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2. The Exhibition Building will be erected on a site adjoining the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, and in the immediate neighbourhood of the ground occupied in 1851, on the occasion of the first International Exhibition.

3. The portion of the building to be devoted to the exhibition of Pictures will be erected in brick, and will occupy the entire front towards Cromwell Road. The portion in which Machinery will be exhibited will extend along Prince Albert's Road, on the west side of the gardens.

4. All works of industry to be exhibited should have been produced since 1850. The decision whether goods, proposed to be exhibited, are admissible or not, must, in each case, eventually rest with her Majesty's Commissioners.

5. Subject to the necessary limitation of space, all persons, whether designers, inventors, manufacturers, or producers of articles, will be allowed to exhibit; but they must state the character in which they do so.

6. Her Majesty's Commissioners will communicate with Foreign and Colonial exhibitors only through the Commission which the Government of each Foreign Country or Colony may appoint for that purpose; and no article will be admitted from any Foreign Country or Colony without the sanction of such Commission.

7. No rent will be charged to exhibitors.

8. Every article produced or obtained by human industry, whether of
   Raw Materials,
   Machinery,
   Manufactures, or
   Fine Arts,
   Will be admitted to the Exhibition, with the exception of—

9. Living animals and plants.

10. Fresh vegetable and animal substances, liable to spoil by keeping.

11. Detonating or dangerous substances. Copper Caps, or other Articles of a similar nature, may be exhibited, provided the detonating powder be not inserted; also Lucifer Matches, with imitation tops.

12. Spirits or alcohols, oils, acids, corrosive salts, and substances of a highly inflammable nature, will only be admitted with special written permission, and in well-secured glass vessels.

13. The articles exhibited will be divided into the following classes:—

SECTION I.
Class 1. Mining, Quarrying, Metallurgy, and Mineral Products.
" 2. Chemical Substances and Products, and Pharmaceutical Processes.
" 3. Substances used for Food, including Wines.
" 4. Animal and Vegetable Substances used in Manufactures.

SECTION II.
Class 5. Railway Plant, including Locomotive Engines and Carriages.
" 6. Carriages not connected with Rail or Tram Roads.
" 7. Manufacturing Machines and Tools.
" 8. Machinery in general.
" 9. Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements.

Class 10. Civil Engineering, Architectural, and Building Contrivances.
" 11. Military Engineering, Armour and Accoutrements, Ordnance, and Small Arms.
" 12. Naval Architecture, Ship's Tackle.
" 13. Philosophical Instruments and Processes depending upon their use.
" 14. Photographic Apparatus and Photography.
" 15. Horological Instruments.
" 16. Musical Instruments.
" 17. Surgical Instruments and Appliances.

SECTION III.
" 18. Cotton.
" 19. Flax and Hemp.
" 20. Silk and Velvet.
" 21. Woollen and Worsted, including Mixed Fabrics generally.
" 22. Carpets.
" 23. Woven, Spun, Felted, and Laid Fabrics, when shown as specimens of Printing or Dyeing.
" 24. Tapestry, Lace, and Embroidery.
" 25. Skins, Fur, Feathers, and Hair.
" 26. Leather, including Saddlery and Harness.
" 27. Articles of Clothing.
" 28. Paper, Stationery, Printing, and Bookbinding.
" 29. Educational Works and Appliances.
" 30. Furniture and Upholstery, including Paperhangings and Papier Maché.
" 31. Iron and General Hardware.
" 32. Steel and Cutlery.
" 33. Works in Precious Metals, and their Imitations, and Jewellery.
" 34. Glass.
" 35. Pottery.
" 36. Manufactures not included in previous classes.

SECTION IV.—MODERN FINE ARTS.
See Decisions 111—123.

Class 37. Architecture.
" 38. Paintings in Oil and Water Colours, and Drawings.
" 39. Sculpture, Models, Die-Sinking, and Intaglios.
" 40. Etchings and Engravings.

11. Prizes, or rewards for merit, in the form of medals, will be given in Sections I., II., III.

12. Prizes may be affixed to the articles exhibited in Sections I., II., III.

13. Her Majesty's Commissioners will be prepared to receive all articles which may be sent to them on or after Wednesday the 12th of February, and will continue to receive goods until Monday the 31st of March, 1862, inclusive.

14. Articles of great size or weight, the placing of which will require considerable labour, must be sent before Saturday, the 1st of March, 1862; and manufacturers wishing to exhibit machinery, or other objects, that will require foundations or special constructions, must make a declaration to that effect on their demands for space.

15. Any exhibitor whose goods can properly be placed together, will be at liberty to arrange such goods in his own way, provided his arrangement is compatible with the general scheme of the Exhibition, and the convenience of other exhibitors.