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DECISIONS REGARDING .]CRIES.
General Conditions.
1. There shall be one Jury to each of the Thirty Classes,into which the Exhibition is divided.
2. The number of Jurors in each Jury is determined bythe amount of articles exhibited in each Class, ami thegreater or less diversity of the subjects included in it, butno abstract idea of the relative importance of the Classes isinvolved in the numbers attached to them.
3. The following list describes the Thirty Juries, and thenumber of Jurors to each Jury:—
A. Kaw Materials. Number
of Jurors.
I. Mining. Quarrying, Metallurgical Operations,
and Mineral Products.8
II. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Processes and
Products generally.8
HI. Substances used as Food.6
IV. Vegetable and Animal Substances chiefly used in
Manufactures, as Implements, or for Ornament 8
B. Machinery.
V. Machines for direct use, including Carriages and
liaihvay and Naval Mechanism.12
Ya. Carriages.6
VI. Manufacturing Machines and Tools . . . .12
YII. Civil Engineering, Architectural and Building
Contrivances.8
VIII. Naval Architecture and Military Engineering ;
Ordnance, Armour, and Accoutrements. . . 8
JX. Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and
Implements.15*
X. Philosophical Instruments ami processes depend-ing upon their use ; Musical, ilorological, and
Surgical Instruments.12
Xa. Musical Instruments.10
Xit. Ilorological.4
Xc. Surgical.6
C. Manufactures.— Textile Fabrics .
XI. Cotton.10
XII. "Woollen an 1 "Worsted.12
XIII. Silk and Velvet.10
XIV. Manufactures from Flax and Hemp ... 10
XV. Mixed Fabrics, including Shawls, but exclu-
sive of Worsted Goods (Class XII.). . . 12
XVI. Leather, including Saddlery and Harness,
Skins, Fur, Feathers, ami Hair .... 10
XVII. Paper and Stationery, Printing, and Book-binding .8
XVIII. "Woven, Spun, Felted, and laid Fabrics, when
shown as specimens of Printing or Dyeing. 10
XIX. Tapestry, including Carpets and Floor-cloths,Lace and Embroidery, Fancy and Industrial
"Works.".10
XX. Articles of Clothing for immediate Personal
or Domestic Use.8
D. Metallic , Vitreous, and Ceramic Manufactures.
XXI. Cutlery and Edge Tools.6
XXII. Iron and General Hardware. . . . . .12
XXIII. Working in Precious Metals, and in theirimitations, Jewellery, and all articles ofVirtu and Luxury, not included in the other
Classes.10
XXIV. Glass.8
XXV. Ceramic Manufacture, China, Porcelain,
* The Jury for Agricultural Implements is made excep-tional. as the Agricultural Committee, consisting of eminent. Members of the KoyalAgricultural Society, have undertaken1 the functions of the Jury. Foreigners may be added to thisCommittee if desired.
E. Miscellaneous Manufactures. Number
of Jurors.
XXVI. Decorative Furniture and Upholstery, includ-ing Paper Hangings, Papier Mache , and Ja-panned Goods.12
XXVII. Manufactures in Mineral Substances, usedfor building or decoration, as in Marble ,Slate, Porphyries, Cements , Artificial Stones
, &c.8
XXVIII. Manufactures from Animal and VegetableSubstances, not being "Woven or Felted, orincluded in other Sections.8
XXIX. Miscellaneous Manufactures and Small Wares 8
F. Fine Arts.
XXX. Sculpture, Models, andPlastic Art . . . .13
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4. A classified List of Subjects under the province of eachJury is prepared, and forms the limitation to each Class.
5. The Articles in the Building are arranged as much aspossible in the 30 Classes, so as to be coincident with thefield of action of each Jury, and to facilitate its labours.
6. If Exhibitors accept the office of Jurors, they cease tobe competitors for prizes in the Class to which they are ap-pointed, and these cannot he awarded either to them indi-vidually, or to the firms in which they may he partners.
7. Juries may take evidence when a majority of the Jurydeem it advisable, and name the persons to be consulted.Jurors of another Class may also be called in aid by a Jury,when information involved in that Class is required.
8. Juries may act in matters of detail by sub-committees,but no award can be made except bv the majority of the Jury.
9. Before a Jury can finally make its awards, the}’musthe submitted to a meeting of the Juries of allied subjects,as indicated in the groups in the Decision 3. These Meet-ings of allied Juries will have power to confirm the awardof the Juries, and to investigate any disputed decisions.Before, however, the awards arc published, they must hesubmitted to a Council, consisting of the Chairmen of theJuries, in order to secure uniformity of action—and a com-pliancewith the regulations originally laid down by’that body.
10. The awards of a Jury, when reported by the Councilof Chairmen as being made in conformity to the rules, arefinal.
11. The Juries will commence their duties on Monday the12th May, at 12 o’clock, and will be aided in the generaltransaction of the business by a person to be named by theRoyal Commissioners, who by himself, or by a deputy to beapproved of by the Commission, may be present at theirdeliberations, for the purpose of explaining the rules of theCommission. This Nominee of the Commission will nothave a vote in any of the Juries, or at all interfere in theadjudication of awards.
Constitution of Juries.
12. The Jury will in general consist of an equal numberof British subjects and of Foreigners.*
13. If Foreign Commissions do not send a sufficient num-ber of Foreigners to represent one-lmlf of the Jurors in eachClass, the deficient numbers may be Completed by the ap-pointment of British subjects.
14. Country as well as metropolitan districts will berepresented on the Jury.
* The following list contains the actual number of the
Jurors sent by each country :
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. 17
7
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1
1
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2
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. 1
. 160
5
1
. 24
North Germany .
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Zollvcrein .
. 23
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. 6
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Total .
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. 183