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Intercolonial Exhibition Report of the Tasmanian Commissioners (No. 77.) I 8 6 7. TASMAN I A. INTER COLONIAL EXHIBITION. REPORT OF THE TASMANIAN COMMISSIONERS. Laid on the Table by the Colonial Treasurer, and ordered by the House to be printed, 11 October, 1867. , By His· Excellency Colonel THOMAS GoRE BROWNE, Companion qf the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Captain-General and Governo1·-in- Chief of Tasmania and its Dependencies. · To the Honorable EDWARD ABBOTT, Esquire, M.L.C., JAMES WILSON AGNEW, Esquire, M.D., ' MORTON ALLPORT, Esquire, ABRAHAM BARRETT, Esquire, HENRY BUTLER, Esquire, M.H.A., EDWARD LEWIS DITCHAM, Esquire, ADYE DoUGLAS, Esquire, M.H.A., Mayor of Launceston, the Hunorable Sir RICHARD DRY, Knight, M.L.C., CHARLES GouLD, Esquire, RoNALD CAMPBELL GUNN, Esquire, the Honorable ALFRED KENNERLEY, Esquire,' M.L.C., the Honorable ALEXANDER KissocK, Esquire, M.L.C., DAVID LEWIS, Esquire, M.H.A., THOMAS MACDOWELL, Esquire, the Honorable ROBERT OFFICER, Esquire, M.H.A, JAMES ROBERTSON, Esquire, JAMES ScoTT, Esquire, and RoBERT WALKER, Esquire, M.H.A., .. Mayor of Hobart Town. GREETING: W UEREAS it is expedient that a Commission be appointed for the purpo'se .. of making and carry­ ing out all necessary ahangements to enable the Colony of Tasinania to take due part in aid of the Inter-Colonial Exhibiti.on to be held in Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, during the current year: Know ye that I, reposing great trust and confide~ce in your fidelity, discretion, and integrity, have authorised and appointed, and do by these Presents authorise and appoint, you, or any three or more of you, to make imd carry out the said necessary arrangements, and for that purpose to collect information bearing on the subject fron.1 all parts of Tasmania afore­ said: And my will and pleasure is that you, or any three.or-more of you·, upon due examination of the, premises, do within the space of Twelve months after the date of this my Commission, or within· such further time as I may in that behalf appoint, certify to me in my Executive Council in Tasmania aforesaid, in writing under your hands and seals respectively, all and every of your several proceedings by force of these Prese:its, together with what you shall find touching or concerning the premises upi:m such enqui1·y as aforesaid, together .also with all.such suggestions and regulations respecting such matters as aforesaid as you may think fit to be made and established: And I fu.!'ther will and command, and by these Presents ordain, that this my Commission shall continue in full force and virtue, ancl that you or any three or more of you shall and may from time to time proceed in the·.execution thereof and of every matter and thing therein contained, although th_e same be not continued from time to time by adjournment:• And I hereby command all and singular such persons as you shall judge necessary within Tasmania aforesaid that they be assistant to you and each of you in the execution of these Presents. ' ' ' ' . ' . ' Given under my hand and seal at Hobart Town, in Tasmania aforesaid, this Nine­ teentl;i. day of March, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-six. T. GORE BROWNE. (L.S.) By His Excellenry's Command, JAMES -WHYTE, Colonial Secretary. COMMISSION FOR THE INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALIA, 1866-7. COMMISSIOJVERS appointed by His Excellency Colonel THOMAS Goirn BROWNE, C.B., to carry out the necessm·y Armngements to enable tlte Colony of Tasmania to talle due Part in aid of the Intcrcolonial Exhi­ bition ef Australia to be !teld in .11:lelbourne in 1866. (Warmnt dated 19 .1Jfa1·ch, 1866.) Q!ommfaaioneri1. The Honorable EDWARD .ABBOTT, Esq., Member qfthe Legislative Council. JAMES WrrsoN AGNEW, Esq., M.D., Hon. Secretary to the Royal Society. MORTON ALLPORT, Esq., F.L.s~, F.Z.S . .ABRAHAM BARRETT, 1<:sq., J.P. HENRY BUTLER, Esq., M.H.A., Warden ef Glenorchy. EDWARD LEWIS DITCHAM, Esq. .ADYE DouGLAs, Esq., M.H ..A., Mayor ef Launceston. The Honorable Srn RICHARD DRY, Knigltt, Member ef the Legislative Council. CHARLES GouLn, Esq., F.R.G.S., Government Geologist. RoNALD CA-llIPDELL GuNN, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. Tlte Honorable .ALFRED KENNERLEY, Esq.,- Mem er qf tlie Legislative Council. D.Aov:i:D LEWIS, Esq., 1-Wember of tlie House ef Assembly. T'lloMAS l\'IAcDowELL, E~q., J.P. The Honorable RonERT OFFICER, Esq., Speaker of the House oj- Assembl!f, ,TAMES RoBERTSON, Esq., J.P. JAMES ScoTT, Esq., J.P. RonERT WALKER> Esq., M.H.A., Mayor ef Hobart Town. '1!bafrman. The Honorable RonERT OFFICER, ( elected 27 M arcli,. 1866.) ~ecretar11, HuGlI Mu.NRO HULL, Esq., C[ei'k <if the House <if Assembly, (elected 27 March, 1866.) ~ecretar11 ·to tt·e iJ.auttceaton 'Q!omm1asioitm1. JAMES HENRY, Esq·., Town Clerk ef Launceston. Q!ommtssionera' la'!!CUf!l appofnteb" ht- :illlelllourne. B. B. NICHOLSON, Esq. A. WILKINS, Esq. ~ecretar11 in ,Me[flourne, W. R. EVANS, Esq. 5 9rncuL~R Lette:rs we:e addressed by the Secretary to Six hundred pel'sons . resident in Tasmania, for­ ward.mg a List of Tasmaman products as under which were considered by the Commissioners ·av~ila~le for exhibition, with the quantitie;1 of each article sdggested to be sent :- MINING AND METALLURGICAL PRODUCTS. Oil, _Essential, from leaves of Blue Gum and other Eucalypti. Metallic Ores :­ Clay Ironstone, Coal Beds, Ditto, from other substances. · · Native Gold. 28 lbs. Pepper, Native (so called), I lb. Iron Sand, magnetic, 5 lbs. Iron Ores, 28 lbs. Resin, from Oyster Bay Pine. samples. - ' Ochre, Red and Yellow, Tanning Substances and their Preparations:_­ 7 lbs. Bark, Wattle, in strips, and chopped,.28 lbs: Bark, Blackwood, 14 lbs. CHEMICAL Pno:oucTs, &c. Bark of other Trees abounding in Tannin, 28 lb~. Alum, 7 lbs.· Cotton Plant Fibre, (Pime- Excrescences of the Wattle Tree, 14 lbs. Guano, 28 lbs. lea,) 7 lbs. Extracts of Bark. -Epsom Salts, 7 lbs. Sea-weed Gelatine, 7 lbs. Dyeing Substances :­ Native Hop, .7 lbs. Gentian Root. Potato Arrowroot, 7 lbs. Indigofera. Mi.scellaneous :­ STONES, BUILDING MATERIALS, &c. Native Bread. Granite, fine. "') Aromatic Woods, (Alyxia), (Eurybia). Granite, coarse. I Indigenous Woods, :Fibrous Substances, &-c. :- Granite, fine red. Granite, ve1'y coarse-grained. Ornamental Woods, blocks, well seasoned, 24 indhes long, 15 Syenite. inches wide, and 6 inches deep. Planks, rough fro·m the saw, 6 inches thick; above 40 feet and Greenstone. l not exceeding 150 feet in length, of Blue Gum, Stringy Bark, Basalt, compact. Basalt, vesicular. and Myrtle Trees. - Limestone, marine and fresh-water. ~In blocks containing a Cubes of Timber, the