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  2. PROVISIONS.

    Victoria has entered into competition with, and has to a great extent succeeded in surpassing, the other Australian colonies in the manufacture of preserved meats, cheeses, ...

    Article : 1,370 words
  3. TOBACCO AND SNUFF.

    The manufacture of tobacco has become a recognised industry in the colony. There were in Victoria, at the close of the year 1874, twelve tobacco, cigar and snuff ...

    Article : 407 words
  4. AGRICULTURAL.

    The decline in the yield of gold, and the increased facilities afforded for taking up land, gradually directed the attention of our rural population to the pursuit of ...

    Article : 1,210 words
  5. MACHINERY AND IMPLEMENTS.

    The display of machinery of all kinds is large and various. The exhibits coming under this head are to be found principally in the long corridor leading from the ...

    Article : 4,829 words
  6. MACHINERY IN MOTION.

    Wright and Edwards, engineers, Melbourne, who have been entrusted by the commissioners with the supplying of all steam power for working the various ...

    Article : 746 words
  7. WOODS AND WOODWARE.

    The director of the Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Mr. Guilfoyle, has prepared specimens of almost every variety of Australian wood, each sample of which is polished and ...

    Article : 2,185 words
  8. LEATHER AND LEATHER WORK.

    In the colony of Victoria alone there are 47 fellmongeries, and 87 tanneries ; 27 of the tanneries use steam power, and employ 983 working hands. Among the fellmongers, ...

    Article : 989 words
  9. CLOTHING.

    Wool constitutes one of our most important staples of produce. Some idea of the magnitude of the Victorian wool trade may be gathered from the fact that for the ...

    Article : 1,875 words
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