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for these purposes the two sorts of timber have been foundadmirably suited.
.Reeves, J. 6. Elizabeth and Macquarie St. HobartTown.
11 Specimens of leather, viz.:—
Hides of black and brown harness leather. Kip. Kipwaxed on the grain, and black-grained kip. Kangaroo-skins, grained, brown, and waxed. Calf-skins, waxed andbrown. Black bazils. Pair racks, cordovan horse hide.Sole leather.
These skins and hides are of Tasmanian production, andhave been tanned and dressed at Mr. Reeves’ establish-ment.
Champion, —, Hobart Town.
12 Table of muskwood, eurybia, argophylla of Tasmania.Round turnover table, with brasswork and springs entirelyof Tasmanian manufacture; the muskwood of which it ismade possesses great beauty.
Douglas River Coal Co.
13 Coal, two bushels. Sample of the strong bituminouscoal occurring on the east coast of Van Diemen’s Land,traceable over a large area of country, in seams varying inthickness from a few inches to ten feet and upwards.
Brown, John, Launceston—Manu.
14 Sideboard of blackwood of Tasmania. The timber ofAcacia melanoxylon is considered to be more deeply veinedand tinted on the northern than the southern side of thecolony. It is called blackwood in Launceston, and lightwoodin Hobart Town.
15 Top of star loo table. Composed of alternate-pointedsections of figured Huon pine and blackwood veneered oncedar. 148 pedestal.
16 Lady’s table of muskwood. An elaborately-finishedarticle of highly-polished muskwood, the top resting uponan inverted arch, turning on a pivot, and supported by aslender pedestal, with a tastefully worked collar.
Strahan, R. Bonnington.
17 Box of salt: coarse, for pickling, and table, or basketsalt. A sample from which the magnesian salts are said tobe thoroughly separated.
Murray, W. Liverpool St. Hobart Town.
18 Box of starch: the box of Huon pine, figured. Thereare now several starch manufactories in Iiobart Town.
Dixon, J. Skelton Castle, Isis.
19 Flax, dressed in 1850. The exhibitor is endeavouringto establish the cultivation of flax in Tasmania.
20 Box of dried apples. More fruits are dried in thenorthern than the southern side of Van Diemen’s Land.
Button, T. Launceston.
21 Samples of glue.
22 Concentrated solution of mimosa bark, extracted bycold water. This solution is considered in a great measurefree from colouring matter, and from the principles whichgive a dark, uneven character to leather, rendering it brittle,and depreciating it in the English market.
23 Mimosa bark, ground. Bark of Acacia mollissima.Bark of the black wattle, said to be the best bark for tan-ning.
Denison, Sir W. T. Norfolk Island.
24 Box of tobacco in leaf.
25 Box of arrow-root.
26 Box of maize.
27 Cayenne pepper.
28—35 'Wheats: Farmer’s friend, white velvet, James’sEssex, Golden drop, white Kent, mother of plenty, velvet,and white Lammas.
Marshall, G. N oble Farm, Pittwater.
36—37 Samples of wheat and oats.
Denison, Sir W. T.
38 Wheat (Chidham).
Milligan, J. Oyster Cove.
39 Sassafras bark of Tasmania. Bark of Atherospermamoschatum . Used medicinally as a bitter and stomachic.
Murray, W. Liverpool St. Hobart Town.
40 Mould candles.
M‘Naughten, A.
41 Cask of velvet wheat.
Lipscombe, F.
42 Cask of white Lammas wheat.
M'Naughten, A.
43 Cask of white wheat.
Walker, J. Barrack Street, Hobart Town.
44 Cask of white wheat. Cask made of silver wattle.with hoops of young wattle.
Brown & Co. New Wharf.
45 Cask of white wheat. Cask of Huon pine, hoopetlwith black wattle (Acacia mollissima).
46 Cask of white wheat. Cask made of black wood, wit"hoops of black wattle.
Tooth, E. Bagdad.
47 Cask of malt.
Patterson, —, Liverpool St. Hobart Town.
48 Cask of small malt. Cask made of silver wattle, wattWhoops.
Walker, J. Barrack St. Hobart Town.
49 Pearl barley. Cask made of silver wattle, wattl®hoops.
Clayton II, Norfolk Plains.
50 Flour. Cask made of silver wattle, wattle hoops.
Walker, J. Barrack St. Hobart Town. /
51 Fine flour. Cask made of silver wattle, with hoops 0young black wattle.
M'NAUCnTEN, —,
52 Superfine flour of Van Diemen’s Land.
Milligan, A. M. Launceston.
53 Small cask of biscuit, made of Tasmanian flour.
Brock, —, Macquarie St. Hobart Town.
54 Common seamen’s biscuits.
55 Fine ship biscuits.
Denison, Sir W. T. , „ n d
56—65 Muskwood (Eurybia argophylla), smooths 1 ,polished on one side to show the grain. The muskwo ^Tasmania is valuable for the purposes of the cabinet-®being variously veined, dotted, and marked upon a Dground colour. It is close and fine in the grain, takespolish, and harmonizes well with the gilding on P‘ _ fre eframes, into which it is often worked up. The mugrows only in dense forests and damp situation , y gI1though it does not attain the size of a forest treeDiemen’s Land, it yields slabs large enough forornamental work. Quiv
66 Slab of myrtle, of Van Diemen’s Land v" API, com"ninghamii). The myrtle of Van Dieman’s Land o , tree sposes dense forests of many miles, and the „ T o-
in such situations attain a girth of 30 to 40 feet: co ]oU*
portionate elevation. The wood is of a fresn p j, e auti'when newly hewn, and the woi >d part is otten j facflflfully veined and watered, fitting it admirablypicture-frames, and such like caoinet-work. ,, ]^ 0 ro u ?„67-70 Cedar, or pencil pine of Tasmania,
(Atkrotaxis sdaginoidts), and Lake Coun y. ^
ravines and gorges of the mountain, an