SECTION XI.

GLXERAL SlAEMMARY OF BUSNESS EXHIBITS.

b a great many of the commercial- and industrial exhibits were shown in the district courts, and are r e f e d to in the descriptions of thow courts, the following wmmary of the more noticeable trade exhibit deals chiefly with those that were displaycd iudi- vidually. They were scattered throughout the Exhibition buildings; it would no doubt

have been better had some dcfiuite system of grouping been adopted. A large number of British f i exhibited their m a n u ; many of them were represented by Mr. Arthur J. Day, who came out from England in their interests ; others were repre- sented by their IocaI agents.

SEW ZEAlAXD ESHIBITIOX.

WOOL AND WOOLLEN-MAXUFdCTGRES.

Had the promoters of the Exhibition wished to conspicuous& +-mboiite, in totem form after the ancient way, the riches of the counw, the7 could fittingly have set on high as an emblem of the land not the time-sanctified moa, or the familiar long-billed kiwi, or any other indigenous thing, @te or inanimate, not a golden pyramid or a gar- gantuan cheese, but a ~ 0 1 ~ 1 Sheep. The humble sheep it is that we have to thank for quite half om wealth. It brings New Zealand more than ten d o n s sterling a pear, in wool and frozen meat, exported h m the Dominion, and the ralue is increasing annually. asveral of the provincial and district courts in the Exhibition. as well as tho Agricultural Department, made a special feature of the wool &'bits. all samples of the best that the sheep-runs of each district produced. No part of the world is better suited to the breed- ing of sheep, either for wool or for mutton or for both, than those regions in New Zealand now devoted chiefly to this purpose. During the Exhibition ?ear the exports of wool alone totalled some seven and a half millions sterling. h i d e s this inuuense amount, there was probablv three quarters of a million sterling worth of wool used in the ten woollen- & of the Dominion in the manufacture of clothing-fabrics, blankets, rags, and other goods, which not only furniah New-Zealandem with their best articles of daily wear, but have earned a high reputation outside this country for p u r i ~ and reliabilitr of material and excellence of iinish. New Zealand rugs and Kew Zealand tweeds have become known in England and America for their design and quality, and a high compliment was paid to this corn- when a New Zealand woolleu-mill was an-arded the Grand Prix a t the St. Louis Exposition in 1W for rugs, blankets, and wool.

Most of the wool exhibits were included in the various provincial courts. and rvc refmed to in the descriptions of those sections of the Exhibition. Among& the sheep- breeders and others who contributed good exhibits of wool were the following : Reale?- Bros., of Haldon, Hororata, Canterbury. who sent good examplm of scoured and a- scoured wool, also photographs of their Romner h h sheep ; th Canterbtq- Frozen Meat and Dairyproduce Export Company, of Christchurch. which showcd various grades of wool and dyed and cured sheep-skins ; the Gear Xeat ReservLlg and Freezing Company, of Welhgton. pelts, wool, kc. ; E Matson and Co.. Ckistchurch. sanlples of English Leicester wool, grown by Joseph Heydon, Esq. ; IT. Nichollq of Belfast. Canterbum, scoured wool, prepared wool, geas~ wool. and dressed sheep-skim ; Ken- Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Conlpany (Limited). samples of wool from various growers in the colony ; R. and J. Reid, of Riversleigh. Darfield. Canterbury, samples of wool and photographs of English Leicester sheep : A. IT. Rutherford, of Raiau. North Canterbuw, samples of wool from sheep on Xendip Hills Run ; A. D. Sutherland, of Omarama, Otago, a bale of scoured nlcrino wool. The following exhibitors received awards for their collective exhibits of w-oal : P. C. Threlkeld, G. D. Greenwood, James Little, James Stringfellow, and Ensor Bros., of Canterbu~; Douglas &Lean, of Hawke's Bsy ; and Watson sheman. of h g o .

The high class of work turned out by the woollen-works of Kea Zealand was well exemplified in the large special exhibits of two big woollen compauies-the Wehgton Woollen-manufacturing Company (Limited), and the Kaiapoi Woollen-manufacturing Company, of Christchurch. These companies had elaborate displays in dose proximi* to each other, near the eastern side of the main entrance. Large glass cases were filled with groups of figures showing to the best and fullest advantage the articles of apparel of all kinds that these factories tarn out, from ladies' costumes to military uniforms and all the other multitudinous fabrics that issue from the looms of these great industrial establishments.

The Welbgtan Woollen Cornpan~, which has its mill at Petone, made a particularly

bright and attractive display of all its woollen, worsted, and knitted goods. Thia mill has been in existence for twenty-one rears ; the number of hands employed in the mill d in the clothing-factory in the fiv of Wellington totals five hundred. Prominent amongst the goods shown were rngs in pure merino of unsurpassed quality and design ; blankets of the b e s t qualie ; dressed tweeds of all textures of wool for ladies' dresses and costumes ; tweeds, woollen, and worsted for men; fancp vestings in pura wool and silk ; men's apparel of all kinds, including military uniforms and band uniforms ; knitted work in great varietp, from the heaw class to the hest w d and si& and every kind of garbii for a ladp, from a ball-dress to a motor-costume.

The Kaiapoi Woollen Companfs business, one of the largest textile industries in Australasia, made a compr2hcnaive display of its high-class manufactures-rugs, blankets, flannels, s-, tweeds, hosiery, &. Kakpoi rugs have won celebrity in many places far remote from the colony, and of these there was an exwdhglp fine display. The ladies' eostmaes, skirts, coats, and mantles, girW jackets, and dresses and similar articles of clothing manufactured h m the product of these mills were shown in large cases, attractively, and with considerable taste in arrangement. There was a large and escellent exhibit of men and boc' clothing, including au e-msive display of ahirts and pyjamas. On thc right and left of thc showcases there were models dressed in uniforms representing a R o p l Horn ,.llrtilerplm and a trooper of the North Canter- bury Xountcd Rifles ; these uniforms we^ made from the Kaiapoi Company's cloth. The great manufactory from which d these articles of wear issued lies about twelve miles from Christchurch Civ, on the banks of the River Cam, and bas come to be looked upon as one of the " sights " of Christchurch district.

The South Cantorb- Woollen-mills also sent a creditable displap of woollen gods. Au exhibit of unique interest in one of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company's caws was

a blanket sent out from Scotland. shown because of the fact that i t had been woven by a veteran craftsmn in his hundredth pa r , the late 331. Matthew Fowlda, of Grepstone Knowe, Kilmarnock. father of the HOD.. George Fowlds. M.H.R., of AucLland, Hinister of Education in the New Zealand Cabinet. This exhibit was awarded n gold medal.

CrnTHING, ETC.

Cnder the heading " Clothing," besides the exhibits of woollen and worsted goods and clothing of various kinds made by the large woollen-manu-g firms of New W n d , the exhibitors included the Colonial Jlsnufscturiq Company, of Chris@hmh, which made a displap of its specialties in the form of oilskins, cloaks, cycle-apes, motor- coats, &c. ; & b b r and Son, of AucI;latid. seamless coats ; J. Cnmmings, of Ashburton, ladies' tailoring ; the London American Tailorkg Company, of Buckland, Parisian costumes.

General eshibits in ladies' costumes, millinery, h., were made by the D i t Importing Company of Xew Zealand, Christchnrch ; Strange and Co., of the same city : C. Adam, of Wellington; the Xew Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association of Cmlterbuq ; Brodrick and Iiinvig, of Wellington ; Jdscky, Logan, and $o., of Auck- land ; Snrgood, Son, and Ewen, of Christchurch ; the Langer School of Dress-cutting, Christchurch ; and specimen work of pupils from the Imperial School of Dress-cutting. Locally made clothing also came from the large factories of A. Clark and Sons, Auckland ; hb, Logan, Caldwell, and Co.. clnckland ; and W. A. Tribe and Co., of Christchnrch. Two large English k m s also eshibited in this class: one, the Midland Shawl and Hosiery Company, of Beeston. Xotts, sent samples of their shawls and hosiery, and the other, Ferguson and Co. (Limited), of cadisle, exhiiited cotton piece-,&, striped goods, woven silk, &c.

Exhibits of embroidery, needlework k, were made by Y. Eldred, of Ch&itchurch, and Misses Ogle and Leach, of Christchnrch ; and Peach and Sons showed lace curtains

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from Xottingham, the seat of the English industry. Linen goods of all kinds, from tablecloths to embroidered handkerchiefs, were shown by John S. Brown and Sons.

Other exhibits of excellent qualitp under this class were naval and military accoutre- ments, helmets, caps, belta, buttons, &., by J. R. Gaunt and Sons, England; some first-rate work in Masonic and friendly societies' regalia and militaq- and other badges, by P. Robert, of Palmerston North ; friendly societies' rcgalia, by D a ~ d Jones, Limited, Sydney; parasols and umbrellas. by G. C. Vear and. Sons, of Chistchurch; ostrich- feathers (made up), by the Helvetia Ostrich Company, Auekland ; and dressed oatrich- feathers by George King, of Christchureh. hasene and h e silk-work mantel-drapes, kc., mere shown by Robert Elston.

