THE EXHIBITION AND THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 7726, 22 November 1886, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION AND THE COLONIAL INSTITUTE.

fB? Elkctbic Tbleobaph.—Copyright. (Special to Pkess Association.)

London, November 17,

(Received November 20, at 1.26 p.m.) The Committee of the Imperial Institute and executive commissioners have decided not to reopen the exhibition in June next, and the jubilee ceremony will therefore be confined to the laying of the foundation stone of the institute, after which the building will be proceeded with. The bulk of imperishaole exhibits which have been given to the institute will be stored until the building is ready for their reception. It is hoped that £1,000,000 will be raised as an endowment. The buildings will cost half a million, and the chambers of commerce have expressed their willingness .to raise half a million if the scheme embraces British commerce. November 19. (Received-November 20, at 3.15 p.m.) The Committee of the Imperial Institute propose that' if the institute is located at Whitehall the city scheme for a commercial museum should be united with the institute; but if the latter is placed at Kensington, then the museum should be a separate concern. It is suggested that the colonies should occupy the ground floor and Great Britain the upper floor. The cost of the building will be £300,000. The silver ingots exhibited at the Colindies by New South Wales have been sold, and realised £2600. The South Australian rocks and [fossils, presented to the Natural History Museum and the; Victorian exhibits (about which no directions have been received) are to be returned. Sir Or. Berry is asking for instructions as to whether the fittings and decorations of the Victorian court are to be shipped to Adelaide. The Prince of Wales expresses groat concern at the impossibility of reopening the exhibition, but says it was felt difficult to preserve the exhibits in the present building. In all the courts exhibitors are fc»sily engaged in packing their exhibits. Forty-one thousand feet of space has been applied for at the Jubilee Exhibition. Lord Eandolph Churchill has intimated that the grant of £1000 asked for to aid art representation at the exhibition will probably be made. The site of the Imperial Jubilee Institute will be Whitehall or Westminster. (Received November 22, at 1.15 a.m.) The statement published by the Times as to the site, area, and cost of the Imperial Institute is without foundation.