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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9238, 28 June 1893, Page 5

In consequence of the annual stocktaking, the various bonded warehouses in the city will be closed for the receipt and delivery of goods on Friday and Saturday next. ' A French journal states that flowers can be preserved in all their natural brilliancy and freshness by dipping them into a mixture made as follows:—In a well-corked bottle dissolve six drachms of coarsely powdered clear gum-copal; add the same quantity of broken glass, and fifteen and a-half ounces of pure rectified sulphuric ether. The flowers should be clipped into this varnish-like fluid four or five times, allowing them to remain in a current of air for ten minutes between each immersion. This plan, if it does not interfere with the delicate texture of the petals, should be of use to flower painters, who have often to hurry their work unduly because of the perishable nature of their models. As announced by advertisement in our columns, Mr. Field- Wolrige will deliver his realistic lecture on " The Historic Buildings of London " in the public hall, Devonport, to-morrow evening.