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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Date of this shearing.
Date of previous shearing.
When washed, and how, previous to this shear-
ing.
If ever diseased.
When dipped, and the 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 realized for previous clips of
same flock.
Where sold and how.
Instructions will be issued at an early date relative
to the form in which other articles are to be sent in
for exhibition.

HENRY SEWELL.

7, Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street,
SIR,— Westminster, S. W., 27th June, 1872.

I have the honor to bring under the notice of
the Government the subject of the approaching Inter-
national Exhibition at Vienna, which promises to be
on a very magnificent scale.

During my recent visit to the Continent, the vital
importance of our Colony being properly represented
on this occasion was urged upon my attention at
Hamburgh, at Berlin, at Frankfort, and other com-
mercial centres.

The value to New Zealand of such an advertise-
ment cannot, I think, be overrated.

The Colony has never yet had an opportunity of
adequately exhibiting its natural and industrial re-
sources; and I would therefore press upon the
Government the importance of seizing the present
one, the more so as there seems now no hope of our
getting any space allotted us in the Exhibition now
taking place here.

As, however, the Vienna Exhibition opens in June,
1873, there is no time to be lost; and I would suggest

that immediate steps be taken in the Colony to
insure the success of the undertaking.

It is very desirable that the pastoral and agricul-
tural capabilities of the Colony should be exemplified
by a good series of wools, tins of preserved meats,
and everything in the way of pulse and grain, wheat,
barley, oats, &c.

The natural productions of the country should be
also fully represented, especially the Phormium and
other indigenous fibres, together with everything
calculated to show their adaptability for rope, cord-
age, textile fabrics, and paper.

Exhibits of every kind illustrative of the industrial
pursuits of the Colony, such as hides, tallow, cheese,
butter, woollen manufactures, &c., would all be
interesting and instructive from a colonial point of
view.

It will be desirable also to exhibit a carefully-
arranged collection of minerals, rocks, and soils, in
illustration of the immense physical resources of the
country that still await development.

Specimens of coal from various parts of the Colony
with full information as to the extent and position
of the fields, and samples (both rough and polished)
of the various kinds of useful and ornamental native
woods, would be sure to attract much attention on
the Continent; and, altogether, an exhibition of the
kind I have indicated would be calculated to bring
the Colony into favourable notice, and to give a fresh
impetus to our trade and commerce.

As the Government will be able to command the
valuable advice and assistance of such men as Dr.
Hector and Dr. Haast in the Colony, I feel that it
is unnecessary for me to do more at present than to
suggest in this general way what is necessary to be
done.

I have, &c.,

The Hon. W. Gisborne,
Colonial Secretary.

I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Agent-General.

Printed under the authority of the New Zealand Government, by GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.