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for the masts and keel of a man-of-war as for the most recherche 

 of ladies' cabinets or work-tables ; and suitable also for the tan- 

 pits of Bermondsey, or the incense used in the joss-houses of 

 China. Although timber is, commercially considered, the least 

 lucrative production of the colony, and regarded of little or no 

 value, since many of the finest furniture woods are used as fire- 

 wood and paling-stuff every day, yet we have considered this col- 

 lection of Mr. Hill's to be one of the more attractive portions of 

 the Exhibition, and the best representative of any of the classes, 

 and have therefore commended it to your Excellency's notice as 

 worthy of special attention." 



Australian Cereals. — From the ' Brhbane Courier,'' Nov. 14, 1861. 



" Of Cereals there are but three specimens, two of wheat 

 and one of barley; the former grown at Toowoomba, Darling 

 Downs, and Rockhampton ; the latter at Rockhampton. To these 

 samples of wheat special attention is requested, since it has often 

 been asserted, even by old colonists, that, with all its great variety 

 of productions, Queensland could not grow wheat. We think 

 that the samples exhibited are a sufficient contradiction of such 

 an assertion, and that Queensland can not only grow wheat but 

 can grow very good wheat, as the flour made from it, some of 

 which is also exhibited, incontestably proves. When it is consi- 

 dered that £94,339 sterling were sent out of this colony last 

 year for the purchase of wheat and flour, it surely becomes us to 

 pause and inquire whether some portion of that large sum might 

 not be saved to the colony, seeing that we have extensive tracts 

 of land suited for its production now lying idle.'^ 



Queensland a Sugar-Producing Colony. 

 From l/ie' Brisbane Courier,' Nov. 14, 1861. 



" The sugar-canes exhibited were grown at Cleveland, on the 

 coast, and the Botanic Gardens in Brisbane, and the Commis- 

 sioners have been assured, by a gentleman capable of giving a 

 reliable opinion, that they are fidly equal to any grown in the 

 Mauritius. 



" Although unsuccessful in our first attempt to manufacture 

 sugar from them, we are yet hopeful of being able to exhibit 

 some before the Brisbane Exhibition closes, the canes not being 

 quite ready for the purpose. The sample of rum exhibited is 



