990 ROYAL GAZETTE. use, issue. delivery, cancellation and suspension thereof, as to Her Majesty may seem fit. and to impose penalties not exceeding fify pounds for the breach of such conditions and regulations. Upon the publication in the London Gazette of any such Order in Council as last aforesaid, the provisions therein contained shall, from a date to be mentioned for the purpose in such order, take effect as if they had been contained in this Act. It shall be lawful for Her Majesty in Council to re- vokc any order made under this section. [CIRCULML] PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND. V DOWNING Srnsnr, 24th August, 1869. Sm,— _ - At the request of Her Majrsty’s Commissioners for the International Exhibition of 1851. I transmit to you for your information. a copy of a communication which I have received from them, enclosing a copy of an an- nouncement ,of the first of a series of International Ex- hibitions of selected specimens of Art and Industry which .it is intended shall be held in London. in the year 1871; and I have to request that you will take such measures as may be necessary for giving publicity to that announcement wit-bin the Colony under your Gov- ernment. I have the honor to be, Sir. Your most obedient humble Servant, GRANVILLE. The Officer Administering The Government of Prince Edwasd Island. ' [COPY] Lieutenant-Col. Scott. to the "Under Secretary of State, Colonial Qfiice. OFFICE OF HER Ma'sss'rr’s COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851, 5, UPPER KENSINGTON GORE, W., 10th August, 1869. Srn.-—-' I am directed by Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to transmit. for the information of the several British Colonies, cepies of the announcement of the first of the series of International Exhibitions of Selected Specimens of Art and Industry, which it is in- tended shall be held in London in 1871, and to request that you will move the Earl Granville to cause them to be forwarded to each Colony as early as convenient. . Her Majesty’s Commissioners desire me to point out that these Exhibitions will he on a comparatively limited scale. that the objects sent from each Colony will not be arranged together as heretotore. but in their proper classes, and that itis desired that Manufacturers should exhibit onlv a single specimen of each object. Her Majesty’s Commissioners will be prepared to re- ceive Colonial objects for exhibition under the following special regulations, viz :— (l). EVery object which can be exhibited on a vertical surface, or wall space. will be accepted, if accompanied by a certificate from the Government of the Colony where it was produced, that such object is Considered worthy of exhibition. (2). Every Producer desiring to exhibit an object, which will require for its exhibition superficial or floor 'space. must forward to Her Majesty‘s Commissioners, before a date to be hereafter appointed. a working, drawing 0r photograph of such object. with accurate dimensions and descriptive particulars. on receipt of which. Her Majesty’s Csmmissioners will. if the object be considered worthy of exhibition. transmit direct to the producer a certificate of the acceptance of such obJect. thereby guaranteeing its admission. (3). Any producer may, at his option. instead of con- forming with either of the foregoing regulations. send Aw ~ any object direct to the Exhibition Building. for the inspection and approval of the judges selected for the other British Exhibitors. and under the same regulations as shall be prescribed with reference to other British Goods, so submitted for inspection. Further particulars having reference to the Specialio ties of each Colony will hereafter be sent. I have. 660.. HENRY Y. D. SCOTT. Lieut.-Col. Royal Engineers. The Under Secretary of State, Colonial Office. (Signed) [International Exhibition of 1871. No. 1.] ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS OF SELECT \VORKS OF FINE AND INDUS- TRIAL ART AND SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS. Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the Exhibition (le53. THE EARL 0F DERBY, K. G., PRESIDENT. The Duke of Buccleuch, K. G. . The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. The Earl De Grey and Ripon, or LOrd President of the Council for the time being. The Earl Granville. K. G. The Earl Russell. K. G. The Lord Portman. The Lord Overstonc. General the Honorable C. Grey. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone. M. P. The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, M. P. The Right Hon. Robert Lowe, M. P. The Rt. Hon. Sir S. H. Nortbcote. BL, C. B.. M. P. The Right Hon. H. A. Bruce. M. P. The Right Hon. John Bright, M. P., or President of the Board of Trade for the time being. The Right “on. W. E Forster, M. P., or Vice Presi- dent of the Committee of Council on Education for the time being. The Right Hon. A. H. Layard, M. P., or the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works, for the time being. Sir Charles Lyell. Bart. Sir Roderick I. Murchison. Bart., K. C. B. Sir Alexander Y. Spearman, Bart. Sir Francis Grant. P. R. A. Sir Francis R. Sanford. Thontas Baring. Esq” M. P. Thomas Bazley, Esq., M. P. Edgar A. Bowring. Esq., C. B.. M. P. Thomas Fair'bairn. Esq. Thomas Field Gibson, Esq. 0. H. Gregory, Esq.. or President of the Institute of Civil Engineers for the time being. Professor Huxley, F. R. 8.. 0r President of the Geo. logical Society for the time being. Dr. Lyon Playfair, C. B., M. P. Henry Thring, Esq. A. Her Majesty’s Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 announce that the first of a series of Annual Inter— national Exhibitions of selected Works of Fine and Industrial Art will be opened in London at. South Ken- sington, on Monday, the let May. 1871. and be closed on Saturday. the 30th September, 1871. B. The Exhibitions will take place in permanent build: ings, about to be erected. adjoining the arcades of the Royal Horticultural Gardens. C. The productions of all Nations will be admitted, sub- ject to obtaining the certificate of competent judges that they are of sufficient excellence to be Worthy of exhibi— tion. .