Taste and Skill.

The taste and skill to be found in the community are well illustrated by the exhibits in the neighbourhood of the display of electrical apparatus. The fretwork sent by Master F. J. Jenkins is beautifully executed, and the same may be said of that exhibited by Mr. T. O. Johnson. Considerable skill, too, is shown by the lads, who, under the direction of Mr. H. J. Shaw, demonstrate practically the process of making brushes. A good representative collection of the productions of Mr. Shaw's factory is exhibited, and he points out with pride how, as far as possible, Colonial hair is used in their manufacture. The excellent twine made by Hale, Throp & Co, is well represented, and the firm also show an ingenious contrivance for rolling up twine into balls. Among the exhibits added last night, the most prominent were a case of cork models sent by Mr. Toomer, and a case of tempting-looking biscuits and confectionery, made by Messrs, Clarke, Decombe and Co. Mr. Luke Adams has set up a second potter's wheel, at which Mr. Adams, junior, exemplifies the mode of pressing pottery with moulds.