Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1866 – No. 2

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Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL XV.] FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1866. [No. 2.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

The following is Published for general information.

Hugh Carleton,
For the Superintendent.

INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION OF AUSTRALASIA.

COMMISSIONERS :

Sir Redmond Barry, Knt., President.
Hon. George Harker,
Hon. G. F. Verdon,
Hon. J. F. Sullivan,
Sir James Palmer, Knt.,
Hon. C. J. Jenner, M.L.C.,
Hon. Wm. Degraves, M.L.C.,
Sir Francis Murphy, Knt.,
S. H. Bindon, Esquire, M.L.A.,
J. C. Riddel, Esquire, M.L.A.,
J. T. Smith, Esquire, M.L.A.,
Edward Cope, Esquire, M.L.A.,
Rev. J. J. Bleasdale, D.D.,
Thomas Black, Esquire,
Ferdinand Mueller, Esq., F.R.S.,
Professor McCoy,
Phipps Turnbull, Esquire,
Charles E. Bright, Esquire,
T. J. Sumner, Esquire,
Robert McDougall, Esquire,
J. G. Knight, Secretary.

HIS EXCELLENCY SIR CHARLES DARLING having been pleased to issue a Commission, authorising the above-named persons to take the necessary steps for managing and conducting an Intercolonial Exhibition, to be held in Melbourne, the Honorable the Chief Secretary of Victoria addressed himself to the Governments of the various Dependencies of the Crown in Australasia, inviting their cordial co-operation.

Highly encouraging replies have been received: these convey a well-founded assurance that the project of instituting a series of exhibitions of Natural Products, General Industries, and Art, to be held in succession in the several Australian Colonies, has been accepted in a spirit which acknowledges the truth of the proposition, that such exhibitions would “prove of public advantage alike to all.”

The Commissioners are conscious, however, that it is not sufficient to rely solely on the good intentions and proffered support of the respective Governments. They deem it right to appeal to the public spirit of the different communities. They have now the honor, therefore, to invoke the earnest assistance of their fellow subjects, not only of those who dwell in Victoria, but of those also resident in the other British Colonies in these seas, to aid them in furtherance of the design, and they do so with a confident expectation that the appeal will be considered worthy of a generous encouragement.

The Commissioners do not propose to demonstrate by laboured arguments the benefits which must arise almost unbidden from a comprehensive, well-directed organi-



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🏘️ Public Notification from Auckland Provincial Government

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
Public Notification, Auckland, Provincial Government
  • Hugh Carleton, For the Superintendent

🏭 Commissioners for Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Commissioners, Intercolonial Exhibition, Australasia, Melbourne
21 names identified
  • Redmond Barry (Sir), President of Commissioners
  • George Harker (Honourable), Commissioner
  • G. F. Verdon (Honourable), Commissioner
  • J. F. Sullivan (Honourable), Commissioner
  • James Palmer (Sir), Commissioner
  • C. J. Jenner (Honourable, M.L.C.), Commissioner
  • Wm. Degraves (Honourable, M.L.C.), Commissioner
  • Francis Murphy (Sir), Commissioner
  • S. H. Bindon (Esquire, M.L.A.), Commissioner
  • J. C. Riddel (Esquire, M.L.A.), Commissioner
  • J. T. Smith (Esquire, M.L.A.), Commissioner
  • Edward Cope (Esquire, M.L.A.), Commissioner
  • J. J. Bleasdale (Reverend, D.D.), Commissioner
  • Thomas Black (Esquire), Commissioner
  • Ferdinand Mueller (Esquire, F.R.S.), Commissioner
  • McCoy (Professor), Commissioner
  • Phipps Turnbull (Esquire), Commissioner
  • Charles E. Bright (Esquire), Commissioner
  • T. J. Sumner (Esquire), Commissioner
  • Robert McDougall (Esquire), Commissioner
  • J. G. Knight, Secretary

  • Sir Charles Darling, His Excellency