EXHIBITION OF COLONIAL PRODUCE, 1872-73.

It has been announced that an International Exhibition will take place in Vienna in the course of 1873. The Colonial Government are desirous that an Exhibition of New Zealand produce and manufactures should be held at Christchurch, commencing on December 15, 1872, and that from the articles therein shown, should be selected the best in the different classes for transmission to Vienna, in order that the colony may be well and properly represented at the latter place.

At a meeting held in Christchurch on September 25, a General Committee were appointed, who formed in their turn Sub-committees, to superintend and arrange the exhibits of the various classes of produce.

The following lists of quantities and varieties of articles required have been drawn up by the Sub-committees, and they accordingly invite manufacturers and others to send into them for exhibition the various specimens and samples they may desire to show.

The Exhibition will be opened on December 16, but articles should be sent in to the Committee by December 1, in order to ensure proper arrangement and classification.

All goods will be transmitted free of cost.

WOOL.

Sub-committee of Management :
H. P. Murray-Aynsley, Esq.
John Inglis, Esq.
W. K. Macdonald, Esq.

Net weight of each exhibit, if washed or scoured, to be 112 lbs. If shown in the grease, each exhibit to consist of 10 fleeces, no skirting removed.

Each exhibit to be accompanied by the following statement:

Owner’s name
Breeder
Breed of animals
Age
Sex
Where bred
If imported, date of importation
If imported, whence imported
If imported, 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 in dipping
Weight of fleeces
Average price realised for previous clips from same flock
Where sold, and how
1st combing
2nd ,,
1st clothing } stating grease, washed or scoured
2nd ,,

FLAX.

Sub-committee of Management :
H. H. DeBourbel, Esq.
Geo. Booth, Esq.
J. A. Bird, Esq.

Fibre, cold water dressed—
50 lbs stripped, in pressed bale
50 lbs bleached do
100 lbs scutched do
100 lbs hackled do

Fibre, warm water dressed—
100 lbs scutched, in pressed bale
100 lbs hackled do

Cordage—
1 coil white of each size 3in, 2in, 1in, ¼in
1 coil oiled of each size, 4in, 3in, 2in

GRAIN AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE.

Sub-Committee of Management :
A. L. Smith, Esq.
P. Cunningham, Esq.
J. N. Tosswill, Esq.

Exhibits will be classed as follows :

Class I—Wheat, oats, barley
Class II—Flour, oatmeal, bran, and sharps
Class III—Malt
Class IV—Beans, peas, and tares
Class V—Grass, clover, rape, and other seeds

In all cases each exhibit shall consist of 50 lbs.

Exhibitor to state how often and by what machine the grain has been cleaned.

In all cases the grower’s name and residence to be added.

COAL, MINERALS, AND ORES.

Sub-Committee of Management :
J. Anderson, Esq.
H. P. Hill, Esq.

Coals, in pieces of about two cubic feet
Ores, in quantities of not more than two cubic feet
Glassmaking Sands, samples in bottles
Fire Clays, specimens of about two cubic feet
Larger specimens of peculiar excellence will be received.

TIMBERS.

Sub-Committee of Management :
Geo. Holmes, Esq.
J. Booth, Esq.
F. Jenkins, Esq.

Exhibits will be classed as follows :

Ship-building Timber
House-building Timber
Furniture Woods
Fancy and Ornamental Woods
Wood Carvings

Exhibits of Woods for furniture, or fancy and ornamental purposes, must have one side rough and one polished.

Exhibits to be accompanied by a description and statement of the price at place of production.

AGRICULTURAL, FLAX, AND OTHER MACHINERY.

Sub-Committee of Management :
E. Richardson, Esq., M.H.R.
A. Duncan, Esq.
R. Wilkin, Esq.
E. G. Wright, Esq.

Exhibits will be classed as follows :

Class I—Railway plant, including models, wheels, springs, gauges, railway chairs, carriage breaks, signals, couplings, &c., carriages and engines

Class II—Carriages not connected with rail or tramways—Buggies, carriages, and carts of sorts, cabs, spring carts, coachsmith’s work, specimens of carriage painting, &c.

Class III—Machinery in general, inclusive of engines, cranes, quartz-crushing machines, chain pumps, turbines, Californian pumps, windmills, hydraulic rams, boiling-down plant, &c.

Class IV—Agricultural and horticultural machinery and implements, rollers, clod crushers, harrows, reaping and mowing ploughs, threshing machines, seed sowers, ploughs, horse hoes, cultivators, wool and cheese