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Exhibition of the Works of Art and of the Products of Agriculture and industry of All Nations was to be held in the City of Philadelphia, in the United States of America, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six: And reciting that it had been represented to us that it was desirable that Commissioners should be appointed to devise and carry out the details necessary for the transmission to Philadelphia of any articles, the produce or manufacture of Our said Colony, intended for exposition at the said International Exhibition, for their due display thereat, and for their subsequent sale or careful return to their owners: We appointed the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, the Hon. W. Gisboene, W. H. Levin, Esq., and D. Mclntyre, Esq., in the said Letters Patent mentioned, to be such Commissioners accordingly, of whom any three should form a quorum, with full power to act in the premises : And whereas it is expedient that an additional Commissioner should be appointed for the purposes hereinafter mentioned : Now Know Te, that We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your knowledge, integrity, and ability, do by these presents authorize and appoint you to be such additional Commissioner accordingly, for the purposes hereinafter mentioned and set forth, that is to say,—On behalf of the Colony of New Zealand to attend and be present at the opening of the said Exhibition on the date appointed for the opening thereof, and thereafter from time to time during your stay in Philadelphia on any ceremonial or official occasion, or otherwise on behalf of the said Colony, in like manner to attend and be present at the said Exhibition or elsewhere for any of the purposes herein mentioned : And also, in conjunction with the said Commissioners so appointed as aforesaid, and as they or any quorum thereof may have agreed or determined, or shall hereafter agree or determine, to do all such things and to carry into effect all measures necessary for arranging, organizing, and providing for the exhibition of all manufactures, articles, and productions, of what nature or kind soever, made, produced, or coming from our said Colony, and which may be exhibited or intended to be exhibited as aforesaid; with full power to arrange the same or cause them to be arranged iu such groups or in such manner and form as shall be in your opinion best fitted to promote the representation of the different portions of the Colony ; and generally in conjunction with Our said Commissioners so appointed as aforesaid, or in conjunction with any quorum thereof, lawfully acting in accordance with such instructions or directions as may from time to time be given to you by them or on their behalf, to do and perform all acts, matters, and things whatsoever which may be necessary to give effect to Our said Letters Patent of the fifteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and these presents: And, lastly, we do hereby declare that this Commission shall be supplementary to to Our said Letters Patent, so made as aforosaid, and subject to the express provisions of these presents, shall be read and be deemed to be part of the said Letters Patent: In testimony whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our said Colony of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed. Witness Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Councillor, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all iu the County of York, iu tho Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Boss, in the County of Wexford, in (1.5,) the Peerage of Ireland ; a Member of Our Most Honorable Privy Council; KnightCommander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George ; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same ; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this thirteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and in the thirty-ninth year of Our reign. Normanby.