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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 20TH APRIL, 1861.
to Her Majesty's said Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General, for revision, in the same manner. as if such decision had been originally made by the superior Consular Cincer.
IV. Provided always, and it is hereby further ordered, that Her Majesty's said Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary and Consul-General shall once at least in every year, report to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreing Affairs his decisions on all cases heard and decided by him under and by virtue of this Order, together with the particulars thereof.
V. And it is further ordered, that this Order shall be read and construed with and as a part of the said recited Order of the twenty-third day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty, which, save as by this Order is otherwise provided, is to remain and continue in full operation and effect in all particulars.
And the Right Honourable Lord John Russell, one of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, is to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
No. 39.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.
ARTHUR HELPS.
His Excellency The Governor has been pleased to direct the publication of the following Circular Despatch, from His Grace The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, for general information.
By Order,
L. D'ALMADA È CASTRO, (In the absence of the Colonial Secretary.)
Colonial Secretary's Office, Victoria, Hongkong, 19th April, 1851:
CIRCULAR.
DOWNING STREET, 1st February, 1861.
SIR, I transmit to you a copy of a letter from the Promoters and proposed Trustees of the Exhibition of Works of I2- dustry and Art of all Nations to be holden in London in the year 1862.
You will see that these gentlemen are desirous to learn from what Colonies articles will be sent for exhibition, and also to be put in communication with such persons or bodies in each Colony as are likely to command the confidence of those who may become exhibitors.
It is, I am sure, unnecessary for me to urge upon you the adoption of any means in your power for furthering the im- portant object in view, and I shall be glad to learn that the Colony under year government is prepared to become a Contributor to this undertaking.
The general conditions of the Exhibition will be made known to you as soon as they are completed.--I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
NEWCASTLE,
SIR H. ROBINSON,
Sc., Sc., &e.
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LONDON, 18th January, 1861.
MY LORD DUKE,-I am directed by Earl Granville to intimate to your Grace that the Promoters of the Exhibition of the Works of Industry and Art of all Nations, which it is proposed to hold in the year 1862, are about to apply to Her Ma- jesty for a Charter of Incorporation, by which certain Trustees, to whom the management of the Exhibition has been confided, may be vested with the powers requisite for effectually carrying out the projected undertaking.
The names of the Trustees are as follows:-
The Earl Granville, K.G., Lord President of the Council.
The Marquis of Chandos.
Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
C. Wentworth Dilke, Esq.
Thomas Fairbairn, Esq.
The Trustees have every reason to believe that the application for a Charter will be favourably entertained: but, as some short interval must necessarily elapse before the usual preliminary formalities can be complied with, they are anxious that no time should be lost in giving notice of the intended Exhibition to the distant Colonies of the Empire.
I am therefore directed to request that your Grace will do the Trustees the favour to take the necessary steps for making known to the various Colonial possessions and dependencies of the Crown, that the Exhibition will open on Thursday the 1st of May, 1862, and that the Trustees are very desirous to learn from what Colonies articles will be sent for exhibition, and also to be put in communication with such persons or bodies in each Colony as are likely to command the confidence of those who may become exhibitors.
The Exhibition will be held in London, on a convenient site which has been placed at the disposal of the Trustees by the Royal Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, in the immediate vicinity of the ground occupied in 1851, by permission of Her Majesty, on the occasion of the first International Exhibition.
The general conditions of the Exhibition, and the terms on which exhibitors will be invited to take part in it, will shortly be published, and the Trustees will at once communicate them to your Grace.
In the meantime I am to state that the Exhibition, in its leading Patures, will closely resemble that of 1851-pictures, however, being added on this occasion--and that such preparations as can be made, in anticipation of more detailed information, may proceed upon this understanding.
As the demands for space, however, will, in all probability, be very much in excess of what it will be possible to provide, so that quality and not quantity, will have mainly to be looked to in deciding upon the articles to be admitted, the Trustees hope that the greatest care will be exercised in selecting good specimens of thic Industry and Art of each Colony, and more. especially of its natural productions.
As your Grace will readily understand that, sc soon as proper channels of correspondence have been opened, the Trustees will have many matters to which to draw the attention of the Colonies, which are likely to take an interest in the undertaking, they venture very earnestly to request that the earliest opportunity may be taken for making known the substance of the pre- sent communication to the various Colonial authorities.I have the honour to be, my Lord Duke, your Grace's very obedient servant,
The DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, K.G.,
fc.,
&c.,
Sc.
F. R. SANDFORD.
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