DECISIONS ON POINTS RELATING TO

Otago Daily Times, Issue 782, 20 June 1864, Page 8

DECISIONS ON POINTS RELATING TO

1. The Commissioners have fixed upon the first Tuesday in January, 1865, for opening the Exhibition.

2. The Exhibition Building, with such annexes as may be necessary, will be erected in the City of Dunedin, on the Government Reserve, Block XXIII, Great King street. 3. The principal building will be of brick and cement. The annexes for machinery, &c, will be erected adjoining the main bnilding. 4. The decision whether goods proposed to be exhibited are admissable or not, must in each case eventually rest with the Commissioners. 5. Subject to the necessary limitation of space, all persons, whether designers, inventors, manufacturers, producers, or possessors of articles of New Zealand origin, or of such others the produce of other countries as may in the estimation of the Commissioners be eminently calculated to aid in the developement of the Colony, will be allowed to exhibit; but they must state in what character they exhibit. 6. The Commissioners will communicate with New Zealand Exhibitors only through the Local Committee of their respective Provinces, and with those of neighboring Colonies,. of Great Great Britain and Ireland, and of Foreign Countries, either through the agent in Xondon directly or through the Secretary in Dunedin. 7. No rent will be charged to Exhibitors. 8. Subject to decisions 5 and 6, every article produced or obtained by human industry, whether of—

Raw materials, Machinery, Manufactures, or Fine Arts, will be admitted to the Exhibition with the exception of Living animals and plants, Fresh vegetables and animal substances liable to spoil by keeping, Detonating or dangerous substances. 9. Spirits or alchobols, acids, coirosive salts, and substances of highly inflammable nature will only be admitted by special written permission and in well secured glass vessels. 10. The articles exhibited will be divided into the following classes :— Section I. Raw Materials. Class I.—Mining, quarrying, metallurgy and mineral products. 2.—Chemical substances and products, and pharmaceutical processes. 3—Substances used for food. 4.—Animal and vegetable substances used for manufactures. Section ll.—Maohinkrt. Class s.—Railway plant, including locomotive engines and carriages. 6.—Carriages not connected with rail or tram road?. 7.—Manufacturing machines and tools. B.—Machinery in general. 9.—Agricultural and horticultural machines and implements. [10.—Civil engineering, architectural and buildiDg contrivances. "Military engineering, armour and,

ae;.outreuieats, ordauace and small^ 12.—Naval architecture and ship's tacklo. 13.—Philosophical instruments, and processes depending on their use. 14.—Photographic apparatus and photography* 15.—Horological instruments. 16.—Musical instruments. 17.—Surgical instruments and appliances. Section lll.—Manufactures. Class 18.—L'otton. 19.—Flax and hemp. 20.—!~ilk and velvet. 21.—Woollen and worsted, including mixed fabrics generally. 22.—Carpets. 23.—Woven, spun, felted and laid fabrics, when shewn as specimens of printing or dyeing. 24. —Tapestry, lace, and embroidery. 25.—Skins, fur, feathers, and hair. 26.—Leather, including saddlery and harness. 27. —Articles of clothing. 28.—Paper, stationery, printing and bookbinding. 29.— Educational works and appliances. 30. —Furnitnre and upholstery, including papsr hangings and papier mache. 31.—Iron and general hardware. 32.—Steel and cutlery, and edge tools. 33, —Works ia precious metals, and their 34.—Glass. as.—Pottery. 36.—Manufactures not included ia the previous classes. 368.-Maori and other aboriginal manufactures and'implements. Section IV.—Fine Arts. Class 37.—Architecture. 38.—Paintings in oil and water colors, and drawings. 39.—Sculpture, models, die-sinking and intaglios. 40.—Etchings and engravings. 11. Prizes or rewards for merit in the form o Honorary Certificates will be given in Sections 1, 2, and 3. (a) These certificates will be of one class for merit without any distinction of degree. (b) No exhibitor will receive more than one certificate in any class or sub-class. (c) A jury will be formed for each class o the exhibition by whom the certificates will be adjudged, subject to general rules, which will regulate the action of the juries. | (d) The jurors will be chosen by the Commissioners. (c) The names of the jurors will be published in January, 1865. (f) Tlie jurors will be required to submit their awards with a briel statement of the grounds of each, to the Commissioners, before the 10th day of March, 1865. (g) The awards will be published in the exhibition. (AJThey will immediately afterwards be conspicuously attached to the counters of the successful exhibitors, and the grounds ot each award will be very briefly stated. (i) if an exhibitor accept the. office ot juror, no certificate can be awarded in the class to which he is appointed, either to himself individually or to the firm in which he may be a partner. (j) The certificates will be delivered to the exhibitors on the last day of the exhibition. 12. Prices may be affixed to articles exhibited. 13. The Commissioners will be prepared to receive all articles which may be sent to them on or after the first day of October, and will continue to receive goods until the twelfth day of December, 1864, injlusive. 14. Articles of great size or weight, the placing of which will require considerable labour, must be sent before the twenty-first day of November, 1864; the manufacturers wishing to exhibit machinery or other objects that will require foundations or special constructions must make a declaration to that effect in their demands for space, which demand the Commissioners must receive at least three months previous to the day of opening. 15. Any exhibitor whose goods can properly fre placed together will be, at liberty to arrange them in his own way, provided his arrangement 13 compatible with the general scheme of the exhibition and the convenience of other exhibitors, 16. Where it is desired to exhibit the process of manufacture, a sufficient number of articles however dissimilar will be admitted for the purpose of illustrating the process, but they must not exceed the number actually acquired. [17 —25 ] 26. Exhibitors will be required to deliver their goods at such part of the building as may be indicated to them, with the freight, carriage, porterage, and all charges and dues upon them paid. 27. The drays will be unloaded and the articles and packages taken to the places appointed in the building by the officers of the Commissioners. 28. Upon receipt of notice from the Commissionersthat the articles are deposited in the building, exhibitors or their representatives, or agents must themselves unpack, pub together, and arrange their goads. Persons will be appointed by the Commissioners who may be employed by exhibitors for this purpose at their own cost and risk.

