Flax Exhibition Notice




THE Hawke's Bay Government Gazette.
(PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY).

All public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature thereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.

JOHN DAVIES ORMOND, Superintendent.

VOL. XII. THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1871. No. 2.

Superintendent’s Office,
Napier, January 10, 1871.

THE following Notice is inserted, for public information, by request of the Flax Commissioners.

J. D. ORMOND,
Superintendent.


"The House of Representatives having resolved that there should be an exhibition in Wellington, during the next session of the Assembly, of all varieties of Flax Fibre prepared in the colony, Manufacturers are invited to forward to the Flax Commissioners, through the Superintendent of their Province, samples of the Fibre, Rope, Sacking, or any other material prepared by them from the New Zealand Flax.

The samples of fibre should not be less than 20 lbs. in weight, and 10 or 15 fathoms of each kind of rope will be sufficient. It is desirable that a statement of the process and estimated cost of manufacture should accompany the samples."



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🌾 Invitation to Exhibit Flax Fibre Samples

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
10 January 1871
Flax, Exhibition, Wellington, Manufacturers, Samples
  • John Davies Ormond, Superintendent
  • Flax Commissioners