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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

that the Association will give one Silver in communication with such persons or bodies
Medal to Colonial Rifle Associations. in each Colony as are likely to command the
I transmit to you for general information, confidence of those who may become exhibi-
Copies of the Association's proceedings, con-tors.
taining their Rules, &c.
It is, I am sure, unnecessary for me to urge
I have to request that you will make Her upon you the adoption of any means in your
Majesty's gracious desire publicly known in power for furthering the important object in
the Colony under your Government. You view, and I shall be glad to learn that the
will at the same time take such steps as may Colony under your Government is prepared
appear to you best adapted for giving effect to become a Contributor to this undertaking.
to the intentions of the Association, and will The general conditions of the Exhibition
make application through me for their Silver will be made known to you as soon as they
Medal when any organized body or bodies are completed.
exist in the Colony uuder your Government
who are desirous of competing for it.
I have, &c.,
NEWCASTLE.
I have, &c.,
Governor Gore Browne, C.B., NEWCASTLE.
&c, &c., Governor Gore Browne, C.B.
&c. &c., &c., &c.

National Rifle Association,
11, Pall Mall East,
January 23, 1861.

MY LORD DUKE, -I have the honor to
inform your Grace that in accordance with
Her Majesty's desire, Colonial Volunteers
will be entitled to compete for "The Queen's
Prize" at our annual Prize Meeting on the
same terms as the Volunteers of Great
Britain; and I have further the honor to inform
your Grace that with a view still further to
connect the Colonies with the mother country
in the matter of Rifle Shooting, the Council
of the National Rifle Association have re-
solved to give one Silver Medal to Colonial
Rifle Associations.

These medals will be allotted in the pro-
portion of one to each Colony on application
from the Colonial Authorities, sanctioned by
the Colonial Office.

The "History and Proceedings of the
National Rifle Association, (1860)," contain-
ing our Rules, &c., and the Statistics of the
Wimbledon Prize Meeting being now pub-
lished, I should be glad to know if your
Grace would wish to send any copies to the
Colonies, as they might perhaps be of use in
the formation of Colonial Associations.

I have &c.,
(Signed) ELCHO.
Chairman of the Council of the N.R.A.
P.S.-The next annual Prize Meeting of
the National Rifle Association will take place
carly in July.

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

Downing Street,
1st February, 1861.

SIR, -I transmit to you a copy of a letter
from the Promoters and proposed Trustees of
the Exhibition of Works of Industry and Art
of all Nations to be holden in London in the
year 1862.

You will see that these gentlemen are
desirous to learn from what Colonies articles
will be sent for exhibition, and also to be put

London, 18th January, 1861.

MY LORD DUKE, -I am directed by Earl
Granville to intimate to your Grace that the
Promoters of the Exhibition of the Works of
Industry and Art of all Nations, which it is
proposed to hold in the year 1862, are about
to apply to Her Majesty for a Charter of
Incorporation, by which certain Trustees, to
whom the management of the Exhibition has
been confided, may be vested with the powers
requisite for effectually carrying out the pro-
jected undertaking.

The names of the Trustees are as follows:-
The Earl Granville, K.G., Lord Presi-
dent of the Council.
The Marquis of Chandos,
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
C. Wentworth Dilke, Esq.
Thomas Fairbairn, Esq.

The Trustees have every reason to believe
that the application for a Charter will be
favourably entertained: but as some short
interval must necessarily elapse before the
usual preliminary formalities can be complied
with, they are anxious that no time should be
lost in giving notice of the intended Exhibi-
tion to the distant Colonies of the Empire.

I am therefore directed to request that your
Grace will do the Trustees the favour to take
the necessary steps for making known to the
various Colonial possessions and dependencies
of the Crown, that the Exhibition will open
on Thursday the 1st of May 1862, and that
the Trustees are very desirous to learn from
what Colonies articles will be sent for exhi-
bition, and also to be put in communication
with such persons or bodies in each Colony
as are likely to command the confidence of
those who may become exhibitors.

The Exhibition will be held in London, on
a convenient site which has been placed at
the disposal of the Trustees by the Royal
Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851,
in the immediate vicinity of the ground occu-
pied in 1851, by permission of Her Majesty,
on the occasion of the first International
Exhibition.

The general conditions of the Exhibition,
and the terms on which exhibitors will be in-