29. Packing: C3ses must be removed at the cost of the exhibitors or their agents as soon as the goods are examined and deposited in charge of the Commissioners. If not removed within three days of notice being given, they will be disposed of, and the proceeds (if any) applied to the funds of the exhibition. 30. Regulations will be adopted by the principal Steam Companies and others trading to Dunedin, with, the view of affording facilities for the conveyance of goods to and from the exhibition. [31-34.] 35. As a general rule, no counters or fittings will be provide i by the Commissioners. Exhibiiors will be permitted, subject only to the necessary general regulations,- to erect to their own taste all the counters, stands, glass frames, brackets, awnings, hangings, or similar contri vances which they may consider best calculated for the display of their goods. 36. Exhibitors, or their representatives, should provide whatever light temporary covering may be necessary (such as sheets of oiled calico) to protect their goods from dust; and, in the cave of machinery and polished goods, should make the requisite arrangements for keeping the articles free from rust during the time of the exhibition. 137—42.1 43. Exhibitors must be at the charge of insuring their own goods, Bhould they desire this security. Every precaution will be taken to prevent fire, theft or other losses, and the Commissioners will give alljthe aid in their power for the legal prosecution of any persons guilty of robbery or wilful injury in tiie exhibition; but they will not be responsible for losses or damage of any kind which may be occasioned by fire or theft, or in any other manner. 44. Exhibitors may employ assistants (male or female) to keep in oi der the articles they exhibit, or to explain them to visitors, after obtaining written permission from the Commissioners; but such assistants will be forbidden to invite visitors to purchase the goods of their emuloyers. [45-49.] 50. Articles once deposited in the building will not be permitted to fee removed without written permission from the Commissioners. 151—54.] 55. The Commissioners will provide shafting, steam not exceeding 30 lbs per inch), or water at high pressure for machines in motion. 56. Persons who may wish to exhibit machinery in motion will be allowed to have it worked as Jar as practicable under their own superintendence and by their own men. [57-69.] 70. Intending exhibitors in New Zealand are requested to apply without delay to the Previn- ! cial Committees of their respective Provinces for a form of demand for space, stating at the same time in which ot the four sections they wish to exhibit. 71. The following is the form which has to be filled up: — 1. Name and Christian name of applicant or name of firm 2. Nature of bubiness carried on 3. Exact address (stating post town and province or country) •• 4. Nature of articles io be exhibited Floor Space. Length feet 6. Probable space that I Breadth feet will berequired for 1 Height feet articles oc case in j which they will be Hanging or Wall Space. shown. • Height feet (^Width feet 172-99 100. Exhibitors from countries beyond New Zealand, should make thelx demaads for space to the Agent in Great Britain, or direct to the Setary at creßunedin.

101. 'The Commissioners will consider tho.se persons to be the i--rovincial Committees in New Zealand who have been appointed by th.3 respective Superintendents, and will only (ommunicate ■with exhibitors through such committees, fhe Commissioners will appoint an Agent in Great Britain.

102. The Commissioners -will communicate to such committees the amount of space which can be allowed to the Province for which they act, and will also state the further conditions and limitations which may from time to time be decided on with rsspect to the admission of articles. All articles forwarded by such Committees will be admitted provided they do not require a greater aggregate amount of space than that, assigned to the Province from which they come; and provided also that they do not violate the general conditions and limitations. Subject to Decision 4, it will rest with the Committee of each Province to decide upon the merits and suitability for exhibition of the articles from that province. A communication will also be made to the Agent in Great Britain, assigning a definite amount of space to the United Kingdom, and to the several foreign countries exhibitors for which may correspond with him. The Agent will have powers similar to those of the Provincial Committees as to the selection oi articles proposed for exhibition. 103. Separate space will, if possible, be alloted to each Province of New Zealand, within which the Committee for that Province will be at liberty to arrange the productions entrusted to them in such manner as ithey think best, subject to the condition that all machinery shall be exhibited in the portion of the building specially devoted to that purpose, and all pictures, as the commissioners may direct, and to the observance of any general [rules that may be laid lown by the Commissioners for public convenience. .„ 104. By arrangements made witn the JNew Zealand Government, all foreign or colonial goods intended for exhibition, sent and addressed m accordance with the regulations laid down by her Majesty's Collector of Customs, as set forth in Article 108, will be admitted into the country and allowed to be transmitted to the exhibition building without being previously opened, and without payment of any duty. But all goods which shall not be re-exported at the termination of the exhibition, will be charged with the proper duties under the ordinary Customs regulations.

