, 1879-07-03

The drent Building nntl Rome Of tho
American Exhibits.


.ytw lorE Tin.<s.
The Australian International Exhibition will
open in Sydney In the lirst week Of September,
anl closc 1T March, 1s.0. There Ia every pros
Fect that tho United states, antl especially this
city, will DO largely and worthlly represented.
FFefEhts on tile Australian steamers sailing
from San Francisco wll1 bo very materially re-
1uccd to merchants sending goods 10 the Exli-
blrIun, and all exhibits Rro 10 10 admitted to the
CuIuny free Of duty. In order TO give oil the
time necessary to American exhibitors, exhibits
will be received up to the titnc III the closing Of
tie fair, in March, 1850. and tho Commission,
T. 50 desired. will ARRANGE With the Victorian
Commissioners to hnye them sent OIL In ttme for
will, therefore, receive Tug benefit OF two Ex-
hibltuHs iD the British Colonies at IN expensc
buL slightly above ttlut ordinarily eutailed by
one display.
in courae ot erection, mud 1901 men arc engaged
u Tug work. u is situated Oh what Is know rs
aud half acres of space, n1osslInE ,00Q
that The cost o1 ,Lu building will bn $500, 900,
aud tllc Government llas already voted $ss50t t0U
as FIRST tnstallmrut. The floor space vii!
amount 10 Jr. 40 superficial tect. Tic nayc
vii! bo 500 feet n 1englh, and ,l.c trans.pt 5oO
fee, vide and 60 feet hight, surrounded by
gallery 25 feet iu width. 1t t!,e intersection Of
the nave and tsan.ept thcro will be dome IL
ieet IL diameter, anl At zach ol the four
sa;F''Ss' VII g. eo.! ssy s2Hs: s % ouds afSt saiE s
been plauucd With d view 10 liz
extension or reduction II necessary, without ltl.
Jury ta the general aschlteeturat efsct. The ap-
p!tcat!ons for space iu thu European quarter
already received bf the London Commissioner,
represent over ~, 0ou square feet Of space. md
this fn"t would ssctll to Imply that the Austria
}ian Exhibition Is destined IL be Ernul st1ccess.
T!e Commissioners for the unted States are
I. " Cameron. Of No: % South William street,
this city, and Hrury ". Peabody. NJ. IFS MIX
street, Bustuu, Auss. lii ail, 8oule 113 1iler-
chants hayc sIgllsticd TO t1,che gentlemen their
intention Of nlakin1 display al the Exhibition,
uill tlc exhibits of some are already OIL their
way 10 Australia. In addition to these, several
exhibitors have sent directly FROM San Fran-
c!sco 10 syincy, without troubling themselves
to Notify the American Colnn'isstoners. Tie
States ptnetpal!y rcprssentea in til. applieatons
States, but Ohio, Illinois. Kentucky, Missouri!
AMI Virginia nlso furnish exhibitors. .A,nung
the articles offered lor exhibition are sgrcult-
uraf mud Mlulug implements. untl tools OF various
klntls, including ErcAt number of Varieties OF
axes, hatLmefs, cLsscIs, And saws. a. flrE, ot
this ctt5 sunds sewnEInacftnes, mud fl,c pateut-
ed Inventions 80 peculiarly characteristic OF tic
American are largely represented. tiOl,t anu
silver eectro.ulnte Is sent from Taunton. Alahs.,
u,ln Il New York firm Will exhibit specimens Of
oars for racing Anl other boats. Patent ateel
wire, for fencing purposes. will hr I'll rNtltbl-
uun from Worcester, Mass, ull1 au Illinois
urm proposes to send collection Of Winlmils,
such as arc used In thu Wtat to raise watcr
to Light from which It can be readily dis
tributeu, either for irrigation purposes or for
lnnserate walcr-powcr. 1,[li.ard-tnblcs niM
cooking Are o, the list of articles to be
contributed by this city, nnl lcrnettcall
meats Will 70 from Portland, Nc. uowc's
scales. from Rutland, VI, will also be exhibited,
anu PHILADELPHIA pEopnsrs to teach the Ats
tra!lnns how tn make biscuits uitl crackers.
Artificial 1ccth Alll aucelmens Of lehtal science
will 20 from tllss city, from philauelplliu, AuI
tson Chicago. LubricattnE oils from Buffalo,
! utI.l 6ausngc.eaelngs from AGT York. Soaps,
| pcrtumery, tneslicines, ind stationery ate aisu
largely represented IN the list Of exhibits frnm
,lu UHttel States. Tie ubiquitous razor-s,rop
H,an will bo oil baud from Philadelphia, as alsu
| firm Of that city: a great quantity u lurnl-
ture Is entered for ,l.c competition. Tobacct'a
arc 10 be sent frotn Virginia, and Bibiet
| and praYcr-hooks from this eitr. Canned Uys-
| ters AMI fruits are cntcred from Baltimore;
mixed paints from, Sun Francisco; fanry euttoil
u,ld Woulr!l hosiery irotn Philadelphia; tin nltl
mechanical TOYS alla tce-ulactitnes FROM Ac,s
| York. Clocks nlIA watches III grcut numbers,
frutn tlrlis in tie East, West, md South, will
| be on exhibition; aud California aud Nevada
! will selui specimens of ure from their guild nn
| silver mii,es. Tlere IL nut onc exhibit Of print
!ng.t,rchsrs thus tar cnieretl, ,-ihal OF Aan unl
foui power nncinrs. whIet, will he sent from
Fhi.deIntlia. 4 Philadelphia firm Ill e.dcayor
| tu i,,,t,ce tie Australians tn Lake htock In
| "Anertcan notions a1,d Eundrics." Cnrrcss, In
| 1hc n,anufl.ture of whIcn this country has OF
| late 1lale Ercnt pr0ETrss, will De exhibited by
Befcrul firms Of tlIi6 city,