Boot and shoes, both Sew-Zealand-made and impaed, were represented by several large exhibits in different parfa of the Main Building. The Xew-Zealand-made article was of particularly good quality, a quality that supplied an excellent reason for a high tariff-wall against imported boots and shoes. The boot business is one of very con- siderable value to the dpny from an industrial viewpoint. The latest returns show the number of boot-factories in the colony to be 72, employing some 2,20 hands, and having an output totding half a million sterling. Amongst the exhibitom of the New- Zealand-made article were the firms of Skelton, Frcmtick, and Co., of Christchurch (who also showed American, English, and French boots) ; Smith and Sons. of Christchmh ; W. Henderson, of Dunedin, who showed good hand-sewn boots and shoes ; P. J. De Ls &ur, of Christchurch, who had an exhibit of boots, shoes, and slippers. of local make ; and the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Aawcbtion of Canterbum, which sent an exhibit representing its stock of boots and shoes. An Australian boot company repre- sented was Perr?;,and Co., of Richmond, Melbourne, and another was J. Hunter and Son, of Sydney. During 1905, boots and shoes to the value of £282,911 were imported . into the colonp.

In the saddlery and harness-iuabring class. the firms exhibiting in addition to those mentioned in the descriptions of the various provincial courts were : The New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association. kmess. saddles, &c. ; Lane and Co., of Woolston, who showed samples of their harness-leather ; W. Wade, South Canterbury, set of dog- cart harness and a saddle; T+ and Denton, of Christchurch, who had on view a worliing exhibit of harness and bag making, besides specimens of their saddlery, harness, and trotting-gear ; Trist and Small, of the same tie. who made a general dis- play of saddlery and harness ; W. Patchem, Ashburton, Scotch-cart harness and set of ,+ harness; and B. W. B i i of Lower Hutt, Wellington, who sent specimens of his hand work in the shape of whips and whip-thongs, plaited bridles, &c. A Sydney tradesman, R. Millar of Petersham. sent an exhibit consisti~q of three pairs of sulk? d e r s marked as b e i colonial hand-made. T r i w and Denton, of Christchurch, showed trunks, portmanteaus, and tnveW-bag of various liinds, and P. W. Lambert and Co., various articles in leather. From the Southland Fannersy Co-operative Stores came some well-made horse-covers.

FOOD a m FOOD-pao~ucrs. In the important class " Food-products," the exhibits covered a nide rang, from

frozen and canned meats and other products of the great meat companies to canned fruits of every hind, jams, butter and cheese, sugar and biscuits, besides a considerable variety of imported food delicacies. 811 the large frozen-meat companies had eshibits in some part or other of the building. Some of these exhibits, as well as those. in fruit, jams, &., are referred to in the descriptions of the various provincial courts. It will be safficient here to enumerate the principal ezrhiiitors.

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The Christehurch Meat Company and Canterbq Frozen Meat and D* Produce Export Compauy showed canned and froten meats and various other products of the meat industq-; the Gear Meat Campan?, of Wellington, a display of canned meats ; JZcCa!lum, of Temuka, preserved meats ; Moritzson and Co., of Dunedin, an excellent co2cction of frozen poultq- and rabbits ; Nelson Brds. (Limited), Tornoam, Hawh's Ba?, Wanganui Freezing Compan$, Tait and Co. (Westland), and Cheviot Canning Company, preserved meats. P d e u l a r l ~ atractive were the three fine stands of h e d meats from Wellington, Hawke's Ehy, and Wanganui, covering almost everything that can be profitably and palatab1;r put up in tins, from good solid pork and beef. prepared for sea use and for expo* to s a v o v meats and meat-extracts of the daintiest h d s . From Southland and Central Otago then! were eshibits of tinned rabbits, &e.

The canned-fish indmtq---a bneiness eapablc of p t expamioa in New Zealand-. was represented only by some tinned mullet irnd t imed tohema (a large clam found m thc West Coast beaches near Iiaipam), the former from thc h'ew Zealand Canning Campany, and the latter from the Toheroa Cannine; Company, both of Aucliland ; and timed wxtebait from G. W+ of Westport and HoJiitilrs.

In the dairy-produce section the principal exhibitors were :--Cheese : The Waitohi Co-operative Dairy F ~ t o r f (Limited) ; J. K Sa3elb~ (stilton ch-) ; O k ' s Ba;r D a i ~ F a c t o ~ Compan~, Bsnks P e n i d ; Wainui Dairy Factory Company, A h ; Little Akaloa Dairy Factory Company ; Barq's Bay Dairy Fac to~ Company, B)rsros ; German Bay Dairy Factoq Company, Akama ; South Csn te rbq Daj. Company ; and the Rongokokako 00-operstive Cheese Factory of Eketahuna. Bitter : Tai T a p

Dairy Company (Limited); Sefton Dairy Company (Limited) ; Canterburp Dairy Company ; and the Canterbury Central Co-operative Dairy Compan~ (Limited). Maat of these e-hibits were shown in the Canterburp provincial sections.

Other exhibits of food-products inoluded those of thc Gerstena Foods h d a ~ - turing Company of Woo'ston, porridge-meal, infants' and inva!idsY food, he. ; the Christehnreh Sanitarium, of Papanni, health foods of various kinds ; D. T. McIlrap, of Gore, Southland, Garton oats ; the New Zealand Provision and Prcduce Company, of Christchurch, -a general food-display ; J. Nathan and Co., of Wellington, potted meats, " Dchnce " dried milks, and various table delicacies ; the Calonial Sugar Fkhing Company, of Auclrland, samples of refined sugar, golden syrup, trescle, white spirit, and rum made from the raw sugar imported from Fiji ; J. S. Levesque, of Birk- dale, Buckland, canned fruits; Kirkpatrick and Co., of Nelson, jams, preserves, bottled f i t s , pickles, jellies, dcc. ; J. H. Hinton and Co., of South Dunedin, jams and preserved fruits : A. Ward, Kohukohu, Hokianga, evaporated apples. A South Aus- tralian exhibit, in addition to those included in the South Australian Government Cod, was that of Hardy and Sons, of Adelaide, who sent a fine collection of their dried fruits, almonds, raisins, currant+, and olive-oil. The other eshibitors of South Australian olive-oil were W. P. Auld and Son, F. W. Giies, and G. F. Cleland.

Exhibits of milling products of various kinds were shown by a number of Grms apart from the displays made in the provincial courts. Flou, oatmeal, and other manu- factures were sent in by D. H. Brown and Sons, of Christchurch ; Wood Bros., of C W - church ; Ireland and Co., of Oamaru ; the Timaru Millir.g Company ; Eeming aid Co., of Invercargill ; Geo. Trapnell, of Nelson ; J. Mot and Co. ; and the Southein Cross B i u i t Company, Wanganui. Klbg-products other than flour were shown by Langdown and Son. of Christchurch ; se!f-raising flour, baking-pon-der, kc., by T. G. Edmonds. of Christthurch.

Biscuits and confectioncrr, cocoa and chocolate, were largely represented both by loeallp manufactured exhibits and by imported goods. The New-Zealand-made biscuits -formed almost the whole of the !ines of biscuits exhibited, and were of particularly good quality in the opinion of the judges, and a!so of the members of the cornnuttee of the Canterbury Industrial ,Association, who made a genera! tour of the New Zealand exhibits in pursuance of the association's determination to educate public opinion in the direction of purchasing !ma1 manufactures in preference to imported. The principal Xew Ze- land firms which shoxvd exhibits of biscuits and confectionery for co~upetition wen: ,111lsebrook and Co., of Christchmh, and the Southern Cross Biscuit and Confectionery Co~upan~ of Wallganui. Both these firms made attractive and coluprehe~lsive d i s p l a ~ ~ of the goods turned out from their factories, and so largely used throughout New Zea- land. Th2 biscuit- and confectionery-making business in New Zealand is of consider- able importance, for at last returns there were 587 hands employed in the biscuit- factories of the co!ouy, and the total output from these establishments was valued at E25,476. The imported goods exhibited in this class included Cailler's ~ilh--chocolate. Bahia cocoa, Bzdorp's cocoa and chocolat.r? confectionery ; biscuits, chocolates. dcc.; from the Yellin's Food Company, London ; Van Houten's celebrated cocoa and chnco- late ; Carson's chocolate and confectionery ; Nestle's milks, cocoas, and chocolates ; and lollies from Barker and Dobson, Nowatt and Xuir, and others.

Several h n s sent samp!rs of their condiments, sautes, kc. The Sew Zealand exhibitors were thc Primley Caming Company, Hawke's Bay ; Chrystall and Co., of Christehurch ; Gregg and Co.. of Dunedin ; Hapward Bras. and Co., of Christchurch ; Hamilton and Guy, of Paherston North; Whitlock and Sons, Wangmui ; and S. Kirkpatrick and Co., Xelsoa 'J%m hms sent in excellent specimens of their xuanu- factures in the form of pickles, sauces, vinegar, baking-powder, &c. Amongst- the English exhibitors were Mellor and Co., manufacturers of " Mellor's Sauce," .and Brand

and Co. Two of the exhibiting h n s in this class were from India-Chetty and Sons, of Ildadras, and C. E Turner and Co., of Bombay.

Honey, of excellent qualitp, put up in tins and in glasa, besides comb-honey in sections, was eshibited by C k p t d l and Co. and the New Zealand Farmers' Stores, Cluistchnreh; Colonel C. S. Bailey, Tim- ; C. Shearer and C. E. Savage, Auck- land ; L. Hutchinson, Waikato ; the Mewee Mission, Hawke's Bay; W. 0. Taylor, Hastinga, Hawke's Bay ; and MIS. Darand, South Canterbum.

