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of their national products, committees, the formation
and composition of which should be notified as soon as
possible to the Imperial Commission, in order that it
may immediately place itself in communfektion with
such committees.

Art. 6.
The departmental committees, as well as the foreign
committees, authorized by their respective Go-
vernments, will correspond directly with the
Imperial Commission, which will not hold
any correspondence whatever with the exhibitors
themselves, or with other private persons, either French
or foreigners.

Art. 7.
Such French subjects or foreigners, as intend exhibit-
ing, should apply to the committee of the department,
colony, or country which they inhabit.
Foreigners, residing in France, may apply to the of-
ficial committees of their respective countries.

Art. 8.
No article will be admitted to the Exhibition, if not
sent with the authorization, and under the seal of the
departmental or foreign committees.

Art. 9.
The foreign and departmental committees should make
known, as soon as possible, the presumed number of
exhibitors in their division, and the space which it is
supposed they will require.

Art. 10.
On receipt of that intimation, the Imperial Commis-
sion will, without delay, proceed to the division of the
general space amongst France and the other countries,
in proportion to the demands sent in.

Art. 11.
When that division has been effected, notice of the
same will be immediately sent to the French and For-
eign committees, who will then have to subdivide the
space thus allotted to them amongst the exhibitors of
their divisions.

Art. 12.
The lists of the exhibitors who are admitted must be
sent to the Imperial Commission, by the 30th of Nov.,
1854, at the latest.
These lists ought to mention :
1st. The names, christian names (or name of firm),
profession and address of the parties applying:
2nd. The nature and number, or quantity of the arti-
cles which they desire to exhibit:
3rd. The space which they require in height, width,
and depth.
These lists, as well as all other documents coming
from foreign countries, ought, as much as possible, to
be accompanied by a translation into French.

ADMISSION AND CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTS.

Art. 13.
All the products of Agriculture, Manufactures, and
Art are admissible to the Universal Exhibition, with
the exception of these included in the following cate-
gories;
1st. Living animals and plants.
2nd. Vegetable and animal substance in a fresh state,
and of a nature liable to be spoiled from keeping;
3rd. Detonating substances, and, in general, all such
as may be considered dangerous;
4th. And, finally, such objects, as, by their bulk, do
not come within the scope of the Exhibition.

Art. 14.
Spirits or alcohols, oils and essences, acids and cor-
rosive salts, and generally bodies easily inflammable, or
of a nature to lead to combustion, will only be admitted
to the Exhibition when contained in solid and perfectly
closed vessels: the owners of such articles will, besides,
be bound to conform to such measures of safety as may
be prescribed to them.

Art. 15.
The Imperial Commission will have the right of ex-
cluding, on the proposition of the competent agents,
such French objects as may appear to it injurious or in-
compatible with the object of the Exhibition, and of
diminishing those which have been sent in excess of
the requirements or accommodation of the Exhibi-
tion.

Art. 16.†
The objects sent for Exhibition will form two distinct
divisions: Products of Industry, and Works of Art.
They will be distributed, for each country, into eight
groups, comprising thirty sections, viz:

1st DIVISION. -PRODUCTS OF INDUSTRY.
1st GROUP. -Industrial pursuits having for principal ob-
ject the extraction or production of raw materials.
1st Class. Mining and Metallurgical products.
2nd Everything relating to the management of
trees, or to hunting, shooting, and fishing,
and products obtained without cultivation.
3rd - Agriculture.
2nd GROUP. -Industrial pursuits having specially for ob-
ject the employment of mechanical power.
4th Class. Machinery in general, as applied to in-
dustry.
5th - Special machinery and apparatus for railways,
and other modes of transport.
6th - Special machinery and apparatus for work-
shops.
7th - Special machinery and apparatus for the
manufacture of woven fabrics.
3rd GROUP. -Manufactures specially based on the employ-
ment of physical and chemical agents, or connected with
the sciences and Instruction.
8th Class. Arts relating to the Exact Sciences and to
Instruction.
9th - Manufactures relating to the economical pro-
duction and employ ment of heat, light, and
electricity.
10th - Chemical manufactures, dying and printing,
paper, leather, skins, India-rubber, etc.
11th - Preparation and preservation of alimentary
substances.
4th GROUP. -Industrial pursuits specially connected with
the learned professions.
12th Class. Hygiène, pharmacy, surgery, and medi-
13th Naval and military arts.
14th - Civil engineering and building.
5th GROUP. -Manufactures of mineral products.
15th Class. Steel and its products.
16th - General metal work.
17th - Goldsmith's work, jewellery, and bronzes.
18th Glass and pottery.
6th GROUP. -Woven Fabrics.
19th Class. Cotton manufactures.
20th- Woollen and worsted manufactures.
21st - Silk and velvet manufactures.
22nd - Flax and hemp-manufactures.
23rd - Mercery, hosiery, carpets, embroidery, lace
of every kind, gold and silver fringes, &c.
7th GROUP. -Decorative furniture and upholstery, milli-
nery, industrial design, printing, and music.
24th Class. Industry applied to furniture and decor-
ation.
25th - Articles of clothing, objects of fashion and
fancy.
26th - Drawing and modelling applied to industry,
letter-press and copper-plate printing, pho-
tography.
27th - Manufacture of musical instruments.

2nd DIVISION. -WORKS OF ART.
8th GROUP. -Fine Arts
28th Class. Painting, engraving, and lithography.
29th - Sculpture and die-sinking.
30th - Architecture.

† A document entitled "System of Classification," and speci-
fying the division of allbranches of manufacturesand of allthearts,
of their raw materials, their means of action and their products,
amongst the thirty sections established in this article, will be
published hereafter.