THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 187

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 20th July, 1861.

THE following Despatch respecting the
"International Exhibition of 1862," is
published for general information.

I. E. FEATHERSTON.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862.

HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS.

THE EARL GRANVILLE, K.G., Chairman.
THE MARQUIS OF CHANDOS,
THOMAS BARING, ESQ., M.P.,
C. WENTWORTH DILKE, ESQ.,
THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, ESQ.,
F. R. SANDFORD, Secretary.

Offices, 454, West Strand,
London, W.C., April, 1861.

SIR,-

With reference to the printed "Deci-
sions" of Her Majesty's Commissioners, which
have already reached your Excellency through
the Secretary of State for the Colonies, I am
now instructed to enter into some further
explanations, for the information of the gentle-
men, in the Colony under your Government,
who may undertake the duty of forming a
collection for the International Exhibition in
1862.

In the first place, it would facilitate the
arrangements here if the appointment of the
Commission or Central Authority referred to
in the "Decisions" were to take place at as
early a period as practicable.

Your Excellency will have remarked, that
no article will be admitted from the Colonies
without the sanction of such Commission or
Central Authority, and it is important that
Her Majesty's Commissioners should know
with whom they can officially correspond.

Upon this point I am instructed further to
observe, that it is highly desirable, in the
interests of the Colonies, that whoever may be
nominated as Agents in this country, should
be a man of business, well acquainted with the
resources of the Colony he represents.

The lists of articles admissible are so ample
as to include every kind of produce, raw or
manufactured, with only the three specified
exceptions. With regard to one of these, viz.,
"fresh vegetables and animal substances liable
to spoil by keeping," it seems desirable to
explain that the term "fresh" is to be literally
interpreted; therefore articles of export, in
whatever manner prepared, so as to keep with-
out undergoing change, will be admissible.

Produce such as Wine, or other articles the
result of fermentation, now admissible, although
excluded from the Exhibition of 1851, will be
submitted to the judgment of a Special Jury,
who will decide upon their respective merits.

In the article of Timber, the specimens
should in all cases be converted into plank or
soantling, of such a size as to show its mercan-
tile value. If possible they should be four
inches thick, and cut so as to show the "sap" on
on both edges. Moreover, since there is great

uncertainty as to the origin of much Colonial
Timber, it will be very desirable that each kind
of timber should be accompanid by a few twigs
showing its leaves and flowers, when procura-
ble. If the latter are pressed between sheets
of paper enclosed in boards, they will furnish
the evidence required.

Each Colony will have a separate space
assigned to it in which to exhibit its products,
distinct from that of other Colonies. It is,
however, the wish of Her Majesty's Commis-
sioners also to classify Colonial Raw Produce,
bringing all Textile Materials, all Minerals,
and so on, into one general comparative view;
and they therefore invite Exhibitors to furnish,
when practicable, duplicate specimens for that
purpose.

Her Majesty's Commissioners, not having as
yet information as to the number, size, and
kind of articles which it is intended to exhibit,
are unable at present to assign any fixed
amount of space to each Colony; but they will
be prepared to act with the greatest possible
liberality in this respect.

In estimating the probable area which the
objects of exhibition may be expected to occu-
py, it is wished that each Colony should men-
tion the superficial area in square feet that its
contributions will actually cover; and if wall
surface should also be required, then the height
and width of the articles for which such space
is needed must also be specified. The large
number of Colonies to be provided for renders
the earliest possible information upon this sub-
ject indispensable.

Her Majesty's Commissioners desire me to
add, that they trust your Excellency will cause
particular attention of intending Exhibitors
to be drawn to that paragraph in the "Deci-
sions" in which it is announced that the latest
period at which goods can be received is
March 31, 1862.

Her Majesty's Commissioners have appointed
Dr. Lindley to assist the various Colonial Com-
mittees, if they require any advice from
England.

I have, &c.,
F. R. SANDFORD,
Secretary.

His Excellency
Col. T. Gore Browne, C.B.,
&c., &c, &c.

DECISIONS
OF
HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS

ON POINTS

RELATING TO THE EXHIBITION.

March, 1861.

Her Majesty's Commissioners have fixed
upon Thursday, the 1st day of May, 1862, for
opening the Exhibition.

The Exhibition building will be erected on
a site adjoining the gardens of the Royal
Horticultural Society, and in the immediate
neighbourhood of the ground occupied in 1851
on the occasion of the first International
Exhibition.