OUR KINO AND QUEEN,

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3299, 18 August 1911, Page 3

OUR KINO AND QUEEN,

EMPIRE CORONATION GIFTS

The complete list of Coronation gifts which have been presented to the King and Queen is a long one, and contains an extraordinary variety of presents. Among the gifts are :• —Five elephant tusks, a collection of native arms, and packages of Mocha coffee from Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia; collection of native animals birds, and reptiles from South Africa, 10,000 Havana cigars from th Cuban Govrnment, valued at £4000; igoklen stole and girdle to be worn- with the Coronation vestments from the Gridlers’ Company; Coronation poem from' the Emperor of Japan; 990 z gold nugget from New Zealand, surmounted by an allegorical figure or wrought silver; set of Sevres porcelain, with an autograph letter, from President Fallieres; armoire of French walnut, designed and executed by the staff and students of the School of Art Woodcarving, South Kensington ; Coronation cake from Messrs Gunter and Co., containing 700 eggs and 2001 b of fruit, weighing 5001 b; gift from the Georges of the Empire. The 20,000 members of the Grain Producers’ Association of Saskatchewan are going to present a solid silver bread basket weighing 121 bto the King. The gift bears the inscription: “To his Imperial Majesty King George. The gift of the Grain Growers’ Association of the Province of Saskatchewan—the bread basket of the Empire.” The presentation will he made by Lord Strathcom.

Among the many gifts sent to Queen Mary are:—Set of the Insignia of the Garter in diamonds, and the portraits of t-lie King and the Prince of Wales, from the Marys of the Empire; fan of tortoiseshell and Honiton lace from the ladies of Belfast; parasol of embroidered muslin from the women of St. Vincent, Windward Islands (the stick of native groo-groo -wood, with a gold handle modelled after the West Indian conch shell/lined with shaded pink enamel).; gold needlecase from the Needlemakers’ Company; rare collection of Delft ware from the Netherlands, presented bv Prince Henry: embroidered gloves from the Glovemakers’ Company y illuminated address from the National Council of .Women of Ontario; Coronation bouquet from the Gardeners’ Company, in a silver-gilt basket of Jacobean design; basket of roses from tlie National Rose Society.