A dozen New Zealand and foreign f h w had exhibits of t& and coffee. The Eastern Tea Companp, through their Christehnreh agents, Fletcher, Humphrep, and Co., dis- played samples of their Indian, China, and Ceylon teas. Lipton's celebrated Ceylon teas were shown by K. H. Simms and Sons, of fhist~huroh. Another Ceylon firm, Careon and Co., of Colombo, was represented by samples of tea exhibited by & E. Fleming. Nelson, Moate, and Co., of W e h g h n , had a displa~ of their blended Ceylon and Indian teas; and Maling and Co., of Christchareh, sent samples of their stocks of teas. An interesting exhibit in this class aas made by Ridley and Son, of W h m h , who showed samples of two hundrd Farieties of tea, including New-hland-grown teas. From the establishment. of the Salvation arm^, Burke Street, Melbourne, came samples of teas, blended and sold by the Army. Captain Robbie, of Fiji, showed tea grown

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on his estate. In coffees and chic- the exhibiting firms m r e W. Gregg and Go., of Dunedin ;

Kirkpatrick and Co., of Nelson ; Fletcher, Humphrep, and Co., of Christchmh ; D. Strang and Co., Invercargill ; T. J. GRIT and Co., Wanganui ; Ridley and Son. W. J. Evens, and Hrunphrey and Inchboard, of Fiji, sent samples of Fiji-grown coffee-beans.

Several of the above-mentioned firms also exhibited spices. pepper, and mustard.

Sixteen large brewing firms, Kew Zealand and fomign, sent samples of their beers, ales, and stouts, kc. Uost of these were Kew Zealand hm. some of which showed that ther highly appreciated the great value of the Exhibition as an advertising medium ; their hug? trophies of bottled beers and ales were tantalising to many a passing t- soul. Speight and Co., of Dunedin, had perhaps the most conspicuous exhibit of any --a replica of a huge barrel-like brcweryvat furnished with a door, through which favoured visitors now and then disappeared on some m~terious mission. Hancock and Co., of Aucklalld, made a fine display of their beers in bulk and bottle ; hIanning and Co.. of Christthurch, showed ales and stouts in bulk and bottle ; Staples and Co.. of Welli~q$on, exhibited samples of their ales, stout, and malt ; Ward and Co., of Christ- church ; Strachan and Co., of Dunedin ; R. Shand and Co., of Oamaru ; and S. Mon- teith, displayed hi bottle-form their ales and stouts ; and a West Coast brewer, J. Davies, of Hokitika, sent a bulk sample of his ales. Another prominent exhibitor was J. Mandl. Of imported liquors: shown there were Bass's ale and Guinuess's stout, and various other English bottled ales and stouts ; and from Germany came samples of Beck and Co.'s. pikinsr and lager-beer.

Wines and spirits formed an important feature in the Exhibition. In addition to the exhibits o f -~ew Zealand wines Lade in the various provincial conrts there were twene-seven exhibiting firms from different parts of the world, representing manu- facturers in Australia, Canada, United States, Great Britain and Ireland, France, and Holland. The principal Commonwealth exhibits were from South Anstralia; them are referred to elsewhere, in the description of the South Austrslian Court. The Auldana Company (Limited) made a separate disphr of wines. New Zealand importers of Aus tdan wines who made separate exhibits wen! Fletcher, Humphrcys, and Co., of Christehuroh ; and Grierson and Davis, of Cluhtchnrch. There was also an exhibit of Australian - made brandy from Joshua Brothers' distiller;r at Port Melbourne, the

" Boomerang " brand. The principal French firms cshibiting were Boutellean and Co., who showed brandy in bulk and case ; Schmder, Schylert, and Co., of Bordeaux, who showed samplcs of their wines, clarets, itc. ; and Xarie, Brizard and Ibger, brandies, liqueurs, and bordeaux. From the Setherlands DisiSerp Company came samples of Geneva, pure hollands, and o!d Geneva gin. Oronoz, Borbolla, and Co., a Spanish ihn, sent an exhibit of wines and brandy; and from the West Indies them was J. M. Feniars's rum, bitters, dce. In whisky, the Scottish firms exhibiting were John Begg (Limited) ; the Craigellachie Glenlivet Distillery Company, Glssgow ; the Dist3lers Company of Edinburgh ; Greenlea Bros., G!asgow ; A. and B. Mmkap (Limited), of Glasgow i Whytc, Bkkay (Limited), of Glasgow ; Jditchcll Bm., G!asgow ; Teacher and Sons, Ghgow ; Peter D a m n , of Ddtown, Glasgow ; and R. H. Thomson and Co., Leith. J. Jamiemn and Son, of Dublin, were represented by a case of Irish whisb'p. Lyons and Co., of London, exhibited Throgmorton whisky in bulk and case, and J. Walker and Sons, London, showed Kilmarnock whisb'p.

The New Zealand h m who showed exhibits of the above and other imported wines and spirits mere Hancock +nd Co., Auckland ; F. Cross and Sons. J. Shand and Co., and Grierson and Davis, of Christchurch ; and Pow!ey and Keast, Dunedin.

In the subclass cordials, a c ~ t e d mates, &., over twenty Xew Zealand manah- turers and several foreign firms exhibited. The exhibitors of locally made serated waters and eordiah included Chrystal and Co. ; Hamilton and Guy, Paherston X o ~ h ; Whit- lock and Sons, Wanganui ; Ballin Bros., Hayward Bros.. M. O'Rourke, Sharpe Bros., and EL &e and Co., of Chriatchnrch ; Lane and Co., of Dunedin ; Thomson and Co., Duncdin ; Phoenix Aerated Waters Company, Wellington ; Mrs. Dawson ; R Wd- liams and Co. ; and A. E. Kemp, of Gore. & P. Tennant, Auckland, sent an exhibit of Te Liroha mineral waters. New-Zcaland-made cider, a summer beverage growing in favour, was exhibited bp Fletcher, Humphreys. and Co.. of C'hristchurch, and Robert Cleave, of hlvercargill. A Newcomb and CQ., of Aucklandt showed general sundries for mineral-\rater trades* and ?dm. G. Ward, of Christchurch sent samples of sarsapariEa. The outside exhibitors included the ApoUinaris Company, of London, and Ross and Sons, manufacturers of ginger-ale, kc.. Belfast. Mrs. W. Warr. Jdrs. Hibbard, and Mrs. Darand and others sent samples of home-made wines.

ToBAcm. k tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes there were attractive exhibits from various pnrts

of the world. including sonic from the &st of Havana and Manila firnw. H. E. Par- tridge and Co., of Aucbnd, representatives of Cifuentes. Fernandee, and Co., had an exhibit of Havana and Xada cigars : Xamhg and Co.. of Christchurch, exhibited cigarettes of various kinds, and Shand and Co., of Christchureh, ~igars, kc. Fmm the Ardath Tobacco Compa~~p, of Londo% came sampIes of tobacco, kc. Other overseas h s reprcsentcd trem La Ycbana Cigar Company : Gallaher and Co.. Lolldoll ; Taddy and Co., London ; Abdulla and Co. ; L. WOE of Hamburg ; and H. Upmaxu a d CQ., Havana. Sigall and Co., of Wellington, had an i~ltzrcsting business exhibit of hand- made-cigarctts manufacturing. Gorr and Co., of Wa~lganui, showed New-Zcaland- made cigars. Samples of Transvaal Boer tobacco \\-ere sent by a South Africa fmm, H. -ley and Sons, of Krugersdorp.

A G B I ~ W Jdacmm~n. Agricultural implements formed an important class in the Machinery Section of

the Exhibition and in other parts of the Maim Building, aud the locally manufactured article compared exceedingly well with the imported machin- for solid workmanship and attractire Gnish The collection of agricdtursl implements of New Zealand make. though small, was an excellent one in point of qualiv. The ordinary ploughs and

disc ploughs, drills, cultivators, chaff-cutters and seedeleaners &om were of splendid -lie, and in these lines it was evident that Xew Zealand can turn out the best of work, and work that her fanners ought to patronise wherever possible in preference to the imported article. The ploughs in particular bore the clogest inspection ; the^ were made to work m d to last.

A spring-tooth cultivator luadc by a Chtistchureh fim (P. and D. h c a u ) was declared by an overseas visitor wcll versed in agricultural matters to be a magdicent implemcnt. This firm showed various En& of agricultural implements and farm m m h i n e ~ . Reid and Gra~ , of Duncdin, one of the oldest farm and agricultural imple- luc~lt makers in Ncw Zecrland, sent specinlens of the fine work in genera! farm machili- turned out by them, including a plough and harrow, double ridge.r, adticator. and ,pain drill. Andrew and Beaven, of Christ~hurch, sent chaff-cutters, a corn-crusher, and seed and grain cleaners and other faran requisites. T. H. Caverw of Christchurch, showed cshibits of shearing-machinq. Alex. Stome (Limited), of Inrereargill. sent a patent double-breast ridgcr, a patent disc double-ridger, and a model n%ldmilL Pome- roy and Sons, of Invercargill, showed a sheep-shearing patent, to regulate the cut and prevent crossing of blades ; this firm also shomd a branding-webinc for cattle and sheep. Guinness and Lc Cren, of Waimate, South Canterbq, sent samples of Aspii- \vBU potato-machinery, incluc!ing a potato-spraper and a sorter and cutter. Another patent of value to potato-growers n-as a recently invented potato-digger. by Jcs. Vor- bach, of Ren ichco~w~ Marlborough : for this digger it mat. clain~ed that it did not cut or bruise thc tubers. The saillc exhibitor she\\-cd rr patent of his oxvl-rl in the fornl of a t in-rlprovcd attachnte~it fur duples stocks and dies, n-hich prel-cnted thc dim slipping \s-hc~l wicre~vi~lg bdts or pipcb. \l-ickcs Linlitrd. of Grr?lnouth. and L. 0. Hookcr, uf %\\.era. ro~itributed exhibits of i1aub;rtonr. brooders, alid other podtr\--raising rc- quisitm. Thc H!-draulic Hand-nlilkcr Co)n~pan!; of WC%~#OIL tiho\\-ed a non-suctioil nii~g-niachinc- Auother dahyn~a~is pateut was s patent ndk-aerator aid ercam- coo!er. shown by R. Stevens, of Christehurch. Xbcrt S~N-coinb and ('0.. d A u c * h ~ d a l~d Chrititchurch. made a ~uisccllaneous dip* of f i~~ners ' and pou:try-breccim' rrcluisitcs. i~lc!udinp household rhurns. incubators, and poultry appliallccs. ad sltecp- clip. F. Hnttcricli of ash bur to^^ sent nu eshibit showi~tg certain iniprox*cnle~its i thc cntblg mecb~lisni of reapers-and-bildcrs. Natioil. Stmthcrs. ruld C'o.. of Christrhurch. sho\vcd both Icw.a!l~* nladc and in~ported machinery. of 11-hich a spcrirl feature \\-as a dih$~?- of s~ptrators. dairy engines ad boilers. ppulps. pzstruriarrs. coo11crs. ndk- testers. ~ h ~ u n s . mid other crean-rlcn- and drin- apparatus: Htmth. lIeI)o~lald. a d Co.. of Christchwh. shon-ed geiieral agricultuuiil machinen- : and E. Rccec and Solis, orchard spry-pumps mld lawn-nlowers.

