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himself, which he conceived, after examination, likely to. 
be of utility. He exhibits rough-made paper from green. 
scum or water weeds, obtained in the St. Kilda swamp. 
The specimen exhibited has not undergone bleaching, 
nor has any preparation been applied to this or any speci-. 
men made to give it strength or glossiness ; but in the 
hands of the paper manufacturer it could be converted into 
an excellent printing paper. The use of many Australian: 
common grasses, of the New Zealand flax, and of the stringy 
bark trees which grow in such enormous quantities through- 
out the continent are shown in rough specimens of their, 
fibres made into paper. The Eucalyptus Obliquo, the 
most common of all trees in Victoria, South Australia, 
Tasmania, and part of New South Wales, will also yield a 
rough description of material that may be made serviceable. 
The tea-tree, which fills all the swamps, makes an excel- 
lent blotting and filtering paper. There is an abundance 
of this species; indeed, the supply may be considered 
almost inexhaustible. The bloodwood, woollybut, blue- 
gum, white gum, messmate gumtree, and several kinds of 
salle yield some variety or other of paper. 
~ M. Guizot has just finished the concluding pages of the 
eighth and last volume of his memoirs, which terminate 
with the recital of the three days of the July revolution. 
This volume will be published in April. M. Saint Marc 
Girardin has received a magnificent album from the Greek. 
population of Trieste, offered to him in testimony of their 
gratitude for his exertions in the Hellenic cause. 
A vessel from Siam, containing 100 packages of objects 
for the Paris Exhibition, had taken the Suez Canal route 
to the Mediterranean. 
We cull the following from the Examiner :— ; 
LEECHES.—The collection and export of leeches from 
Victoria has now become an extensive branch of trade. 
The business is principally carried on in connection with 
the operations of the Murray River Fishing Company. At 
seasons unfavourable to fishery, the men employed by the 
company turn their attention to the collection of leeches. 
At such times, the steamer of the company takes a trip. 
down the Murray, and the leeches are then gathered from 
the swamps, lagoons, overflows, and shallow creeks of the 
river. From 150,000 to 250,000 leeches are sometimes. 