[105.1 106. Every article sent separately, and every package luust be legibly marked with the name of the country or colony of which it is the produce or manufacture, and as far as practicable with the name of the exhibitor or exhibitors. 107. The following is the j form of address which should be adopted:—

To the Commissioners for the New Zealand Exhibition, 1865.

BUILDING, DUNSDIN, OTAGO, N.Z,

From [state country and exhibitor's name.] To prevent loss, miscarriage, or mislaying articles or packing cases containing them, which occupy less bulk than two cubic feet, should not be sent separately if it can be avoided, but packages under such size containing as far as possible, the same ciass of articles should be transmitted in combination. 108. The Customs authorities have laid down the following regulations upon the importation of goods intended for the exhibition :— (a) All packages containing goods for the New Zealand Kxhibition of 1865, shall be specially reported as such, and shall be addressed to the Commissioners of the New Zealand Exhibition, or to one of thsir officers, and be consigned to a duly accredited agent, and shall be accompanied with a specification of their contents and value. They shall be separately entered as intended'for the New Zealand Exhibition, and the agents in passing their entries shall specify the it'ull contents of the packages together with their value. (6) Such packages as may be landed in Duuedin shall be forwarded unopened to the exhibition in charge of an approved licensed drayman, accompanied by a dray note from the landing officer giving a description of the packages and the numbers and marks thereon; and in cases where they may be supposed to contain other goods than those for the exhibition they shall also be accompanied by a revenue officer. (<,•) Packages landed at other ports shall be forwarded with a similar note by public conveyance under seals of office direct to the exhibition, the officers at the respective ports taking care the packages bear no private address, and that the documents relating thereto be immediately forwarded to the proper officers of the Customs stationed at the exhibition. {d) ( n the arrival of the goods at the exhibition no package shall be opened without the knowledge and consent of the officer of Customs, and if the goods ha found to agree with the entry or specification, they will, if free, be at once considered out of charge of the Customs, the entry or declaration being sufficient for all statistical purposes. (c) In the case of all dutiable goods an account, will be taken by the officers of the Customs at the time of first opening the packets, but such deficiencies as may occur within the building from any legitimate or unavoidable cause, the officer being fully satisfied thereof, shall not be charged with duty. (/) That the building be considered for all practical purpeses a " Bonded Warehimse," and that in all cases where goods shall not be exported but retained for use in this country, the duty shall be assessed by the officer in charge of -the building (and received in the exhibition by a clerk duly appointed for the purpose) in accordance with the practice now existing in ivgard to articles found in passengers' baggage. (g) In the case of dutiable goods for exportation an entry will be passed in the long room and bond given for their due exportation; and on the receipt of this entry by the officer in charge of the building, the goodß shall be packed in his presence, and if for shipment at any other port placed under seal and forwarded in charge of a steamboat or other public carrier; but if for shipment at Dunedin they shall then be sent under charge of Customs officers at the expense of the exporter to be delivered into the charge of the searcher of the station from which they are to be shipped without further examination, under the regulations applicable to goods shipped direct from the warehouse. 109. An outline of the Patent Law of New :Zea!ancl is inserted for the information of exhibitors from a distance, but it is not the intention of the Commissioners to take any steps in reference to the protection of inventors or discoverers by patent or registration. Dnder the •• Patents Act," IB6o.—Any person being the originator of any new invention or improvement, for which no patent has been issued in New Zealand or any other country, may obtain letters patent after depositing LlO with the Celonial Treasurer, and at the office a petition to the Governor, stating the object of his invention and praying for a patent. The specifications and drawings must be delivered in duplicate, with principles of machines, &c, explained, and specimens of ingredients, &c, if any, for the purpose of experiment, be delivered. Notice to be published in the " Gazette," and one newspaper in each province, and after four months, if no objection is lodged, a patent may be issued; the holder to be entitled to the same privileges in New Zealand as patentee under the Great Seal in England. More than twelve persons may be interested in a patent. Patent may be assigned. The holder or assignee of letters patent obtained in Great Britain or other countries, may obtain letters of registration, entitling the holder during continuance of the original patent in the country in which it was granted, and no longer, to all the privileges ot letters patent granted in New Zealand, on payment of LlO to the Colonial Treasurer.