,h interesting feature to woo!-growers \\-a* the working exhibit of the n-olseley sheep-tiheari~lg machine, sent b?- h \ i n and Co.. of KelIinfion. L)onr!d and hiu, of JIastcrton. showed s wool-press. W. Cablc and Co., of I(\'efi~igto~~ exhibited a flax- stripper nlrdr in their war&.

111 inlported m w h i ~ i q for the use of the fanucr, the orchardist. and others w\-ho' gain their livilq from the land, s p r v pumps for use in orchards were sho\m b!- the D. Bean Spray P m p Compan-, of San Jo&, California : chaff-cutters. corn-crushers, kc., bj- Bentall and Co.. an English firm ; horticultural requisites b - Gutton and Co., England; creanl-separators and churns by the Crown Sparator C'onompany, of Stocli- holin, Sw-den; pod* incubators and brooders by Patterson, Slack, and Co., of Christchmh, as agents for a Sydne~ firm; a model patent ,pbbing-machine and stump-puller b;r J. R Robertson, of Sydney: a stump-jump plough by the Xeadow- banh- Company? New h u t h Kales; American ha-0 machinery-reapers-and- bind-, mowers, &c.-by the 8. A. Wood Cornpan?, of Hoosick Falls, Xew York, and other American h s .

E Y G ~ ~ c , IBONFO~ING, ETC.

Under the heading " Engineers and Ironfoundens" there were eshibita by over thirty firms. Some of these have already been referred to in the section dealing with the agricultural machinery. Most of the large New Zealand engineering firms showed specimens of machinery and engineering-work that attested to their up-to-date cha- racter, and to the general excellence of their workshop appbces. dndersons Limited, the large Chriatchurch engineering firm (which hae been inbasted by the Government with such important work as the construction of the great viaduct over the Makatotc, on the North Island Main Tranlr Railway line), fitted up a large exhibit of machinerp m a n u f a c u in their works, including some engines, boilers, shafting, h., for power- . . trsnsrmsslon, oil-engines, and other machinery. W. Cabable and Co., of Wellington, an- other large engineexing firm, made an exhibit of machinery and of various castings, dcc., turned out from their works. Allan and McCullough, of the Thames, New Zealand, showed a patent gold-saving machine manufactured in their works. Scott Bm. (Limited), of Chdstchurch, sent an *bit of local!y made ranges, rnachine~, and electrical ap- pliances of various kinds: A x-ery important display in engineering and iron-foundry work was that made by the Government Railway Department ; this has been described elsewhere in this book. Lucas and Richark of St. dlbana, Christchurch, made an ex- hibit of general engineering-work ; Lncas Bros. and Co., of Christehnnth, showed r com- plete butchers' plant, a hand brick-and-tile-making machine, builders' fittings, oma- mental fittings, castings, and brassworli, h. Another important engineering exhibit was that made by J. J. Niven and Co., who have hrge workshops at Xapier, and who e-xhibiited steam, gas, and oil engines. pump and fans, refrigeratiug machine- and engineers' supplies. Amongst the importing firm exhibiting machinery and engineering- work of various kinds were Noman Heath and Co., of Wellington. who showed septic- tank fittings and a stcel self-contained septic tank, a steam motor-wvagon, and " Airex " motor-car, &c. ; Chambers and Son, of ducliland, " Tailgye's " ge11era1 nlachinery, dynamos, &c. ; E. W. Mills and Co.. of Wellingtor~ gas-producer plant. gas and oil engines, and woodworking machinev : D. Xeld, of Wellington. patent pulsating stesm p ~ p s , kc. ; E. h e and Sons Christchurch. engineering tools and requisites of many hnds ; Richardson and Blair, of Wekgton. gzneral machinery and Kitsnn lighting apparatus (this firm also had an oil-launch on view on the Kctoria Lakelet). Ryan and Co., Aucliland. s h o d oil-eqinerr and other machinery ; 7V. Woad and Co., of Christ- church, large traction-eug;l~e and other machinery ; Booth &Donald, and Co., of Christ- church, nil-engines and chemical ikwaghes ; L. C. Knight and Co., of Christchurch, patent Iremw~~e-oil engines. Amongst the various English firms represented were Bam- ford and Son, b t e r , who showed grinding-mills and combined grinding and crushing machines ; B l a c h n e and Co.. of Stamford, England, kerosene-oil engincs, and portable,

and pumping engilles ; the Calnpbell Gas Etlgiue Company, of Halifax, ,w-engine and plant, and planing, sawing, and other luachii~ery ; the CIeveland Bridge Engineering Company, of Darlingtou, England. which hss bee11 engaged in unportant bridge-con- struction work iu Staircase Gully, on the Xdland Railway, New Zedand, and which exhibited pictures of the various great bridges which its engineers have c o ~ c t e d , including an oil paiuting of the colosss! Victoria F& Bridge over the m e s i River, in Rhodesia ; Crossley Bros., Xanchester, gas-engines. gas-producer plant. and oil-engines ; Kirchner and Co., of London, sawmilling and general woo<Zworking machine?; Jrfc- Laren, of Leeds, traction-engine and steam traction-pump ; T. Robinson and Co., of Rochdale, flour-milling and woodworking machineq. Of the American eshibits in this class, one was hot-air pumping-engines. with attachcd deep-well pumps in motion, and a sectional engine - model from the Rider Ericsson Engine Company of New York. There were also a French eshibitor, P. h o d i n , of Loyret, who sent a hand-pressure

riveter; and a Danish firm, Levin, Axel, and Go., of Copenhagen, whose specialQ \nrs shoe-machinery. . .

Maohine-belting and sundry other requisites in connection with power-transnusslon in workshops and factories were shown by Booth and Budd, of Wellington ; D. Nield, of Wellington ; and also by several outside firms. is - Printing-machines were shown by the tMstchnn:h Press Company and Gordon and Gotch. Hall and Co. showed freezing-machinery.

Mr. John Hayes exhibited a ventilating-fan for coal-mines. In the important department of electrical e n g i n e , now of immense value to the

ind@ world, there were a considerable number of exhibits of an interesting character. Scott Bros. (Limited), the C k h t e h ~ ~ ~ c h engineering firm, made a good display of the electrical appliances used in their works. It was this h that fiunished the Exhibition buildings with electric light. Tnrnbull and Jones (Limited), another New Zealand firm, showed electrical-machiner appliances and accessories of various kinds ; L. C. Knight also showed electrical-engineering accessories ; A R. Qaddocli, of Christchurch, had an electric-light plant on view, besides general exhibits of electrical material ; and E J. Cunnington, of the same ci*, had fitted up an electric-!ight plant driven b petrol ; a Sydne~ exhibitor, J. R. Robertson, sent a number of electrical nove!ties, automatic switches and flashes for illuminated signs. Two English h s were represented-Bullers Limited, of Tipton, Stafiordshire, who showed telephone-fittings, insulators of all kinds, and electric-light fittings ; and the Electric and Ordnance Accessories Company (Li- mited), of Birmingham, whose specialties were short-distance telephones, besides electrical requisites of various kinds.

In this motoring and c?.eling age the dipla?- of motor-cars, motor-rycles, and other means of rapid locomotion, as would naturally be expected, was !arpe and of wide range, snd included specimens of all the best modern makes. The exhibitors of motor-cars were : Dexter and Croier, of Aurliland ; the Ranger Motor and Csle Company, of Auckland and Christchurch; the A h s Star Cycle Campan?; of Christehurrh and Kellington ; Humber (Limited) ; Swift Company (Limited) ; Clemcilt Talbot (Limited) ; Enema Motors (Limited) : J. Lucss (Limited) : Cyde and Motors Supplies (Limited) ; and Jones and Sons, Hastinp ; the Scott Motor and @c!e Cornpans of Wellington ; Turnbull and Jones, of Wcllingt~~, Christehmch, and Dnnedin ; Alldays and Onions's Plleumatic Engineering Campan?-, of B i h a m ; aud the Airex Motor-manufacturing Cornpan?. Bic'cles. motor - c~cles. motor - tires, and various acressories for thew machines were show by some of these furus, and a h b?* Re?uolds and Co., of welling- toil and Christchurch ; &yes and Langdonn, of Christchurch ; H. k Smith, of Bd- hgton ; and the Birmingham Small-arms Co~npany.

