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West Coast Times, Issue 248, 9 July 1866, Page 4

Miscellaneous. INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALASIA, 1866. Commissioners : Sirjßedmond|Barry, Knight,^President. Hon. George Harkeiy Hon. G. F. Verc Hon. J. F. Sulli n * Sir James Palme «♦„ * Hon C. J. Jenner, M.L.C., Hon. Win. Degraves, M.L.C., Sir Francis Murphy, Knt., ■ H. Bindon, Esq., M.L.A., J. C. Riddell, Esq., M.L.A., J. T. Smith, Esq., M.L.A., Edward Cope, Esq., M.L.A., KcvJ.J. Bleasdale, D.D., Thomas Black. Esq., Ferdinand Mueller, Esq., F.R.S. Professor McCoy, . Phipps Turnbull, E°q., Charles E. Bright, Esq., T. J. Sumner, Esq., . • Robert McDougall, Esq. YTIS Excellency Sir Charles Darling luvingbecn X pleased to issueacomraission, authorising the bove-named persons to take the necessary steps managing and conducting an international exhibition, to ba held in Melbourne, the Honorable the Chief Secretary of Victoria addressed himself to the Governments of the various dependencies of the Crown in Australasia, iuviting their cordial co-oj>eration. I Highly encouraging replies have been received : 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 — that such exhibitions would ' ' prove of public advantage alike to all." The Commissioners are conscious, however, that it is noh sufficient to rely solely on the good intentions and proffered support of the respective Governments. They deem it right to appeal to the public spirit of the different communities. They have now the honor, therefore, to invoke the earnest assistance of their fellow subjects, not only of those who dwell in Victoria, but of those also resident in the other British colonies in these seas, 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 encourageriient. The Commissioners do not propose to demonstrate by labored arguments the benefits which must arise almost unbidden from a compreLensive, 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 all thoughtful and energetic persons the necessity for engaging actively in its support. 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 utilitaiian and social importance to those immediately concerned may be thereby served. A searching and penetrating attention may be concentrated 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 ; — and on the rare excellencies and peculiar development, in different latitudes, under different conditions of culture, of those products which successful enterprise has introduced amongso 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 dimes, 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 capabiliof the different colonies >vill form a most raluable fund of information. Such, with many other engaging comparisons and combinations, may occupy most profitably the intelligent observation of those who associate themselves in the undertaking ; while all who enter heartily into the cause will doubtless be impelled to further efforts, conducive to a still more extensive ana intimate acquaintance of the colonists with each other, the expansion of the limits of their practical knowledge, and the increase of their material prosperity ; convinced that the periodic recurrence of such opportunities for amicable contention are calculated to generate sentiments of mutual respect, and to perpetuate those reciprocal feelings of esteem and friendship which should ever animate subjects of the great nation from which we are sprung. On behalf of the Commissioners, Redmond Barry, President. INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION, 1866. Intending exhibitors are informed that it is proposed to distribute the objects to bo displayed into the 'following divisions : - Mineral Products, Animal Products, Vegetable Products, Manufactures and the Useful Arts, Ornamental Arts, Machinery. Class I. Mineral Products. 1. Ores and non-metallic mineral products, geological specimens, building stones, limes, cements, clays, salt. 2. Chemical and metallurgical products and processes. 3. Miscellaneous. Class 11. Animal Products. 4. Wool, hair, skins, furs, silk, feathers, horns, oofs, bones, guano. 5. Meat, Fish, Fowl, whether salted, dried, smoked, or preserved ; gelatine, isinglass, milk, butter, cheese. 6. Miscellaneous. r Class Ills' giicultural, Horticultural, and Indigenous Vegetable Products. 1 7. Cereals, agricultural and garden seeds, pulse, food for cattle, tea, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, J 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, Ljgar, confectionery. 9. Wines, perry, cider, ate, porter, spirits, iqueurs, fruits (dried or preserved), pickles, sauces, 'vinegar, pyroligenous acid, potash, soda, essential and preserved oils and oheir cakes, perfumery, models of fruits*and vegetables. 10. Miscellaneous. Class IV. Manufactures and the Useful Arts. 11. Porcelain and pottery, glass, iron and hardware,, cutlery, wicker-work. 12. Leather-work, bone-dust, animalcharcoal and oils, blood, amcnv-i, glue, fet, tallow hearine, honey, fat, soap, candles, varnishes. Fabrics iv silk wool cotton hair fla