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should be lost in endeavouring to arouse, and (what is 
more important) to keep alive, a general feeling of interest 
in the matter and to secure the assistance and co-opera- 
tion of all who can contribute or otherwise help. 
I would suggest then, that there should be a general 
Committee, consisting wholly or in part of members ot 
the Society under the auspices of which the Local 
Exhibition of 1885 will be held, and that the Colony 
be divided into districts, in each of which there should 
be a sub-Committee, formed of persons who would 
be able and willing workers — and by persons I mean 
women as well as men. To ensure success we should 
need all the help which feminine taste, tact, and indus- 
try can give us. 
The corresponding Secretary of the Society in London, 
Mr. Wm. Walker, and the Secretaries of the Royal 
Colonial Institute have assured me that they will gladly 
assist in every way in their power. The appointment of 
Mr. FREDERICK Young as a member of the Committee 
of the Exhibition to be held at South Kensington this 
year is evidence of a wish to enlist the sympathies of 
the colonies, as represented by the Institute. 
Our sub-Committees should meet at regular, but not 
too frequent, intervals ; and the work done towards fur- 
thering the Exhibition at each meeting should be 
recorded. 
The General Committee should, at as early a date as 
possible, draw up a list of the exhibits they desire to ob- 
tain ; and a copy of this list should be sent to each sub- 
Committee, whose duty it would be to decide (or if need 
be to add) what could be contributed from its district, to 
ascertain the persons from whom the best exhibits could 
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