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West Coast Times, Issue 216, 29 May 1866, Page 4

.;/ --<-, Miscellaneous intercolonial"' exhibition of - australasia, 1866. COSIMISSIONEKS '. Sirjßedmon<Fßarry. Knight,BPresident« • ' Hon. George Harker, Hon G. F Vm Hon. J. F. Sulli n : • Sir James Palme •' *„ Hon C J. Jenner, M.L.C., Hon. Wm. Degraves, M.L.C., Sir Fiancis Murphy, Knt.," H. Bindoii, Esq., M.L.A., J. C. Riddell, Esq., M.L.A., J. T. Smith'; Esq., M.L.A., Edward Cope, Esq., M.L.A., Rev J^ J. Bleasdale, D.D.', Thomas Black. Esq., Ferdindnd'Mueller, Esq., F3-S. Professor McCoyi Phipps Turnbull, E»q., •Chatles : E:- Bright, : Esq., - T/J'-Sumner, Esq.,' Robert McDougall,-Esq. YTIS Excellency Sir Charles Darling havingbeen J_ pleased to issue a commission, authorisingthe ovCr uamed persons totake the necessary steps "cim ana S' B 8 an^ conducting an •international exhibi** 011 *' to''beheld'in'Melb.ourne, .the Hpnqrable"^ Cnief Secretary of Victoria addressed hi mse lf to the -Governments, .of. .the. yarJQUS agpgjjdencies of the Crown in Australasia, inviting' their cordial co-operation. - -L. . Highly encouraging replies have been Jcceived : these convey a well-founded assurance that the project of instituting a series of exhibitions of natural products, general industries and art, to be held in succession in the several Australasian colonies, has been accepted in aspirit •which acknowledges the truth of the proposition tjjafc such exhibitions would," prove of public advantage alike to -aIT. v , --- -- '.c : ' ' The Commissioners are conscious, however, that it is not sufficient to rely solely on the good intentions and proffered^iipportof the respective Governments. They deem it right to appeal to the public spirit of the different communities. They have now the honor?, theretore, to invoke the earnest assistance of theif fellow subjects, not only of those who dwell in Victoria, but of those also resident in the other B.ritish colonies inthys'e-'teeas. to aid -them in-the furtherance, of the design, and they do so with the confident expectation that the appeal will be considered •worthy of a generous encouragement. The Commissioners do not propose to demonstrate by labored -arguments the. benefits which must arise almost unbidden from a comprehensive, well directed organisation, for such a purpose, to the inhabitants of these regions, so favored by Divine Providence— those benefits are self apparent. They desire, however, to impress upon m thoughtful and energetic pjersons the necessity for engaging actively in its snpporff. "'"" ' " j An opportunity for united exertion, such as is now afforded, is of a character eminently ineresting. Exhibitors will be undismayed by the manifold disturbing influences which encumber a competition with the populous and opulent societies of the .old world, will be unaffected by the innumerable distractions, which, in the perplexing variety of European exhibitions, call away the mind of the beholder from objects purely Colonial. Although the contemplated display cannot vie with the splendour of those which excite the rivalry of nations, purposes of the highest utiUtaiian and social importance to those imme- • dia'ely concerned may be thereby served. A searching and penetrating attention may be concentratpd on our mineral treasures, portions only of the boundless stores of which have been hitherto- brought to light -^on improved economic methods of winning them from the earth, and applying them to the ends for which they are intended ;— on the sources of wealth which, in their raw state, abound on the surface of our soils, in the rivers, and in the waters which encircle our coasts ;T=-and on the rare .excellencies and peculiar development, in different latitudes, nndpr different conditions of culture, of those products which successful enterprise." has« introduced amongsc, us, rendering us already independent of many countries, and enabling us to contribute to the necessities, the comforts, and luxuries of most . A deliberate comparative survey may be made of the results flowing' from the adoption of the liberal arts happily domiciled iv these climes, and the exercise of those useful manufactures which genius, self-reliance, and perseverance have established in lands so suitable for their natural vigorous growth. . . A diligent compilation of the statistics of the actual products and of the productive capabili'"'"of tlie different colonies 'will "form a most , valuable fund of information. "Such, with many other engaging comparisons and combinations, may occupy, -most profitably the intelligent observation of those who associate thjßmselve^in th6- undertaking ; while all who enter heartily into We~calSe"willTJoTibtless-b,e ; impelled to further efforts, conducive to a still more extensive and intimate acquaintance of the colonists with each other, the expansion" of the limits of their practical knowledge, and the increase of their- material prosperity ;s; s convinced that the periodic recurrence ofsuch opportunities for amicable donteritiou are calculatedto generate sentiments of mutual respect, and to perpetuate those reciprocal feelings of esteem.and friendship ! which should eyer animate subjects of the. grsat nation from which we are sprung, On behalf of the Commissidners, ' "' 'Redmond Babry,- President. INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION, 1866. .Jntending exhibitors are informed that it is proposed to distribute the objects to be displayed into tb.6 following divisions :- ... Mineral Products, Animal Products, Vegetable Products, Manufactures and the Useful Arts, Ornamental Arts, Machinery. Class I. Mineral Products. I.' Ores and non-metallic -mineral products, geological specimens, building stones, limes, cements, clays, salt. 2. Chemical and metallurgical products and processes. 3. Miscellaneous. -,) r - • Class 11. Animal Products. 4. Wool, hair, skins, furs, silk, feathers, horns, hoofs, bones, guano. . SL . Meat, Fish, Fowl, whe'-her salted, dried, smoked, or preserved ; gelatine, isinglass, milk, butter, cheese. - - 6. Miscellaneous. Class 111. gricaltaral, Horticultural, and Indigenous Vegetable Products. ' - 7. Cereals, 1 agricultural and garden seeds, pulse, food for cattle, tea, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, spices, ginger, hops, herbs and aromatic plants, timber, bark, resins, gums, fibres, dyes, flax, hemp, cotton, india-rubber, gutta-percha, materials adapted for paper-making. 8. Flour and meal of every variety and in every form, malt, starch, gluten, sago, tapioca, arrowroot, sugar, confectionery. ~ - 9. Wines, perry, cider, ale, porter, spirits, iqueurs, fruits' j[dried or preserved), pickles, sauces, vinegar, pyroligenous add, potash, soda, essential and •preserved -oils and- uheiE^eakeS, perfumery, models of fruits.and vegetables. - '19.'- Miscellaneous.' -' 1 "~O7j/" J .,1 " Class-IV. Manufactures and the Useful Arta. .ll^Porcelaiii and -pottery,-, -glajss. iron and hardware, cutlery, wicker-work. "' " "'" *~ ' "J'l2 ' Leather- work, bone-dust, animalchareoal blood, ami&Tr,i, glue, fat, tallow "atVYoap, candles, varniahea.' silk ,wool eottoa hair fia o