DECISIONS SPECIALLY APPLICABLE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 788, 27 June 1864, Page 8

DECISIONS SPECIALLY APPLICABLE

Pectioh ivy—Fine Arts. 110, It is i>ot proposed to award prizes in this Section. Admission of Visitors. [111—122.] 123. The Commissioners have adopted the following regulations with respect to the admission of visitors to the exhibition : — (a) The exhibition will be open daily (Sundays excspted) during such hours as the Commissioners shall from time to time appoint. There will be one principal entrance for "Visitors. The regulatioas necessary for preventing

1 obstructions at the entrance will be issued prior to open ing. (d) Admission to the exhibition will be given only to the owners of season tickets, and to vi>itors paying at the doors. Season Tickb's. \f) Season tickets, price two guine s, will entitle the owner to adnus.-ion nt the opening, and nil other ceremonials, as we'll as at all times when the building is open to the public (g) Season tickets must, be sicrued before p-e----sentation. The owners must produce them, and write their names in a book at the door each time they enter the j building. (h) Seasnn tickets are not transferable, and if presented by any other persons than the registered owners will be forfeited, and the names of the offenders will be i published. If lost, they will not be replaced, unless in special cases, sanctioned by the Commissioners. Prices of Admission. (i) On the first Tuesday in January, 1865, on the occasion of the opening ceremonial, the admission will be restricted to the owners of season tickets, or others paying- LI for the day. (j) On the ser-ond and third days, the price of admission will be ten shillings each person, and the Commissioners reserve to themselves the ri^lit of appointing' six other days when the same charge will be made. (k) From the third to the seventeenth, day, five shilling-}. (I) Frcm the seventeenth to the thirty-first day, two shillings and sixpence. (m) After the thirty-first day, the prices ol admission will, on Saturdays, be one shilling, and on other days, two shillings and sixpence. ADMISSION OF PERSONS AND DECEPTION 0" ARTICLES DURING THE ARRANGEMENT OF THfi EXHIBITION. Admission op Persons. [124.] 125. No person vrhatever will be admitted unle<« he is the bearer of a pass or day ticket. L 126-135. | 136. Passes nad day tickets must be shown on j entering and leaving, and whenever demanded, within the building. 137. Masses and day tickets are not transferi able. The transfer of a ticket will, on discovery, j subject, the holder to expulsion from the building, and prevent the person to whom it was originally issued fcorn obtaining another admission. I [188—141.1 1-12. The (ioovkeepers will be held responsible i for any person found in the building-without a I pass or ticket. 143. The officer in charge of a division will be held responsible for the presence of any unau- ! thorised verson within it. 144. Every person not properly authorised 1 found in the building or handling or conveying or i removing any package, or article from one part ci the building to another will be liable to be given into custody. 145. No person will be allowed to carry any bundle or parcl of any size or kind whatever out of the building before it has been opened and exaraiaed. 146. All persons using tow or cotton waste must provide slate or metal boxes for containing the refuse. 149. Smoking is striot'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 Commissioners must attend punctually at the appointed hours, : and enter their names in the books provided for tint purpose. 15u. In'oxication or disobedience of orders will ■ subject the offender to immediate dismiss!. ! 151. The receipt of fee or payment of any kind to any officers or servants of the Commissioners^ will subject the receivers to dismissal. Mode of -.-assing New Zealand Goods ihto the j3uildino. 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 during such lu>ars 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 nit be permitted to leave ths waggon while within the preeinats of the building. 15S. Every article sent separately aod every package must be legibly marked with the class, number, and the name of the exhibitor or exhibitors. 157. An officer will bfi 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 i euder: the class to which it b -longs, and whether received in good condition or damaged. 2. A rotation number to be marked distinctly on each package, the suine number to be entered against the sender's name in the register. 3. All packages to be removed from the landing- sfc-ige, and deposited in charge of the Superintendent or his deputy, at places appointed for such purpose?, as soon as'possible after their reception into I 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 r-ueh packages. 5. In order to facilitate the answering of enquiries, the rotation number of all '■ packages received duriDg the day will ba entered in a book, containing the names of the exhibitors, alphabetica'ly arranged, to be mnile up every evening. 158. Each division will have a superintendent and requisite attendant. [159 -160.] 181. All packing cases, &c, must be removed by the exhibitors, as soon as they receive orders from the Commissioners to do so. Packing eases not removed within three days aFter notice, will be sod and the proceeds applied to the funds ot the exhibition Mods of Passing Foreign and Colonial good' 3 into the building. 162. The reueint of all foreign and colonial articles will be subject to the control <-i the officers of the Customs, and in ca<e any difficulty should arise, application is to be made to the senior Customs officer of the building. 168. The officers of the Customs and their servants will be provided with poses, and will be privileged to enter all portions of the building in which they may have business. |IG4.] 165. Goods and machinery will be received during such hoars only as may from time to time be fixed. 363. All articles and packages must be delivered at tbe building vitb all charges and dues whatever paid on them. IG7. Every article sent separately, and every package must be legibly market! with the name of the foreign country or colony of which they are the produce or manufacture, and, a< fur as practicable, with the name of tbe exhibitors. 169. 'Hie carts or waggons will no.unloaded in rotation by the officers of the exhibition, when rotation number; 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, whi> will see that the i 'ustovns' number, as well ns the name of the foreign country, is affixed to each package, which will 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 roust themselves unpack, put together, and arrange them. In the case of foreign and colonial productions, >>s they must bo 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 elazed calico, to protect the articles from dust, and in the ease of machinery and polished poods to make the requisite arrangements for 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 hereafter 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 pro* eeeds applied to the funds of the exhibition.

175. .Exhibitors intending to introduce foreign ivi'ticies upo 1 which duty h;is been paid, with the view of txkibitiiiir tliem aaitvnpst the goods of the country 01 which they are thw produce or manufacture, must have a ticket attached to each, with the words "Duty • aid," thereon; and to prevent difficulty in their delivery at the close of tho exhibition, they s-lioul'l be brought under the notice of the officer of customs at the time they are brought in. N:.W ZKALA.ND EXHIBITION, 1865. MEMOR/..NDUJI OF THE DUTIES OF LOCAL COMMITTBiiS IN N.iW ZEALAND AND AGENT 3IN OTHER COUNTRIES. I.—To act as the channel of communication between Exhibitors and the Commissioners, and to givfl publicity in their districts to such information es may be usijlul to intending Exhibitors and others interested in the Exhibition. 11. To eucour..ge, by every means in their power, the production ot articles suited for Exhibition. ill. To examine the lists of proposed exhibitors in order to sea that they fairly represent tlia 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 sent any demand ior space, with the view of urging them to do so at an eirly date, and to furnish proper forms of application for this purpose, which will be supplied by her Majesty's Commissioners. V.—To exauiine the list of applicants with the view of limiting the demands of those exhibitors who may have formed extravagant ideaa ot the worth oi their goads and of the space they should occupy. VI. —In cases where applicants for space have made demands under more than one class to ascertain the exact amount ol space they will re- ( quire in each cla=s. j VII. At a somewhnf, later date to superintend, j in accordance with such -general regulations as may be laid down, the selection or rejection of I articles proposed for exhibition; VIII.—To take such steps as may appear expedient for tha purpose of encouraging a desire to visit the exhibition. See '- Decisions "—6, 70, 100,102,103.

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