The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 40
Class 44.—Products of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, and Spontaneous Products; Machines and Instruments Connected Therewith
Class 44.—Products of Hunting, Shooting, Fishing, and Spontaneous Products; Machines and Instruments Connected Therewith.
- Collection of Articles manufactured from Kauri Gum
1 | Two Rabbit Skins, one forced, the other unforced |
2 | Sample of Fur cut from rabbit skin |
3 | Sample of blown and prepared ready for manufacture |
4 | One Hare Skin, forced |
5 | Sample of Hare's Fur |
- Specimens of Taxidermy : Four Stuffed Fishes
- 350 Specimens of Kauri Gum
- Specimens of Kauri Gum
- Rabbit Skins
- Sample of Sea-Elephant Oil, for lubricating
- Illustration of New Zealand Zoology—
- Boar's Skull
- Sixty pounds Kauri Gum, ordinary market samples
- Kauri Gum in its various forms and conditions
- Specimens of Fishes abounding in the waters round the southern part of the Middle Island, and at Stewart Island
- Kauri Gum in Natural State
- Kauri Ornaments and Jewellery
- Kauri Varnish
- Kauri as a Basis of Electrical Apparatus
The ornaments are carved by hand, from entirely original designs; the jewellery, as manufactured by the Exhibitor, is undistinguishable from the finest Turkish amber.
- Specimens of Furrier's Work—
- Muffs, Collars, and other Articles made from New Zealand skins and feathers
- Muffs—
- 13 Grey-breasted Shag (9 backs, 4 breasts)
- 7 White Shag
- 1 Green Shag (back)
- 4 Paradise Drake
- 1 Paradise Duck
- 2 Spoonbill Duck
- 3 Bittern
- 2 Gannett
- 2 Penguin
- 4 Albatros
- 4 Mollymawks
- 3 Swan
- 2 Kiwi
- Collars, made from the skin—
- 3 Black Swan
- 6 Grey-breasted Shag
- 2 White Shag
- 1 Mollymawk
- 4 Paradise Drake (inside feathers)
- 2 Grey Duck (wing feathers)
- 6 Paradise Duck
- 4 Albatros
- 1 pair Grey-crested Shag
- 2 pair Black Swan
- 1 pair Green Shag
- 2 pair White Shagpage 46
- 3 Wreaths from albatros feathers
- 2 Pheasant-head-and-neck Bags
- 4 Gannet-head Bags
- 3 Kiwi-head-and-neck Bags
- 3 Mountain Duck Bags
- 1 King Shag Bags
- 1 King Penguin Bags
- 1 Pukako Bags
- 6 Swan-feet Pouches
- Twelve samples, or grades, of Kauri Gum, and two special samples
- Petroleum (crude state), from Poverty Bay
This oil, as collected from a natural well in 1874, yielded, on distillation in the Colonial Laboratory, as follows :—
2 per cent of oil, specific gravity .809 (colourless)
1 | Adult King Penguin (stuffed) |
2 | Young King Penguin (stuffed) |
3 | Egg of King |
4 | Skeleton of King mounted in such a way as to allow of the separate examination of the various bones |
- Kauri Gum Ornaments, consisting of Inkstand, Spiral Shell and Brooches, &c.
- Sea Crayfish (Palinurus Edwardsii), prepared by being soaked in equal parts of methylated spirits, glycerine, and water, before drying. This method has the advantage of retaining the natural colour and flexibility
- New Zealand Birds—
- Group of North Island Kiwis (Apteryx Mantellii)
- Group of Kakapos (Strigopo Habroptilus)
- Three Cases Kauri Gum.