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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 40

Class 45.—Agricultural Products not used for Food

Class 45.—Agricultural Products not used for Food.

316—Andrews, Joseph, Wakefield, Nelson.
  • Machine-dressed Flax
317—Bevan, Thomas, jun., Foxton.
  • Fishing Line, 55 fathoms
  • Ball of Double Twine
  • Two Balls of Single Twine
  • Lead Line, 16 fathoms
  • Two-inch Rope, 14 fathoms
  • Two Horse Halters (double twine)
  • Fishing Line, 50 fathoms
  • Coloured Fibre
  • Coloured Twine
  • All made from New Zealand flax.
318—Cameron, Hugh, Lagoon Town, Hokitika.
  • Bale of Flax, 50 lbs.
319—Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Christchurch.
  • Dressed Fibre, from European Flax, grown by Mr. George Marshall, at Cust, Canterbury, N.Z.; and Plough Lines, also manufactured by the grower. Grown on rich bottom; produce two tons of straw per acre, and twenty bushels of clean seed; yield of dressed fibre, four and a-half cwts. per ton of straw; value of fibre, 4d. per lb. for ordinary spinning purposes: as exhibited, worth 6d. per lb.
  • The object of this exhibit is to attract the attention of colonial farmers by illustrating the suitability of the soil and climate of the Middle Island of New Zealand for the growth of European flax, with a view to the opening up of new industries, such as the manufacture of Linseed Oil Cake and Fibre, for which there is a large local and colonial demand.
320—Colonial Museum of New Zealand.
  • Phormium Tenax—
  • Samples showing preparation of Fibre and application to useful purposes.
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321—Chinnery, Charles, Rangiora, Canterbury.
  • New Zealand Flax

No. 1 exhibit is a very fine description of New Zealand fibre, and adapted to the purpose of making rope of the finest quality. The flax is stripped, washed, bleached, and dry scutched, but not hackled. Value, £27 10s. per ton.

No. 2 exhibit is flax-stripped, not washed, boiled, dried, and dry scutched; value, £25 per ton f.o.b. at Lyttelton. It is adapted for the purpose of making twine for binding.

323—Fulton, Charles, Blenheim.
  • Sample of Flax
324—King, W. R., New Plymouth.
  • Flax Kits made by Maoris—
    • 132 Maori Kits
    • 3 Large Antimacassars
    • 1 Heitiki (very ancient Maori Image)
    • 1 Maori Flax Belt
325—Robertson, Alexander, Dye Works, Nelson.
  • Phormium Tenax, or New Zealand Flax—
    • Nos. 1 to 6—six varieties of Maori-dressed flax; the object being to show that it is worth trying to invent a machine to dress the flax after the manner the Maoris dress it. The exhibit will also show what the flax might be brought to by selection and cultivation
    • No. 7—sample of ordinary New Zealand flax of commerce, to show that even as now dressed it might be used largely for warps, for carpeting, hearthrugs, and other manufactures, as it dyes as well as, if not better than jute, and is five or six times stronger
326—Ross,A. Y., Gisborne.
  • Tobacco Leaf
327—Saeffer, Barnett, Willis-street, Wellington.
  • Hand-made Cigarettes, made by Exhibitor.
328—Seed, James, Southbrook, Canterbury.
  • New Zealand Manufactures from Phormium Tenax—
    • 1 Coil Flax Rope, 2½-inch, £55 per ton
    • 1 Coil Flax Rope, ½-inch, £55 per ton
    • 1 Ball Twine for Reaper and Binding Machines, prepared to suit all climates, especially tropical, length 250 yards to the pound, 1s. per lb.
    • 1 Bale Dressed Flax, £25 per ton
    • 1 Bale Tow, £20 per ton