The Sun.
London, England, 1863-09-25 00:00:00

FRENCH COLONIAL EXHIBITION.

The Noniteur publishes a report addressed to the Minister
of Marine and the Colonies by the Committee of the Per-
manent Exhibition of the Colonies, giving an account of the
operations in 1862, which consisted chiefly in preparing for
the Universal Exhibition in London. The committee express
themselves highly satisfied with the reception given to
French colonial products by the jury of the Exhibition, as
well as by the English press, and then proceed to enumerate
the success of eaeh!..colony as follows :—Guidaloupe (17
medals, 12 honourable mentions).—This colony exhibited
sugar, coffee, cocoa, rum, textile substances, and
salt, all of which the jury considered of superior
quality, but their attention was chiefly directed to
the cotton, of which the long•stapled was valued at 5f
per kilogramme, and the short stapled at 2f 50c. This latter
description is especially remarkable for its abundant yield,
and being less subject to the attacks of insects than the
Georgian. It will also grow on almost any soil, and is well
adapted for all ordinary fabrics. Martinique (13 medals,
three honourable mentions).—The sugar, cocoa, and rum of
this colony were found excellent, as was likewise its coffee.
which the jury considered fully equal to its long-established
reputation, and expressed their regret that its cultivation
should have diminished of late years. Guiana (14 medals, '
17 honourable mentions).—None of the French colonists
presented such a variety of products as this. They com-
prise fine timber for shipbuilding, coffee, cotton, annotto,
fruit, and seeds yielding oil, &c. The cotton was an indige-
nous species, of a long and fine staple, estimated to be
worth from 41 50e to 50f per kilogramme. St. Pierre and
Miquelon (two medals, two honourable mentions).—These
islands exhibited the produce of their fisheries, cousistingof
cod and other fish cured in variousways, isinglass, cod liver
oil, white and brown, all of which were considered quite
equal to the best English and Norwegian products of the
same kind. West Coast of Africa (eight medals).—The
French possessions in Senegal, the Gold Coast of Gabon
exhibited ground-nats, gum, gold, ostrich feathers, tanning
substances, cabinet wood, palm oil, copper, ivory, ebony,
and sandal wood. A short-stapled cotton-growing wild in
Senegambia was exhibited, and also specimens of jumel
cotton recently introduced there, which was estimated at 4f
50c per kilogramme. Reunion (24 medals, 13 honourable
mentions).—This colony may well be proud of its success.
Its sugars were especially remarked, and were judged fully
equal to those of the Mauritius. The vanilla of this island
was found excellent, as was also the cotton. Magotte and
dependencies (one medal, two honourable mentions).—This
island had few exhibitors, chiefly of sugars, in which the

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jury noticed considerable improvement since 1855. Mada-
gascar (one medal).—The principal articles exposed were
timber, cabinet-woods, cotton, rocella, and the silk of the
bombyx radama.—lndia (nine medals, six honourable men-
tions).—Thanks to the efforts of the local committee of
Pondicherry, the French possessions in India made a
very respectable figure, even beside the vast display from
Bengal. The jury highly appreciated the show of rice,
medicinal and tinctorial plants, cocoa nut oil, &c. As
to the cotton, it was valued at 6f 25c to 8f 75c per kilo-
gramme, and was admitted to be superior to that from
British India. New Caledonia (six medals, six honourable

mentions).—The wool from this colony was found equal to
the best Australian, and proves that the rearing of sheep
on a large scale would soon make this a rich colony. The
specimens of sugar and coffee were especially noticed by the
Australian Commissioners, and New Caledonia is admirably
situated for supplying the great English colony with those
articles. Cotton, resins, bark, sandal-wood, timber, and

cocoa-nut oil were also exhibited. Tahiti (three medals,
two honourable ment:ons)—The productions of these islands
attracted much notice from the commercial men of all coun-
tries, and were considered very superior to those shown in
1855. Cochin China (one medal,two honourable mentions)
—This country exhibited rice, cotton, silks, dye -woods,fish,
swallow's-nests, and many other Eastern delicacies. This
collection was examined with extraordinary interest. The
report concludes with expressing the conviction of the com-
mittee that France has every reason to be satisfied with the
success of her colonies at this great International Exhibition.

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