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37. Norman Campbell, Havelock, Marlborough. 39. J. C. White, Auckland. Bataroa —stripped, and wet-brushed, hung out to dry, soaked in a tub five hours, the water being changed every half hour during that time, then hung up to dry. White's machine used. 40. Cape Egmont Flax Company, Opunake. Sample bale; wet-scutched; the ends hackled. 41. Constable, Waiuku. Oka-oka; whole and half-leaf. Price's machine used. Wet-scutched. 42. Constable, Waiuku. Oka-oka ; half-leaf. Booth's machine used. Dryscutched. 43. Ensor, Canterbury, from Canterbury Flax Association. 44. Ensor, Canterbury, from Canterbury Elax Association. 45. W. A. Fitzherbert, Wainui-o-mata; 6 feet long; about three years old. The leaves are sorted, put through Gibbon's machine, soaked in cold water one hour, soaked in hot water, 190° Fahrenheit, bleached from five to eight days, and scutched. Cost of preparation, £15 per ton. Fetches £25 in Melbourne. 46. W. A. Fitzherbert, Wainui-o-mata. Hank, 5 feet long; about three years old; same process as 45. Fetches £25 in Melbourne. 47. W. A. Fitzherbert, Wainui-o-mata. Hank, 4 feet long; about one year oldSame process as No. 45. 4S. W. Fitzherbert, Wainui-o-mata. Hank, 2 % feet long; six to eight months old. Same process as No. 45. 49. W. A. Fitzherbert, Wainui-o-mata. A bundle of mixed lengths and agesSame process as No. 45. Fetches £23 in Melbourne. 50. Souness & Taylor, Dunedin. 51. Campbell, Bros., Waikari, Otago. 52. J. Bell, Blueskin, ; 53. J. Miller, Silver-stream, Dunedin. 54. Constable, Waiuku. Bale containing Bataroa, Oka-oka and Narowaka. cultivated. 12 months old leaf; dressed in Price's three roller machine. Prepared in four days. 55. Constable, Waiuku. Made from jYgarowaka ; the leaf split. Dressed by Price's three-roller machine. Prepared in four days. 56. Constable, Waiuku. Same as No. 41, but prepared from the whole leaf. 57. Constable, Waiuku. Same as No. 41. Unscutched. 58. Constable, Waiuku. Same as No. 41. Scutched.

CLASS 111. Native-dressed Flax. 1. Natives, Taranaki. Samples from several varieties— Takaiapu, Tihore, Bataroa, Tarariki, Baumoa, Tutaewheke. 2. Natives, Hawkes Bay. 3. Hone Pihama, of Oeo, Taranaki. Atiraukawa. 4. Hand-dressed, by a new and rapid process. Presented by Mr. Halcombe. 5. Natives, Lyell's Bay. Scraped with a shell. 6. Natives, Waikato, Taranaki, Wanganui, and Otaki. Various kinds of lihore. 7. Ruakere, of Parihaka, Taranaki. Atiraukawa; also, the outer skin of the leaf, called Pureki, used in making mats. 8. Porikapa, of Kaihihi, Taranaki. Ateivheke ; scraped with a piece of iron hoop. 9. Natives, Taranaki. Baumoa. Presented by Mr. Hulke, New Plymouth. 10. Natives, Taranaki. Suhiroa. „ „ 11. Natives, Urunui. Arotara. „ „ 12. „ „ Suhiroa. „ „ 13. „ „ Baumoa. „ „ 14. „ ~ Oue. „ „ 15. Tahana of Hua, Taranaki. Tipuna. 16. Natives, Urunui. Suhiroa. 17. Karipa of Waiongona, Taranaki. JVgutunui. 18. Natives, Otaki. Sarakeke. Scraped with a shell, and washed; price, Is. a lb. 19. Natives, Otaki. Sarakeke. Scraped with a shell, and washed; price, Is. a lb.