RECEPTION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3320, 7 March 1868, Page 4

RECEPTION OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH.

A. Jttxnua of the Executive Committee for the reception of th« Duke of Edinburgh vai held uttwo o'clock yesterday, in the City Board , rooms. There Were prepejht hi Honor the Superintendent, Major Be»phy,:MeMM. T.Macffariane, R. Wood, T. Guildiag- Macready, and Swanson. # ] . Iffr. JT. Mkeffarlane, Chairman of the committee, nauded. , i Thft,ii«OßiW|*T (llr. Ogilvie) read the minutea of; JfoWeiwfc which were approved of.. The, Secret iry c 2soatateUthaV Mr,Mat<on, who had been eledted. twasurer, na£ intimAed that he would not be Ale 1 + to *ci , Mr. Wjbodhouse, however Had agree* tp ao£jrod£l37,b"i&been lodged in bank.to his name. 'The Secretary alto . intimated that mpst of (the '' subscription lUUthat had been sentout had t heeu returned without any money. - ■ •, i < „ stated that Jkfr. Gilfillan,, agent! for 1 JiOj^W froridpnt, Company, liad gT«fiug^*s s|i. aS a aubscjiption from the ,-pOm-' I Msxyjsuel Harrop^ .had informed him that he, iadj '' yritten^ liis pfiqe,.aod at toon a« be received an ' r iaujw«sr wbold o'ommnnioate with the committee. ),.: <d^«if.j% > S° r $* S,^? iIIKINT:i i llKINT:iB ND I ' IT . s »i^ that thoj jCommiMion ( h*d,be*n,'«unQTnoned topaeet that lay ' r o^lotlc, butj there not t being a quorum, the been adjourned till eleven o'clock toT i^oxrow j^»t«»r(|ay). J He had,r,b.ovc'ever,' (Received \\ t&kMJi&^fa^W* l^- ptboeejdingSpgf the .. jmMtlnga ci.ihe C«^miMi6ner« u held at^Welliflg no^ , y »nd %hiph /^ioy i W d M ore f * l » e . W fin «; ■ JVP\frt r^M jigp^^pi^malipii torth^ cQmmittee r^whioh w^old ' ' gtiwe^emmA^ further prpceedibgs.. ,[He r mqved that thejj I b^,jfejip r j^j, fl) ; . oi-j • !iY . The .yHADUtAJS^'wien read the of [the (^mniauonen -wh'o'met at Wellington. ' . The fir»t : I Swiiog irai' ' heft ' on, , th.c 12th I^ecemberj jand rit wan tfiolred, ; {hat, ,as it was deurable .'.^^^W^^ft-TjWWS 4 *• fbr vi Bi|iing 8 i|iing the interior «pf jhe,JSo^tnern, JLsland, ana,,as it X^.^oijud^iwWpoaailH 19 to afford put of the ■fundjany ' t?MiWW ■fPf!°W I M'^'y'i *"*'*^* lloo^ 0 ' deception, (and ' ' > «mQojsgrwQhs i at^more than the two (Auckland °. Mi W^mgt^) jwh^h'his Excelieucy thp Governor, , ' Km J&een,- 'official Jyiufo'rmtid were ihe ports wpjoh ' Ail JEtoy«lr Hjgroe*^ t jra* to viait.at -thp time the vote . rwa« »ati«d:Tjiatr whife the Commiuionera will be 1 mo»t ready to.' atsiat;their fellow-'cqloniati in other ' Mtttemenv,ul oiaking arrangenienta foi; the reception of Iweimhpe, if hi ijhonldJbe atle to visit them, they more prop^rtionatajdivision, ofi the fund amongaH the provinces would only lei ,d to ,^ jfaihtre avbe two nrliioijialjplacesoE reception,-wit lout 0 mawriallj c^trioji|i'ngrto ; iJacGeBB afi the others. The „Commiavoqen«)s6zesplved to abstain from pledgmg tnenwelreß to any 'particular prpgramme until his r .Excfllenoi-'a amyal,, - I , " Ti^ yommisiioneri .met again on the , 9th of n^an£«y,' I^oen the following basiness was ti^anj**iW. MoLean introduced, ! "r" r , c j i i-.-M Tbi Ohatrmavstated the object of the interview '■ fi 9 that tH«Oa»an>iswotf had aought with thai gentleman. ■isft i?mr KtolVed,' 'i'Tbfct^ the- Cdinnaisftion im of opinion tbut, in the abaenoe of the- 6oTernor,!iii» *-Tnot to indicate at preiefif %bkt action jmay ' e>b»i'tak«rf *iHth respect' to. the inatire- gatherings >i <<dQrh)g *h» Jritit of hia Royal Highnes*i3ie; 'Duke tof ■ r Edinburgdi jt. but are of opioion th*t such gathei i^gs ! thpuld ! 'W*be within 4he chief centres of' KaVb iiin. ;< ' i«Mlimfut jind/J if •obbiihonl'd take plao># that bbey > •atiouldiiaot bb-*anotioned Or aided *Ry 'the l Commisrtaion beyQ«d one $fr 'the n'orfh of • Aack'lind,a %c sond «t th»'i«kM, ! a' thirds at the East CoaaV'aid a •iourthattbei^haflcarini riveri - ' ' <

