86 TARANAKI GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

The articles will be arranged for exhibition under the following classes:—

I. Minerals, such as—
Metals and metallic ores
Coals, rock oil, &c.

II. Raw Produce, such as—
Grain, grass seed, and hops
Wool, hides
Phormium fibre, timbers
Gum, whale oil, and bone
Shells for inlaying, &c.

III. Manufactures—
Mats and cordage, doors and sashes
Malt, flour, and meal
Preserved meats, fish, and fruits
Salt beef and pork
Soap, wines and spirits
Leather, glue, and tallow
Tobacco and cigars, &c.

IV. Maps, plans, photographs
Ethnological and natural history collections

Wool intended for exhibition should be, if possible, in whole fleeces, and the following information supplied:—

By whom shown—as owner or breeder
Breed of animal
Age
Sex
Where bred
By whom
If 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 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 realised 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 for exhibition.

Henry Sewell.

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

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

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

The value to New Zealand of such an advertisement cannot, I think, be overrated.

The Colony has never yet had an opportunity of adequately exhibiting its natural and industrial resources; 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 agricultural 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, cordage, 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.,
I. E. FEATHERSTON,
Agent-General.

The Hon. W. Gisborne,
Colonial Secretary.