In sewing-machints the principal displa?- was an excellent \vorliing exhibit fitted up by the Singers Manufacturi11g Companyy showing a grcat variet?- of machines. Sew- ing-machines of various kinds were also shorn1 by Donald and Sons, of Masterton ; Loch- head (Limited), of Christehurch : and &son and Co., of Christchurch. Perambulators and go-carts were exhibited by J. Clegg. of Christchurch, and by Lochhead (Limited).

h'umerous New Zealand and foreign firnzs were rcpreaentcd in the general and light machinery and ironmongc~ section. The h'ea Zcaland firms e-xhibiting included Donald and Sons, of Masterton, who sbowcd lifting-jacks, wire-strainers, and a variety of other appliances required in the work of the farm and bush ; hddocli, Om, and Ca., Christchmh, who showed labour-saving machines and machine tools of various kinds ; B. H. Brown, New Pl;~mouth, reversible valve gear : Brimley and Co., Dunedin ; S. Luke and Co., Wellington; and H. E. Shaek!ork, Dnnedin, cooking-ranges : Ellis and Co., of Auckland, soda-water machinery, dce. ; Kneffgtnbb Bros., of Port Chaln1ers, 2-h.p. Mitchan engine and motor pleasure-bt ; the New Zealand Farmers' Co-operati~e h i a t i o n of Canterbury, a display of general hardware and furnishing ironmongev ;

E. H. Smith, Otawha, Hawkei Bay, a patent wire-strainer known as "King Dick," and patent tools, spanners, braces, and gooeebeq-pice ; Ashby Bergh and Co., of Chrktehmh, gaeral hardware ; Mason, Stmthers, and Co., of Christchurch, hardware, hob, plated rare, grates and tiles, bicycles, garden-tools, and a variety of other English and American goods ; E. Reec~ and Son, of ckkt~hurch, refrigerators, engineers' tools ; E H. Seaton, Polar water-motors ; H J. Weeks (Limited), light machinery for officc use ; Bradley Bras., " Little Wonder " pumping plant ; F. Lucas, machine for making paper tubes for cigarettes from a coil of paper ; G. T. Smith, Dannevirke, cheese- cutters and delivery boxes; Morgan and Co., of Dannevirkc, milk-cans; J. Eiathan and Co, patent filling machine; Priest and Holdgate, South Canterbury, tinware ; Taylor and W e y , Christch---\ galvanised e m - ' L?llovr- ware "-"-a --" Sou,

Daunevirke, ummiental ~cili~lgs ; BloeIrle~ and Lewillgtoiq Palll~era%oli Kt~rth, i n k - proved ventilator and c h n c ~ - p o t ; Balhger Bra.. patent sk~lights ; W. Cook aild Co. (Limited), and Pcnders, horse-shoes. Typewriters and accessories n-crc shown by a number of firms, including the Nen- Zcaland TpPrritem Supplies Compau~ ; Ycrcx. Barker, and &day (Limited) ; and D o d d and Sons. Farious En8lish finns (of Sheffield, B i i g h a m , and elsewhere) sent samples of their anviis and vises. bras and iron bedsteads, patent locks for doors and safes, artism' and engineers' ~ l s , cutlery, &o.

FURNITURE, ETC.

The exhiiits of New-Zealand-made fimi-tables, chairs, couches, sideboards, and a great variety of other indoor fmdhgs-were considered b~ expert. jadgcs highly creditable to the woodworkers of the colony, and f d y equal to the best that

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could be impnrtcd from other countries. Thc judge of fur~liturc at the Exhibition madc the remark that he had had considerable experience with various kinds of furniture in the O!d Corntry. and he said without hesitation that the furniture of the \\linller of the highest awards, Xessrs. Strange and Co.. of Christchurch, could ho!d its own with the best class of work produced in England. "The locally made - furniture," he said, -' is excellent ; for worlcmambip, design, finish, and general arrange- ment the local makers deserve the highest credit." Indeed, the beautiful display uf drawing-room. dining-morn, and bIll,d.room furniture in oak, mahogany, and other stylcu, madc by Strange and Co., extending along a good portion of the long avenue on the left-hand side of the zllrrin entrance, attracted much more than passing inted. It s h o d high possibiitiea in &tic-furniture making and artistic folmishing. These and other displa? in the same class must havc doue sonlething, one imagines, to encourage the use of better and mom begntifuI furniture in every part of the house. The D i t Importing Company made a display which wss considered by the judge vcry tasteful ; it was largely composed of imported gnods. A J. White a!so made a good display of furniture, part locally manufactured and part imported. H. Atkinson, of Christchurch, sent an exhibit of we l l -Wed furniture constructed from New Zealand woods ; cvery stage was ahown, from the tree to the finished article. Tho Auckland Veneer and Timber Company, of Onehnnga, ahowed exccedingl? beautiful £urnitare- panels, fancy timbers, beaides doors, &c. Other exhibitors of furniture made in New & a h d were A. Goslett and Co. ; Char1a Johnson, of Ha\vera; C. and R Light, Shapland and Pctter, and 5. Nathan, of Chtchurch ; and many others. The whole display of locally made furniturc certaink went to show that Xew ZeaIand has not only the best of material for good solid as \\-ell as omnental furniture making, but also has the workers who can tun1 that nlaterial to the best account. As the judge of this class of ashibit put it, " pcoplc who want better furrutwc than is sho\\w here or indicated thcrc must be very hard to p!case."

Billiard-tables and accessories ncrc shown b?- se\-era1 funu, illcludi~lg the cele- br~tcd mamfacturers. &cork and Cu.. and also Hein)tl and Snlith, of Sydney ; Wright, RmJ1Jllh and Co.. of \Vc%n@on; and Lutjohann and to.. of Christchurch. The last- ~mmed firm s h o d several tables ; onc of thaw, full s&, was nlost beautifully inlaid with mmquctq of oruamental Ncw Zedand a-oods, and was an excellent example 01 the successful osc of Ncw Zealand's rich!? decorative ~mtix-e timbers ; two of Lutjohann's tables were crrc&lg:_v handsome spccimcns of h ~ d i ~ r o r k . made of Tasmanian black- \\-ood.

III decorating and staiued-glass work then, were about a score of exhibiting hw, covering ever?. department of house-decoration, ornamental ceilings and windows, tmnlamelltd roofing designs, and the general bcautifjing of buildings, from dwelling- ho~lscs to halls and churchca and other structures in which decorative art is of the first ialpt~rta~lec. Onc of the finest exhibits in this class was that of the Carram Ceiling Conlpanj- (Limited). \vhirh had a beautiful little roo111 near the eastern side of the main entra~lc:~ d o ~ ~ e in pure white stuccotin, the material used on the front of the Ehibition Bui!diug. The cei:ilqj was an eye-delighting piece of work in plastic art. Ceiling- designs of allothcr kind wen, shown b- the Wunderlich Patent Ceiling and Rooling Cnnlpany, of Sydney. which showed c-,nnlp!cs of stalped-stcel ceilings, besides cornices, friezes, dadm panel!i~lg. and a variee of -0mnlenta1 moftng-designs. Bradley B r a , of Christrhurch. she\\-ed some artistic work in the fom of interior decorating and stained glass ; Slllith and Smith (Limited), of Christchurch. Wellington, and Dunedin. exhibited handsome pattcms of stained-glass windows. an ecclesiastical design, and one suitable for use in a d-~veUinghoase ; Kayll and Co., of heda, En#!& sent a beau- tiful stained-glass window. Other exhibitors in this chss incIuded Duggan and Sons, of Christchurch, house-decorations; Willism Har!ad and Sons, panels showing wr-

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11ishm and colours for house-decorating and carriaga-painting ; Impep and Mi!mll, of , ~ u c b d , embossed glass plate ; Needham and Ross, New Zedand Asbestos, Rubber. a d Oil Company, of Welhgton, mhg-felts, insulating-paper, and genera! building- nlateria!, steel ceilings, stave-polish, asbestas and rubber goods ; the Paraf ie Paint Company of 6an Francisco, gravel roofing, budding-paper, preservative paint4 malthoid roofing, &c. ; the Standard Paint Company of Sew Tork, ruberoid roofing, paints t r . : H. H. Scaton, of Wellington, a collection of g!ass and electro-plate ware, glasx al~il metal engravings, &r.. and A. J. Zcch and Co., of Sydney, slid Carl Schaplw!, of Hungq-, beautifu! collections of decorative Bohemian glass and fignrcs.

Carpets and holcums of a variee of makes and patterns, attractive to the house- furnisher's eye, wee exhibit4 by W. Strange and &., A. J. White, of Christehmh ; Norton and Sons; Thomas Bond; Worth and Co. ; Barq-, Ostcre, and Shepherd ; and the Paraffi~e Paint Co~npany.

A variee of household requisites was shoa-n by several rdonial and Eng5sh fin]]*, iilcluding a patent plate-powder by Newcomb and &., of Auclrland ; tiled ware by G. \I.'. Bennett, of Christchurch, and Bidwell and Go., of Asminster; broonls and brush- n-arz by Bunting and Co., of Christchurch ; the Kapai Corn-broom Company ; a patent floor-cleaner by C. Whitfield. of Christchurch.