'* -it aa .i»'i,?«!jAkri7i!ETiiT- 1 s/ " - ' - t ■ <^TE*t MfvTfavers'f letter beicknowledgtea, and - '*i£i?£ftot~tliafctlie Cktmtnistitti will be h»pdy to -> a^reeto hb Jternisiforr* Jphfttographic record of ttie ludiva gathnings, *c, *t' Taupo and elsewliere, pro¥id»d the-irbolclßXpeDse should not exceed £150; «Hdti> llM >ii&»ihtii; on similar terms, Mrl Travers iroold accompany his Royal Highness through, the ' HiddleJtlihddf it wer* diemed adriiable. '

. " 1 >9j;<[ > ■j>a i (n fjAXVAXr 20. • - i >- Js Mr. Stafford" informed the Commission that he ' had'reoeired from Sir George (Jrey to the *Hotth»t hi»^Exoellencyf. had fae»rdfrom bis • "Boy«l(oighßes<ith'<t Dak*of Ediribbrgh, • saying th*t "Ji» would b*ve machpleMure in opening the Lytteltott »nd Ohristchauoh tunnel, and visidog Dunejdin ; ■ -• fttio «hn^her('(oln> Stafford) J had had » cootei'sition •irithl Mn McLean before he left for Napier, begging ■ jMm ttf fcommuiicit© irith influential ohiets amongit 'the naidres with respect to the Prince visiting their districts, and to gather their^opinions on the subject; ' "but H»*t evefjithiDg should be contingent on" the iPrinofe'taohvenienoe, knd on no account to lead the natives to look forward with certainty to his Royal Highness visiting the interior, bat merely to have the way prepared in case the visit were deemed desirable.' •

" FiSßtrxny 10. ' " 1. That bis Excellency Sir George Bowen having offered to receive *rid entertain his Royal Highness andhis suite in his own residences at Auckland and "Wellington (with the exception of providing bed- • robndrfor the suite at Wellington), the Commission ~ r is of opinionthat a portion of the funds which Ibave [been, oii' may be, appropriated for the reception or 1 ' fAtfertaintrient of hia Royal Highness, shoultl be placed at the Governor's disposal to meet the ?xtra -Ittjiiniis which will consequently be imposed on bis Exoeilenoy. • • '" 2,'oThatiMr. Stafford be requested to communicate to _Jtiis Excellency, the Governor _ the terms of the foregoing resolution, and to j intimate to ■ bim that it is the opinion of the Commission that any balls to be given to the Princ* ihonld- be" given by the public at their •' 'Ojiroexpeiue. ; „ , - "3. Tfiat the Commisiion will recommend his Excen^ribytfis Governor to advise his Royal Highi i .ntivio'viait tho«e places 'in the colony from .which ' < .tbjej shall have bad assurance that due preparations have been made to receive hi* Royal Highness.

' I , " JPjtbbtjart 18. ; VPBOfI*AM»DB of a visit to New Zealand, submitted "for the consideration of his Royal Highness the jD.oko of .Edinburgh, K.Gr. . Transmitted to the . ' Bjnyai.Kjßoeption. Commission by hi* Excellency /the Governor : — . , ■ •'- ft l>. itt Auckland, 10 to 12 days, including five ■or six days spent on a visit to the Bay of Islands, 1 tad to ELawau, Sir George Grey's island, 10 to 12 days. "2, From Auckland to Tauranga, on the East, Coast, by sea, 1 day. ••3. From Taaranga, including visit to the Lakes aid Hob Springs; 3 to 6 days. "4. From latir*ng* to Napier, including passing visitTto. White Island, an active Tolcano in the £a>y of Plenty by ses,-2 days. •' 5. ' At Napier, the oapital of the province of HaTfkYs Bay, so named by Cook after Admiral HaWke, 1 day. ', •'6. From Napier to Wellington, the capital of "the Colony, by sea, 1 day. - ' ! " °.**7. "At Wellington, including visit by land to '^Whingantii, 10 bo 12 days. ; "8. trom Wellington to Nelson, 1 day by sea,, • ' "9. At Nelson, the capital of the province of Nelton, 2to 3 dnys. ' . ' Mi lo.- From Nelson to Fort Lyttelton, 1 day by SM, about 2 days. ," 1L At Cbristchurcli, the capital of the province of : Canterbury, with an excursion to the Southern Alps, Wert Goast, 3 to 10 days. * *' 12i' From Chriatchurch tcDunedin, the capital of the province of Otago, 1 day by sea, 1 day. " 13. At Dunedin, with an excursion to the interior of the province of Otago. 3 to 9 days. " •» Total : 40 to 60 days.

