New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition

The New Zealand Interprovincial Exhibition inaugurated on the-then Canterbury Anniversary Day 16 December 1872 ran until 8 January 1873 and was held in the Drill Hall, Christchurch, Canterbury. A principal purpose was to select the New Zealand exhibits for the World's Fair 1873 in Vienna, Austria (Wiener Weltausstellung) from 1 May 1873 to 2 November 1873.^[1]

Award medals and Certificates issued in Christchurch

Recommendations from the prize juries were published prematurely and led many exhibitors to think they had won silver medals.^[2] However, the exhibition finances did not permit this largesse.^[3]

Finally, a total number of 132 medals and certificates were awarded by the Christchurch Executive Committee to a total of 256 exhibitors from different NZ provinces:

36 x 2nd Class Certificates
45 x 1st Class Certificates
48 x Bronze Medals
3 x Silver Medals^[4]

Twenty-eight crates of selected exhibits were forwarded to Vienna on 15 January.^[5]

References

^ "G Coates & Company (Christchurch): Interprovincial Exhibition New Zealand, Christchurch 1872 / G. Coates & Co., Ch.Ch". National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ National Library of New Zealand (6 January 1873). "THE INTERPROVINCIAL EXHIBITION". The Lyttelton Times. Lyttelton. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ National Library of New Zealand (20 February 1873). "VIENNA EXHIBITION COMMITTEE". The Press. Christchurch. p. 3. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
^ National Library of New Zealand (22 February 1873). "INTERPROVINCIAL AND VIENNA EXHIBITION, 1872–73". The Press. Christchurch. p. 3. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ National Library of New Zealand (16 January 1873). "NEWS OF THE DAY". The Press. Christchurch. p. 2. Retrieved 22 February 2021.