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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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[name of country] at the World’s Columbian Exposition,
Chicago, United States of America,” and should have at
least two labels affixed to different but not opposite sides of
each case, and give the following information :—
17. (1) The country from which it comes; (2) name of
firm of the exhibitor; (3) residence of the exhibitor; (4)
department to which objects belong; (5) total number of
packages sent by that exhibitor; (6) serial number of that
particular package.
18. Within each package should be a list of all objects.
19. If no authorised person is at hand to receive goods on
their arrival at the Exposition buildings, they will be re-
moved without delay and stored at the risk and cost of
whomsoever it may concern.
20. Articles that are in any way dangerous or offensive,
also patent nostrums and empirical preparations, whose
ingredients are concealed, will not be admitted.
21. The removal of goods on exhibition will not be per-
mitted prior to the close of the Exhibition.
22. Sketches, drawings, photographs, or other reproduc-
tions of articles exhibited will only be allowed upon the
joint assent of the exhibitor and the Director-General; but
views of portions of the building may be made upon the
Director-General’s sanction.
23. Immediately after the close of the Exhibition exhibi-
tors shall remove their effects, and complete such removal
before the 1st January, 1894. Goods then remaining will be
removed and sold for expenses, or otherwise disposed of under
the direction of the World’s Columbian Exposition.
24. Each person who becomes an exhibitor thereby ac-
knowledges and agrees to be governed by the rules and
regulations established for the government of the Exhibition.
Special regulations will be issued concerning the exhibition
of fine arts, awards, the organization of the international
juries, and sales of special articles within the buildings,
and on other points not touched upon in these preliminary
instructions.
25. All communications concerning the Exhibition will
be addressed to the Director-General, World’s Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
The management reserves the right to explain or amend
these regulations, whenever it may be deemed necessary for
the interest of the Exhibition.

GEORGE R. DAVIS,
Director-General.

CIRCULAR.—REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE FREE IMPORTA-
TION OF ARTICLES FOR EXHIBITION AT THE WORLD’S
COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION AT CHICAGO IN THE YEAR 1893.
Treasury Department, Office of the Secretary,
Washington, D.C., 7th January, 1891.

To Collectors of Customs and others.
SECTION 11 of the Act of Congress, approved the 25th April,
1890, providing for celebrating the four hundredth anniver-
sary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus,
by holding an international exhibition of arts, industries,
manufactures, and the product of the soil, mines, and sea in
the City of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, is as follows,
viz :—
“ That all articles which shall be imported from foreign
countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at said Exposi-
tion, upon which there shall be a tariff or Customs duty,
shall be admitted free of payment of duty, Customs fees, or
charges under such regulations as the Secretary of the Trea-
sury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time
during the Exposition to sell for delivery at the close of the
Exposition any goods or property imported for and actually
on exhibition in the Exposition buildings or on its grounds,
subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue
and for the collection of the import duties as the Secretary
of the Treasury shall prescribe: Provided that all such
articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption in the
United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed
upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date
of importation, and all penalties prescribed by law shall be
applied and enforced against such articles, and against the
persons who may be guilty of any illegal sale or withdrawal.”
Under the authority conferred by said provision of law
the following regulations are hereby prescribed, viz. :—

