendering us already indeendent of many countries, and enabling us to attribute to the necessities, tho comforts, and ixuries of most. A deliberate comparative survey may be made E the results flowing from the adoption of the beral arts happily domiciled iv these climes, nd the exercise of those useful manufactures hich genius, self-reliance, and perseverance avo established in lands so suitable for their atural vigorous growth. • A diligent compilation of the statistics of the otual products and of the productive capabiliiesof the different colonies will form a most aluable fund of information. Such, with many other engaging comparisons id combinations, may occupy most profitably ie intelligent observation of those who associate lemselves in the undertaking ; while all who iter heartily into the cause will doubtless be npelled to further efforts, conduoive to a still tore extensive ana intimate acquaintance of the )lonists with each other, the expansion of the mits of their practical knowledge, and the in•ease of their material prosperity ; convinced lat the periodio recurrence of such opportunities >r amicable couteritiou are calculated to generate intiments of mutual respect, and to perpetuate lose reciprocal feelings of eßteem and friendship hich should ever animate subjects of the great ation from which we are sprung. On behalf of the Commissioners, Redmond Barry, President. INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION, 1866. Intending exhibitors are informed that it is oposed to distribute the objects to be displayed to thejfollowing divisions :•»- Mineral Products, Animal Products, Vegetable Products, Manufactures and the Useful Arts, Ornamental Arts, Machinery. Class I. Mineral Products. 1 . Ores and non-metallic mineral products, sological specimens, building stoves, limes, sinents, clays, salt. .2. Chemical and metallurgical products and •oeesses. ' 3. Miscellaneous. Class 11. Animal Products. 4. -Wool, hair, skins, furs, silk, feathers, horns, aofs, bones, guano. 5. Meat, Fish, Fowl, whether salted, dried, ooked, or preserved ; gelatine, isinglass, milk, itter, cheese. 6. Miscellaneous. ■ Class 111. icultural, Horticultural, ami Indigenous Vegetable Products. • 7. Cereals, agricultural and garden seeds, llse, food for cattle, tea, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, (ices, ginger, hops, herbs and aromatic plants, tnber, bark, resins, gums, fibres, dyes, flax, imp, cotton, india-rubber, gutta-percha, niateals adapted for paper-making. 8. Flour, and meal of every variety and in rery form, malt, starch, gluten, sago, tapioca, rowroot, sugar, confectionery. 9. Wines, perry, cider, ale, porter, spirits, c[ueurs, fruits (dried or preserved), pickles, uces, vinegar, pyroligenous acid, potash, soda, isential and preserved oils and vheir cakes, srf umery, models of fruits and vegetables. 10. Miscellaneous. JClass IV. £y '("Manufactures and the Useful Arts. • ma Porcelain and pottery, glass, iron and ifd&are, cutlery, wicker-work. 12. Leather-work, bone-dust, animalcharcoal jd oils, blood, ftmmrr.i, glue, fat, tallow ipfcrine, honey, fat, soap, candles, varnishes. 13. Fabrics in frilk> wool, cotton, hair, fla o