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may appoint for that purpose; and no article will be admitted from any Foreign Country or Colony without the sanction of such Commission.

No rent will be charged to exhibitors.

Prizes, or rewards for merit, in the form of medals, will be given in the Industrial Department of the Exhibition.

Prices may be affixed to the articles exhibited.

Every article produced or obtained by human industry, whether of
Raw Materials,
Machinery,
Manufactures, or
Fine Arts,
will be admitted to the Exhibition, with the exception of

1. Living animals and plants.
2. Fresh vegetable and animal substances, liable to spoil by keeping.
3. Detonating or dangerous substances.

Spirits or alcohols, oils, acids, corrosive salts, and substances of a highly inflammable nature, will not be admitted, unless sent in well secured glass vessels.

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, Ordnance, 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.

Class 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 Book-binding.
" 29. Educational Works and Appliances.
" 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.
Class 37. Architecture.
" 38. Paintings in Oil and Water Colors, and Drawings.
" 39. Sculpture, Models, Die-sinking, and Intaglios.
" 40. Etchings and Engravings.

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

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.

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.

Where it is desired to exhibit processes of manufacture, a sufficient number of articles,