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H. Cholwill, Secretary. Wanganui: T. Bamber, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; Messrs. G. Carson, H. Hurley, A. D. Willis. Wellington: J. R. George, Esq., Chairman; J. H. Bethune, Esq.; J. B. Harcourt, Esq. Blenheim: A. G. Fell, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; Messrs. Earll, Houldsworth, Lichfield, Parker, Robinson, Presswood, Rogers, AVemyss. Nelson: J. R. Dodson, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; His Lordship the Bishop of Nelson; Dr. Irvine, Messrs. Brown, Crewdson, J. Gully, Hackett, Hunter, Little, Pownall, Shepherd, Trask, AVhite, Rev. J. Beckenham, Hon. Secretary. Christchurch: G. AA r. Turner, Esq., President; J. Beaumont, Esq.; P. Cunningham, Esq.; L. E. Nathan, Esq.; S. S. Rovans, Esq.; W. D. Wood, Esq. Timaru: Captain Sutter, Chairman; Captain Cain; Messrs. Gibson, Grainger, and Jonas. Oamaru : J. T. Evans, Esq., Chairman; Henry Connell, Esq.; Frank Dunlop, Esq.; AVilliam Jukes Steward, Esq.; George Sumpter, Esq. Dunedin .- Hon. AY. H. Reynolds, Chairman ; E. J. Spence, Esq., Vice-Chairman ; L. O. Beall, Esq.; W. Blair, Esq., CE.; A. Burt, Esq.; E. B. Cargill, Esq.; R. Gillies, Esq.; B. Hallensteiu, Esq.; AY. M. Hodgkins, Esq.; D. C. Hutton, Esq.; Professor Hutton; AVilliam Mason, Esq.; J. T. McKerras, Esq.; G. McLean, Esq.; Hugh McLean, Esq.; J. B. Mudie, Esq.; R. Oliver, Esq., M.H.R.; Vincent Pyke, Esq., M.H.R.; Donald Reid, Esq.; J. Roberts, Esq.; George Gray Russell, Esq.; G. L. Sise, Esq.; D. E. Spence, Esq.; H. TeAVsley, Esq.; Professor Ulrich; J. S. Webb, Esq., Hon. Secretary. Invercargill: John Turnbull, Esq., Chairman; J. AValker Bain, Esq.; T. J. Martin, Esq.; R. Tapper, Esq. Queenstown-. Y. H. Daniels, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; Messrs. Butel, Cope, J. Douglas, M.D., Edgar, Evans, Hicks, Mason, Worthington; Henry Manders, Esq., M.H.R, Hon. Secretary. Hokitika : McLean W. Jack, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; Messrs. John Tait, Robert AValker, John Cross, Thomas Cook, AY. Heiilz, AY. G. Johnson, John Peake, John Nicholson, T. Shaffrey. Napier: J. 11. Vautier, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; Members of the Borough Council. Grahamstoivn : AY. McCullough, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman ; A. Brodie, Esq., (County Chairman); Messrs. J. Brown, Colonel Fraser, F. C. Dean, L. Ehrenfried, A. Price, A. Porter, W. Carpenter. Greymouth: Richard Nancarrow, Esq. (Mayor), Chairman; Messrs. Patrick Griffin, James Barkley, Frank Badger, F. AY. Lahmann, J. G. Thomas, Joseph Kilgour, F. C. Dupre, J. A. Eissenhardt, Edmund Wickes.

REGULATIONS. [Exhibition to be opened September, 1879; and closed, February, 1880.] The proposal to hold an International Exhibition iv Australia originated with the Agricultural Society of New South Wales, whose annual Exhibitions have for many years been conducted with success. The growing magnitude the Exhibition assumed, and the deep interest evinced in the undertaking at Home and abroad, made it evident that it had developed into a work of national importance, altogether beyond the powers and resources of the Agricultural Society ; therefore, in November, 1878, the Government accepted the responsibility of carrying it out. A site worthy of the occasion has been chosen in the Domain, and spacious buildings are being erected by the Government. The Exhibition will be opened the first week in September, 1879, and will remain open for six months. General Regulations. Exhibits will be admitted free of duty. The removal of goods, except under special circumstances, will not be permitted prior to the close of the Exhibition. Facilities will be given for the sale of exhibits, to be delivered after the close of the Exhibition. A special provision will be made by Parliament for the protection of inventions capable of being patented in New South Wales. No work of art, nor any article whatever exhibited in the buildings, parks, or gardens may be drawn, copied, or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the permission of the exhibitor and the Commission. The Commission reserves the right of rejecting or returning any proposed exhibit. Articles that are in any way dangerous, or offensive, or injurious to public decency or morality, will not be admitted into the Exhibition. Each exhibitor will have the right to produce and publish the report awarded to him, but the Sydney International Commission reserves the right to publish and dispose of all reports in the manner it thinks best for public information, and also to publish and distribute the reports in regard to the Exiiibition. Every person who becomes an exhibitor hereby undertakes and acknowledges to observe the rules aud regulations established for the government of the Exhibition. Wool. —ln addition to the ordinary display of wool, a further Exhibition will be held in December, so that next season's clip may be represented. System of Classification. The system of classification which has been adopted is mainly framed on that used at the Philadelphia Exhibition; but it is intended rather to indicate the objects desired for exhibition,