Where bred—
By whom—
Imported—date of importation—
Whence from—
Age when imported—
Date of this shearing—
Date of previous shearing—
When washed, and how, previous to this shearing—
If ever diseased—
When dipped, and materials used for dipping—
Weight of fleece—
Length of staple—
If stapled—varieties of wool into which it is classed, with their respective weights
Price—average realised for previous clips of same flock—
Where sold and how—

Furs.
Of what animal; dressed or undressed; if dressed, mode of dressing it; uses and price.

Feathers and Birdskins, &c.
Of what bird; dressed or undressed; if dressed, mode of dressing; uses, and price.

Raw Silk.
Produced by worm of what moth? where? what the food of the worm? average number of cocoons to the pound; price per lb.; whether produced for commercial purposes.

Machinery, Implements, Tools, Models &c.
It is especially desirable that the following kinds of Machinery should be well represented:—

1. Machinery and machines, tools, &c., for the felling, breaking up, and converting timber and drawing stumps.

2. Machinery, &c., for getting, sawing and working, or breaking stone.

3. Brick and tile machines, and for making pottery.

4. Agricultural and horticultural machines, and tools used in reclaiming and cultivating land, including those for sowing, gathering, stacking or housing, and rendering crops marketable.

5. Machines, &c., used for dairy purposes.

6. Machines for the conversion of animal, vegetable, and mineral substances for the food of man and animals.

7. Machines not previously mentioned for converting animal, vegetable, and mineral substances for the purposes of manufactures, and not for food; especially for utilising flax and other fibres.

8. Machines used in the construction of buildings or in the removal of wooden buildings entire.

9. Cranes, hydraulic lifts, and other machines for lifting and moving heavy weights.

10. Machinery and machines used for locomotive purposes by land or water.

11. Domestic machines for preparing food, making clothing &c.

12. Sanitary machines.

13. Models of the foregoing, or roads, rail or tram-roads, and bridges; models of ships, steamboats and steam-bridges; houses, farm and other buildings; mines and mining machinery, &c.

[Printed Paper No. 12, published by direction of the Commissioners of the New Zealand Exhibition, 1865.]

REPORT OF DR. HECTOR
TO THE
ROYAL COMMISSIONERS
OF THE NEW
ZEALAND EXHIBITION.

Dunedin, July, 27 1864.

SIR,—I beg to submit, for the information of the Royal Commissioners, the following account of the arrangements for the forthcoming Exhibition, that have been made in the Northern Provinces.

Although necessarily imperfect, owing to the short space of time employed in my recent tour, the account will, I trust, enable the Commissioners to judge how far the Exhibition may be expected to indicate the value of the internal resources of the Colony, and its advancement in the arts of civilised life.

The Province of Marlborough, which was the first I visited, is of small extent, and as yet its resources are only very partially known and hardly at all developed. It embraces the fine pastoral district of the Wairau Valley, from which there is a considerable export of wool. The Northern part of the Province is mountainous, and covered with forest, but there are several fine valleys communicating with the beautiful inlets which indent the southern shore of Cook's Straits, that afford a large area of excellent arable land.

The fine quality of the timber in this district, and the great facilities which the deep water Sounds afford for shipment and the establishment of small detached settlements, will lead to an extensive timber trade.

In addition, the recent discovery of gold diggings in the ranges that separate the Sounds from the Wairau Plains, cannot fail to give an impetus to the province, and as there is level communication from the head both of Queen Charlotte Sound and Pelorus Sound with the interior, these inlets, which are excellent natural harbours, will always form the outlets, so that Picton and Havelock will become towns of considerable importance.

Already, it is contemplated to facilitate the communication by means of a tramway between Picton and the Wairau Plains.

At Picton I met His Honor the Superintendent, and several of the influential settlers, and urged upon them strongly the advantages which would result to the Province from their participating cordially in the forthcoming Exhibition. I heard from His Honor that he had appointed a local Committee for the purpose, but as the Chairman resided in Blenheim, in the Wairau Plains, I was unable with the limited time at my disposal, to consult with him on the subject of the resources of the Province. I, however, obtained a promise that active measures would be at once adopted to secure a fair exhibition, consisting chiefly of varieties of timber, and woods, provincial maps, native implements, and manufactures. Samples of gold and other minerals will also be exhibited, but the total quantity of space required can hardly be expected to be large in the present state of the development of the Province.

I was only able to spend one day at Picton, and from thence proceeded to Havelock, which at the time of my visit consisted merely of a few dozen tents, grouped in the usual manner of the townships that spring up in connection with diggings.

From Havelock I proceeded overland to Nelson, spending a couple of days in branching off to the south, in order to visit the Wakamarina Valley.