1. No duty, fees, or charges for Customs service will be
   exacted on any such importations, except where the mer-
   chandise is sold for consumption in the United States, and
   entered as provided by these regulations.
   Goods destined for such Exhibition may be imported
   through any port of entry.
2. Invoices showing the marks, numbers, character, quan-
   tity, and foreign market-value of articles intended for such
   Exhibition shall be made in triplicate, and one copy for-
   warded to the Collector of Customs for the port at which it
   is intended such articles shall enter the United States, one
   copy to the Collector of Customs for the port of Chicago, and
   one copy to the consignee or agent of the shipper. The
   shipper of such goods may declare to the invoice as the
   agent of the exhibitor, and the invoice shall be authenticated
   by one of the Commissioners for the Exhibition, appointed
   by the Government of the country from which the goods are
   exported, or by a United States Consul, at the election of the
   party declaring to such invoice. Articles intended for exhi-
   bition which are Government property, used solely for Govern-
   ment purposes, and not intended for sale in this country,
   will be admitted to entry upon a certificate to that effect by
   the Commissioner for the International Exhibition of the
   Government to which such property belongs.
3. All packages containing such articles must be plainly
   addressed to the Collector of Customs, Chicago, U.S.A., and
   conspicuously marked “ Exhibits for the World’s Columbian
   Exposition,” and also bear the names and addresses of the
   shipper and consignee, and appropriate invoice marks and
   numbers.
4. Upon the arrival at any port of entry of packages so
   marked, and containing articles intended for such Exposition,
   entry thereof, in form to be prescribed, may be made by the
   consignee or agent thereof, for immediate transportation,
   without appraisement to Chicago.
5. Upon the arrival of the cars containing such articles at
   Chicago, the conductor or agent of the railroad company will
   report such arrival by the presentation of the manifest to the
   Customs officer designated to receive such manifests, who
   shall compare the same with the copy received by mail, and
   superintend the opening of the cars, taking care to identify
   the packages by marks and numbers as described in the
   manifests.
   In case of the non-receipt of the manifests, the unloading
   of the cars shall not, for that reason, be delayed, but the
   invoice will be used to identify the packages.
   When such articles arrive at Chicago by vessel direct from
   a foreign country, a special entry for warehouse, in the
   manner hereinbefore provided, may be made, whereupon a
   special permit will be issued for the transfer of the articles
   from the importing vessel to the Exposition buildings.
   The packages will be retained in the custody of the Cus-
   toms officers, unopened, until special entry for warehouse,
   in form to be prescribed, is made by the owner, consignee, or
   agent authorised to make entry, but no warehousing bond
   will be required.
6. Upon the completion of the special warehouse entry
   the packages will be opened and due examination and
   appraisement of the contents will be made by the appraiser
   at the Exposition buildings, which shall, for that purpose, be
   regarded as a public store. The appraiser will be furnished
   with the invoice of the articles to be appraised, and will
   indorse his report of appraisement upon such invoice in like
   manner as if such articles were regularly entered for con-
   sumption or warehouse. The entry will then be liquidated,
   the full amount of duties ascertained, and the whole transac-
   tion entered upon a record to be kept in the form of a special
   warehouse ledger.
7. The articles may then be placed in the position pro-
   vided for their exhibition, but will remain under the custody
   and control of the Customs officers, and will not be removed
   from the place assigned without a permit from the Collector
   of Customs or the officer who may be designated to grant
   such permit. In no case will such articles be removed from
   the Exposition building, or released from the custody of the
   Customs officers, unless the same shall have been regularly
   entered for withdrawal for consumption, warehouse, or
   export.
8. In case of exportation of such articles, existing regula-
   tions requiring exports to be made in original packages will
   be waived.
9. The special forms of entries, permits, manifests, and
   records to be used under these regulations will be prepared
   and furnished by the Treasury Department.
10. Collectors of Customs will report to the Secretary of
    the Treasury any case relating to an importation for such
    Exposition in which they may regard these regulations as
    insufficient to secure the interest of the revenue, and special
    instructions will be given for their guidance in such case.
11. In the event of the loss by theft or otherwise of
    articles entered for exhibition, the importer or owner will be
    responsible, primarily, for the duties thereon; but, on a pro-
    per representation of the facts in writing to this department,
    payment of the duties will be waived if the circumstances
    appear to justify such action.
12. The deterioration of perishable goods, and the consump-
    tion of articles as samples during the Exhibition, will be
    made the subject of special consideration by this depart-
    ment, with a view to the relief of the owner from the pay-
    ment of duties, on the receipt of a report from the Collector
    of Customs at Chicago establishing the facts.
13. Show-cases will be admitted free, as accessories to the
    Exhibition; but, if sold, will become subject to duty.
14. If a difference be found to exist in the quantity of
    goods entered at the Customhouse and that eventually
    exported or withdrawn at the close of the Exposition, action
    will be taken as mentioned in paragraph 12. It is not con-
    templated that duties shall be levied, except on goods which
    have actually entered into consumption in this country.

WILLIAM WINDOM,
Secretary.