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Kingdom, the Colonies and India, and the Isles of the British Seas, hereinafter referred to as " the Institute " : And whereas the government of the Institute was provisionally vestsd in a Committee called the Organizing Committee, and the said Committee framed certain provisions as the constitution of the Institute and with a view of carrying into effect the said charter : And whereas, among other things, it is provided and declared in the said constitution that the Colony of New Zealand shall be represented on the Governing Body of the Institute by two Governors who shall be appointed by the Governor in Council: And whereas it is expedient to give effect to the said provision as hereinafter mentioned : Now, therefore, His Excellency the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of every power and authority enabling him in this behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby appoint Sir Walter Lawry Buller, a Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, and a Fellow of the Eoyal Society, at present residing in the City of Wellington, in the said Colony, but intending shortly to reside in the United Kingdom, and Westby Brook Perceval, of Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street, in London, Esquire, the Agent-General of the said Colony in the United Kingdom, to be Governors of the governing body of the Institute : Provided that the said Westby Brook Perceval shall only hold the said office of Governor so long as he shall continue and be the Agent-General of the Colony of New Zealand in the United Kingdom. Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice, the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of New Zealand, and issued under the seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this nineteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two. P. A. Buckley, Colonial Secretary.

. . .. No. 25. The Hon. the Peemiee to the Agent-Geneeal. (Telegram.) To Agent-General, London. Despatched 16th November, 1892. Impeeial Institute : No appropriation.

No. 26. The Hon. the Peemiee to the Agent-Geneeal. (Telegram.) To Agent-General, London. Eeceived 6th December, 1892. Impeeial Institute : Desirable to keep space open for colony. (Wellington, dated 6th.)

No. 27. The Hon. the Peemiee to the Agent-Geneeal. (No. 1.) New Zealand : Premier's Office, Wellington, Sic,— 12th January, 1893. I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. 1637, of the 26th November, pointing out that, as the Imperial Institute is to be opened in May next, no time is to be lost if it is intended to have the New Zealand Court furnished by the opening date, and expressing a hope that you may be placed in a position to take the necessary action in the matter. In reply, I have to request that you will be good enough to utilise as far as possible the space available for New Zealand exhibits at the Imperial Institute, and to inform you that the Government propose to place a sum of £250 on next year's estimates for expenses connected with the furnishing, &c, of the New Zealand Court, and that meanwhile you are at liberty to expend a sum of £100 for that purpose. I have, &c, The Agent-General for New Zealand, London. J. Ballance.

No. 28. The Hon. the Peemiee to the Agent-Geneeal. (No. 4.) New Zealand : Premier's Office, Wellington. Sic,- 24th June, 1893. In continuation of my letter of the 12th instant, No. 1, in which you were authorised to expend £100 in connection with the furnishing, &c, of the New Zealand Court at the Imperial Institute, I now authorise you to pay freight and landing charges on all exhibits that may be consigned to you direct for the court. I may add that it is understood that the New Zealand Shipping Company, and Shaw-Savill and Albion Company, have agreed to take from here all goods intended for exhibition in the Institute at one-half the usual rates of freight. I have, &c, The Agent-General for New Zealand, London. J. Ballance.