COLONIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4528, 3 December 1884, Page 4

COLONIAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON.

THE Royal Commission, to which will be entrusted the management of the groat Colonial and Indian Exhibition in Kensington in ISSG, have not yot (guys the "Argun's" London correspondent, writing on Oct. 10) been appointed, bat probably will be about the end of this month. It is understood that Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen will receive a year's leave of absence from his duties as Director of the South Kensington Museum, so as to enable him to devote himself entirely to the arduous work which will dovolve upon hip as Official Secretary of the Royal Commission. The Prince of Wales Is already warmly interesting himself in the -scheme. It has been practically decided that separate' buildings shall be erected for each important group of colonies, thus the Australian Colonies will have a separate structure, so trill the Canadian Dominion, the Cape Colonies, and New Zealand. It is understood that the best position has been assigned to the -Australian group. It is not desired to merge the individuality of the separate colonies into one great continental collection. On' the contrary, the : Prince bf Wales prefers that each should'have, a separate court; but it will be suggested that a general collection, representative of the chief products a: d manufactures of the whole of Australia, should be exhibited in one large gallery of the building. It is suggested that the Koyal Commission should delegate the chief management1 of the courts to the "Agent-General for each colony, or, no doubt, to-any o^her authority the Government might choose to appoint.The reply of the Colonial Governments to the'suggestion that they should contribute towards the guarantee fund is looked, for with some anxiety.