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9. Spirits or alcohols, oils, acids, corrosive salts, and substances of a highly inflammable nature, will only be admitted by special written permission, and in well secured glass vessels.

10. The articles exhibited will be divided into the following classes.

Section 1.

Class 1. Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgy, and Mineral Products.

" 2. Chemical Substances and Products, and Pharmaceutical Processes.

" 3. Substances used for Food, including Wines.

" 4. Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures.

Section 2.

Class 5. Railway Plant, including Locomotive Engines and Carriages.

" 6. Carriages not connected with Rail or Tram Roads.

" 7. Manufacturing Machines and Tools.

" 8. Machinery in general.

" 9. Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements.

" 10. Civil Engineering, Architectural, and Building Contrivances.

" 11. Military Engineering, Armour and Accoutrements, Ordinance, and Small Arms.

" 12. Naval Architecture, Ship's Tackle.

" 13. Philosophical Instruments and Processes depending upon their use.

" 14. Photographic Apparatus and Photography.

" 15. Horological Instruments.

" 16. Musical Instruments.

" 17. Surgical Instruments and Appliances.

Section 3.

Class 18. Cotton.

" 19. Flax and Hemp.

" 20. Silk and Velvet.

" 21. Woollen and Worsted, including Mixed Fabrics generally.

" 22. Carpets.

" 23. Woven, Spun, Felted, and Laid Fabrics, when shown as specimens of Printing or Dyeing.

" 24. Tapestry, Lace, and Embroidery.

" 25. Skins, Fur, Feathers, and Hair.

" 26. Leather, including Saddlery and Harness.

" 27. Articles of Clothing.

" 28. Paper, Stationery, Printing, and Bookbinding.

" 29. Educational Works and Appliances.

Class 30. Furniture and Upholstery, including Paperhangings and Papier-mâché.

" 31. Iron and General Hardware.

" 32. Steel and Cutlery.

" 33. Works in Precious Metals, and their imitations, and Jewellery.

" 34. Glass.

" 35. Pottery.

" 36. Manufactures not included in previous classes.

Section 4.—Modern Fine Arts.

(See Decisions 111-123.)

Class 37. Architecture.

" 38. Paintings in Oil and Water Colors, and Drawings.

" 39. Sculpture, Models, Die-sinking, and Intaglios.

" 40. Etchings and Engravings.

11. Prizes, or rewards for merit, in the form of medals, will be given in Sections I., II., III.

12. Prices may be affixed to the articles exhibited in Sections I., II., III.

13. Her Majesty's Commissioners will be prepared to receive all articles which may be sent to them, on or after Wednesday the 12th of February, and will continue to receive goods until Monday the 31st of March, 1862, inclusive.

14. Articles of great size or weight, the placing of which will require considerable labor, must be sent before Saturday the 1st of March, 1862; and manufacturers wishing to exhibit machinery, or other objects, that will require foundations or special constructions, must make a declaration to that effect on their demands for space.

15. Any exhibitor whose goods can properly be placed together, will be at liberty to arrange such goods in his own way, provided his arrangement is compatible with the general scheme of the Exhibition and the convenience of other exhibitors.

16. Where it is desired to exhibit processes of manufacture, a sufficient number of articles however dissimilar, will be admitted for the purpose of illustrating the process; but they must not exceed the number actually required. (17-25.)*

17. Exhibitors will be required to deliver their goods at such part of the building as shall be indicated to them, with the freight, carriage, porterage, and all charges and dues upon them paid.

18. The vans will be unloaded, and the articles and packages taken to the places appointed in the building, by the officers of Her Majesty's Commissioners.