THE PARIS EXHIBITION.
Address by the Prince of Wales. London, February 23. The Prince of Wales presided at the meeting of the British Commission for the Pans International Exhibition. He said that the exhibition bade fair to surpass any of its predecessors, both in extent, splendour, and importance. He printed out that Germany had voted & quarter of a million and Switzerland £66,000 for their representation, whilst the British vote was only £75,000. This, he feared, would prove insufficient. He trusted they would be able to prevail upon the Treasury to considerably augment this. India and the colonies, together with the great industries of the Empire, would be largely represented, and considering the keen rivalry between the manufacturers of Great Britain and those of other countries, it was necessary to give every prominence to the industrial section. The exhibition would afford England an opportunity of asserting her commercial supremacy. He trusted that the display would not be unworthy of the Empire.
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Colonist, Volume XLI, Issue 9108, 28 February 1898, Page 3
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