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.

296—

Baker Brothers

, Wellington.
  • Collection of Articles manufactured from Kauri Gum
297—

Bertinshaw, George

, Furrier, Dunedin.
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
298—

Burton

, J. R., Wellington.
  • Specimens of Taxidermy : Four Stuffed Fishes
299—

Bush, Captain Henry

, Thames.
  • 350 Specimens of Kauri Gum
300—

Carpenter, William

, Thames.
  • Specimens of Kauri Gum
301—

Daniel

, W., Dipton, Southland.
  • Rabbit Skins
302—

Elder, William

, Dunedin.
  • Sample of Sea-Elephant Oil, for lubricating
303—

Hamilton, Augustus

, Petane, Napier.
  • Illustration of New Zealand Zoology—
    • Boar's Skull

304—

Hull, junior, and Co.

, Auckland.
  • Sixty pounds Kauri Gum, ordinary market samples
305—

Hull, Brothers

, Auckland.
  • Kauri Gum in its various forms and conditions
306—

Invercargill Local Committee

, Invercargill.
  • Specimens of Fishes abounding in the waters round the southern part of the Middle Island, and at Stewart Island
307—

Labonde, Leon

, Auckland.
  • 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.

308—

Liardet

, H. E., Willis-street, Wellington.
  • 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
Collars made from the feathers—
  • 4 Paradise Drake (inside feathers)
  • 2 Grey Duck (wing feathers)
  • 6 Paradise Duck
  • 4 Albatros
309—

Mitchelson

, E., Dargarville, Auckland.
  • Twelve samples, or grades, of Kauri Gum, and two special samples
310—

Ross

, A. Y., Gisborne.
  • 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)

16.0 per cent of oil, specific gravity .826 (nearly colourless) 16.0 per cent of oil, specific gravity .836 (pale yellow) 19.0 per cent of oil, specific gravity .850 (dark yellow) 11.0 per cent of oil, specific gravity .855 (brown, solid at 40° Faht.) 8.0 per cent of oil, specific gravity .864 21.25 paraffin oil 93.75 total distilled off 6.25 residue in retort, pitch 100.00

311—

Parker, Professor

T. Jeffery

, Otago Museum, Dunedin.
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
312A

Paton, Harcourt Innes

, Bay of Islands.
  • Kauri Gum Ornaments, consisting of Inkstand, Spiral Shell and Brooches, &c.
312—

Parker, Professor

T. Jeffery

, Otago Museum, Dunedin.
  • 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

314—

Reischek

, A.,

Naturalist

, Auckland.
  • New Zealand Birds—
    • Group of North Island Kiwis ( Apteryx Mantellii)
    • Group of Kakapos ( Strigopo Habroptilus)
315—

Thames Produce Company Limited

, Thames
  • Three Cases Kauri Gum.