232 TlMEHRI, 
Exposition General Committee, I have the honour to re- 
port to the Society as follows : — 
It will be remembered that in October last the Govern- 
ment authorised the Society to undertake the manage- 
ment of affairs in conection with the representation of 
the colony at the Columbian Exposition, and that the 
President at the general meeting held on the 8th of that 
month informed them that a General Committee was in 
course of formation. The Committee having met, ten 
sub-committees to collect the various classes of exhibits, 
were elected, who were requested to draw up lists of 
their respective requirements and the probable cost. 
This was done, the estimates amounting to about 
$12,000. Meanwhile the Combined Court had granted 
$20,000, and the General Committee appointed three of 
their number to allot half that sum to the sub-committees, 
the remainder being set aside to pay the other expenses, 
including Secretary and stationery, freight of exhibits, 
passage and expenses of Commission, decoration and 
fitting up of Court, and cost of a family of Indians. 
Doubts were expressed as to the possibility of making 
a proper show with the amount at disposal, and it was 
proved that, if necessary, a loan should be negotiated, 
to be paid from the proceeds of the sale of some of the 
exhibits. Already this difficulty has begun to appear, as 
the Literary Committee have agreed to prepare a Hand- 
Book at a cost of more than the amount allotted to 
them. Of course the greater portion of this will be 
refunded, but the facts remain that it may be necessary 
to spend more than the amount of the Government 
Grant. 
Some difficulty occurred at the beginning on account 