largest size, sound, -(free from sap and Marble, brown. cubic foot. heart, if defective,) of the following Trees:- I · Blackwood, (Lightwood). Limestone, hydraulic. Marble, red and white. Silver Wattle. Marble, black and streaked. Sassafras, Athe1·osperma. Sandstones, white and brown. I Honeysuckle, Banksia. •Sandstones, red, with Breccia. Dogwood, Bedfordia. Fireclay. Native Box, Bursaria. Clays, for pottery and porcelain. J Cheesewood, Eucryphia. Sand, pure white, for glass-making, 56 lbs. He-oak, Casuarina. Grindstones. She-oak, Casuarina. , . Quartz, varieties of. Blue Gum, and Gum Roots. Dl'ipstones, for filters. White Gum, (Swamp Gum.) Coal, Anthracite, 1 cwt. Stringy Bark. Coal, Bituminous, 1 cwt. Peppermint. Marl, 56 lbs. Iron Bark. Resiniferons Shale, (I)ysodile ?) Musk Tree, (Eurybia.) . _ Millstones. Cherry Tree, Native, (so called), (Exocm-pus.) Building Stones, cubes of 9 inches. Myrtle Tree, (Fagus.) Slate. · Tea Trees, broad-leaved, (Leptospermum.) Fossiliferous Limestone, rough block, of about 56 lbs. Tea Tree, narrow-leaved, (Melaleuca.) Ironwood, (Notelea.) GEMS AND ST0NES FOR PERSONAL DECORATION. Oyster Bay Pine, tFrenela,) Huon Pine, (Dacrydium,) Beryl, (Aquamarine.) I Rock Crvstal. Topaz, white and straw­ Fossil Woods. Pittospo1'Um. coloured. Carnelians. Fibi'es:- CmTijong Fibre~, in bundles of 14 lbs., greatest length MISCELLANEOUS. - of Fibre. Native Flax, ditto, Paraffine Oil. Bark or other fibrous substance for Paper-mak~g, ditto. · Stringy Bark Fibre, for Rope-making. _ RAW PRODUCE. Wattle Bark Fibre. Native Lily. VEGETABLE. Cutting Grass, ( Xerotes.) Agricultural and Horticultural Products:­ Barley, English, three bushels. ANIMAL. Flax, in various stages of preparation/14 lbs. Hops, 28 lbs. Substances used as food, and for Mi.scellaneous purposes : - Maize, three bushels. Preserved Meats, canisters of.. Bees'-wax. Malt, three bushels. · Cured Meats, (salted) Hams, Sharks' Fins. Oats, varieties, three bushels. _ &c. Oil, N eats~foot. Potatoes, prepared and raw,_ 1 cwt. each. Cheese. Oil of Mutton Bird. Rye, three bushels, Butter. Oil of Sharks. Wheat, not weighing less than 66 lbs. per bushel, three Lard. Oil of Seals. bushels. Fish, Dried and Smoked. Oil of Opossums. Biscuit, Ship, and Fine, 28 lbs. Honey. -- Oil of Porcupines. Biscuit, Wine, 14 lbs. Jam.'·'-· Beetles, possessing Blistering Flour, 1 cwt. · Dried Apples, Dried Plums: properties. Fruits, Dried, Tasmanian. Fruits and Vegetables, fresh, Groats, 14 lbs. for preservation. Pickles, in glass jars, one jar of each. Substances used in Manufactures:- Starch, 7 lbs. Wool, fine, short, Merino and Saxon, 14lbs. Vinegar, Raspberry, in glass jars, two jars. Wool, combining fineness with length of staple, 14lbs. Balsams, Gums, Resins, Oils, and Extracts, Spices:­ Wool, Lamb's, very fine, 14lbs. Gum, Wattle, 4 lbs. of each kind. Wool, long, from improved Leicester or Cotswold; 14lbs. Gum, Grass-tree, 4 lbs. Wool, of Cheviot, Southdown, or other breeds, 14lb,. Kino, Red Gum ot Stringy Bark and of other Eucalz1pti, ( Gum Swan's-down, Skins of, free from fat. Trees) 4 lbs. Fur of Platypus. Manna, of White Gum and other Trees. Seal-skin, Tanned, with or without fur. Oil, Essential, of Sassafras. Horns, Hoofs, and Hides. 6 Whales' Teeth. Platypus, ( Ornithorhynclius.) Whalebone. Musk Rat.
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