THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH JULY, 1887.
THE CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, MELBOURNE, 1888.
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By His Excellency Sir HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over the Colony of Victoria and its Dependencies, &c., &c., &c.
To the Honorable GEORGE HIGINBOTHAM, Chief Justice of the Colony of Victoria;
The Honorable Sir JAMES MACBAIN, Knight, President of the Legislative Council of the said
Colony;
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The Honorable PETER LALOR, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of the said Colony; The Honorable Sir WILLIAM JOHN CLARKE, Baronet, M.L.C.;
Colonel The Honorable FREDERICK THOMAS SARGOOD, C.M.G., M.L.C., President of the
Melbourne Chamber of Commerce;
The Honorable JAMES MUNRO, M.L.A.;
The Honorable WILLIAM MOUNTFORD KINSEY VALE;
JOSEPH BOSISTO, Esq., C.M.G., M.L.A.;
ROBERT MURRAY SMITH, Esq., C.M.G.;
WILLIAM CAIN, Esq., J.P., Mayor of the City of Melbourne ; ·
THOMAS HOULDEN THOMPSON, Esq., J.P., Mayor of the City of Ballaarat;
PATRICK HAYES, Esq., J.P., Mayor of the City of Sandhurst;
LAMBTON L. MOUNT, Esq., President of the Victorian Chamber of Manufactures ;
WILLIAM TRENWITH, Esq., President of the Melbourne Trades Hall Council;
JOHN BLYTH, Esq., J.P.; and
HENRY BYRON MOORE, Esq.
GREETING:
WHEREAS it is deemed advisable to hold an International Exhibition of Works of Industry and Art, at Melbourne, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, in com- memoration of the centenary of the founding of the first Colony of Australia, to be called "The Cen- tennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 1888": Know ye that by the power and authority vested in me by the Act numbered Four hundred and twenty-two, I, the Governor of the said Colony, with the advice of the Executive Council thereof, relying on your loyalty, integrity, learning, and ability, have constituted and appointed and by these presents do constitute and appoint you the said George Higinbotham, Sir James MacBain, Peter Lalor, Sir William John Clarke, Frederick Thomas Sargood, James Munro, William Mountford Kinsey Vale, Joseph Bosisto, Robert Murray Smith, William Cain, Thomas Houlden Thompson, Patrick Hayes, Lambton L. Mount, William Trenwith, John Blyth, and Henry Byron Moore, to be Commissioners to take measures for the holding of such International Exhibition, and to carry out and superintend such Exhibition; and for the erecting, altering, and maintaining of suitable grounds and buildings for the purposes of such Exhibition; you keeping the entire control and management thereof until otherwise determined, and for appointing and regulating the charges for admission to such buildings, premises, or grounds, or the rent or hire of any part thereof or otherwise, and the application of the proceeds towards the objects and the expenses of the said Exhibition; and for appointing the purposes of public enjoyment and entertainment for which such buildings, premises, and grounds, or any part thereof, may be used and applied; and for obtain- ing such exhibits as may, in your judgment, be necessary to illustrate the progress of industry and art elsewhere; and for securing the most effective display of all articles sent for public exhibition, their safe custody, their due return to their owners, or their disposal otherwise, as may be arranged; and for determining as to the nature, number, and value of the prizes to be awarded to the exhibitors and the impartial distribution thereof; and generally to do and execute all other matters and things whatsoever deemed necessary by you for the full accomplishment of the duties entrusted to you by this Commis- sion: And further, I do hereby, with the advice aforesaid, constitute and appoint you the said George Higinbotham to be President, and you the said Sir James MacBain, Peter Lalor, Sir William John Clarke, and Frederick Thomas Sargood, to be the Vice-Presidents of this Commission: And do further constitute and appoint you the said Commissioners to be also the Executive Commissioners for the said Exhibition: And for your assistance in the due execution of this Commission I do hereby appoint George Theodore Adams Lavater, Esquire, to be Secretary to this Commissión; And lastly, with the advice aforesaid, I do, by these presents, ordain that this Commission shall continue in full