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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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2. Packages intended for the Exhibition must bear the
   printed official labels, which will be furnished to the exhibitor
   and must be consigned as directed.

3. No sketch, copy, or reproduction of any exhibit may be
   taken without the special permission of the exhibitor and the
   Committee. The right of permitting general views is, how-
   ever, reserved by the Committee.

4. An official catalogue will be published.

5. Every facility will be afforded to exhibitors and their
   agents in connection with the transport, display, sale, and care
   of their exhibits.

6. The utmost precautions will be taken to preserve exhibits
   from injury and to guard the buildings. No responsibility can
   be undertaken for damage or loss. Exhibitors should make
   their own arrangements for effecting insurances.

7. The arrangements with reference to machinery in motion
   will form the subject of special regulations.

8. Subject to official confirmation, agents can be appointed by
   exhibitors.

9. Exhibitors must defray all charges for space, packing,
   forwarding, receiving, unpacking, and repacking of goods, and
   all other incidental charges.

10. All arrangements for the display of exhibits, including
    special constructions, stands, cases, tables, shelves, and the
    mounting of machinery and apparatus, must be carried out by
    the exhibitors at their own cost, and in accordance with plans
    officially approved.

11. Articles remaining unsold at the close of the Exhibition
    must be removed within thirty days; after that time they will
    be removed and stored at the risk and expense of the owner.

12. Exhibitors must conform to all rules and regulations.

13. Applications for space, with full particulars of the
    intended exhibit, must be made at the office of the Secretary or
    official agent before the 1st of August, 1883. Necessary forms
    and all information may be obtained of the Secretary or any of
    the official agents.

14. The ordinary charge for space will be two shillings for each
    of the first 20 square feet, and one shilling for every additional
    square foot; but exhibitors desiring a frontage to any main
    avenue for their cases can obtain it on payment of an addition
    five shillings per foot of such frontage irrespective of depth. A
    passage of from 2 to 3 feet will be left round each case where
    desired, and exhibitors desirous of having spaces against the
    wall should mention the fact at the time of application. All
    applications must be accompanied by payment of the full
    amount for the space required.

15. The general reception of articles in the Exhibition
    buildings will commence on or before the 1st October, and cease
    one week before the opening, after which date no exhibits can
    be received, and all vacant spaces become forfeited.

16. Gold, silver, or bronze medals and certificates will be
    awarded to exhibitors; a special jury will be appointed for that
    purpose.

17. The Exhibition will be constituted a bonded warehouse,
    where dutiable exhibits can remain without payment of duty
    until they are sold. Calcutta is a free port, except as regards
    spirits, wines, and liquors, cider and other fermented liquors,
    ale, beer, and porter, salt, opium, arms and ammunition.

18. Articles may be sold during the currency of the
    Exhibition, but cannot be removed without the special per-
    mission of the Committee.

19. An entrance-card (not transferable) will be delivered
    gratis to every exhibitor.

20. It is intended to keep the Exhibition open daily from
    7 a.m. to 6 p.m., and from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m., from on or about
    the 4th December, 1883, until its close, on or about the 1st
    March following.

JULES JOUBERT, Esq., to the SECRETARY, Government of
India, Public Works Department.

Calcutta, 18th December, 1882.

I HAVE the honour to forward to you a copy of the schedule of
the International Exhibition which I propose to hold in this
city in December, January, and February, 1883-84, provided I
can obtain the sanction of the Government.

Although I have already applied to His Honour the
Lieutenant-Governor, I nevertheless shall deem it a favour
if you will kindly now lay the matter officially before him.

In this schedule you will see the scope of the Exhibition,
which I intend to be similar to those I have had the honour to
promote and carry out satisfactorily to all concerned in the
Australasian Colonies.

England, America, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzer-
land, Japan, China, and Australia were fully represented, and I
have every reason to believe all the above-named countries will
make a good display in India.

