THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17TH JULY, 1886.
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In order that practical effect may be given to the suggestion which I referred to in my last Address-that a hospitable reception should be offered, to visitors from the Colonies and India, and hat facilities should be given to them for visiting the great manufacturing centres and places of interest n Great Britain-I have requested the following members of the Royal Commission to act as a Reception Committee.
The DUKE OF ABERCORN, Chairman, The EARL CADOGAN, Vice-Chairman, The MARQUIS OF LORNE, Vice-Chairman.
Colonial Sub-Committee.
The DUKE OF MANCHESTER, Chairman, The Right Hon. The LORD MAYOR,
Sir DANIEL COOPER,
The Hon. Sir CHARLES TUPPER,
Sir THOMAS BRASSEY,
General Sir SELBY SMYTH,
Sir CHARLES HUTTON GREGORY,
Sir JOHN COODE,
Mr. ARTHUR HODGSON,
Mr. SAMUEL MORLEY.
Indian Sub-Committee.
Field-Marshal Lord NAPIER OF MAGDALA, Chairman, The Right Hon. Sir JAMES FERGUSSON,
Major-General Sir PETER LUMSDEN,
Major-General Sir HENRY RAWLINSON,
Major-General Sir RICHARD POLLOCK,
Lieutenant-General Sir CHARLES BROWNLOW,
Lieutenant-General Sir HENRY DALY,
Lieutenant-General Sir SAMUEL Browne,
Lieutenant-General Sir HARRY Lumsden, Sir BARROW HELBERT ELLIS,
'Colonel Sir OWEN TUDOR BURNE,
Sir GEORGE BIRDWOOD.
Mr. ARTHUR HODGSON, General Secretary.
Lieutenant-General HENRY K. BURNE, Secretary,
Mr. H. TRUEMAN WOOD, Secretary.
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I trust that the Fund which has been inaugurated by them for the above purpose may
before long reach a handsome amount, and feel assured that no efforts will be spared throughout the country to render the visit of our kinsmen a pleasant one.
Acting on the precedent of the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, I, some time since, caused a letter to be addressed to all the Mayors and Local Boards, of the United Kingdom, suggesting them the advisability of bringing before the working classes of their various districts the benefits: ould ensue from the formation of Clubs by subscribing weekly, to which a sufficient sum of would be laid by to enable the members to visit the Exhibition.
am happy to state that this suggestion has been responded to in many places, and I trust that a number of the working classes, who would otherwise have found it impossible to come here, will the Exhibition, and will benefit by the vast amount of instruction to be derived therefrom. I am very sensible of the facilities which the Railway Companies have afforded to me in this ter; without the valuable assistance which they have extended, it would have been impossible to obtained so much success in the formation of these Clubs: I must take this opportunity of re- sting you also to join with me in acknowledging the help which the Railway Companies have pro- ed to the Royal Commission for conveying all classes of visitors to the Exhibition.
I have appointed a Committee, consisting largely of Executive Commissioners, for organising a series of Conferences and Lectures during the summer on subjects cognate to the Exhibition, and am appy to state that I have been promised the aid of the Councils of the Society of Arts and the Royal 'olonial Institute in this matter.
I have gratefully accepted an offer made by the Lords of the Committee on Education to give cilities to visitors to the Exhibition for viewing the India Museum.
I have sanctioned arrangements by which the Royal Albert Hall forms an integral part of the Exhibition, and by which the National Fish Culture Association maintains the Aquarium, which has always formed a very popular attraction at previous Exhibitions; facilities have also been given to the Royal Horticultural Society for the holding of their Flower and Fruit Shows in the Conservatory of the Exhibition.
1 I am desirous of expressing my thanks to Her Majesty's Board of Customs for having so greatly facilitated the transmission of goods to the Exhibition.
In conclusion, I feel sure that you will join with me in the expression of a desire to record our deep sense of the gracious act which Her Majesty the Queen has consented to perform to-morrow.