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MACHINES FOR DIRECT USE—COUNTRIES, AND PRIZES AWARDED.
[Class V.
4. Railway Velocipedes.
5. Atmospheric Railway Apparatus.
G. Breaks —
Full Size.
Models.
7. Buffers, Couplings, &c.
Butlers.
Couplings.
"Wheels, Tires, Axles, Bearings .
Miscellaneous.
F. Railway Machinery and Permanent "Ways.
1. Permanent Ways complete.
2. Sleepers.
3. Chairs, &c.
4. Rails.
5. Switches.
6. Turn-tables.
7. Station Arrangements.
8. Signals.
9. Miscellaneous.
G. Weighing, Measuring, and Registering Machines for
Commercial, and not for Philosophical Purposes.
1. Commercial Weighing Instruments.
2. Instruments of Measures.
3. Registering Instruments, Gauges, Indicators, and
Tell-tales.
The total number of these objects exhibited was 537,distributed through the seven subdivisions as follows :—
Numbers of Objects in the Subdivisions of Class V.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E. F.
G. j
143
40
9
117
112 ; 73
40
The following are the proportions in which they werecontributed by different countries: —
The Jury held its first meeting on the 12th May, whenit formed itself into three Sub-J uries, which respectivelyundertook to examine and report upon the objects in-cluded under the several subdivisions.
The number of objects referred to the first Sub-Jury(A, B) was 184, to the second (C, D), 128, and to thethird (E, F ; G), 224.
The reports of the Sub-Juries were made to the wholeJury, which met twice a-week for that purpose, and theJury visited and examined collectively all those objectswhich were considered by the Sub-Juries to claim suchfurther examination, including all those recommended forprizes. Its awards were made on that examination.
No other objects were examined by the Jury, in theEnglish Department, than those placed by the Royal Com-missioners in Class V. of the Catalogue, except such aswere referred to them from other Juries. In the severalforeign departments the objects were not classed in theCatalogue. The Jury had, therefore, to select thoseobjects in these foreign departments which, in accord-ance with the instructions of the Commissioners, ap-peared to belong to their adjudication.
The number of meetings of the Jury was 18 : theywere all attended by Colouel Lloyd, special Commissioner,and minutes were kept of their proceedings by thatgentleman and by the Secretary.
The Sub-Juries assembled, with few exceptions, daily,until their work was completed.
The final awards were made on the 20th of June; theywere confirmed by the Group B, of which the Juryformed part, on the 30th of June, and by the Council ofChairmen on the 14th July.
The following table contains a general statement of thenumbers of these awards in the several countries whichhave contributed to the Exhibition, together with thenumbers of Exhibitors, and exhibits in each country,and the proportions which these bear to the Medalsawarded.
As, for obvious reasons, the machines, so difficult oftransport as those of Class V., sent from foreign countries,could not be expected adequately to represent the mecha-nical capabilities of those countries in respect to suchmachines, so the Jury are of opinion that the machinesreferred to their examination from Great Britain, how-ever numerous and in mauy respects remarkable, do not,in the aggregate, for reasons which it is unnecessary tospecify, duly represent the engineering resources audskill of Great Britain, aud that any future exhibitionwould afford conclusive evidence of this fact.
List of Countries and Prizes awarded or recommended for the three Subdivisions.
A, B.
C, D.
E, F,
G.
Total.
Medals.
Medals.
Medals.
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1. England and Colonies
-
104
4
0
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141
4
2
5
2
1
1G
1
63
3
1
t
1
1
14
88
3
1
9
2
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15
1
154
7
2
3
195
9
2
7
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23
1
321
14
5
12
424
16
5
21
2
5
1
54
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T
-
9
1
1
30
1
1
1
2
1
22
-
3
1
8
2
10
3
1
1
1
32
1
2
63
1
8
1
1
—
2
1
1
4
4
-
1
11. Portugal — _ _
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1
1
1
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13. Turkey - — — _
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1
1
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1
1
1
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-
-
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Total - _
-
123
184
4
19
92
128
1
19
182
234
2
28
399
548
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