What I have to crave from the Government of India is that
which was granted to me elsewhere, viz., the patronage of His
Excellency the Governor-General as well as that of the
Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal; the official nomination of a
Local Committee in whose hands will rest the revision of the

jurors' awards, as well as the task of procuring a display of
Indian exhibits of sufficient importance to compete with those
of the foreign countries represented at this general gathering.

With a view to reduce the great outlay I should be involved
in had I to put up buildings suitable for so large an Exhibition,
it has been suggested that I should apply for such portion of
the Indian Museum as could be spared by the Trustees, as well
as for the use of surrounding ground and outbuildings lately
handed over by Government to the said Trustees. In addition
to these I propose adding at my own expense temporary
buildings of iron, wood, and glass, which will enable me to
house and properly display the exhibits, and connect the various
nations represented, thus forming, with the interesting col-
lections now in the Museum, a tout ensemble which will be both
effective and in good harmony.

The success of an undertaking of this kind depends in a great
measure upon the moral support of Government. I need
hardly call your attention to the immense benefit international
exhibitions have conferred on the countries where they have
been held, nor will I lay particular stress on the special
advantages that will accrue to Bengal and Calcutta, more
particularly by the introduction of a number of intelligent
representatives from all nations, who, whilst here, must neces-
sarily be struck with the immense undeveloped industries and
resources of this empire.

In conclusion, I trust that the official letters which the
Governors of the Australasian Colonies have addressed to His
Excellency the Viceroy, relating to my connection with the
exhibitions held there, will be deemed a sufficient guarantee
for the ultimate issue of the undertaking I now contemplate;
and I hope that the Government will grant the requests
contained in this letter.

A. P. MACDONNELL, Esq., Officiating Secretary, Government
of Bengal, Revenue Department, Calcutta, 22nd December, 1882.

IN acknowledging the receipt of your letter dated the 18th
instant (with enclosure), the Lieutenant-Governor desires me
to say that he approves and sanctions your proposal to hold an
International Exhibition in Calcutta in the cold weather of
1883-84. A General Committee will be appointed by Govern-
ment in Calcutta, as well as local Committees for the collection,
at the head-quarters of each division, of specimens illustrative
of the arts and manufactures of the country. The Government
of India will be asked to assist this Government, as far as
possible, in carrying out the objects of the Exhibition.

A. P. MACDONNELL, Esq., Officiating Secretary, Government
of Bengal, Revenue Department, Calcutta, 22nd December, 1882.

I AM directed to submit, for the consideration and orders of
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council, a copy of the
correspondence regarding a proposal to hold an International
Exhibition in Calcutta in the cold weather of 1883-84. The
Lieutenant-Governor desires to invite the co-operation of the
Government of India in carrying the project to a successful
issue, and to suggest that, with the approval of His Excellency
the Governor-General in Council, all local Governments and
Administrations may be invited to assist in securing the
adequate representation at the Exhibition of the natural pro-
ducts and manufactures of all parts of India.

T. W. HOLDERNESS, Esq., Officiating Under-Secretary, Go-
vernment of India, Revenue and Agricultural Department,
to the SECRETARY, Government of Bengal, Revenue De-
partment.

Calcutta, 28th December, 1882.

I AM desired to acknowledge your No. 2922-241 Mis. (F), dated
22nd December, 1882, and to state that the Government of
India will be pleased to assist the Government of Bengal in the
manner proposed, by advising the local Governments and Ad-
ministrations in India to co-operate in the International Exhi-
bition to be opened at Calcutta on the 4th of December, 1883.
2. I am to observe that the prospectus filed with Mr.
Joubert's letter does not appear to be complete, and am to
suggest that, before it is officially issued, it should be revised in
consultation with this department.

Special Orders made by Board of the Pollok Road District,
County of Manukau.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1883.

THE following special orders, made by the Pollok Road Board,
are published in accordance with "The Road Boards Act,
1882."

THOMAS DICK.