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SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 1878.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1878.

Australian International Exhibition.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1878.

THE following notification relative to the Austra-
lian International Exhibition, to be held in
Sydney, New South Wales, in August, 1879, is
published for general information.

J. BALLANCE,
(in the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Sydney, 7th February, 1878.

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the
Executive Council, directs it to be notified, for gene-
ral information, that it is intended to hold, under the
supervision of the Agricultural Society of New South
Wales, an International Exhibition in Sydney, in
August, 1879, according to the annexed general pro-
gramme.

MICHAEL FITZPATRICK.

AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION,
TO BE HELD IN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, IN AUGUST,
1879.

THE Exhibition will be held in buildings specially
erected in the Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, New
South Wales. All goods forwarded for exhibition,
and addressed to the Secretary for that special pur-
pose, are admitted free of duty or Customs charges.

In the Agricultural Department, money prizes are
awarded as well as printed certificates; in the Non-
Agricultural Section, silver and bronze medals, also
certificates of commendation.

All exhibits sent may be sold at the Exhibition,
but must remain until the final closing.

Applications for space to be made at least one
month prior to date of opening, and the necessary
forms and all information respecting the Exhibition
may be obtained of

JULES JOUBERT, Secretary,
227, George Street, Sydney,
New South Wales,

or at the offices of the Commissioner for New South
Wales, Paris.

Entries close 1st July.

The Exhibition will be divided into two distinct
divisions, as under :—

1ST DIVISION—AGRICULTURAL.

1. Horses.
2. Cattle.
3. Sheep.
4. Pigs.
5. Poultry.
6. Dogs.
7. Wool.
8. Wine.
9. Sugar.
10. Farm Produce.
11. Horticultural Produce.
12. Manures.
13. Implements and Machinery.
14. Silks, Fibres, and Tobacco.

Covered sheds, with stalls, hen-coops, &c., will be provided.
Fat cattle will be placed in commodious yards.

2ND DIVISION—NON-AGRICULTURAL.

1. Fine Arts.
2. Apparatus and application of Liberal Arts.
3. Furniture and other objects for the use of dwellings.
4. Clothing, including fabrics and other objects worn on the
   person.
5. Products of Mining Industry, Forestry, &c.
6. Apparatus and processes used in the Common Arts.
7. Food—Fresh, preserved, and in various states of preser-
   vation.
8. Artizans' Prizes (including all new Inventions).
9. Public and Denominational School Prizes.

The Society provides all stands, &c., and undertakes the care
and charge of all exhibits, without, however, incurring any
responsibility.

BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS FOR THE SOCIETY'S EXHIBITION.

I.—Opening.

The Exhibition of 1879 shall open on the 1st August at
noon.

II.—Admission.

Members free, on presentation of member's ticket, which is
not transferable.

Non-members, 1s. each.

N.B.—The Gatekeeper or Stewards in charge thereof may
require proof of ownership of any ticket, and, in default of such
proof being afforded, may impound the same.

III.—Conditions of Competition.

All exhibits must, on the day of the Exhibition, be bonâ fide
the property of the exhibitor, and have been so at least one
month previously; and all farm and horticultural produce,
excepting in classes A, B, C, D, and E, must be the production
of the person exhibiting it.

The same exhibit cannot compete for the Society's prizes in
two distinct classes, except where it is permitted by the Council.