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  one 
  tliat 
  can 
  legitimately 
  be 
  discussed 
  by 
  the 
  Institute. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  failures 
  that 
  have 
  

   taken 
  place 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  averted 
  and 
  thousands 
  of 
  pounds 
  saved, 
  had 
  the 
  matters 
  

   been 
  fully 
  investigated 
  beforehand; 
  -for 
  example, 
  the 
  Taranaki 
  iron-sand. 
  It 
  is 
  well- 
  

   known 
  among 
  scientific 
  and 
  practical 
  men 
  that, 
  although 
  repeatedly 
  tried 
  in 
  other 
  places, 
  

   these 
  sands 
  have 
  never 
  been 
  profitably 
  reduced 
  to 
  metal 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  If 
  the 
  

   existence 
  of 
  this 
  fact 
  had 
  been 
  generally 
  known 
  throughout 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  the 
  chances 
  are 
  

   that 
  the 
  great 
  Taranaki 
  experiment 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  made 
  — 
  an 
  experiment 
  that 
  has 
  caused 
  

   much 
  heart-burning 
  and 
  loss 
  to 
  the 
  shareholders 
  of 
  the 
  company, 
  and 
  brought 
  discredit 
  

   on 
  the 
  whole 
  colony 
  in 
  the 
  eyes 
  of 
  the 
  scientific 
  world. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  negative 
  benefits 
  that 
  would 
  be 
  conferred 
  by 
  the 
  discussion 
  of 
  questions 
  

   relating 
  to 
  manufactm-es. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  such 
  discussions 
  would 
  confer 
  positive 
  

   benefits 
  on 
  the 
  community 
  by 
  indicating 
  the 
  channels 
  into 
  which 
  these 
  industries 
  could 
  

   be 
  turned. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  articles 
  of 
  manufacture 
  which 
  could 
  be 
  profitably 
  produced 
  

   in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  with 
  native 
  materials, 
  now 
  lying 
  dormant, 
  and 
  nothing 
  but 
  a 
  full 
  know- 
  

   ledge 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  is 
  wanted 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  trade. 
  

  

  To 
  summarize 
  the 
  position, 
  a 
  wide 
  and 
  intelligent 
  investigation 
  and 
  discussion 
  of 
  the 
  

   question, 
  such 
  as 
  an 
  Institute 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  should 
  be 
  capable 
  of 
  bestowing 
  on 
  it, 
  is 
  sufficient 
  

   to 
  make 
  or 
  mar 
  any 
  scheme 
  of 
  colonial 
  manufacture 
  that 
  is 
  proposed. 
  

  

  In 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  subject, 
  I 
  am 
  often 
  struck 
  by 
  the 
  comparison 
  

   between 
  my 
  ideas 
  of 
  manufactures 
  in 
  1866, 
  already 
  referred 
  to, 
  and 
  what 
  the 
  realization 
  

   is 
  in 
  1879. 
  I 
  then 
  talked 
  of, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  — 
  manufactures 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  necessaries 
  of 
  

  

  life 
  " 
  flour, 
  beer, 
  leather, 
  and 
  woollen 
  goods." 
  We 
  have 
  long 
  passed 
  that 
  stage; 
  we 
  

  

  produce 
  more 
  of 
  them 
  than 
  we 
  can 
  consume, 
  consequently 
  they 
  are 
  becoming 
  articles 
  of 
  

   export. 
  If 
  our 
  progress 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  thirteen 
  years 
  is 
  in 
  proportion 
  to 
  

   the 
  past', 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  manufactures 
  will 
  become 
  of 
  vital 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  colony 
  at 
  large. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  powerful 
  aids 
  in 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  our 
  resources, 
  and 
  their 
  utiliza- 
  

   tion 
  in 
  the 
  arts, 
  is 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  an 
  Industrial 
  Museum 
  in 
  Dunedin. 
  The 
  one 
  we 
  

   have 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  Natural 
  History 
  Museum. 
  As 
  such 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  invaluable 
  and 
  necessary 
  

   adjunct 
  to 
  the 
  machinery 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  ; 
  consequently 
  the 
  one 
  I 
  suggest 
  does 
  not 
  

   come 
  into 
  competition 
  with 
  it, 
  their 
  objects 
  being 
  qiiite 
  distinct. 
  An 
  Industrial 
  Museum 
  

   in 
  New 
  Zealand 
  should 
  constitute 
  a 
  complete 
  compendium 
  of 
  our 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  

   economic 
  resoiaces 
  and 
  manufacturing 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  colony, 
  inscribed 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  

   written 
  records, 
  but 
  in 
  a 
  systematic 
  arrangement 
  of 
  specimens 
  and 
  samjoles 
  of 
  all 
  kinds 
  

   and 
  from 
  every 
  locality 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  facihtate 
  comparison, 
  each 
  class 
  should 
  be 
  

   accompanied 
  by 
  types 
  from 
  other 
  countries. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  information 
  usually 
  given, 
  such 
  as 
  analysis, 
  weight, 
  strength, 
  and 
  

   other 
  inherent 
  properties, 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  supply 
  and 
  cost 
  of 
  production, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   the 
  imported 
  type, 
  should 
  be 
  shown 
  on 
  each 
  article. 
  

  

  An 
  objection 
  maybe 
  raised 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  museum 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  degenerate 
  

   into 
  an 
  advertising 
  medium. 
  Possibly 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  used 
  by 
  producers 
  and 
  manufacturers 
  

   as 
  such 
  but 
  that 
  is 
  a 
  minor 
  evil. 
  While 
  the 
  community 
  is 
  benefited 
  to 
  however 
  small 
  

   an 
  extent, 
  the 
  question 
  of 
  personal 
  profit 
  maybe 
  disregarded. 
  And 
  if 
  we 
  analyse 
  critically 
  

   the 
  movincr 
  power 
  in 
  the 
  great 
  exhibitions 
  of 
  all 
  nations 
  in 
  older 
  countries, 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  

   found 
  that 
  advertising 
  and 
  individual 
  preferment 
  generally 
  are 
  the 
  main 
  springs 
  in 
  those 
  

   grand 
  machines 
  whose 
  pulsations 
  vibrate 
  through 
  every 
  artery 
  in 
  the 
  industrial 
  world. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  raw 
  materials 
  and 
  ordinary 
  manufactures, 
  the 
  museum 
  would 
  contain 
  

   models 
  and 
  drawings 
  of 
  mines, 
  machinery, 
  and 
  engineering 
  works. 
  

  

  One 
  great 
  drawback 
  hitherto 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  an 
  Industrial 
  Museum 
  in 
  

   Dunedin 
  was 
  the 
  want 
  of 
  a 
  director, 
  but 
  that 
  want 
  has 
  lately 
  been 
  supplied 
  in 
  Professor 
  

  

  