Amongst the papers forming the evidence attached to the report of the Commission on Local Industrie, are two on Woollen Manufactures, one from Mr. "W. Steele, Hamilton, April, 1880, enclos ing a suggestion from a Mr. Potter, re garding the manufacture of flannel, and one from Mr. Albert Potter, Hamilton, 18th March, 1880, suggesting the dis seminating of the hand-loom throughout the colony for the manufacture of flannel*, blankets, serges, carpets, &c, as a means of employment for the increase of popula tion.
