Fibres. 
Report on a scries of thirty-two fibres grown experimentally in the Melbourne 
Botanical Gardens. 
Meat Extract.. 
Report on the examination of a sample of meat extract. 
Coal. 
An examination cf three samples of brown coal. 
TASMANIA 
Timbers. 
Report by Professor Unwin on the mechanical tests of three timbers. 
WESTERN AUSTRALIA. 
Water. 
Report on the analysis of three samples of water taken from the “ Perth Station 
Yard Bore.' 1 
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Coal. 
Report on the analysis and technical examination of coal from the Wallsend Colliery 
of the Collie Coal Field. 
NEW SOUTH WALES. 
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Cotton. 
Report on the properties and commercial value of cotton grown in New South 
Wales, proving that most satisfactory cotton can be produced in the Colony. 
Sisal Fibre. 
Report on the composition and commercial value of sisal fibre grown in New South 
Wales. This report was very favourable. 
Meat Preservative. 
Report on the value of an antiseptic material proposed for use on the large scale in 
the preservation of meat. 
Leather. 
Report on the character and commercial value of leather tanned in New South \\ ales. 
QUEENSLAND. 
Hides, Skins and Leather. 
These samples were received through the Agent-General from the Department of 
Agriculture at Brisbane, with a request that a report should be obtained on the 
commercial value of the skins, which had been cured by a special process. In order to 
test the efficiency of the curing process, samples of hides and skins were tanned, and 
the leather so produced, submitted to experts. A detailed report on the value of the 
process and of the leather produced was furnished, with the opinions of leather experts 
and brokers, 
Australian Leather. 
Report on the market in this country for various types of Australian leather. 
Divi-Divi Pods. 
The pods of this plant (Ccrsalpinia conarta) are used in tanning. 1 he Queensland 
sample was analysed and found to be of excellent quality, and was highly valued by the 
brokers to whom it was submitted. 
Wine. 
Report on samples of wine produced in the Colony. 
