THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1882.
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The Second Division will contain all that belongs or has reference to the Export trade in general. Industry applied to the transformation of original produce will find a prominent place, while at the same time, most profitable and ample occasions are created for fair competition in all branches of commerce and Industry.
Under this head are comprehended:
1° Productions of Mining, Quarrying and Metallurgy.
2° Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.
3° Chemical Industry.
4° Substances of food as products of industry.
5° Textile Industry and Clothing. Flax, Hemp, Jute and other fibres and fabrics of the same.
6° Leather and India-rubber Industry.
7° Metal Industry.
8° Wood Industry.
9° Stone, Earthenware and Glass Industry.
10° Small ware and Fancy goods.
11° Paper Industry and Stationary.
12° Graphic Arts and Industrial Drawing.
13° Machinery and Means of Transport.
14 Philosophical Instruments, Surgical instruments.
15° Musical Instruments.
In short, every species of commodities comprehended in the general international trade.
To show the international exchange of produce in all branches, a representation of the commerce and trade of the world will be made. For this purpose samples and specimens of the articles of trade and commerce of all important harbours and seaports are to be exhibited.
All particulars of the different articles to be exhibited, such as the name of the Exhibitor, the description of the objects, the price (if destined to be sold) etc. may be shown on labels attached to each article.
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The Third Division offers occasion to exhibit Works of Fine Arts since the remotest time, in order to constitute an instructive representation of the successive development of ideas in the different nations under the influence of civilisation.
This group containing objects illustrative of the Fine Arts of past and present times, has also as an aim to enable visitors to see an Exhibition of the selected treasures of private collections of works of Fine Arts, exhibited by Amateurs and Owners of collections, the so called "Exposition des Ameturs”, which Collections are, in ordinary time, usually accessible only to a limited few. This comparative study of the fine arts of different periods and of different nations will prove particularly interesting.
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The Fourth Division comprehends different special or temporary exhibitions, the so-called Corollary-Exhibitions. These will consist chiefly of products of national agriculture, horticulture and domestic industry.
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The Fifth Division is the intellectual part of the exhibition. International congresses and scien- tific conferences for the discussing of subjects on public education, teaching and instruction, culture of Arts and Sciences, questions of domestic and international hygiene, political economy, the economy, development and progress of the colonies and the relations between them and their mother countries, international jurisprudence, etc., which will open a vast field for fruitful interchange of opinions between prominent statesmen and men of science in all branches. The social and material interest of mankind are as universal as human reason in their origin development and relations.
An International Jury will be appointed to award prizes.
The detailed arrangements of the Exhibition, the composition and operations of the Juries, the system of the Catalogues, report, etc. will be the object of special Rules.
In behalf of the Netherlands Government, the undersigned has the honour to invite all national and foreign Authorities, Municipalities, Corporations, Mercantile houses, Museums and private amateur- collectors of works of Art and Intustry in China, to participate and co-operate in the above described International Exhibition at Amsterdam.
All information required will be furnished by this Legation. Netherland Legation, Peking, 21st November, 1881.
J. H. FERGUSON,
His Netherland Majesty's Minister in China,
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