A sub-committee, consisting of the Presi dent, Messrs Wallace and Booth, and the Chairman of the Entertainment Committee, was appointed to arrange the order of the opening ceremon}-. The Chairman of the Advertising Com mittee reported that the recommendation of the Executive that the Committee should advertise for designs for a certificate for the Workers' Committee had been carried out, but without response, and the Committee therefore recommended that- it should be dropped. He also reported that the Com mittee had issued a Jubilee Guide, which ■had been sent all through the colony. A letter was read from Messrs Rennie and Pearce, the contractors, stating that they •and received numerous applications for ad vertising on the outside of the building, and they were prepared to receive applications and to aDow 'the Committee two-thirds of the amount received, the remaining one third to be retained by them as a set-off against the consequent depreciation in the timber. It was stated by Mr Charters tiat about £100 was expected from this source. It was resolved to accept the offer, provided only the Worcester street frontage be touched.
