If canary birds have ghosts, that woman will be a haunted woman when she wears her gorgeous dress; and when she laya down her tired head on her dainty pillow, her nightmare dream will be that she ia being pocked to death by thousands of tiny birds, converted by Nemesis into avenging furies, like Bishop Hatto's rats. But Fashion, Pride's twin sister, feela no pain either for horstlf or for her victims. Women wear on their hats and bonnets the heads and clawa of birds, aud the paws of small animals, tet as broochpa, The surest way to stop this slaughter of the innocents would be t » make it binding that the women who would wear them must first see the little creatures slain before their eyes, or do it with their own hands. There is a gieat predilection for AmaaO') nian attire, tho Ulster travelling coat, which is almost exactly like those worn by gentle, men, is an example of t-..is. It has a hood, a band round the waibt, and plenty of pockets. It is certainly very unbecoming, expensive, durable, and at present, aristocra tic. They can scarcely be udopted by those who do not belong to the aristocracy of birth or wealth, as they are boyjnd a limited purse, and not useful for every-day wear. Historical \—Vide ''Jurors' Reports and Awards, New Zealand Exhibition. Jurors : J. A. Ewen, J. Butterworth, T. O. Skinner. "So far as the Colony in concerned, the dyeing of materials is almost cntirelj oon» fined to the re-dyeing of Articles of *Drea9 and Upholstery, a most useful art, for there are many kinds of material that lose their colour before the texture is half worn. G, Hirsoh, of Dunedin (Dunedin Dye Works, George street, opposite ltoyal George Hotel), exhibits a case of specimens of dyed Wools, Silks, aud Feathers, and dyed Sheepskins. The colours on the whole are very fair, and rofleot considerable credit ou tho Exhibitor, to whom the Jurors recommended an Hona« rary Certificate should be aware l sd." H no« rary Certificate, 039 : Guatav Hiraeh, Dunedin, for Specimen of Dyeing in Silk, Feathers, &o. Mara villa. Coooa.— The Globe says: — " Taylor Brothers' Maravilla Cocoa haa achieved a thorough success, and supersedes every other Coooa in the market. 