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The President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the time being;
The President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce for Our United Kingdom for the time-being;
Henry Coppinger Beeton, Esquire ;
Edward Birkbeck, Esquire;
Ernest Edward Blake, Esquire, Crown Agent for the Colonies;
Bertram Wodehouse Currie, Esquire, Member of the Council of India;
Julius de Reuter, Esquire;
Samuel Morley, Esquire;
William George Pedder, Esquire; and
John Pender, Esquire; greeting!
Whereas it has been notified to Us through Our right trusty and right well beloved Cousin and Councillor, Edward Henry, Earl of Derby, Knight of Our Most Noble Order of the Garter, Our Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, and Our right trusty and right well beloved Cousin and Councillor, John, Earl of Kimberley, Our Principal Secretary of State for India, that it is desirable that an Exhibition of the Products, Manufactures, and Arts of Our Colonial and Indian dominions shall be held in London during the year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and Eighty-six.
And whereas it is Our wish that such Exhibition shall afford full and suitable représentation of the Agriculture, Commerce, Arts, and Industries of Our said dominions beyond the seas, and that Our Colonial and Indian subjects shall take part in such Exhibition.
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Now know ye, that We, considering the premises and earnestly desiring to promote the success of the said Exhibition, and reposing great trust and confidence in your fidelity, discretion, and integrity, do authorize and appoint you, Our said most dear son, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, President, together with you, the said Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh; Arthur William Patrick Albert, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn; George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cambridge; William Drogo, Duke of Manchester; Richard Plantagenet Campbell, Duke of Bucking- ham and Chandos; Henry Charles Keith, Marquess of Lansdowne; Robert Arthur Talbot, Marquess of Salisbury; George Augustus Constantine, Marquess of Normanby; George Frederick Samuel, Marquess of Ripon; Spencer Compton Cavendish, commonly called Marquess of Hartington; Sir John George Edward Henry Douglas Sutherland Campbell, commonly called the Marquess of Lorne; James Hamilton, commonly called Marquess of Hamilton; Edward Henry, Earl of Derby; John William, Earl of Dalhousie; Archibald Philip, Earl of Rosebery; Henry Howard Molyneux, Earl of Carnarvon; George Henry, Earl Cadogan; Granville George, Earl Granville; John, Earl of Kimberley; Frederick Temple, Earl of Dufferin; Thomas George, Earl of Northbrook; Edward Robert Lytton, Earl of Lytton ; Gathorne, Viscount Cranbrook; William Coutts, Baron Ashford, commonly called Viscount Bury; Donald James, Baron Reay; Hugh Henry, Baron Strathnairn; Robert Cornelis, Baron Napier of Magdala Henry Austin, Baron Aberdare; Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley, commonly called the Honourable Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley; Edward Stanhope, commonly called the Honourable Edward Stanhope; Sir Stafford Henry Northcote; Sir James Fergusson; Hugh Culling Eardley Childers; William Edward Forster; Sir William Henry Gregory; Sir Lyon Playfair; Sir Michael Edward Hicks Beach; Anthony John Mundella; Mountstuart Elphinstone Grant-Duff; Sir Louis Mallet; The Lord Mayor of Our City of London for the time being; The Lord Provost of Our City of Edinburgh for the time being; The Lord Mayor of Our City of Dublin for the time being; Sir Henry Thurstan Holland ; Sir Daniel Cooper; Sir John Rose; Sir Patrick Grant; Sir Frederick Paul Haines; Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson; Sir Charles Henry Brownlow; Sir Edwin Beaumont Johnson; Sir Henry Dominick Daly; Sir Samuel James Browne; Sir Peter Stark Lumsden; Sir Thomas Brassey; Sir Robert George Wyndham Herbert; Sir Frederick Richard Pollock; Sir Harry Burnett Lumsden; Sir Barrow Helbert Ellis; Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn; Sir Joseph Fayrer; Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker; Sir Owen Tudor Burne; Sir Robert Groves Sandeman; Sir Lepel Henry Griffin; Sir Oliver Beauchamp Coventry St. John; Sir Andrew Clarke; Sir Edward Selby Smyth; Sir Arthur Blyth; Sir Charles Tupper; Sir Francis Dillon Bell; Sir Saul Samuel; Sir William Charles Sergeaunt; Sir Charles Hutton Gregory; Sir John Coode; Sir George Christopher Molesworth Birdwood; John Watson; Henry Yule; "Martin Dillon; Charles John Foster; John Arthur Godley; Horace George Walpole; Richard Strachey; James Michael; Arthur Edward Augustus Ellis; Edward Ridley Colbourne Bradford; Robert Anstruther Dalyell; Charles Mills; Arthur Hodgson; Montagu Frederick Ommanney; Robert Murray Smith; Augustus John Adderley; James Francis Garrick; the President of the Royal Academy of Arts for the time being; the President of the Royal Geographical Society for the time being; the President of the Royal Agricultural Society for the time being; the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for the time being; the President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce for Our United Kingdom for the time being; Henry Coppinger Beeton; Edward Birkbeck; Ernest Edward Blake; Bertram Woodhouse Currie; Julius de Reuter; Samuel Morley; William George Pedder; and John Pender, to be Our Commissioners to advise Us upon the best mode by which the Products of Industry, Agriculture, and the Fine Arts of Our said Colonial and Indian Dominions may be procured and sent to the said Exhibition.