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Lyttelton Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1331, 15 December 1864, Page 1

Board, and Xiodging. ! : ' BOARD AND LODGING. P| ENTLEMEN can be accommodated with comIjf - fortable board and on application to - ■■ V- MRS; GREY, 322 o Montreal street, Christchurch. PRIVATE BOARDING HOUSE. IiRSV, DERRY'S, ! lVi ... WINCHE?TEtt STREET, LYTTELTON. C 646 THE CANTERBURY BOARDING,, HOUSE, Christchurch (flbuth foot of Colombo strefet Bridge.) , i • Regulai* Bofilders in and Casual Visitors to the City of Christchurch will ! flnft [ every; accommodation at the^ tfousef.■ ••• 1 : Thi|pi%prfet6r ; can\ihsure fo his pritrons; comfort, civility, and inoderate- charges. - Horses or CROWE, Proprietorj ; Produpe. , OATS! OATS!! OATS!!! THE Undersigned are cash purchasers of oats, in any quantity. BROWNELL & CO., 258 c Colombo-street. __ FLOUR. ~~ Jjl O R S A L E . At Leith's Mill, Leithfield, 25 TONS OF FLOUR. Apply to ' JOHN LEITH. December 5; 1864. c 1753 Elxlilbitionß. . INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION ! , OF MERINO WOOL. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE VICTORIAN PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES. AN EXHIBITION OF MERINO WOOL, OPEJf TO ALL THE COLONIES, Will take place at IyESSRS. CUNINGHAM & MACREDIE'S Wool Stokes, MELBO U R N E, ON THB 12 TH JANUARY, 186 5.. ' Prizes will be awarded as follow,s:—. . ! Class, I. „• Forthe most valuable sixty , fleeces of washed wool, £ For second best, £ Honorary certiflcatesforthird.b.est. t '■ Class n. ' 4 " For the most Valuable sixty ewes' fleeces in grease, .£; • ' ■ ' For secohd best, £ Honorary certificate.for third best. : Class 111. For washed fleeceiwool ®i:the highrat; vAlue.per ; lEjlh® than to weighty . , Honorary certificate for second best. , The above will be valued and exhibited in Melbourpe. The bale in Classes I and II which is of the greatest, money value, computing weight and price, to win the prizes. Such bales will.be returned to the qwner or Sold by auction, and the net jproceeds handed to him, as he may direct, at the time of entiy. ; . , Class IV. For the most valuable sixty ewes* flefecei of ; , washed wool, £ For second best, £ Honorary Certificate for third best Class V. For the most valuable sixty ewes' fleeces in grease. £ For the second best, £ Honorary certificate for the third best Class VI. For washed fleece wool of the highest value per pound, in a bale of not less than 200 pounds weighty £ Honorary certificate for second best The bales in classes IV. and v., which are of the greatest money value, computing weight and price, will win t he prizes. Bales sent for exhibition in these last-mentioned three classes will be forwarded Unopened to London, and valued there by judges appointed by at least three well-known London wool brokers, and according to their report, those prizes will be awarded. The bales will afterwards be sold by public auction, and net proceeds handed to owner. CONDITIONS. For the first, second, fourth, and fifth classes the fleeces must be entire, including locks and pieces. For the third and sixth classes the wool can betaken from as many sheep as the exhibitor chooses, but to state the number so taken. a • ■ Exhibitors can compete in ant or all of the first, second, or third classes; but. in whichever classes they do exhibit, they must send in two bales. If in classes first and second, sixty fleeces each bale; and in class three bales of not. less than 200 lbs. One bale to compete in Melbourne as above, the other bale will be forwarded to London for competition in classes four, five, and six; which bale Will be opened in Melbourne, and which sent to London, to be at the Option of managers of the exhibition. : Competitors can enter as many lots as they choose, but only to take one prize in each class. The wool is to be judged as if free from grass seeds or burrs. Competitors will have to state the time of | shearing in 1863 and. 1864, and to state how the wool was bred, whether from Australian-bred or from the recently imported sheep. It is desired that all fleeces be of 12 months' growth. Proportionate deductions will be made from the value of all fleeces above that growth, and fleeces of 13 months and above will not be allowed to compete. The judges will be requested to place by value every lot exhibited, and furnish a report with their remarks on each lot. . _ The bales are to be marked with a distinguishing brand in ink, which is not to be the usual brand of exhibitor, such mark to be enclosed in a sealed envelope with entry. The original brand of those bales that will be forwarded to London will be obliterated, and be privately re-marked by William Esq., such mark being unknown to exhibitors. The value of the prizes will be made when the entries have been received. The money will be distributed thus:—One-third for Melbourne, and twothirds for the London awards. Entrance fees for each lot—i.e., two bales of sixty fleeces each, for classes 1 and 2, £5. For class 3, £1 Is. Subscribers of hot less than £10 will be allowed to exhibit one lot in each class free. All entries must be sent to Wm. Macredie, Esq., CCuningham and Macredie,) Melbourne, on or before the 31st December, 1864. The wool must be delivered at the stores of Messrs. Cuningham and Macredie. on or before the 9th January, 1865. Societies wishing to subscribe, or gentlemen wishing to subscribe or compete, will please communicate with the undersigned. , THOMAS SHAW, JON., Hon. Sec. and Treasurer. Wooriwyrite, Darlington, Victoria. . MESSR'o. MATSON & TORLESSE are prepared to receive and forward any wool intended for competition at the above Exhibition to their friends Messrs. Cuningham and Macredie; every precaution Will be taken to insure a fair and impartial judgment, for neither the name of the colony where grown, nor the name of the grower, will be disclosed until judgment has been given. Christchurch, Nor. 18, 1864, 14'®