TRADE COLLECTION.
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Belgium. —Hops and Silk. (A Collection is being prepared in Belgium .)
China . —Collection of the Materials used in the Great Porcelain Manufactory, sent home byMr. Alcock, the British Consul at Shanghai ; Flax, AVoods, Grass Cloth, Grass Cambric, otherCloths, Teas, Edible Birds’-nests and Sea-slugs, Raw and Manufactured Silk.
Egypt . —Almost the wholo of the Articles which they exhibited at the lato Exhibition ; amost valuable Collection.
France . —Mineral Ores, Preserved Vegetables, Raw Cotton, Opium, Cochineal, ManufacturedIlorso-hair, Ropes, Printed Cottons and Cloths , Collection of the AVorks of AVatches.
Germany : Zolloerein States. —Collection of Ores and Minerals, Zinc and Iron Castings,Examples in Terra Cotta, Iron , and Manufactures from it, Mosaic AVork, Roman Cement,Syrups, Acids, Chemical Produce , Starch, Potato Cuttings and Flour, Brown and AVhito Beet-root Sugar, Raw and Spun Flax, Raw and Carded Varus, large Collection of Fleeces and AVools,Raw and Manufactured Silk Fabrics, Shawls and Cloths, Leather, Coloured Papers, AVritingPapers, Sealing AVax, Composition and Papier Macli6 Figures, Crucibles, Pottery and ChemicalApparatus, Hats, Gloves, and Hose , Glass AVaro, Samples of Ultra-marine, Buttons, Matches,AVax-work, Umbrella and Parasol Frames, Specimens of Oil Printing.
Bavaria. —Optic Mosaic, Ultra-marine, Fire-clay, AVoollen Cloths , &c.
Wurtemburg. —Sweetmeats and Preserves, Artists’ Colours, Leather, plain and varnished,Fancy Papers and Card-board.
Grand Duchy of ITcsse. —Manganese Ores, Lignite Chicor6, Lamp Black.
Luxemburg . —Paper Hangings, Mosaic Pavement.
Nassau . —Smoking Pipes, Ultra-marine and Colours.
Greece . —All the Articles exhibited from that Country, with tlio exception of those belongingto seven Exhibitors.
Hanover. —Asphalte and Paper Hangings.
The Netherlands . —Glass Pipes and other Glass AVaro.
I'ortugal. —Tho greatest part of the Articles which were exhibited from that Country.
Russia. —Earths and Ores, Shot and Shells, AVrouglit and Cast Iron , Chemical Products,Grains, Seeds, and Roots, Raw Cotton, Starch, a few Specimens of Woods, Isinglass, StoarineBeeswax, Soap, Leather, Silks .
Sardinia. —Plato Table-top, large Collection of Chemical Products, Oils, Glue , AVax, LinseedCake, Lucifer Match AVood, Retort, Samples of Silk and Velvet, Model Shell for Artillery,Brushes, Soap, Sweetmeats .
Spain . —Coloured Earths for Painting, Marbles, Mineral Ores, Chemical Products, Gums,Dried Herbs, Preserved Fruits, and other Vegetable Productions, Flax, Hempen Rope, RawAVools, Silks , several Mineral AVators, Stoarine Candles, Shot, Cork, AVino.
Sweden and Norway . —Cobalt and other Ores, Polished Granite and Porphyry, Iron and SteelAVire, Grains, Sugar Loaves, Sugar, Syrup and other Produce from Potatoes , Flax, AVool,Stearino Candles, Silk and Cocoons.
Tunis* —Earths, Lead and Copper Ores, Grains and other Vegetable produce, a few specimensof AVoods, Tobacco, Oils, Pottery, Undressed Skins, Leather AVator-bags.
Turkey. ■—Nearly all tho Vegetable and Mineral Raw Produce exhibited, and a large propor-tion of the Animal Raw Produce.
Tuscany. —Ornamental Stones, Sulphur, Quicksilver, Alum, Cinnabar , Coals, Bricks, AVood,Colours for Printing, Varnish .
Prospects of Increase. —Offers of assistance in the shape of contributions have been receivedfrom C28 Exhibitors in the late Exhibition, in addition to those by whom tho articles ofBritish produce, as above enumerated, have been presented. These are for tho most partwaiting until a suitable depository shall have been provided. In many cases they have beenrequested by tho Executive Committee thus to reserve their contributions. But somoForeign countries aro under promise to add to the Museum in course of formation, and thoRoyal Commissioners aro under pledge to furnish samples of British produce in exchange forwhat has been already presented to them.