to be conducive to comfort in a climate likethat of Dunedin. The little known hFHSuof New Guinea is represented by two remarkable Illustrative exhibits, as showing the fondness of the Natives for the soothing weed, and also for the more exciting but somewhat dangerous diver sion of "head hunting." The .tobacco pipes, which comprise the first, far surpass the celebrated Broseley church wardens in length, being some 3ft long and sin in circumference. The tniie used in what our Hibernian friends call the " Divarsion" of head hunt ins ia of bamboo, and like the American Indian of Mayne Reid, who checks off his slain enemies by notches on the handle of his tomahawk, the native of New Guinea records the total of his bag of heads on the handles of these knives. It is not stated | to whom the specimen exhibited belonged, but judging from the number of notches he must have had a very good time before he himself—as is the destiny sooner or late of all who engage in the sport—passed in bis checks. Having hitherto been engaged in what may be called a personally conducted tour j through the courts devoted to the display j of the exhibits from placei outside our colony, I will now ask your reavers to take a glimpse of something nearer home in the shape of THE HOME INDUSTRIES COURT. This is devoted to the display of the work done at home by artisans and others —that is, outside the factory or shop in which the exhibitor may be employed. It occupies twelve hays, and is appropriately decorated with New Zealand ferns filled into the spandrils of the arches. The scope of the present article is not in tended to deal with details. All that is necessary now is to give an outline, leav ing the full description to the series which will follow. Therefore only what may be called the salient points, as indicating the general scope of the court, need be touched upon. The appeal of the Committee in charge of this- department for exhibits has been very liberally responded to, about 150 exhibitors having come forward with an almost endless variety of articles of all kinds. A speciality is a rosette manufac tured of butterflies, which is unique, and recalls memories of the celebrated speech descriptive of Queen Mab. 