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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 29

District Inspector appointed under "The Regulation of
Mines Act, 1874."

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
HENRY ANDREW GORDON, Esq.,
to be an Inspector of Mines for the Mining District of West-
port, as such district is defined in the Proclamation under "The
Regulation of Mines Act, 1874," dated the 20th April, 1880.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Assayer of Gold appointed.

Department of Trade and Customs,
Wellington, 28th March, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint
ROBERT STEPHENSON MCFARLAND
to be an Assayer of Gold under "The Customs Laws Consoli-
dation Act, 1882."

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Commissioner of Trade and Customs.)

Appointment of Interpreter cancelled.

Native Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1883.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the
appointment held by
JOHN WILLIAM RICHARD GUILDING,
of Te Aroha, as a Licensed Interpreter.
WM. ROLLESTON,
(for the Native Minister.)

Proposed International Exhibition at Calcutta.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 31st March, 1883.

THE following letter from the Secretary to the Calcutta
International Exhibition, with its enclosure, is published
for general information.
THOMAS DICK.

No. 3, Royal Terrace, Nicholson Street,
Melbourne, 8th March, 1883.

SIR, I have the honour, by direction of the Executive Com-
missioner for the Calcutta International Exhibition, to be held
in that city in December this year, to enclose you a copy of the
Proclamation issued by the Government of India relating to it,
and to ask you to give it due publicity, with a view to secure an
adequate representation of your colony at this "World's Fair."
I have already enclosed more minute information to Sir Maurice
O'Rorke relating to the building, &c.

I have, &c.,
ROBT. S. WALPOLE,
Secretary.

The Hon. the Chief Secretary,
Houses of Parliament, Wellington.

READ— RESOLUTION.

A letter, dated the 18th December, 1882, from Mr. Jules
Joubert, forwarding a prospectus of an International
Exhibition which he proposes to hold in Calcutta in
December, January, and February, 1883-84, and asking
the sanction and support of the Government of Bengal
in his undertaking.

A letter No. 2921-240 Mis. (F.), dated the 22nd idem, to
Mr. Joubert, conveying the approval of the Lieutenant-
Governor to the project, and sanctioning the holding of
the Exhibition.

A letter No. 2922-241 Mis. (F.), of the same date, to the
Government of India, forwarding a copy of the corre-
spondence inviting the co-operation of the Government
of India, and suggesting that other local Governments
should be asked to assist in securing the adequate repre-
sentation at the Exhibition of the natural products and
manufactures of all parts of India.

A letter No. 318 Ex.-16-11, dated the 28th idem, stating
that the Government of India will be pleased to aid the
Exhibition in the manner proposed.

From the papers cited in the preamble, and published in full
as an appendix to this resolution, it will be seen that Mr. Jules
Joubert, the promoter of the recent International Exhibition in
New Zealand, proposes, with the sanction of the Government,
to hold a similar exhibition in Calcutta during the next cold
season. The Lieutenant-Governor having considered the pro-
posal has had much satisfaction in granting his sanction and
support to the undertaking, which is likely, in Mr. Rivers
Thompson's opinion, to have a very important effect in develop-
ing and promoting the commercial prosperity of India. The
good which resulted to the Australian and other colonies from
recent exhibitions is well known, and there is every reason to
believe that a similar undertaking will do much to attract the
attention of foreign countries to the great natural wealth of
India, and to the opportunities for profitable trade which the
country presents. Mr. Joubert, whose services have been
warmly acknowledged by the heads of various colonial Govern-
ments, has had much experience of international exhibitions
in various parts of the world, and the Lieutenant-Governor has
confidence in Mr. Joubert's ability to bring the undertaking in
India to a successful issue. The Government of India has con-
sented to give its support to the objects of the Exhibition, and
to invite the co-operation of all local Governments and Adminis-
trations in the furtherance of those objects. There is thus
every probability that the collection of Indian articles will be
as complete as possible, and it is hoped that exhibitors from
England and the colonies, as well as from foreign countries,
will come forward with large collections of the products of
foreign industries, especially of the kinds which are likely to
find a ready sale in this country. New branches of trade may
thus be opened out, and an impetus given, by force of example,
to manufactures suited to India.