GHftStoaftttr of Kxtiuots o* Morons. - ./ •.'/ In '•■ •./" February 18.j « fTh^ th«£oiriDiiuion bad received with respeotl 4aL£hanktthecoinmupioation by hit- Excellency tha iirGovarnor of the proposed itinerary of the Priace, ; and that they entirely approve of i the tame, with ' the expepiun; that they would suggest the propriety <af<*l«uing the proposed .visit to Napier, and to the Coast of the Middle ;I«larid, and to tho Aip*, open for oonsideratioa after the arrival of hii Royal Highneii. . -, "2. That the~GpTenunent had carefully conaiderad the, , resolution referred to them, in which the Oommismoa "expressed its opinion 'that A mia ot £9,000, ia addition to what had „ expended by authority of the Colonial ; was necessary to carry out the programme „' i.artoaJfrjjnco's tour through^ the colony, which had ', i^m^, transmitted by J his Excellency, the Governor, J( and had come to the cpaclusion . that they would be ■ rJKM?wp<l t° provide £o,soo,, instead of the £9,000 t . , napc^L-; it being ' understood that they were of ' l °.P i^fcth*^ ; tho .Colonial should not be > ••' f^^pil^^rovid^tbe sum, of £3,500 i propowdby i '^MWBpiMluou to be spent as contributions to local , o gemonsLratipns, • u'^iP^' *^* t T»' > - < Jf>minittee l having heard the lntina^ion ma^atby the Hon. the Colonial Secretary ,on be^Aif of, the Governtnent, do recommend $h« .to devise and r carry into effiwt the aSR^W^'P'/^^ng H.^.h. the «uke of lft ™g I WJn» won *^*y that, if , possible, the ex« • may nob exceed the romindicated by the U«tHßUß«aJ^ rbift.tlak W*^ jmb.coinn4ttea is; oi (J

opinion that tho amount neceiaary may .probably exceed the sum in question by £1,000 to h£l, 500.1 " (Signed aa approved) A. J. JoHNftroN, , . " Chairman.j' Mr. WiLtiAMSON faid that; Mr. Stafford had informed him that two or three other resolutions had been subsequently paased which were not included. He did not say what the purport of these was. , Some oonverftation then took place respecting the amount which the Regatta Committee would require in aid of the races for Maori' canoes. Mr. Guilding and ' Mi. Swanson thought that £160 would! be handsome. ' ' . ! ' > Major HKAMfc asked whether his Honor had ireoiived any that the Governor pad adopted the proposals ihkt had emanated from jthe Commmionenr at Wellington. It appeared tbatlthe meeting at ! Wellington bad- adopted a certain rirogramme wtiidh affected the arrangement^ "wit hin that province, without reference to the Comna'isiioi era ' appointed for that province. He ahould like to kt ow i whether the Governor 'proposed ' to'fbllow out generally that programme, or whether ifc T w«s merely to Ibe considered as intimating the opinion of the Wellington perfple aa to what ohbuld'be 'done. " ■ < ' 'Hisflonor the Btn»EfiiNTitiri>ltN>r, l in tfntwer to Major -HbAfht, read the first paragraph inthemtet- ■ 'rag-tff the- 18fch February. ' I ' "Major Hiapitt said that he took frota 'that that -the meeting at Wellington had caused a^programme to belaia *ef6re the Governor, • that the'GoveWor had given effect to 'that by putting, the Bny of Islands in, so thai they' 'might consider that th^s Governor accepted the programme of the' Wellington , He thoasrht 'ft most unprecedei ted 1 du6h"a J mitter the'WelKngton members fcf the cOommissioh sKould ittve' arranged 1 thePprdgramme without reference to' any of the-Auokland members, either the Superintendent or any one else. '. \ Macrkidy thought it was; dictating %o the Auckland portion of the Commission. i [ | Mr; Ooiltik then read' the following letter from Major Bamley : — - - , ! " " Fort Britomart, March 61' 1868. ' "My dear Sir, — I regret extremely that lam compelled to a*k yo\i to be kind enough to withdraw my name -from the list- of committee for making arrangements for the reception of bis Excellency the Governor and his Royal Highness the Duke of ' Edinburgh. I hope I shall be acquitted of jany want of assistance, however humble 'my efforts may have hitherto been ; I have endeavoured to the 'beat '• 'of my ability to make both receptions a success, and I much regret my inability to aßsist in bringing them to a successful conclusion. Thanking the membera of the general meetings for the honour they have done me by placing my name on the several committees, believe me, my dear sir, yours very faithfully, ' " J. O. Hamlby. " J. Ogil»ie,Esq., Secretary." The meeting then adjourned tillto-tiay (Saturday),, at 2 o'clock. ' There will be a meeting of the Com* missioners at 11 o'clock.