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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 98

In the case of exhibitors who may not think it | much preferred to any other material for nearly all
necessary to appoint an agent or attendant, the | clothing purposes. Although London is the centre
Superintendent will, on due request made by the | of supply of wool to the Continent, and buyers are
10th of the month of April, employ some official to | attracted here in large numbers, yet an interchange
give information, who will instal and arrange the | of manufactured products takes place even between
goods at the exhibitor's charge.
competing countries. Buyers who come over to
Endeavours will be made to obtain for exhibitors | London to attend the periodical wool sales have little
favourable terms for freight by railroad and steam- | opportunity of examining, in the confusion and com-
boat.
petition of the sale-rooms, the characters and qualities
All show-cases, stands, shelves, and other fittings | of the raw wools exposed, or of ascertaining the
must be erected at the charge of the exhibitor, and | names of the wool-growers.
subject to the approval of the Superintendent. All | A more leisurely and advantageous opportunity
objects shown must be numbered and properly | will be afforded to purchasers and manufacturers, in
labelled and described, with the maker's or exhibi- | the proposed Exhibition, to examine all classes of
tor's name, address, and, if possible, the price at | wools and hair, and the fabrics made with them, and
which similar articles will be sold.
to obtain details of progress, improvements, prices,
The Directors of the Crystal Palace Company will | machinery, &c.
not on any account be responsible for loss or damage,
from whatever cause arising, to cases, fittings, or any
articles exhibited. Exhibitors can effect insurance
on their own account.

Exhibitors must furnish the necessary information
for the Official Catalogue before the 1st March,
1881. Those desirous of advertising in the catalogue
must make their application to the Superintendent
by the 1st May, 1881, for the necessary arrange-
ments to be made for such insertion, and for the
amount of payment thereof.

Exhibitors must conform to all rules laid down by
the Directors.

A detailed programme of the various classes of
goods admissible can be obtained on application to
the undersigned.

P. L. SIMMONDS,
Superintendent of the International
Exhibition Department, Crystal
Palace, Sydenham.

THE Great International Exhibitions, which com-
menced in the United Kingdom in 1851, have in the
course of time grown too large and expensive to be
carried out in their entirety without considerable
loss, and there appears to be no present prospect of
their being resumed in England on the general
extended scale.

The Crystal Palace being the offspring of the first
great British International Exhibition, the Directors
are desirous, as far as possible, of carrying out the
original intentions and objects contemplated, namely,
of affording manufacturers and the public, home and
foreign, the opportunity of noting the progress which
has been made in different countries in the arts,
manufactures, and various industries, by the applica-
tion of science and invention.

Having space at command, motive-power for ma-
chinery, two millions of visitors annually, an organized
staff, and a close connection with the chief industrial
artistic and scientific societies, with many other advan-
tages possessed nowhere else, and ten years having
elapsed since the last official annual Exhibitions
were commenced, the Directors have arranged to hold
a series of special International Exhibitions of dif-
ferent classes of manufactures. They will commence
in 1881 with an International Exhibition of wool and
its varied applications and manufactures, with those
of a few allied products, and of the machinery and
implements relating thereto.

The demand for wool has increased with marvellous
rapidity, and this raw material is produced more or
less largely in all countries. But it is to the Austra-
lian and African Colonies that Europe is now mainly
indebted for its supplies of superior merino wool.
Of the 411,000,000 lb. of wool imported into this
country in 1879, nearly 355,000,000 lb. came from
the British Possessions.

The woollen manufacture now ranks second in im-
portance of the British textile industries, wool being

PROGRAMME OF OBJECTS ADMISSIBLE.
I.—SHEEP'S WOOL.

Raw Wools—
Fleece wool.
Skin wool.
Lambs' wool.
Fine merino.
Combing wool.
Clothing wool.
Lustre wool.
Demi-lustre.
Down and half-bred.
Extract wool.
Woollen rags for shoddy and mungo.
Woollen flocks for paperhangings.
Dressed sheep and lamb skins.
Coats and caps made of them.

Prepared Wools and Manufactures—
Woollen yarn.
Worsted yarn.
Genappe yarn.
Fingering yarns for knitting and embroidery.

WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES.

BROAD CLOTHS, COATINGS, DUFFELS, ETC., PLAIN, ALL
WOOL, OR MIXED WITH OTHER MATERIALS.
Army cloths.
Doeskins.
Cassimeres.
Sataras.
Venetians.
Meltons.
Beavers.
Deerskins.
Diagonals.
Pilots.
Reversibles.
Devons.
Spanish stripes.
Fancy coatings.
Victoria twills.

NARROW CLOTHS, COATINGS, DUFFELS, ETC., OF WOOL, OR
MIXED WITH OTHER MATERIALS.

Trouserings—
Bedford cords.
Kerseymeres.
Elastics.

Sealskins.
Astracans.
Dogskins.
Chinchillas.
Polarians.

Shoddy and mungo fabrics.
Frieze.
Tweeds.
Tartans.
Horse rugs.
Saddle cloths.
Carriage cloths.
Fancy rugs and mauds.
Blankets and blanketing.
Billiard cloths.
Baize and serge.
Table covers.
Coverlets, railway rugs, and wraps.
Felt of wool or hair for rollers, hats, gloves, shoes, &c.