THE NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION, 1865.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 806, 19 July 1864, Page 8

THE NEW ZEALAND EXHIBITION, 1865.

From the " New Zealand Gazette," 15th Sep-

tember, 1863.]

TTICTOIUA, by tbe 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 Minister tor the time being of our s=aid Colony; Christopher William Kichmond, Esq., one ot the Judges of our Supreme Court ot our said Colony: His flouor the Superintendent of the Province of Otego. and their Honors the Superintendents of the other Provinces of our said Colony; Mnjor John Larkin3 Cheese Bicbarrison* member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province ot Ota°o, in our said Colony i James Hectov, .Esquire, Medicinee Doctor; Thomas Dick, Esquire, member of the House of Bepresentatrves of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said Colony; Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, member of the House of Representatives of our said Colony.; James Patterson, Esquire, member of the House of Kepresentatives of our said Colony, and member of the Provincial Council f the Province of Otago, in our s->id Colony; William Mason, Esquire, member of the House of Kepresentatives of our said colony; EdwardEowes Cargill, K-quire, member of the House of Keprqsentatives of our said celony, atid member of the Provincial Council of Otago, in our said colony; John Cat-gill, Esquire, member of the Provincial Council of the Pro--vinfe of Otegfy in our said colony ; &icharl Bowden Martin, Esquire; James Battray, Esquire, Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in the City of Dunedin, in our -said colony: Alfred Eccles, > squire, Fellow of the JB-oyal College of Surgeons; Henry Clapcott, Esquire; Richard Seaward Cantrell, Esquire "William Hunter Keynolds. Esquire, Member of the House of Kepresentatives of our said colony, and member of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in our said colony; and Julius Togel, Esqnire, member, of the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, in

our said colony. Greeting:— Whebeab it has been proposed that an Exhibition of Agricultural and Industrial Products and Manufactures of our colony of JYss? Zealand, and such products and manufactures of other countries as may in the opinion of the Commissioners be eminently calculated ti 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 " bo 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 of 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 the time being of the said colony, the Superintendents for the time being of the other Provinces of the'said'colony, Christopher William Richmond, Esquive, .and Major Vohn Larkins Cheese Richardson, Vice-Presidents of the said Commission; and James Hector, Thomas Dick, Thomasßannatyne Gillies, James Paterson, William Mason," Edward Bowes Gargill, John Cargill, Eichard Bowden Martin, James Rattray, .Alfred Eccles, Henry Clapeott, Richard Seaward -Cantrell, William Hunter Reynolds, and Julius Vogel, Esquires, to be our Commissioners to devise and carry out the details necessary to faci.itate the Exhibition in Dunedin, in our colony o New Zealand, of articles the produce and anfacture of our eaid colony, and of sucb . t countries as you may determine : '% for the purpose of aiding you in jexecution of the premises, we hereby appoint . trusty and^well-beloved Thomas I>ick, aforeto be Honorary Treasure^ to this our Common, and our trusty and well-beloved Alfred v vcles aforesaid to be Honorary Secretary to this oar. Commission : And we do by these presents give and grant (o you or any three or more of you ull 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 of the Provinces of our said (.olony 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 Commissioners ; And we do by these presents or,dain that this our Commission shall continue in full "force and virtue, and that you our said Commissioners, w any three or more of you, shall and may from time to time, and at any place or places, proceed in the execution thereof, and of every matter or thing therein contained, although the same be ■not continued from time to time by adjournment*

In testimony thereof we have caused these our letters to be made patent, and the seal of our said colony to fee hereunto affixed : Witness our trusty and well-beloved Sir George Grey, Knight ..Commander of the Most Honorable Ordei'of the Bath, Commander-in-Chief in aud 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 sixty- | three, and in the Twenty-seventh- Year of our- Heign. I G. GRtY. ! ■ 3sy His Excellency's command, j Alfred Domett. !