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7. Each package must have affixed to it a label or mark showing the place from which it comes, and the serial number of the package. Labels will be supplied by the Commissioners to Local Committees and exhibitors. 8. All expenses of transport, after exhibits are received by Local Committees, will be undertaken by the Commissioners. 9. It is very necessary to insure that nothing is exhibited which does not excel in quality, exhibitors should therefore be very careful in their selection of samples. 10. The Commissioners would specially urge the collection of the following articles ■. — (1.) Gold. (2.) Grain, pulse, grass seed, &c.: 1 measured bushel. (3.) Flour, meal, &c.: 25 lb. (4.) Wool: 6 fleeces, &c. (See special wool schedule.) (5.) Woollen goods. (6.) Coal: Sections of seams, samples. (7.) Timber : Series of uniform-sized samples; sections with the bark on and one face polished, the other being left in its natural state. Specimens to be not longer than 3 feet, except in the case of samples illustrative of the extreme growth to which particular trees attain. (8.) Furniture: Manufactured from New Zealand wood. (9.) Flax : Dressed fibre, in 50-lb. bales; rope, and other manufactured articles. (10.) Kauri gum: Ordinary market samples, showing grades of quality; special samples, showing size of mass or purity. (11.) Tanning barks; leather; dyes; paint. (12.) Preserved meat: Six tins of each kind, and 101b. samples. (13.) Cheese: Whole cheese of any size, not less than 141b. in the aggregate. (14.) Wine, beer, and spirits: In bottle, max., 2 gallons; beer, in wood, max., 36 gallons. (15.) Tobacco leaf and cigars : Max., 10 lb.; mm., leaf, 5 lb.; cigars, 1 lb. (16.) Mineral waters : Max., | gallon, or 1 dozen in bottles. (17.) Mineral and ores. (18.) Works of art: Only those illustrative of New Zealand scenery and natural history; photographs, plans, maps, &c. (19.) Miscellaneous articles: Such as illustrate the history of the country and its inhabitants. 11. The Commissioners will use every endeavour to provide against the loss or damage of the collections, which will be duly insured, but they will not hold themselves or the Government responsible for any damage or loss. 12. Any exhibits not absolutely given to or bought by the Commissioners (unless the owners expressly desire that they be duly disposed of at Sydney) will be returned to the Local Committees at the expense of the Commissioners. 13. Local Committees will, at their discretion, accept articles for exhibition, subject to final revision by the Commissioners, as space for exhibition is limited. 14. Local Committees are recommended to appoint Sub-Committees to assist them in seeing that none but first-rate specimens of raw products are forwarded to Wellington. 15. The Commissioners reserve the right to alter, amend, explain, or add to these regulations. James Hector, Executive Commissioner. Offices of the Commission, 39, 40, and 41, Parliament Chambers, Wellington.

APPENDIX A. Extracts from Minutes of Proceedings. Meeting No. I.— 27th January, 1879. Dr. Hector in the Chair. The Chairman, having read the Commission, stated that he had issued a circular telegram respecting exhibits of wool, as the matter was urgent. He had also applied to the Government for copies of papers relative to the Exhibition, and an indication of the amount of expenditure that the Government was prepared to authorize the Commission to incur. A telegram from Mr. P. A. Jennings, Executive Commissioner to the International Commission, Sydney, was read, offering to reserve 4,000 square feet of space for the representation of New Zealand. A reply was ordered to be sent, asking the Commission to reserve a much larger space. Resolved to advertise for a secretary. The Chairman was requested to wait upon the Under Colonial Secretary, with a view of ascertaining if Government could provide the Commission with office accommodation. Meeting No. 2.— 4 th February, 1879. Dr. Hector in the Chair. The Chairman stated a reply had been received from the Government offering three rooms in the Parliament Buildings for the use of the Commission. The Colonial Secretary had replied in the matter of funds to be placed at the service of the Commission, stating that the Cabinet ■would approve of an expenditure by the Commission of a sum not exceeding £2,000.

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