ADMISSION OF PERSONS AND RECEPTION OF ARTICLES DURING THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE EXHIBITION.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 780, 17 June 1864, Page 8

ADMISSION OF PERSONS AND RECEPTION OF ARTICLES DURING THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE EXHIBITION.

Admission of Persons,

125.' No person whatever will be admitted unless he is the bearer of a pass or day ticket.

[126-135.] 136. Passes and day tickets must be shown on entering and leaving, and whenever demanded, ■within the building. 137. Passes and day tickets are not transferable. The transfer of a ticket will, on discovery, subject the holder to expulsion from the building, and prevent the person to whom it was originally issued from obtaining another admission.

[138-141,1 142. The doorkeepers will be held responsible for any person found in the building without a pass or ticket. 143. The officer in charge of a division will be held responsible for the presence of any unauthorised person within it. 144. Every person not p-operly authorised found in the building or handling or conveying or removingl any package or article from one part of the building to another will be liable to be given into custody. . 145. No person will be allowed to carry any bundle or parcel of any size or kind whatever out of the building before it has been opened and examined.

"146. All persons using tow or cotton waste must provide slate or metal boxes for containing the refuse.

149. Smokicg is strict'y prohibited. No dogs will be admitted.

148. The introduction of lucifer matches into the building is strictly forbidden. 149. Officers and servants of the Commissioner* must attend punctually at the appointed hours, and enter their names in the books provided for that purpose. 150. Intoxication or disobedience of orders will subject the oilender to immediate dismissal. 151. The receipt of fee or payment of any kind to any officers or servants of the Commissioners will subje' t the receivers to dismissal. Mode of r-AssiHG New Zealand Goods ihto the Building. 152. All articles must be delivered at the building with all charges and dues whatever upon them paid--153. There will be several entrances for the reception of goods. 154. Goods and machinery will be received dnring such hours only as may from time to time be fixed. 155. No person but the carman will be allowed to enter with a waggon, and he will not be permitted to leave the waggon while within the precincts of the building. 156. Every article sent separately and every package must be legibly marked with the class, number, and the name of the exhibitor or exhibitors.

157. An officer will be appointed to superintend the unloading and transporting of the articles to their respective places, and the following regulations will be observed in the reception and the distribution of goods :— 1. Every package on its delivery into the building to be entered in a register, with the name and address of the tender: the clas3 to which it b?long3, and whether received in good condition or damaged. 2. A rotation number to be marked distinctly on each package, tbe same number to be entered against the sender's name in the register. 3. All packages to be removed from the landing st.-.ge, and deposited in charge of the Superintendent or his deputy, at places appointed for such purposes, as soon as possible after their reception into the building. 4. Packages accidentally delivered cr received at the wrong places, or from which the name of the exhibitor may have become obliterated, to be deposited in a place set apart for such packages. 5. In order to facilitate the answering of enquiries, the rotation number of all packages received during the day ■will b« entered in a book, containing the names of the exhibitors, alphabetically arranged, to be made up every evening. 158. Each division will have a superintendent and requisite attendant. [159 -160.]

161. All packing cases, &c, must be removed by the exhibitors, as soon as they receive orders from the Commissioners to do so. Packing cases not removed within three days after notice, will be sold and the proceeds applied to the funds ot the exhibition

Mode oir Passing Foreign and Colonial

Goods into the Building.

162. The receipt of all foreign and colonial articles will be subject to the control of the officers of the Customs, and in case any difficulty should arise, application is to be made to the senior Customs officer of the building.

163. The officers of the Customs and their servants will be provided with passes, and will be privileged to enter all portions of the building in which they may have business. 165. Goods and machinery will be received during such hours only as may from time to time be fixed.

166. All articles and packages must be delivered at the building with all charges and dues whatever paid on them. 167. Every article sent separately, and every package must be legibly marked with the name of the foreign country or colony of which they are the produce or manufacture, and, as far as practicable, with the name of the exhibitors. 169. The carts or waggons will he unloaded in rotation by the officers of the exhibition, when rotation numbers will be affixed to each package by the officers of the Customs. 170. The packages must be produced on arrival to the officer of Customs at the exhibition, who will see that the Customs' number, as well as the name of the foreign country, is affixed to each package, which wili then be conveyed to its destination in the building.

171. The officer in charge of each division will see that the packages belong to that division, that the Customs' rotation number is marked thereon, and the goods are then properly stored within it. When the articles of each country are deposited within the space assigned to them, the exhibitors or their agents must themselves unpack, put together, and arrange them. In the case of foreign and colonial productions, ns they must be necessarily unpacked for a considerable time before they are finally arranged for exhibition, it is suggested that the consignees or agents should be authorised to provide proper temporary coverings, such as glazed calico, to protect the articles from dust, and in the casa of machinery and polished goods to make the requisite arrangements ibr keeping the articles from rust.

172. The officers of the exhibition in charge of each division will cause all packages properly certified as empty to be arranged in places hereatter to be determined upon. 173. All packing cases, &c, must be removed by exhibitors or their agents as soon as they receive notice from the Commissioners to do so.

174. All packing cases not removed within three days after notice, will be sold, and the proseeds applied to the funds of the exhibition.

175. Exhibitors intending to intrmiucc; fdip|p articles upon which duty hr.s baen paid, with toe view of exhibiting- them amongst the goods of the country of whicli they are the produce or manu factnre, must have a ticket attached to each, wiih the -wr.rds "Duty Faid," thereon; audio prevent difficulty in their delivery at the close of the exhibition, they .should b» brought ucuerthe notice of the officer of Customs at th« time they are brought in. ~ If i W ZEALAND EXHIBITION, 1865. MHMOR\NI>TJM OF THB DUTIES OJ LOCAL OOMMITTEKS IN NJJW ZEALAND AMD ASENTS IK OTHER-OOUNTRIKS.

I. To act as the channel of communication between Exhibitors and the Commissioners, and to give publicity in their districts to sueh1 information as may b3 useful to intending Exhibitors and others interested in the Exhibition.

11. To encourage, by every means in their power, the production ot articles suited for Exhi bitien. 111. To examine the lists of proposed exhibitors in order to see that they fairly represent tho industries of the Province (or country); and that the principal producers appear in them. IV.—To enter into communication with such persons as it may be desirable should exhibit, but who have not Bent any demand for space, with the view of urging them to do so at an early dateand to furnish proper forms of application for this purpose, which will be supplied by her Majesty s Commissioners. V.—To examine the list of applicants with the view-of limiting the demands of those exhibitors who may have formed extravagant ideas ot the worth ot their goods and of the space they should occupy. Vl.—ln cases where applicants for space have male demands under more than one class to ascertain the exact amount of space they will require in each cla«s. VII. At a somewhat later date to superintend, in accordance with such general regulations as may be laid down, the selection or rejection of article' proposed for exhibition. Vlll.—To take such steps as may appear expedient for the purpose of encouraging a desire to visit the exhibition. See " Decisions "-6\ 70, 100,102,103.