General exhibits of plumbii-work and plumbers' fittings were made by Bradcy Bros., Taylor and Oakley, d Christchurr.h : BaYingcr Bros., of We!!illgtoll: C'ra11~ and Sn~ls. and others.

ART POT~ERS, ETC.

111 art pottcry, vhina. and carthenware thew were xime partir~~lar!?- bi~autjfu! &A-

p!a?-s, setting quite a new- bh~ldard to Nctv 7kaIand people in high-class art potten-. Finest of all w-as the splendid collection of Dodton ware. i~wl&q man!- vasca and IM\ \ - \~ of bea~~titu!~pattcnl; mnlc of thesc, masterpieces of the desiglcr's and potter's aria. \\-ere priced as hgh as £XW each. J. Bates and C'o.. of Christrhurch, who eshibitd t h w beautiful importations, also sent a wide range of onunlental and useful china rlld cartheawarc from other English worEs, including a dainty collection of Royal \vorceh*r china, onmme~lta! objects, and p i n l c l l s of diiler, tea, and dcscrt sen-ices. The11 there were exhibits by M a d e and Co. of art p o t t e ~ from Staffordshire, ronlprisillg vases. palm-bowls. drc. ; " Brctby " ware fmm Tnoth mid GO.. of Wood\ille. England ; a c-o!lcction of " Stode " a11d Cnpcland " ~ion-grazh~g china aud earthelmn-me : a dis- p:a?- of " C~u:ilo11 ware in great varict> both decorative and usefu!, fro111 thc Nddlc- port Pottery. Burslcln, England. A very beautiful collection of Wedpood china show11 was Illiported b~ -%. J. M l i t e . of Christchurch. Edward Reer.c and Sons, of Christchurch. sent a collection of art statuary from the n-orh of F. Goldscheider. of Kemm. Snnlc Barnstaple ware \\-as salt by W. L. Bamn, a id art pottery h?- \I-i!!ianl Auk.

In pvttery alld c l a y - \ d mu fact^ including drainpipes, bricks, ti!=, c.crncnl~t, and general pottery-work the New- Zedand exhibitors included the large firms of J. J. Craig (Limited), of Aurb3and : R. 0. Clark, of AucHand ; the Drip- Caal Gonrpan?- (Limited), of Ancldand ; the Glenmore Brick and Tile Company; J. Deans, of Glentunnel ; the Southland Brick Company, and the Milburn Lime and Cement Company (Limited), of Dunedin ; the last-named h ahowed amongst other goods some phosphate building- b!ocks from Milburn, Otago. Riley and Holmes, of Wellington, sent exhibits of patent cement, plaster, &c. Amongst tbe exhibits of English pottery was one from Burgers and Leigh, a Staffordshire hm. Donlton and Co. (Limited), sent a general display of stoneware and tenscotta.

Under the heading " Laboratmy Accessories," the duckland Gas Company exhibited h l a y goods of all kinds, and August Gundlach and Co., Germany, plumbago crucibles for smelting metals, and fireproof glasshouse clay, burnt and raw.

JEWELLEEY. Gms, ETC.

In the jewellerp and watch and clack department, valuable displaps of jeweEery, silverware, timepieces, &., w m made by Stewart D a m n and Co.. Jones and Sons, Christchurch (who also showed examples of modelling in silver and bronze, and an exhibit of greenstone), Samuel Smith and Sons, of AucEand, and Fhvelle, Roberts, and Sankey, of Brisbane. Dennes Bros., of A u c h d , had an exhibit of gold-wire work and jewellerp novelties that attracted considerable attention from visitors, and a trade display of a similar kind was made by the Chicago Jewellery Company, of Sydney. Other prominent exhibitors were M. Salie, gems and jewelleq; J. Round and Son. electro-plated knives, spoons, &.; Ogle and Leach, silver and art metalware; and Erwin and Go., of Birrmngham, electm-plated goods.

A beautiful display of the native gem in which Queensland is particularly rich was sent by the Qucensland Government, and shown in a m a y bay near the left of the main entrance. Xr. Xoody, of Brisbane, waa intrusfed by the Government of his State with the custody and sale of these gems. Queensland, it is said. psseses a greater variety of gems than any other c o m m in the world, and she is becoming partidm1p famous for her opa!s. some of which are the finest gems of that kind obtained in any part of the globe. The stones sent to the Exhibition included opals of various kinds, sapphires, topaz. olivhc, totmna!ine., amethysts, rubies, garnets. and other stones, besides the pearls for which the warm seas .around the North Queensland coast am famous. The opals were spccidy selected by the Queensland Government Geologist from the Geological Xuscum in Brisbane, and were truly m-cent stones. One packet consisted of three beautiful blue pin-fire opais, averaging at least seven.carats each ; in another there were three blue-flash opals of wvondcrfnl bril!iancy; others u~cluded blue and rich harleqniu opals of large size and e~~cceptional fk and irideswnce. Of llluque interest wvere the black o w 4 sond-hblg entirsl~ new to New-Zcalanders ; they varied h rsim from &n carats to half a carat. Of these gems it was mitten that " they combine the iridescence of the dewdrop with the colours of the rainbow set in the blackness of night; they are a mothered mass of hidden fire.'' Of other remarkable Quecnsland briiliants shown there n-as a11 enormous yellow topaz, and there nras an esceedinglp brillimt p i n - h opal scaliug tbty-smen carats. Rough spceimcns of sapphires, rubies, garnets, pearls, and topazes were shown in contrast to the polished specimens of the same gems. Of the lesser stones therc n-as every variety and every colour, that made one imaginc Queensland must bc for the geologist one great jeweller's shop.

XARITIME. Hcrc aitl t k rc throughout thc Exhibitinn then! wrerc scattered handsomc little

maritime c-shibits. co~wisti~lg chiefly of models of steamships, made by the various ship- piug companies engaged in the New Zealand trade. Therc was, too, the splendid naval display 111 the British Govcrnmcnt Section, but that is referred to specially in the description d the BritiElh Conrt. The conlpanies exhibiting in various parts of the &I Bu2din.g \=re the New Zedand Shipping Company, the Federal-Houlder- Shire Line, the Occanic Steamship Company of San Francisco, the Union Steamship Company of New &:and, the Huddart-Parker C~mpanp, the Northern Steamship Company of AucMand, and the Xorth German Lloyd.

The New Z n h d Shipping Company had fitted up a faC-sized model of a k t saloon cabin on one of its h e passenger-steame~ with inviting-looking b u n k soft

c q e t s , ccnrtains, lockers, and all the appurtenances of a lnsuriom state-cabin. This company alao excmplifiod its methods of dealing with the immense quantities of frozen meat and other New Zealand produce eanied in the refrigmating-chambers by means of a working model showing the way in which careaees of mutton, h., were discharged from the vessels.

The Federal-Hdder-Shire Line of steam&ps engaged in the trade b~tween New Zealand and the United Kingdom had an exhibit of particularly effstive design, and one that attracted a good deal of attention, adjoining as it did the Main Avenue near the eaetern end. Besides a number of handsome models of various steamers of the a d - gamated corporations' fleet, including the " Bydire,'' " Dorset.," " Drayton Grange,"

and " Eldde," there were full-sized models of first- and third-dass passenger-cabk fitted up exactly like those on the damships. The floor-space devoted to the models and other exhibits was encIosed to represent the promenade-deck of a steamer. and life-buoys, and paintings and photographs of steamahips of the fleet decorated an exceed- ingly well-amanged little c;oart.

The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand, the premier shipping concernin the Southern Hemisphere, ahowed a beautiful oohtion of models of the finest steamers in its fleet, now more tha~ sixty ~drong. The company also had fitted up a model state- room, an exact replies of one of the s.~. " Manuka'e " ht-class cab'ma, and it was not unusual to see some tired Exhibitinn-tourist resting a while in this cool curtain-shaded

retreat with its suggestions of comfortable sea-travel. The feature of the exhibit that attracted most attention, however, was the large table-chart, on which were shown b- meam of movable modeh the actual positions from day to dav of the s t e a m a of the companp's fleet, in whatever part of the Pacific they happened to be. The companfs little court was well adorned with paintings and photographs of its steamers and of . various interesting plseea to which they trade.

The H~ddart~Parker Proprietary's exhibit was another eye-pleasing marine die- play, " consisting of beautifully hished models of the company's steamers " Wmera,"

Riverha," and " H~geia," besides a collection of shipping photographs. The Oceanic Steamship Company, which until lately ran the mail-steamers between San Francisco and Auckland, made an appeal to visitors with its information bureau, a cosy apartment

off thc Miti11 Cnrridor. funliuhd with sb~ller-lounges and dwk-chairs, a11d beautified wit11 pictures. Besides thiqe there w m steamer-pictures sent by the X ~ t t h Gmmn L!oyd Conlpan?;, and a nldel of the Orient Companfs Royal Mail steanler " Omrah."

In some of thc prowiucial courts them ware shipping exhibits, which are r e f d to in the cLacriptions of the various courts. The principal of these was the exhibit of mode's sent by the Sorthem St~mmship Company, whose fine fleet of steamers serves the duclr!a~ul coast from the Xorth Cape to the Bay of Plenty on the east and as far as T a r a k i on the west coast. There were several relief mod& of New Zealand harbour- works. One, in thc South Canterbury Court, showed the Timaru Harbour and fore- shore ; another, in Xorth Can~bnrp, depicted the Lpttelton Harbour works and the pmsible estc~~ions, and also the suggested ship-canal to Christehurch Ci*.

