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c. Packages landed at the out-ports shall
be forwarded with a similar note by railway
or other public conveyance, under seals of
office, direct to the Exhibition, the officers
at the respective ports taking care that the
packages bear no private address, and that
the documents relating thereto be imme-
diately forwarded to the proper officers of
Her Majesty's Customs stationed at the
Exhibition.

d. On the arrival of the goods at the Ex-
hibition, no package shall be opened without
the knowledge and consent of the officer of
Customs, and if the goods be found to agree
with the entry or specification, they will, if
free, be at once considered as out of charge
of the Customs, the entry or declaration
being deemed sufficient for all statistical
purposes.

e. In the case of all dutiable goods, an
account will be taken by the officers of the
Crown at the time of the first opening of the
packages, but such deficiencies as may occur
within the building from any legitimate or
unavoidable cause, the officers being fully
satisfied thereof, shall not be charged with
duty.

f. That the building be considered, for
all practical purposes, a "bonded warehouse;"
and that in all cases where dutiable goods
shall not be exported, but retained for use
in this country, the duty shall be assessed
by the officer in charge at the building (and
received in the Exhibition by a clerk duly
appointed for the purpose), in accordance
with the practice now existing in regard to
articles found in "passengers' baggage."

g. In the case of dutiable goods for ex-
portation, an entry shall be passed in the
Long Room, and bond given for their due
exportation; and on the receipt of this entry
by the officer in charge of the building the
goods shall be packed in his presence, and, if
for shipment at an out-port, placed under
seal, and forwarded in charge to a railway or
other public company; but if for shipment
at London they shall then be sent in charge
of Customs officers, at the expense of the ex-
porter, to be delivered into the charge of the
searcher of the station from which they are
to be shipped, without further examination,
under the regulations applicable to goods
shipped direct from the warehouse.

109. It is not the intention of Her Majesty's
     Commissioners to take any steps in reference
     to the protection of Inventions or Designs, by
     Patent of Registration, the law on these points
     having been materially simplified since 1851.

DECISIONS SPECIALLY APPLICA-
BLE TO

SECTION IV. - MODERN FINE ARTS.
Class 37. Architecture.
" 38. Paintings in Oil and Water Co-
lours and Drawings.
" 39. Sculpture, Models, Die-sinking
and Intaglios.
" 40. Engravings and Etchings.

110. The object of the Exhibition being to
     illustrate the progress and present condition of
     Modern Art, each country will decide the
     period of Art which in its own case will best
     attain that end.

111. The Exhibition of British Art in this
     Section will include the works of artists alive
     on or subsequent to the 1st of May 1762.

112. It is not proposed to award PRIZES in
     this Section.

113. PRICES will not be allowed to be affix-
     ed to any work of Art exhibited in this Section.

114. One half of the space to be allotted to
     Section IV. will be given to Foreign Countries,
     and one half will be reserved for the works of
     British and Colonial Artists.

115. The subdivision of the space allotted
     to Foreign Countries will be made, after con-
     sideration of the demands received from the
     Commission, or other Central Authority, of
     each Foreign Country. It is, therefore, im-
     portant that these demands should be trans-
     mitted to Her Majesty's Commissioners at the
     earliest possible date.

116. The arrangement of the Works of
     Art within the space allotted to each Foreign
     Country will be entirely under the control of
     the accredited representatives of that country,
     subject only to the necessary general regula-
     tions.

117. For the purposes of the Catalogue, it
     will be necessary that the Central Authority of
     each Foreign Country should furnish Her
     Majesty's Commissioners, on or before the 1st
     of January 1862, with a description of the
     several Works of Art which will be sent for
     exhibition, specifying in each case, the name
     of the artist, the title of the work, and (when
     possible) the date of its production.

118. The space at the disposal of Her
     Majesty's Commissioners for the display of
     British Art being limited, and it being at the
     same time desirable to bring together as careful
     and perfect an illustration as possible, a selec-
     tion of the works to be exhibited will be indis-
     pensable.

119. The selection of Exhibitors, the space
     and number of works to be allowed to each,
     and the arrangement of them will be entrusted
     to Committees to be nominated by Her
     Majesty's Commissioners.

120. In the case of living artists, Her
     Majesty's Commissioners would desire to con-
     sult the wishes of the artists themselves as to
     the particular works by which they would
     prefer to be represented. The selection of
     works so made by the artists will not neces-
     sarily be binding upon Her Majesty's Com-
     missioners, but in no case will any work by a
     living artist be exhibited against his wish, if
     expressed in writing, and delivered to the
     Commissioners on or before the 31st of
     March, 1862.

121. Her Majesty's Commissioners will
     avail themselves of the following eight Art
     Institutions of this country in communicating
     with artists who are members of those Institu-
     tions, viz.:-