description of carriage or fitting manufactured by the
exhibitor.

V. Ticket to be attached.—The name of the object,
as well as that of the manufacturer, with the average
retail price, whenever possible, should be securely
attached to each article.

VI. Preparations for Machinery.—Her Majesty's
Commissioners will provide foundations, railings,
general shafting, steam, water, and gas, to all ex-
hibitors of machinery whose requirements in these
respects have been notified to them before the 31st
January, 1873, and whose machines have been
accepted for exhibition by the Committee of Selec-
tion. Exhibitors must, however, make their own
connections for gas, water, and steam.

VII. Exhibitors of accepted machinery must pro-
vide their own driving belts and driving pulleys,
which are to be in halves, and bored to the proper
diameter of the main shafting, as notified to them by
Her Majesty's Commissioners. They must also
supply and erect, at their own expense, any counter
shafting (including the necessary foundations) which
they may consider requisite to increase or reduce the
speed to suit their own particular machines.

VIII. The following information should be sup-
plied to Her Majesty's Commissioners with the pre-
liminary application (form No. 10) by proposing
exhibitors of machinery:—
(a.) A plan of each machine, showing the
position of driving pulleys, the minimum
space required for attendants, and indi-
cating the parts of the machine which
should be placed most prominently for
inspection by the public. An elevation
also would be of use, if it can be supplied
without inconvenience.
(b.) A plan and section of foundations are
required.
(c.) The weight of the machine.
(d.) The amount of motive-power in actual
horse-power required from main-shafting.
(e.) Should water, steam, or gas be required,
all necessary information as to the
quantity of the requisite supplies.

IX. Sending of Objects.—Objects produced in the
United Kingdom, as well as those objects produced in
Foreign Countries, for which space has not been
guaranteed, must be sent direct to the Exhibition
Buildings for the inspection and approval of Judges
appointed for the purpose. All objects must be
delivered at the proper places in the building, which
will be hereafter advertised, and into the care of the
appointed officers, free of all charges for carriage,
&c., unpacked, labelled, and ready for immediate
exhibition.

X. Date of Delivery.—Carriages must be delivered
on Monday, the 7th of April, 1873. Machinery and
raw materials not later than Wednesday, the 12th of
March.

XI. Punctuality necessary.—That the necessary
arrangements for meetings of the Committee of
Selection may be carried into effect, strict punctuality
will be required in the delivery of all objects, both
Foreign and British.

XII. Removal of rejected Objects.—Objects not
accepted for exhibition must be removed according to
notices which will be given.

XIII. Objects exhibited cannot be removed.—
Objects exhibited cannot be removed until the close
of the Exhibition, except under the orders of Her
Majesty's Commissioners.

XIV. Labelling.—To every object, when exhibited,
will be attached a label, prepared by Her Majesty's
Commissioners, for which the following particulars
should be supplied:---

1. The name of the object.

2. The material of which it is made.

3. The Exhibitor's name.

4. His address.

5. The reasons why it is exhibited, such as—
   Its excellence of manufacture.
   Its beauty of design.
   Its ingenuity in the application of new
   materials.
   Its novelty of production.
   Its cheapness.

6. The average retail price, unless the Exhi-
   bitior objects.

7. Any explanations, &c.

XV. Tickets of Admission to Exhibitors.—Tickets
of Admission will be issued to each Exhibitor or Firm
exhibiting, after the opening of the Exhibition.

XVI. General.—All persons contributing to this
Exhibition shall be considered thereby to render
themselves subject to the present Rules, and to such
other Rules and Regulations as Her Majesty's Com-
missioners may from time to time lay down.

IMPROVED CABS.

The Council of the Society of Arts offer the follow-
ing prizes :—
One prize of £60 for the best improved cab of
any description.
Two prizes of £20 each for the next two best.
Two prizes of £10 each for the next two best.
The competing cabs must be exhibited at the
International Exhibition, to be held in South Ken-
sington in 1873; and on their delivery at the Exhibi-
tion Building they must be certified to the satisfaction
of the Judge as having been in regular use in the
streets of London or other city or town in the
United Kingdom or abroad for three months pre-
viously. They must be delivered on or before the
first Saturday in April.

The Council consider that the cabs now in use in
London are especially defective in the following
particulars :—

1. Want of room, both as regards the four-
   wheelers as well as the Hansoms.
2. The seats in the four-wheelers are too high,
   not commodiously made, and the space under-
   neath is lost.
3. Difficulty of getting in and out of the Hansom,
   by reason of the height of the step as well as
   the interference of the large wheels.
4. The arrangements for opening and closing
   the window in the Hansom.
5. The confined space and want of ventilation in
   the Hansom when the window is closed.
6. Imperfect locking of the wheels in four-
   wheelers.

The Council desire to point out, for the considera-
tion of those likely to compete, that in continental
and some English towns there is to be found a very
convenient class of open carriages, termed Victorias,
as well as carriages which admit of being opened or
closed at the option of the passenger.
A suggestion for a cab, to be used either closed or
opened, has been brought before the Council, and a
model submitted. The principle might be adapted to
existing four-wheelers, but the Council do not pre-
scribe this model or any special form of carriage;
they are content to point out some of the more
obvious defects in the existing carriages, and to draw
attention to what has been found convenient in other
towns, leaving it entirely open for competitors to
effect improvement in any way they may think best,
whether by improvements on existing forms and con-
trivances, or by entirely novel forms and arrange-
ments.

The Council reserve to themselves the right of