THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1574, 6 March 1879, Page 3

THE SYDNEY EXHIBITION.

The usual weekly meeting of the local committee took place at the Chamber of Commerce, at half-past 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs P. Cunningham j(in the chair), C. W.Turner, W. D. Wood, John Beaumont, L. E. Nathan, and J. A. Bird (secretary). The Secretary said he had received a num« ber of copies of the regulations from headquarters. They ran as follow: GENERAL REGULATIONS. Exhibits will be admitted free of duty. The removal of goods, except under special circumstances, will not be permitted prior to the close of the exhibition. 1 Facilities will be given for the sale of exhibits to be delivered after the close of the exhibition.

A special provision will be made by Parliament for the protection of inventions capable of being patented in New South Wale 3. No work of art, nor any article whatever, exhibited in the buildings, parks, or gardens may be drawn, copied, or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without the permission of the exhibitor and the commission.

The commission reserves the right of rejecting or returning any proposed exhibit. Articles that are in any way dangerous, or offensive, or injurious to public decency or morality, will not be admitted into the exhibition. Each exhibitor will have the right to produce and publish the report awarded to him, but the Sydney International Commission reserves the right to publish and dispose of all reports in the manner it thinks best for public information, and also to publish and distribute the reports in regai"d to the ex ihifcion. Every person who becomes an exhibitor hereby undertakes and acknowledges to observe the rules and regulations established for the government of the exhibition. Wool—ln addition to the ordinary display of wool, a further exhibition will be held in December or January, so that next season's clip may be represented. SYSTEM OP CLASSIFICATION. The system of classification which has besn adopted is mainly framed on that used at the Philadelphia Exhibition: but it is intended rather to indicate the objects desired for exhibition, and to facilitate the work of the judges, than to prescribe the arrangement of them in the building. Excepting that machinery in motion will not be admitted on the main floor or in the gallery, | exhibitors will generally be permitted to group their objects within the courts,of their respective countries or colonies as may be thought most advantageous to themselves, but subject to the regulations. NEW ZEALAND REGULATIONS. 1. All exhibits must, unless otherwise specially arranged, be to the commissioners at Wellington, through the local committees, before the first week in July. 2. Local committees will take steps to insure that collections from their respective districts shall reach Wellington by that time. 3. The collector.* of Customs have been directed by the Government to arrange for tho transmission of the exhibits at the public expence and free of charge to the exhibitors. 4. Each exhibit must be accompanied by two copies of full written descriptions, stating va' ; uo, and by the name and address of the exhibitor in full, according to forms of applications for space and catalogue information that will be supplied. 5. If exhibits ere not intended for competition, it must be so stated by the exhibitor. 6. If more than one exhibit is packed in a case, it wil be advisable to distinguish each exhibit by a serial number.

a 7. Each package must have affixed to it a (1 label or mfu'k showing the place from which it ,f comes, and the serial number of the package I Labels will be stippled by the commissioners to r local committees and exhibitors. 3 8. All expenses of transport, after exhibits ? are received by loc«l committees, will be under- » taken by the commissioners. I 9. It 'is very necessary to insure that nothing j is exhibited which does not excel in quality. - Exhibitors should therefore be very careful in i their selection of samples. ' 10. The commissioners would specially urge 1 the collection of the following articles : (1) Gold. (2) Grain, Pulse, Grass Seeds, &c—One measured bushel. (3) Flour, Meal, &c—2slb. (4) Wool—Two fleeces, samples, or 101 b. to 201 b., scoured. (5) Woollen Goods. (6) Goal—Sections of seams, samples. (7) Timber—Series of uniform-sized samples. Sections with the bark on and one face polished, the other being left in its natural state. Specimens to be not longer than three feet, except in the case of samples illustrative of the extreme growth to which particular trees attain. (8) Furniture-Manufactured from New Zealand wood. (9) Flax—Dressed fibre, in 501 b. bales. Eope. and other manufactured articles. (10) Kauri Gum— Ordinary market samples, showing grades of quality; special samples, showing size of mass or purity. (11) Tanning barks. Leather. Dyes. Paint. , (12) Preserved Meat—Six tins of each kind, and 101 b. samples. 1 (13) Cheese—Whole cheese of any size. (14) Wine, Beer, and Spirits—ln bottle—max.. 2 gallons. Beer, in wood—max., 18 gallons. (15) Tobacco Leaf and Cigars—Max., 101 b ; min., leaf, 51b., cigars, lib. (16) Mineral Waters—Max., \ gallon, or 1 doz. in bottles. (17) Minerals and ores, (18) Works of Art—Only those illustrative of New Zealand scenery and natural history; photographs, plans, maps, Ac. (19) Miscellaneous Articles—Such as illustrate the history of the country or its inhabitants. 11. The commissioners will use every endeavor ; to provide against the loss or damage of the i collections, which will be duly insured, but they ] will not hold themselves or the Government re- i sponsible for any damage or loss. j 12. Any exhibits not absolutely given to or j bought by the commissioners (mless the owners ( expressly desire that they be duly disposed of at - Sydney) will be returned to the local committees ' at the expense of the commissioners. 13. Locul committees will, at their discretion, A accept articles for exhibition, subject to final i revision by the commissioners, as space for i exhibition is limited. C 14. Local committees are recommended to appoint sub-committees to assist them in seeing ( that none but first-rate specimens of raw pro- £ ducts are forwarded to Wellington. _ j 15. The commissioners reserve the right to alter, amend, explain, or add to these regula- ? tions.

James Hector, Chairman of Commission. Office of the Commission, 40, Parliament Chambers, Wellington. The Secretary said he had received a telegram from the Government, asking the amount the local committees would probably require, and stating that it must be kept a 3 small as possible, in view of the funds at the disposal of tti9 central committee. The Chairman said the Vienna Exhibition had cost the Chamber £2OO.

After some discussion, the secretary was instructed to ask for £IOO aB a first advance. It was resolved that each member of committee should be supplied with a copy of the New Zealand conditions. The Chairman stated that he should make a very large and good collection of grain. Mr Bird would suggest the committee should be divided into three parts, for the better collection of various articles of commerce. The Chairman said he was going to look after the grain, and he was sure that no country in the world need be ashamed of the collection such as he was getting together. He would make as good, ! ,if not a better collection, as that sent to the Vienna or Philadelphia Exhibitions. Some conversation took place on the subject of wool. , ■ The Chairman said a supplementary exhibition for the new clip would take place in December next.

Mr Bird stated that among those who intended to exhibit were Mr Oherrill, the photographer ; Mr Mein, the mea*-. preserver ; Mr Gibb, the artist; and the Woollen Manufactory. He intended to send circulars round to manufacturers and others.

The necessary authority was given to him to do this, and it was stated that the exhibits must be in not later than the 20th of June next. Some discussion took place about the adviaableness of stone and coal being represented. It was stated that there had been promises of these. The Chairman Baid he should like the exhibits shown in Christchurch before being sent to Sydney. It was resolved that efforts should be made to obtain exhibits of boots, coal, cheese, potatoes, bacon, meal, &c, after which the meeting adjourned.