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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 10th June, 1870.

THE following Letter, with Enclosures, from the
Colonial Secretary, Sydney, respecting the pro-
posed Intercolonial Exhibition, to be held in Sydney
in August next, is published for general information.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, New South Wales,
4th May, 1870.

SIR,-Referring to the Circular Despatch of the
Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
dated 24th August, 1869, and forwarding copy of a
communication from Her Majesty's Commissioners
for the International Exhibition of 1851, announcing
the first of a series of International Exhibitions of
selected specimens of Art and Industry, I have the
honor to state, for the information of your Govern-
ment, that it is intended by the Agricultural Society
of this Colony to hold an Intercolonial Exhibition in
this city in August of the present year, in commemo-
ration of the Centenary Anniversary of the landing of
Captain Cook in Australia.

2. From the enclosed copy of a notice which has
   been issued with the view of giving publicity to the
   above intention, it will be perceived that the different
   Australasian Colonies have been invited to lend their
   assistance in carrying out the scheme under con-
   sideration, which I have now the honor to bring under
   the notice of your Government, in the hope that
   your Colony may be induced to co-operate in the
   project, by forwarding such selected specimens of
   Industry and Art as may be intended for final
   inspection at the proposed International Exhibition
   in London, in May, 1871, with the view of their
   being displayed, in the first instance, at the Inter-
   colonial Exhibition to be held in Sydney in August
   next.

I have, &c.,
CHARLES COWPER.

The Hon. the Colonial Secretary,
New Zealand.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 20th April, 1870.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, MAY, 1871.
INTERCOLONIAL EXHIBITION, AUGUST, 1870.

THE Secretary of State for the Colonies having, at
the request of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the
International Exhibition of 1851, forwarded the copy
of an announcement of the first of a series of Inter-
national Exhibitions of selected specimens of Industry
and Art, which it is intended to hold in London in
the year 1871,-publicity is hereby given to such
intention, in the hope of the cordial co-operation
therein of the colonists of New South Wales.

In opportune concurrence, the Agricultural Society
of New South Wales has determined to commemorate
the Centenary Anniversary of the landing of Captain
Cook in Australia, by holding a Metropolitan Inter-
colonial Exhibition in Sydney, in August of the
present year.

It appears, therefore, very desirable, that articles
which may be intended ultimately for transmission
to the International Exhibition in London in 1871,
should be, in the first instance, displayed in the
Intercolonial Exhibition in Sydney, in August of the
present year, before referred to; and in order that
the reception, custody, and despatch of such speci-
mens intended as exhibits for the London Exhibition
may be duly cared for, His Excellency the Earl of
Belmore has been pleased to appoint the Council of
the Agricultural Society of New South Wales to act
in the premises aforesaid.

Despatches have been addressed to the Govern-
ments of the various Australasian Colonies, inviting
their cordial co-operation in the Intercolonial Exhi-
bition in Sydney, and the appointment of Commis-
sioners, to stimulate producers and manufacturers, so
that a generous rivalry among the Colonies may lead
to the presentation of such selected specimens before
the world as shall tend to the credit and importance
of the whole Australasian Group.

CHARLES COWPER.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 6th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

JACKSON KEDDELL, Esq., J.P.,
of his appointments as a Resident Magistrate and
Warden.

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 13th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint JOHN BRIDGES, Esq.,
of Wellington, to be a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

W. GISBORNE.

Customs Department,
(Marine Branch,)
Wellington, 9th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint ALEXANDER BEVERIDGE
to be Harbour Master for the Port of Hokianga,
vice William Wells, deceased.

JULIUS VOGEL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 8th June, 1870.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the under-mentioned appointments, viz.:—

In the New Zealand Militia.

Lieutenant Thomas William Porter (Poverty Bay
Mounted Rifle Volunteers) to be Captain. Date
of commission, 7th June, 1870.

Ensign James William Witty (Wairoa, Hawke's Bay,
Militia) to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
7th June, 1870.

DONALD MCLEAN.

IN the matter of "The Friendly Societies Act,
1867," notice is hereby given that a transcript of
the Rules for the Government of

"The Ballarat Hibernian Benefit Society, Addi-
son's Flat Branch,"

duly certified, has been lodged with the Registrar of
Friendly Societies, registered and recorded in his
office, under the provisions of "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1867."

Dated the eleventh day of June, 1870.

G. S. COOPER
(for the Registrar).