2. The Exhibition, which will be opened on the 4th of next
   December, will be under the patronage of His Excellency the
   Viceroy, and the Lieutenant-Governor has nominated a General
   and an Executive Committee for the promotion of its objects.
   The General Committee will, the Lieutenant-Governor trusts,
   be composed of the chief officers of the Supreme Government
   and of all local Governments and Administrations, the great
   feudatory chiefs and nobles of India, and the leading officials
   and private individuals, both European and native, of various
   provinces. The duties of this Committee will be, for the most
   part, honorary, but it will be in the power of its members to
   render great assistance by the exercise of their personal influence
   in promoting the interests of the undertaking. The time which
   has elapsed since the scheme was first broached has not been
   sufficient to allow of the nomination of any but the Bengal
   members of the Committee, of whom a provisional list is given
   below :-

Patron: His Excellency the Most Honourable the Viceroy and
Governor-General of India, K.G., P.C., G.M.S.I., G.M.I.E.
Members: (Here follow the names of 137 members.)

The arrangement of all matters connected with the Exhibition
will be under the control of a local Executive Committee, con-
sisting of the following gentlemen :-

President: His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
Vice-President: The Hon. Colonel S. T. Trevor, R.E., Joint-
Secretary to the Government of Bengal, Public Works Depart-
ment.

Members: The Hon. Maharaja Sir Jotindra Mohan Tagore,
K.C.S.I., C.I.E.; the Hon. R. Miller (Messrs. Hoare, Miller,
and Co.); E. C. Buck, Esq., Secretary to the Government of
India, Revenue and Agricultural Department; A. P. MacDon-
nell, Esq., M.A., Officiating Secretary to the Government of
Bengal, General and Revenue Departments; H. B. Meddlicott,
Esq., A.M., F.R S., F.G.S., Superintendent, Geological Survey of
India; A. W. Croft, Esq., M.A., Director of Public Instruction,
Bengal; W. H. Grimley, Esq., B.A., Collector of Customs,
Calcutta; Surgeon-Major A. S. Lethbridge, M.D., Inspector-
General of Gaols, Bengal; Major J. Waterhouse, B.S.C., Deputy
Superintendent, Survey of India; D. Scott, Esq., C.E., Vice-
Chairman of the Commissioners for making Improvements in
the Port of Calcutta; D. Cruickshank, Esq. (Messrs. Begg,
Dunlop, and Co.); J. J. J. Keswick, Esq. (Messrs. Jardine,
Skinner, and Co.); G. Irving, Esq. (Messrs. T. E. Thomson
and Co.); Babu Rajendralala Mitra, C.I.E., LL.D.; D. J.
Zemin, Esq. (Messrs. Lewis, Stewart, and Co.), President of the
Calcutta Trades' Association.

The Lieutenant-Governor has received the assurance of the
Government of India that all local Governments and Adminis-
trations will be advised to form local Committees to co-operate
with that in Calcutta in securing an adequate representation at
the Exhibition of all articles of Indian growth and manufacture.

3. It is proposed that the Exhibition should be held partly in
   the Indian Museum, of which a portion will be set free for the
   purpose, and partly in large annexes. Arrangements have been
   made by the Public Works Department of this Government for
   the immediate construction of those annexes in the space ad-
   joining the museum in Chowringhee, which was formerly
   occupied by the offices of the Bengal Secretariat. Information
   regarding the details of the Exhibition will be found in the
   prospectus published with this resolution, and any additional
   information which may be required can be obtained on applica-
   tion to the Executive Committee to the address of the Hon.
   Colonel S. T. Trevor, R.E., Bengal Secretariat, Calcutta.

By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
C. S. BAYLEY,
Officiating Under-Secretary to the Government
of Bengal.

Calcutta, 16th January, 1883.