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Commissioners, who will advise His Royal Highness as to any assistance it may be possible to render. I have, &c., Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., P. Cunliffe Owen, Agent-General for New Zealand. Secretary. Sub-Enclosure 1 to Enclosure in No. 2. His Royal Highness the Prince, of Wales to the Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon. My Lord, — Marlborough House, Pall Mall, S.W., 23rd January, 1877. I beg, as President of Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, to transmit to your Lordship the enclosed printed document, containing an extract from the London Gazette of the 23rd January, nominating a Royal Commission, appointed by Her Majesty, for advancing, so far as great Britain, the Indian Empire, and the colonies and dependencies are concerned, the objects which the Paris Exhibition has in view. I beg further to enclose for your Lordship's information the general summary of the French regulations, showing the conditions under which the Exhibition will be administered ; and Her Majesty's Commissioners would be glad if your Lordship would officially announce the part to be takeu by Great Britain at the approaching Exhibition to the Governor-General of the Dominion, and to the Governors and authorities of the Colonial Empire, and at the same time express the pleasure I shall feel in learning that the various Governments have determined to take a prominent part in making a suitable representation. I have instructed Mr. P. Cunliffe Owen, C.8., whom I have appointed Secretary, to place himself at your disposal, and he will attend to all communications. I trust your Lordship will be good enough to accredit him to the various authorities requiring information respecting the Exhibition. I have, &c., Albert Edward, President of the Royal Commission for the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon, &c. Sub-Enclosure 2 to Enclosure in No. 2. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Sir, — Downing Street, 16th February, 1877. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter which your Royal Highness has been pleased to address to me respecting the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878, and I have to enclose copies of circular despatches which I have addressed to the different Colonial Governments, intimating the interest which your Royal Highness has been pleased to express in the worthy representation of the colonies at this Exhibition, together with my own hope that no effort will be wanting on their part to respond to the wishes of your Royal Highness. I venture to express the satisfaction with which I have learned that your Royal Highness had been able to place at the disposal of the Colonial Governments the services of Mr. Owen, C.8., whose distinguished services in connection with undertakings of this description are so widely known. I have, &c., His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., &c. Carnarvon. Sub-Enclosure 3 to Enclosure in No. 2. The Right Hon. the Earl of Carnarvon to the Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand. Sir, — Downing Street, 16th February, 1877. I have the honor to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a letter which His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has been pleased to address to me, expressing the pleasure which His Royal Highness will feel in learning that the colonies have determined to take a prominent part at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1878. 2. The distinguished success which crowned the labours of the Colonial Commissioners at the Philadelphia Exhibition in 1876, encourages me to hope that no effort will be wanting on the part of your Government to respond to the wishes of His Royal Highness. 3. The services of Mr. Owen, whom His" Royal Highness has appointed Secretary to the Royal Commissioners, will be at the disposal of any Colonial Governments desiring to have recourse to them. 4. I request that you will lay this despatch before your Ministers. The Officer Administering the Government of I have, &c., New Zealand. 'Carnarvon,