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Whereas an International Exhibition of the Works of Art and of the Products of Agriculture and Industry of all Nations is to be held in the City of Philadelphia, in the United States of America, in the year one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six: And whereas it has been represented to Us that it is desirable that Commissioners should be appointed to devise and carry out the details necessary for the transmission to Philadelphia of any articles, the produce or manufacture of Our Colony of New Zealand, intended for exposition at the said International Exhibition, for their due display thereat, and for their subsequent sale or careful return to their owners : Now know ye, that We, reposing especial trust and confidence in your knowledge, integrity, and Ability, do by these presents authorize and appoint you to be such Commissioners accordingly, of whom any three shall form a quorum, with full power to act in these premises : In testimony whereof, We have caused these Our Letters to be made Patent, and the Great Seal of Our said Colony of New Zealand to be hereunto affixed. Witness Our right trusty and entirely beloved Cousin and Councillor, George Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County of Tork, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New Eoss, in the County of Wexford, in (1.5.) the Peerage of Ireland; a Member of our Most Honorable Privy Council, Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Our Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five, and in the thirty-ninth year of Our reign.

,^__________ NoBMANBY. No. 28. Mr. Mclnttee to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaet. Sic,— Wellington, 22nd July, 1875. I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 21st instant, enclosing copy of a Eoyal Commission appointing me a Commissioner for the purpose of making arrangements for collecting and forwarding specimens to the Philadelphia Exhibition of 1876, and in reply I beg to express my willingness to act in any way that may benefit this colony and be acceptable to the great country I have the honor to represent. I have, &c, D. Mclnttee, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. U.S. Consular Agent.

No. 29. Mr. Levin to the Hon. the Colonial Secretaet. Sic,— Wellington, 22nd July, 1875. I have the honor to acknowledge your letter of yesterday's date, covering copy of a Boyal Commission issued by His Excellency the Governor, appointing me, in conjunction with the Hon. W. B. D. Mantell, the Hon. W. Gisborne, and Mr. Mclntyre, to. be a Commissioner for the Philadelphia Exhibition. I have, &c. The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington. W. H. Levin.

No. 30. The Seceetaet of State for the Colonies to the Offices Administeeing the Govebnment oi New Zealand. (Circular.) Sic, —• Downing Street, Ist April, 1875. With reference to my circular despatch of the 12th instant, on the subject of the International Exhibition which it is proposed to hold at Philadelphia in 1876, I have now the honor to transmit to you a copy of a letter from Mr. Owen, enclosing copies of the General Eegulations, with Summary, concerning the Exhibition; also, form of application for space, to be used by exhibitors in this country, with a circular letter issued to them. 2. I request that you will lose no time in laying these papers before your Executive Council, and that you will acquaint me with the result at your earliest convenience. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. Carnabvon.

Enclosure 1 in No. 30. Mr. Owen to the Colonial Office. The International Exhibition of 1876, Philadelphia. Offices of the British Executive, Craig's Court, Charing Cross, S.W., Sic, — 18th March, 1875. Eeferring to recent correspondence, I have the honor to transmit herewith two hundred copies of the General Regulations, with Summary, concerning the above Exhibition, and have to request that you will be good enough to move Lord Carnarvon to cause them to be forwarded by the next mails to Governors and Lieutenant-Governors of Her Majesty's colonies. 2—H. 5.