Mus~ca~ 1x8~~-m. A v e F noticeable feature of the general display in the Exhibition was the large

show of musics! instruments of eveq kind, from pianos and organs to brass-band instru- ments and wood wind-instruments of the latest and most beautifdlp finished Ends. Three large English fums exhibited in this department. besides Canadian and New Zealand km. Popular interest in music and musical instruments was given a great k u ! n s by the visit of the Besses o' th' Barn Band to the Exhibition, for, as it was pointed out at the time, the gnaliq of the instruments used was to a very large extent responsible for the beaue of the music with which that famous band de!ightzd its l i e r s . Boosep and Co.. the great London firm of band-instrumc~lt manufacturers, sent out a handsome ease of brass and other band instnunents, which wsre given a place in the central promenade leading to the 3hchinez-y Hall. The brass i1wtnuuent.s shown, a!l exceedingly handsome, ranged from the soprano cornet to the BB flat immense bass. In comets there were some unique designs ; some were handsomely engraved in gold and silver, and others were silver and gold plated in beautiful patterns. All styles of instruments were s h o n from the plain brass to the e!aboratclr p:aGd and gilded : some of the most beautifully finished of these instruments were heavily gi!t-plated all over and studded with pearls. The Besses o' thy Barn Band used a complete set of instruments made by this h. Boosep and Co. were the only British makers of =so- phones, and some of these were shown, also two h e spccbnzns of Highland bagpipes, besides drums of various kinds. Besson and Po., of London. sent a nu~ilbcr of bra% and wood wind-instruments. and Hawkes and 6011.. of London. made a similar display through their Christchnrch agents. From the E1~1ish firm of Brinsmead and SOIL^ come beautifull? nude pianos. ranging from horimital and upright grands to t o t t ag pianos. The Xew Zealand e-xhibitors of musical instn~ments wcrc Canlcro11 ancl of Linwood. Christchurch. who showed sin instn~me~mts, vio!ins. 'cellos, and boks. nlanu- factured in Christchurrh from imported timbers : W. J. Edn-ards. rolo~ual-made violinq : the Wicct Importing Conlpany, Ch!hristrhureh. pianos, orgalrs, and othcr i i ~ \ b ~ n l ~ n t x ; the Dresdeu Piano Company. of Christchmh, pianos, orgal*& brass i~~strumc~mts, and musical sundries ; J. Williamson, Fei!ding a x-iolin and case ; Wlner and Thompson. Christchurch, pianos, organs. and other musical instruments ; W. F. Parso~l~. Lower Hutt. Kellington. violins and bows; Bigg and Co , lh~ledin. a large exhibit of all musical ii~strumeilts. From the Salvation Am- Melbourne, there was a collrctioll of brass i~lstnuueilts. folding organs. pianos. and other instrunlents. Of phonographs and gramophones there was no lack throughout the Exhibition, and one could not go far without hearing some automatic reproduction of a song or a band-perfonimance. A local exhibitor of gramopho~les, records, and talking nlaehincs was F. C. Sinith, Christchurch.

PHOTOGRAPHY.

Photograph? has attained a high level of escellellce in xew Zealand, and FOllle exceedingly h e specimens of portraiture, landscape studies, and sea-pieces were ex- hibited by many of the principal Kew Zealand photographers. W. E Bartlctt had a g a l l c ~ filled with beautiful examples of portraiture from his AucMand studio, and H. C. Schmidt, of the Hemus Studio, AucMand, showed a similarly attractive display of pictures. From R. Love's studio, AurMand, came a clever piece of work in the form of a shield containing pictnres of !Xi7 children, photographed in one day. -4mongst other Auclrland photographers exhibiting were Midies C. R. Brown, of Dunedin, who sent a number of photo enlargements, and G. F- Jenkinson, whose exhibit mas a thee- fold screen of photographs. mnkelmann, of Auckland, who has won fame for his splendid yachting photographs and other sea-pieces, sent a large number of beautiful

framed enlargements depicting Suckland yachts racing and cruising in the H a d Gulf, scow-races, and other scenes of maritime life. A. J. Iles, of Rotorua, sent a number of his excellent &on studies. From the studio of Muir and Moodie, of h e d i n . there were some of the firm's well-known view of New W a n d and South Sea Islands scenery. Wheeler and Dutch, of Christchurch, were also represented by photographs ; and the Xew Zealand Fine Art Studio, of the same city, exhibited some paintings from photographs. Cameras and other photographic apparatus were exhibited by G. W. Bznn&t and Co., W. Suck'hg, and G. Wilson, of Christchurch.

PBNTING AND PBOCE~~-ENOB~VIHO. An excellent display of general printing-work scattered throughout the Exhl'bition

demonstrated New Zealand's capacity for turning out high-class printing, process- engraving, lithographing, and bookbinding. Thirteen New Zealand printing and stationery firms exhibited in this section. The Christchurch Press Company showed specimens of beautiful photo-engraving, lithographing, and general printing-work. The Lyttelton e imes Company, which furnished examples of its general printing-work also maintained a mom alongside the jdain Avenue, in which papers were fled for the use of visitors. * Whitcombe and Tombs (Limited), of Cluistchurch, a 6rm which is doing most useful wo in publishing books specially devoted to New Zealand subjects, showed besutifd sp?c&b of printing and engraving work and bookbinding, beaides general stationev- The Art Publishing Company of Christchurch showed an art advert&+ album. G e n d stationery exhibits were made by Cockburn and Liddel, D. Craig and Co., H. M. Douglas, Foster and Co. (Limited), of Christchurch, and printing-work of various kinds by the last-named firm and H. .J. We& (Limited), of the same city. Gordon and Gotch (Limited), publishers and distributors, sent from their Wellington office a large collection of books, magazines, post-cards, &c., which filled a large and attmctively arranged shop in the Exhibition. Stone, Son, and Co., of Dunedin, ex- exhibited copies of their directories and A B C codes. From Raphael Tuck and Co., of London, came a nullber of the fine-art publications and the beautiful post-cards for which that firm is famous. The New Zealand Government Printing Department. of Wellington, had a special eshibit of its printing and stationery work, which is referred to elsewhere. John Sands sent from Austtalia some excellent tin and metal printing.

In addition to the large e-xhibits of New k h d and other tiulbers conlprised in the various provincial and Australian courts, there was an exhibit that deserves meu- tion, consistilig of samples of jarrah, the celebrated and very durable West Australiall timber, shown in the rough, and also dressed, polished. and varnished. These samples of woods were shown by 5LiIlar's West Australian Hardwoods Company, Christchurch.

1-nder the class " Seeilsnlen, Xurserymen, &c.." the Yew- Zealand eshibiton included A. 11:. Bux?on (Limited), of the 0pan.a Murseries, Christchurch, who sho\!ed esamples of nursev stock, beautiful pot-plants, water-lilies, fern and floral designs. and agricul- tural and garden seeds of all ki~lds, also ,den-tools ; G. G. Stead and Co., of Christ- church, who had an exhibit of agricultural, garden, and flower and tree seeds, and orchard requisites ; the Canterbury Seed Company; Kave and Carter, of Christchurch ; Moore and Co., of Christchurch ; the Xew Zealand Loan and Xercantile Agency Com- pany; G. D. Smith, rho showed a protector against potato-blight; the English firm of seeddealers, Sutton and Sons, of Reading, who exhibited farm, vegetable, and flower seeds specially adapted for New Zeslsnd, and bunches of grass suitable for various climates ; and a German dealer, Conrad Appel. of Darmstadt, who had a shotrcase of ,m, clover, and other seeds.

Perfumery, soaps, diainfedanta, dcc., was a c b that brought a considerable number of exhibits from various firms, including some of the most celebrated European per- fumery-manufacturers. Amongst the New Zealand exhibitors were J. Newton and Son, of the Caledonian Soapworkj, WeEngton, who sent samples of their soaps, soft and hard, packet-soap and soap-powders. The overseas fums exhibiting included Rim- melts, of Paris and London ; J. C. and J. Field, of London ; J. M. Farina, of Cologne (manufachers of ean-de-Cologne); F. S. Cleveland and Sons ; Piver et Cie, of Park ; and Price's Candle Company, of London. Disinfectants, sheepdips, &., were included in exhibits representative of the Jeyea Sanitary Compound Company, of London; the Kelvindale Chemid Company, of Glasgow, and JdcDougall Bras., of Manchester.

Patent medicinal prepamtions in great &e@ occnpied conspicuous placea in various busin- exhibits. Many of these were New-Zealand-made remedies. The principal exhibitors were R. E. Dutton, Auckland; S. G. Evans, of Dunedin ; Kemp- thorne, Proaeer, and Co., Chrkt~hurch; J. Neil, of Dunedin; Patexson, Sla& and Co. ; and several English firms.

Veterinsry requisites in considerable varieky were shown by several firms. J. Burkitt, of New P l y m o u ~ amongst other veterinary preparations eebited, sent samples of a patent cattk-branding cornpotition, white oil for rheumatism, and other oils and ointments; G o k and Co. exhibited samples of oils and oilcake from the Gonrepoure Company (Limited), Calcutta ; A. Newcomb and Co., of Buckland, animal medicines of vario~m kinds ; Parkin, Ness, and Co., of Ddington, England, and Quibell Bros., of Newark, England, sheep and cattle dip3 and Wectants.

