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I also transmit to you a copy of a commu-
nication which has been addressed to me on
this subject, by direction of the Lords of the
Committee of Privy Council for Trade, and by
which you will perceive,–

1st. That it has been determined that the
British Authorities which may be charged
with the conduct of the Exhibition, shall
defray the cost and carriage and Custom-
house expenses from London to the
French Frontier, of all goods which may
be delivered within a certain specified
time, and that all charges of general
management shall be defrayed by the
British Authorities.

2ndly. That it is considered desirable that
Committees of persons of authority and
experience should be appointed in the Co-
lonies, for the purpose of securing a due
representation of the industry. and re-
sources of the Colonies at the Exhibi-
tion.

3rdly. That it is requested that such Com-
mittees should immediately transmit to
the Department of Science and Art at
Marlborough House, estimates of the
area in square feet which may be required
for occupation at the Exhibition, and that
such Committees should appoint Agents
in London to put themselves in commu-
nication with the Department of Science
and Art, or such other Authorities as may
hereafter be entrusted with the manage-
ment of the British Department of the
Exhibition.

I have to desire that you will give due pub-
licity to the project of this Exhibition, and
that you will lend your influence to the for-
mation of a Committee in the Colony under
your Government, for the purpose of securing
every facility for the due representation of
the Manufactures or Produce of the Colony.
I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.

The Officer Administering
the Government of New Zealand,
&c., &c., &e.

Department of Science and Art,
Marlborough House, 23rd May, 1854.

MY LORD DUKE,

The Department of Science and
Art has been directed to take the preliminary
steps for ascertaining the amount of space
which the Manufacturers and other Producers
of the United Kingdom, and her Colonies,
may be prepared to occupy in the approaching
Paris Exhibition of 1855.

It being of great importance that the Colo-
nies should be well represented, I have heen di-
rected by the Lords of the Committee of Privy

Council for Trade to request your Grace to
take such measures as may be necessary for
calling the early attention of the Colonies to
this subject.

I transmit herewith copies of the Regula-
tions and Decrees issued by the French Im-
perial Commission. It is proposed that the
British Authorities, who may be charged with
the conduct of the Exhibition, shall defray the
cost of carriage and Custom-house expenses
from London to the French Frontiers, of all
goods which may be delivered within a certain
specified time, and that all charges of general
management will also be defrayed by the Brit-
ish Authorities.

The steps which it is desirable the Colonies
should take without delay are :–

1. To form in each Colony a Committee, in-
   vested with sufficient authority and ex-
   perience to secure a due representation
   of the industry and resources of the Coun-
   try.
2. That this Committee should immediately
   make and transmit to this Department an
   estimate of the area in square feet they
   think they may be prepared to occupy in
   the Exhibition.
3. That they should name an Agent in Lon-
   don, who shall put himself in direct com-
   munication with this Department, or with
   such other Authorities as may hereafter
   be entrusted with the management of the
   British Department of the Exhibition.

Other steps will naturally present them-
selves to a Committee having these objects in
view, upon which, however, it may be my
duty at no distant period again to have the
honour of addressing Your Grace.
I have, &c.,
(Signed) H. C. OWEN,
Captain Royal Engineers.

His Grace
the Duke of Newcastle,
&c., &c., &c.

PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF
1855. No. 1.

[Translation.]

IMPERIAL COMMISSION.
DECREES, REGULATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS.

DECREES.

Napoleon, by the grace of God, and the national
will, Emperor of the French, to all whom these
presents may concern, greeting:

On the report of our Minister, Secretary of State for
the department of the Interior:
We have decreed and do hereby decree as fol-
lows:
ART. 1.—A Universal Exhibition of agricultural and
manufacturing products will be opened at Paris, in the
Palace of Industry, on the Carre de Marigny, on the