THE PRESENTATION TO THE PRINCE OF WALES.
There is thonght to be something incongruous in making a presentation to the Prince of Wales as if he vrere an ordinary entrepreneur, and the idea of sinking a large sum in a piece of plate is looked upon, says the World, as a foolish extravagance. What, it is said, would be really popular in the colonies is that the Prince should intimate that, if any presentation be made to him, he would prefer it to take the form of a permanent Colonial and Indian Museum in this country, which he might hand over to his Royal mother as an offering on behalf of himself and his fellow-subjects on the completion of the jubilee year of her reign. If this course were taken, it is believed the half million sterling required for the establishment and endowment of such a museum would be raised by subscription all over the Empire in the course of a few weeks, and the Museum might be ready for acceptance by her Majesty by the spring of next year.
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Kumara Times, Issue 3084, 21 September 1886, Page 3
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