MELBOURNE EXHIBITION.
♦ OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF AWARDS. Ibiutxr'B tkucqrahs. I Melbourne, 22nd March. The ceremony arranged for the official declaration of the awards took place at the Exhibition Building to-day. The day was a ' public holiday, and there was a parade of volunteers. Crowds of people were in the Btreeta, and 20,000 persons visited the Exhibition. The weather was very hot. The address of the Commissioners announced that 6941 awards in all had been made, exclusive of 581 honorable mentions. New Zealand holds a good position in the list with 341 awards, which were formally received by Mr. John Blackwood on behalf of exhibitors from the colony. The whole ceremony passed off with Sclat.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 68, 23 March 1881, Page 2
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113MELBOURNE EXHIBITION. Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 68, 23 March 1881, Page 2
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