A number of large British and American firms of manufactmen were repnxented in the trade exhibits of paints, varnishes, oil-stores and similar articles. A New Zealand hm, the Gear Meat Preser&g and Freezing Company, of Wellington, showed some raw pmducta in the form of tallow, oils, &c. The exhibiting firms from the United Kingdom were Farqnhar and G i of Aberdeen ; Harland and Sons, of Mnrton, Surrey ; Jenson and Nicholson, of Stratford; Locke, kcas ter , and W. W. and R. Johnson 'and Son (Limited), and Hamilton and Co., of London; the Burmah Oil Company (lubricating-oils, candles, kc.) ; Suter, Hartman and Rshtjen's Composition Company, J. C. and J. Field (Limited), Pulver Paint and Sicate Company, of London. The American exhibitors were the Atlantic Refining Company, of Cleveland, U.S.A., the Standard Paint Company, of New York, and Biturine Manufacturing Co. (Limited), (Biturhe Solution for Ships).

Boot and harness polishes were shown by several New Zealand and English firms ; the locally manufactured article came from A. Morris, of Green Island, Otago ; New- comb and Co., of Auckland and Christchurch; and Walker and Son, of Woolston, Christchurch ; and the imported article from Carr and Son, of London ; the Kelvindale Chemical Company, of Glasgow ; and the Nugget Polish Company, of Londoa

Under the heading " Fertiliser-man-rs," exhiiits of animal products were made by the Gear Xeat Company, of WeUington, and the Canterbury Frozen Meat and Produce Company. Am eshiit of the valuable phosphate rock from Cfarendon, Otago, was shown by the Ewiq Phosphate Company, of Dun& The Bnglo-Continental Guano-works, of London, sent in glrrss bottles samples of guano and other fertilisem.

Besides the exhibits of New-Zealand-made ropes and twines mannfactared from our Phormium tenax, there were several exhibits of hemp and wire rope from overseas. J. Jbaddren, of Christchurch, in addition to an exhibit of New-Zealand-made rope, binder- twine, &., showed some manila-hemp mandactuws The Edinburgh Roperie Com- pany (Limited), of London and Leith, sent an exhibit of all kinds of ropes, twines, cords, and canvas. J. Shaw (Limited), a She-d fins had a display of wire rope for use in mines and on board ship, together with various other appliances and fittings, such as copper lightning-conducto~ and wire screenwork for mining,

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Under " Sporting Requisites," considing of guns, rifles, ammunition, and fishing- tackle, there were exhibits by some of the best British firms. From the works of William Cashmore, of B i i h a m , there were a number of sporting-grins ; Hey B m , the celebrated ammunition-mandactumrs, had a large assortment of spoaing and military ammunition on view. In fishing-tackle the exhibitors were Hardy Bros., of Alnwick, North Britain, who showed fishing rods and reels of various kinds; and Maling and Co., of chistchurch, who had a pod display of fishing-rods and all other requisites for the sport of angling, besides sporting-gum of various h d s .

The firms of opticians exhibiting were E. M. Sandstein, of Christchnrch ; A. E. Green, of Ghristchurch ; Flavelle, Roberts, and Sanker, of Brisbane ; Ross Limited, of London; Erwin and Co., of B i i h a m ; W. Tatson and Sons, of London ; G. H. Zeal, of London: and A. Abelson, of New Yorli. E v q kind of optical goods, from spec- tacles to miaoscopes and surveying-in&uments of the latest patterns, were included in the exhibits of these firms ; also photographic appnratus, kinematographs, and X-ray apparatus.

Under the class-heading of " Hodels" there were a number of locally made and imported exhibits, some of-which were steamship-models, alreadr referred to. Bald- win and Ravward, of Webgton, and H. Hughes, of Christchurch patent agents, ex- hibited various nlodels of New Zealand patented h c l e s . H. L. Mainland, of Burke's, near Dunedin, exhibited a model of a machine for taking gold out of crevices and roc1,~ botton~s. A model that attracted considerable attention, standing near the clothing exhibits close to the southern side of the main entrance, was a full-ize tignn! of a Highland pipe-major, fully equipped and uniformed, the work of H. Starch, of London.

A numbex of educational requisites of many b d s were shorn by several local and foreign firms. E. J. Forbes, of Wellington, made an exhibit of !ocally-made and of imported school-desks and other schoolroom requirements ; C. H. Gilby, of Christ- church, showed useful school appliances, and also specimens of commercial students' work. The International Correspondence School, of Scranton, Penn~lvania, U.S.A., sent a collection of lesson-papers, text-boob, and exhibits connected vlth courses in drawing, electriciv. photography, &c. ; and the Chicago School of Advertising (Page. Davies) showed instruction boob and papers, test-books, photographs, litera- ture, kc.. used in its conrses.

Tax-rests manufacturers were represented b?- the h of Bq-ant and Mayy who - sent Iron1 their Fairfield Kerb a showcase containing wax \-estas, safety and other

matches. T i ~ ~ d o w blinds and shutters were shown bp J. ,hdrews and Son, of Wellington,

and automatic window-sashes and self-locking sash-fasteners by Baxter, of Opoho, Dunedin ; a patent sash-fastener by C. Bergerson. of Palmerston h'orth: and Lorie's patent window-fastener by Sargood, Son, and Ewen: a patent window-faskner, claimed to be burglar-proof, self-adjusting and anti-mtthg. by the Howland Window-Fastening Compally, of Christchurch ; and a patent window by A. E Dewar, of Auckland.

,Artificial limbs and surgical appliances were shown by J. Johnson, of Dnnedin, and J. A. Packer and Son, of Newtown, Wellington. There was a display in the same class from a New Tork finn.

Vnder the catalogue heading of " Specialities, Kovelties, &c.," there was a very numerous collection 01 articles of a miscellaneous charader that could not be included in any particular class. A number of these were patent contrivances of various finds, most of them the inventions of New-Zealandem. Amongst the general rmap of articles under this heading some of the most noticeable were a number of designs and photos of yachta and launches by an A u c h d boatbuilding firm, Clare and Callings, of Ponsonby ; decorated draught and chea boards made by J. Collins, of Fergnson Street, Wellington :

HEW !ZENAND EXEIBlTIOW.

the exhibit of J. R. Gaunt and Sons (Limited), who showed badges, medals, buttons, and swords used in various regiments of the British army ; that of W. Jupp and Son, of Wi i s Street, Wellington-wood, ivory, bone, and horn tnming, inlaid walking-sticks, &. ; the Kapai Corn-broom Campany's specimens of broomware; J. B. Mansfield, of Christchurch and Parkinson and Co.. of Anckland, monumental mason-work. Stokes and Sons. of Melbourne, had an interesting working exhibit of medal-stdrhg, and camed on a large business in the manufacture and sale of medals and tokena commemorative of the Exhibition. Von Gottf&d, of Christchureh, eshibited a map of New Zealand in relief on a scale of twenty-five miles to the inch, and a h electrical recording-instru- ments, and a tele-thermograph, for the purpose of showing variations of tempelature in distant places simultaneously. W. D. Wbitaker, of Dipton, Southland, showed blocks of building-stone, including samples of Oreti bluestone. Among& the patents shown by New Zealand inventors, J. HoImes, of Waimahaka, Southland, had a patent interlocking coupling to take the place of the old " S" hook for swiqletrees, also a patent clasp for attaching the chains on the ends of spreaders ; P. Blythe, of Wmton, a brake for sawmill-trolliw and H. J. Gardiner, of Christchurch, a patent cycle-seat for children.

Fancy goods predominated in those sections of the Exhibition devoted to the business of the concessionaires. All kinds of pretty gimcracks were on sale in-these stalls, from gold-wire work, artistic metal-work mother-of-pearl work, gkmwork, and so on, to Xew Zealand greenstone curios (most of them cut and worked in Europe) and %on woven-work, carving, and war weapons made by Haori hands after the patterns of old. Twentp-four f'lrms had stalls of this class. A considerable number of these were Xew Zcaland h m ; the others were chid? h m Australia ; one, dealing in amber jewellerp, leather, and artistic ~netal-mare, came from Copenhagen. A stall that did particularly good business was the one which carried on as specialties glass and electaid engraving. gold-wire work and handkerchief embroidery. Four or five stalls were 'hevoted to the sale af greenstone and various articles of Maori make ; one of these made a feature of the b e a u W tampkui penstone obtained near Mitre Peak on the shorn of Nilford Sound ; these were work4 into grotesque little tikis and other ornaments after the ancient &ri patterns. Two stalls were managed by Maoris ; one was that of Patuaka Tauehe, of Awahuri, Palmerston North, who sold good specimens of his carving- work and replicas of old Maori weapom ; and the other was that of Urn and Xorehu, descendants of the ancient lords of the soil in Canterbury, who s h o d escellent speci- lucils of Jiaori mats, 3faori-made taiahas and other weapons, and wood-carvings.

THE " VICIY)RY " STALL.

A promillent exhibit in the upstairs portion of the Exhibition was the " Victory " stall, standing at the southern end of the northern gallery. Here there had been con- structed a two-thirds-size exact model of the stern of Xelson's famous +hip, the " kc to^." Below was a stall conducted by the Brit;Sh and Foreign Sailors' Societp for the sale of Xelson relics, and also for the sale of various small articles made chiefly from the copper and oak of another famous ship of the old wooden-w& era, the " Foudropant," another of Nelson's flagships. These articles included charma, medals, broaches, aleeve-links, &., tril of which had their sentimental value as coming from the bones of great fighting-ship whose names d l for ever live in historp. Amongst the Nelson mementos exhibited mas a heavy beam from the " Vktorfs" coohcit, where Xelson died. The exhibit was nuder the charge of the Rev. Mr. Mathem, assisted by Xi. J. W. Brth~lr, who was intrusted some time ago with the breaking-up of the " Poudropant."