22 The Humming Bird. 



Plaisance at the World's Fair. He will exhibit lions, tigers, 

 panthers, leopards, bears, monkeys, etc., in great number, 

 and will show the largest "happy family" ever seen. 



A very interesting exhibit in the Transportation Depart- 

 ment of the World's Fair will be made by the Steamship and 

 Railway Companies of England. The collection of models of 

 battleships, yachts, cruisers, steamers and merchant vessels 

 will be more complete than was ever before exhibited. The 

 London and North Western Railway will send over a 

 complete train of cars, headed by a great compound 

 locomotive named " Great Britain." This will afford an 

 opportunity to compare the English compartment cars and 

 sleepers with American coaches. The Great Western 

 Railway will exhibit the antiquated locomotive '' Lord of the 

 Isles," one of the first used on that road. Several of the 

 Railways will show their signalling systems. 



Sir Walker Duller, who owns the finest collection of native 

 Maori curiosities and paintings in the world, has applied for 

 space in which to display his collection, and intends visiting 

 the Exposition with his family. Major John Wilson, of Auck- 

 land, has submitted a proposition to the Foreign Affairs 

 Committee to bring a colony of Maoris to the Exposition, 

 house them in one of their native-built forts, and let them 

 show their native costumes, home life, and methods of war- 

 fare. The proposition is regarded with some favour, as it 

 would add greatly to the value of the general ethnological 

 exhibit of the Exposition. 



Ivan Malakoff, a St. Petersburg capitalist, wants to repro- 

 duce at the Exposition a street scene from Nijni Novgorod, 

 the celebrated place where expositions have been held for 

 800 years. He agrees to spend $250,000 upon the repro- 

 duction. 



British Columbia has decided to build a structure, which 

 will be a novelty in architecture, composed of every variety 

 of wood known to the British Columbian forests. The build- 

 ing will be built first in sections of contrasting woods neatly 

 mortised together. The roof will be of native slate and a 

 variety of cedar shingles, making in all a pleasing effect. It 

 is intended to ship the building in sections, ready to be 

 erected on its arrival. The display will be unique in every 

 way, the government and cities of the province subscribing 

 to the fund. 



