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the House of Representatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony; Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony; James Paterson, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony; William Mason, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony; Edward Bowes Cargill, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony; John Cargill, Esquire, member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony; Richard Bowden Martin, Esquire, James Rattray, Esquire, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of Dunedin, in our said Colony; Alfred Eccles, Esquire, Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons; Henry Clapcott, Esquire; Richard Seaward Cantrell, Esquire; William Hunter Reynolds, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony; and Julius Vogel, Esquire, member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony;

GREETING:

WHEREAS it has been proposed that an Exhibition of Agricultural and Industrial Products and Manufactures of our Colony of New Zealand, and such Products and Manufactures of other Countries as may in the opinion of the Commissioners be eminently calculated to be useful in the development of our said Colony, should be held at Dunedin, in the Province of Otago, in our said Colony: And whereas it has been further proposed that a Commission should be appointed for the purpose of devising and carrying out such Exhibition;

Now know you that we, reposing special trust and confidence in your knowledge and ability, have thought fit to constitute and appoint, and by these presents do constitute and appoint you, the Superintendent for the time being of the said Province of Otago, the President of the said Commission; the Colonial Secretary for the time being of the said Colony, the Colonial Treasurer for the time being of the said Colony, the Native Minister for the time being of the said Colony, the Superintendents for the time being of the other Provinces of the said Colony, Christopher William Richmond, Esquire, and Major John Larkins Cheese Richardson, Vice-Presidents of the said Commission; and James Hector, Thomas Dick, Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, James Paterson, William Mason, Edward Bowes Cargill, John Cargill, Richard Bowden Martin, James Rattray, Alfred Eccles, Henry Clapcott, Richard Seaward Cantrell, William Hunter Reynolds, and Julius Vogel, Esquires, to be our Commissioners to devise and carry out the details necessary to facilitate the Exhibition in Dunedin, in our Colony of New Zealand, of articles of the produce and manufacture of our said Colony, and of such other Countries as you may determine: And for the purpose of aiding you in the execution of the premises, we hereby appoint our trusty and well-beloved Thomas Dick aforesaid to be Honorary Treasurer to this our Commission, and our trusty and well-beloved Alfred Eccles aforesaid to be Honorary Secretary to this our commission: And we do by these presents give and grant to you or any three or more of you full power and authority to carry into effect the purposes of this our commission by all lawful ways and means whatsoever: And we do hereby authorise the Superintendents respectively of the Provinces of our said Colony to appoint in the several Provinces local Committees of such persons as each said Superintendent may consider it expedient to appoint for the purpose of encouraging the production of articles to be exhibited, of transmitting them to Dunedin, and of conducting communication between Exhibitors and the Commissioners: And we do by these presents order this our Commission shall continue to all intents and purposes until the same shall be determined by us: And for every matter and thing therein contained.

In testimony whereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the seal of our said Colony to be hereunto affixed:

Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies, and Vice-