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GENERAL REPORT OF THE JUDGES OF GROUP VI. ji The collections from New South Wales were especially notice able; one from the northern districts, two hundred and twenty-seven species; the other from the southern districts, of one hundred and ninety-five species, accompanied with printed descriptions, the com mon and botanic names, when known, with notes on the size of the trees, uses, properties, etc. These collections, containing many large planks beautifully polished, were popularly very attractive. The recent attention paid to the planting of the Eucalyptus species in various parts of the world gave great interest to the beautiful planks of the woods of this genus, of which there were some fifty numbers, representing nearly as many species. Tasmania also had a fine display of woods, containing several species of Eucalyptus. Mr. C. T. Creswell, of Hobart Town, ex hibited seeds of three hundred and sixty-two varieties of forest-trees and flowering shrubs indigenous to Australia and Tasmania. g. From New Zealand were several collections of woods, the aggre gate number of specimens being large. They were exhibited in a variety of forms, and articles made from some of them were presented to show their appearance when finished. There was also a fine exhibit of Kauri gum, a product of the “ New Zealand Pine,” an article of considerable importance, twenty-six hundred tons of which are said to be exported annually, valued at nearly half a million dollars. CHINA. China had several small collections, representing six localities, the whole aggregating about one hundred and fifty specimens, with the native names. CHILI. Chili was represented by several collections, some of ingenious form. EGYPT. Egypt had a collection of about fifty cross-sections of trees, indige nous and cultivated, mostly with their English, local, and botanic names. African ebony (from her southern possessions), ancient syca more, and a few kinds known to ancient literature, were the features of most popular interest. With these was a peculiarly interesting collection of crude gums, partly from Nubia and oartlv from near the Red Sea. JAPAN. Japan had a museum collection, exhibited by the Imperial Board of Agriculture, of one hundred and three species, ingeniously and