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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  tralia, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  Maiden. 
  After 
  the 
  fire 
  which 
  destroyed 
  the 
  

   Sydney 
  Exhibition 
  building, 
  in 
  September, 
  1882, 
  Mr. 
  Maiden 
  

   began 
  the 
  discouraging 
  task 
  of 
  forming 
  a 
  new 
  collection 
  ef 
  tech- 
  

   nological 
  products. 
  The 
  building 
  which 
  was 
  placed 
  at 
  his 
  dis- 
  

   posal 
  was 
  formerly 
  the 
  Agricultural 
  Hall 
  of 
  the 
  Exhibition, 
  and 
  

   is 
  only 
  poorly 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  displaying 
  specimens. 
  

   In 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  simple 
  structure 
  which 
  is 
  in 
  his 
  charge, 
  he 
  has 
  

   brought 
  together 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  large 
  and 
  valuable 
  Museum, 
  

   which 
  possesses 
  so 
  many 
  features 
  of 
  practical 
  interest 
  for 
  a 
  new 
  

   country, 
  that 
  no 
  apology 
  will 
  be 
  needed 
  for 
  giving 
  it 
  here 
  what 
  

   may 
  seem 
  at 
  first 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  disproportionate 
  amount 
  of 
  space. 
  The 
  

   classification 
  includes 
  (I) 
  Animal 
  products, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  foods, 
  

   (la) 
  Economic 
  entomology. 
  (2) 
  Vegetable 
  products, 
  from 
  the 
  

   raw 
  material 
  through 
  the 
  various 
  stages 
  of 
  manufacture 
  to 
  the 
  

   finished 
  fabric 
  or 
  other 
  article. 
  This 
  section 
  includes 
  gums, 
  

   resins, 
  oils, 
  woods, 
  fibers, 
  tans, 
  dyes, 
  drugs, 
  perfumes, 
  Forestry 
  

   and 
  forest 
  products. 
  (3) 
  Waste 
  products. 
  (4) 
  Foods, 
  (o) 
  Eco- 
  

   nomic 
  Geology. 
  (5a) 
  Ceramics. 
  (5b) 
  Glass. 
  (6) 
  Original 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  artistic 
  workmanship, 
  coins 
  and 
  medals. 
  (7) 
  Photographs, 
  

   electrotypes, 
  plaster 
  and 
  other 
  reproductions 
  of 
  examples 
  of 
  art 
  

   workmanship, 
  where 
  originals 
  are 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  obtained. 
  (8) 
  Ethno- 
  

   logicat 
  specimens. 
  (9) 
  Metallurgy. 
  (10) 
  Mine-engineering. 
  (11) 
  

   Strength 
  of 
  materials, 
  etc. 
  (12) 
  Military 
  and 
  Naval. 
  Fire-arms 
  

   for 
  hunting. 
  Traps, 
  etc. 
  (13) 
  Transportation. 
  (14) 
  Agriculture. 
  

   (15) 
  Instruments 
  of 
  precision. 
  Apparatus 
  for 
  diagnosis, 
  etc. 
  (16) 
  

   Sanitary 
  appliances. 
  (17) 
  Educational 
  arrangements. 
  (18) 
  Chem- 
  

   ical 
  and 
  pharmaceutical 
  products. 
  (19) 
  Models 
  of 
  patents. 
  (20) 
  

   Trade 
  Journals. 
  This 
  outline 
  of 
  a 
  classification 
  which 
  is 
  substan- 
  

   tially 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  used 
  at 
  South 
  Kensington, 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  

   well 
  adapted 
  to 
  the 
  wants 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  Colonial 
  community, 
  and 
  

   might 
  be 
  found 
  very 
  useful 
  in 
  our 
  smaller 
  Technological 
  Muse- 
  

   ums 
  in 
  this 
  country. 
  

  

  It 
  is, 
  however, 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  products 
  of 
  plants 
  brought 
  

   under 
  the 
  heads, 
  2, 
  3, 
  4 
  and 
  11, 
  that 
  special 
  mention 
  should 
  be 
  

   made 
  now. 
  These 
  are 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  about 
  700 
  pages 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Maiden, 
  Useful 
  Native 
  Plants 
  of 
  Australia. 
  First 
  come 
  the 
  

   human 
  foods 
  and 
  food 
  adjuncts. 
  Then 
  follow 
  the 
  forage 
  plants 
  

   and 
  the 
  plants 
  which 
  are 
  noxious 
  to 
  stock. 
  Other 
  classes 
  are 
  : 
  

   drugs, 
  gums, 
  resins, 
  kinos, 
  oils, 
  perfumes, 
  dyes, 
  tans, 
  timbers, 
  

   fibers, 
  and 
  lastly 
  a 
  few 
  miscellaneous 
  products. 
  The 
  volume 
  

   is, 
  in 
  fact, 
  a 
  capital 
  catalogue 
  ■ 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  exhibited 
  in 
  

   the 
  Museum, 
  giving 
  needed 
  information 
  regarding 
  uses 
  and 
  

   sources. 
  The 
  indexes 
  are 
  copious 
  and 
  exact, 
  with 
  sufficient 
  cross 
  

   references. 
  

  

  The 
  system 
  of 
  registering 
  all 
  accessions 
  is 
  nearly 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  

   that 
  used 
  in 
  our 
  National 
  Museum 
  at 
  Washington, 
  permitting 
  the 
  

   curator 
  and 
  his 
  assistants 
  to 
  keep 
  track 
  of 
  everything 
  coming 
  in 
  

   and 
  going 
  out. 
  The 
  labels 
  are 
  full 
  and 
  instructive. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  a 
  pleasure 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  well-filled 
  room 
  on 
  public 
  days, 
  re- 
  

   minding 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  divisions 
  at 
  South 
  Kensington 
  which 
  are 
  

  

  