FOREIGN AND COLONIAL PRODUCTIONS.

ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY THE BOARD OF CUSTOMS

To admit Foreign and Colonial Productions for the Purposes of the Exhibition of 1851,

Without payment of Duty.

1st. That all works intended for the Exhibition should, in the first instance, be admitted into this Country without payment of Duty; that the Goods should not be subject to examination at the Waterside, but conveyed to the place of Exhibition, at the expense of the Importer, under charge of proper Officers of the Customs; to be there opened by the Importer or his Agent, and examined in the presence of the proper Officer of the Customs, in order to assess the amount of duty which would become payable thereon if sold in this country, and such marks attached thereto as may be considered necessary to maintain the identity of the Goods.

2nd. That the Goods brought for exhibition should be considered as warehoused, under the Warehousing Regulations, in the premises appointed for the Exhibition; and that security be given in each case for the due re-exportation of the Goods, or payment of the duty at the close of the Exhibition -- and no Foreign Goods liable to Duty to be on any account removed from the premises until the termination of the Exhibition;

3rd. That Goods intended for Exhibition should be imported into one of the following Ports, viz.,

• LONDON,
• LIVERPOOL,
• HULL,
• NEWCASTLE,
• FOLKESTONE,
• BRISTOL,
• DOVER, and
• SOUTHAMPTON;

and the Board of Customs to make such regulations, and appoint such officers of the Department for taking charge of the Goods at the place of Exhibition, in communication with the Commission for conducting the proceedings, as may be deemed essential for the security of the interests of the Revenue.

HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS.

President -- His Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., F.R.S.

• His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, K.G., F.R.S.

• Rt. Hon. the Earl of Rosse, K.P., Pr. of R.S.

• Rt. Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere, F.S.A.

• Rt. Hon. the Earl of Granville

• Rt. Hon. Lord Stanley

• Rt. Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P., F.R.S.

• Rt. Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P.

• Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.

• Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.

• Major-Gen. Sir A. Galloway, K.C.B.

• Sir Richard Westmacott, R.A.

• Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S., Pr. of G.S.

• Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.

• Charles Barry, Esq., R.A.

• Thomas Bazley, Esq.

• Richard Cobden, Esq., M.P.

• William Cubitt, F.R.S.

• Charles Lock Eastlake, Esq., R.A., F.R.S.

• Thomas Field Gibson, Esq.

• John Goode, Esq.

• Samuel Jones Loyd, Esq.

• Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.

• Robert Stephenson, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.

• Mr. Alderman Thompson, M.P.

• J. Scott Russell, Esq., F.R.S.

Stafford Henry Northcote, Esq., Secretaries.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

• Lieut.-Col. Reid, R.E., V.P.R.S. (Chairman)
• Francis Fuller, Esq.
• Henry Cole, Esq.
• George Drew, Esq.
• Charles Wentworth Dilke, Esq.

Matthew Digby Wyatt, Esq., Secretary.

MEMBERS OF COMMITTEES OF SECTIONS APPOINTED BY HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS.

SECTION I. -- RAW MATERIALS AND PRODUCE.

(a.) MINERAL KINGDOM.

• Sir Charles Lyell, F.R.S., Pr. of G.S.
• Sir Henry T. De la Beche, C.B., F.R.S.
• Sir Roderick Murchison, M.A., F.R.S.
• Dr. Lyon Playfair, F.R.S.
• Richard Phillips, Esq., F.R.S.

(b.) VEGETABLE KINGDOM.

• Philip Pusey, Esq., M.P., F.R.S.
• Sir William Hooker, LL.D., F.R.S.
• Professor Royle, F.R.S.
• Professor Lindley, F.R.S.
• Professor Faraday, D.C.L., F.R.S.
• Professor Solly, F.R.S.
• Humphrey Brandreth, Esq.

(c.) ANIMAL KINGDOM.

• Right Hon. Lord Stanley.
• Professor Owen, F.R.S.
• Professor E. Forbes, F.R.S.
• Professor Brande, F.R.S.
• Professor Hofmann.
• W. Fisher Hobbs, Esq.