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RECEPTION AND PLACING OF GOODS.

Art. 17.
The various pbjects, both French and foreign, will
be received at the Exhibition Palace, from the 15th of
January to the 15th of March, 1855, inclusively.

Nevertheless, a supplementary delay will be
accorded for such manufactured articles as are likely to
suffer from being too long packed up, on condition that
the arrangements necessary for their exhibition shall
have been made beforehand. That delay cannot in any
case extend beyond the 15th of April.

Heavy and cumbersome articles or any others, the
placing of which would require considerable labour,
must be sent before the end of February.

Art. 18.
The Committees of each country and of each French
department, are requested to send, as much as possible,
in one consignment, the products of their divisions.

Art. 19.
The consignment of each exhibitor whether sent
with those of other exhibitors or separately, must be
accompanied by a bulletin of admission delivered by
the competent authority. This bulletin, drawn up in
triplicate and in the form prescribed by Art. 12, will
likewise contain the number and weight of the several
packages as well as the particulars and price of every
article composing the consignment.

Models of these bulletins will be sent to all the com-
mittees, French and foreign.

Art. 20.
The French 'objects intended for the Universal Ex-
hibition will be forwarded, from the places appointed
for the purpose by the departmental and colonial com-
mittees, and taken back from Paris to the same places
at the expense of the State.

Foreign articles, having the same destination, will
likewise be conveyed to Paris at the cost of the State,
but only from the French frontier, and will be sent back
under the same conditions.

Art. 21.
They must be addressed to the commissioner of
arrangement at the Exhibition-Palace.

Art. 22.
The address of each package, destined for the Exhi-
bition, ought to bear, in clear and legible characters,
the indication,

Of the place from which it comes,
Of the name of the exhibitor,
And of the nature of the contents.

MODEL OF ADDRESS.

A Monsieur la Commissaire de Classement
de l'Exposition universelle.

Au Palais de l'Exposition.—PARIS.

Envoyé de (here come the name and christian names
of the person sending, or the name of the firm), de-
meurant à (residence, or seat of the establishment), ex-
posant de (nature of the object exhibited).

Art. 23.
Packages containing articles sent by several exhibi-
tors, must have the names of all those exhibitors in-
scribed on the address, and be accompanied by a separate
bulletin of admission for each of them.

Art. 24.
Exhibitors are requested not to send separately pack-
ages of less dimensions than half a cubic metre, but to
place in the same packing case with other packages of
the same class such as come within these dimensions.

Art. 25.
The admission of all articles to the Exhibition will
be gratuitous.

Art. 26.
Exhibitors will not be subjected to payments of any
kind, either for entrance, or space, or on any other pre-
text whatever, during the whole time of the Exhibition.

Art. 27.
The Imperial Commission will provide for the mov-
ing, placing, and arranging of articles in the interior of
the Exhibition-Palace: also, for the works necessary to
set the machinery in motion.

Art. 28.
Tables, counters, flooring, enclosures, barriers, and
partitions between the various sections of products, will
be furnished gratuitously.

Art. 29.
All particular arrangements, such as stands, shelves,
supports, suspenders, glass-cases, hangings, awnings,
paintings, and ornaments, will be at the charge of the
exhibitor.

Art. 30.
These dispositions, arrangements, and ornamentations
can only be executed in conformity with the general
plan, and under the superintendence of inspectors, who
will determine the height and form of the front of the
stalls, and likewise the colour of the paintings, hang-
ings, and draperies.

Art. 31.
Workmen, designated or approved of by the Imperial
Commission, will hold themselves at the disposition of
the exhibitors, and their bills will be examined by
agents specially appointed for the purpose, should the
exhibitors desire it.

Nevertheless, exhibitors will be at liberty to employ
such workmen as they may think fit, having previously
obtained the authorization of the Commission.

Art. 32.
Manufacturers wishing to exhibit machinery or other
objects of extraordinary weight or size, and which will
require foundations or special constructions, must make
a declaration to that effect, on their demand for space.

Art. 33.
Likewise, persons intending to exhibit machinery
which is to be moved by steam, or fountains throwing
up water, or hydraulic engines, ought to make a decla-
ration of their intention at an early period, and state
the quantity and degree of pressure of steam or water,
which they may require.

The various products will be arranged together by
nations, in the order of the classification indicated in
Art. 16. Nevertheless the different products exhibited
by an individual, corporate body, city, department, or
colony, may, if necessary, and with the authorization
of the Executive Committee, be exhibited in separate
groups, when that disposition does not materially inter-
fere with the regular arrangements.

Art. 35.
The Imperial Commission will take every measure
to preserve from damage the articles exhibited. Never-
theless, if, notwithstanding these precautions, some
accident should chance to occur, the Commission will
not hold itself responsible for any damage which might
result. These risks exhibitors must take on themselves,
as likewise the expense of insurance, should they con-
sider that precaution necessary.

Art. 36.
The Imperial Commission will likewise take care that
the goods shall be watched over by an active and nume-
rous staff; the Commission will not, however, be res-
ponsible for any thefts or frauds which may take place.

Art. 37.
Each exhibitor will have the faculty of having his
goods watched over at the Exhibition by an agent
chosen by himself. Notice must be given, before the
Exhibition opens, of the name and position of this
agent. A personal card of admission will be given him,
which, as long as the Exhibition remains open, he is
neither to transfer nor lend, under pain of forfeiture.

Art. 38.
The agents of exhibitors must confine themselves to
answering such questions as may be addressed to them,
and to delivering cards of address, prospectuses, or lists
of prices, when asked for.