THE NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION, 1865.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 784, 18 June 1864, Page 8

THE NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION, 1865.

[Fran the "New Zealand Gazette," 15th. September, 1863.]

TTICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the V United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender of the faith and so forth, To our trusty and well-beloved the Honorable the Colonial Secretary for the time being of our Colony of New Zealand; the Honorable the Colonial Treasurer for the time being of our said Colony; the Honorable the Native Mnrster for the time being of our said Colony: Christopher William Richmond, Esq., one ot the Judges of our Supreme Court ot our said Colony -His Honor the Superintendent ot tne Province of Otago, and their Honors the Superintendents of the other Provinces of our said Colony; Major John Larkins Cheese Bichardson, member of the House of Repregentatives of our said Colony, aud member of the Provincial Council of the Province ot Otago, in our said Colony; James Hector, Esquire, Medicinse Doctor; Thomas Dick, 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; Thomas Bannatyne Giliies, Esquire, member of the House of iiepresentatives of our said Colony; James Patterson, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council f 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 Otago, in our said colony; John Cargill, Esquire, member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said colony; Sichar1! Bowden Martin, Esquire; James Battray, Esquire, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of Dunedin, in our said colony; Alfred Eccles, Jisquire, Fellow of the Koyal College of Surgeons; Henry Clapcott, Esquire • Richard Seaward Cantrell, Esquire William Hunter Eeynolds, 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*. — Whbbhas it has been proposed that an Exhibition of Agricultural and Industrial Products Bad Manufactures of our colony of New Zealand, and such products and manufactures of other countries as may in the opinion of the Commis■ioners 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 be appointed for the purpose devising and carrying out such Exhibition: Now know that we, reposing special trust 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 ths said Province oi Otago, 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 th« time being of the said colony, the Superintendents for the time being of the other Provinces oi the said colony, Christopher William Bichmond, Esquire, and Major John Larkins Cheese Kichardson, Vice-Presidents of the said Commission;' and James Hector, Thomas Dick, •Thomas Bannatyne tfillies, James Paterson, William Mason, Edward Bowes Cargill, John Cargill, Eichard Bowden Martin,' James Battray, Alfred Eccles, Henry Clapcott, Kichard Seaward Cantrell, William Hunter Beynolds, and Julius Togel, Enquires, to be our Commissioners te deriie and carry out the detail necessary to faci.itate the Exhibition in Dunedin, in our colony of New Zealand, of articles the produce and manufacture of our «aid 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 JEccles aforesaid to be Honorary Secretary to this our Commission: And we do by these presents gif c and grant to you or any three or more of you nil 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 oi 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 Comjnissioners: And we do by thesa presents ordain thatthis our Commission shall continue in fall force and virtue, and that you our said Commissioners, or any three or more of you, shall and may from time to time, and at any place or places, proceed in ths execution thereof, and of every matter or thing therein contained, although the same be not continued from time to time by adjournment.

In testiiMny thereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the seal of our said colony to De hereunto affixed : Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Qiej, Knight Commaader of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Commander-in-Chief in and over our Colony of New Zealand and its dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, at the Government House at Auckland, in New Zealand aforesaid, the Fifth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree, and in the Twenty-seventh Year of our Keig«.

Q. GRBY.

By His Excellency's command, Alfred Dohett.