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INTRODUCTION.
feet, or ratlier more than the entire space .,jvhich France occupied for itstwo expositions of 1844 and 1849. It was estimated that this amount would beabout half the size of the building, which was considered to be a fair proportion,space offered to The amount of space which was offered to each Foreign country, and placed
Foreign countries . , . .. x D •> 1
at its absolute disposal, was as follows: —
Net superficialFeet allotted.
500
. 15,000
100
. 1,000
Buenos Ayres ,
500
300
Chili ....
500
. 2,500
. 2,500
. 1,500
100
. 50,000
. 21,750
States of the Stuerverein
. 2,250
The Two Mecklenburgs
. 1,250
. 1,500
. 30,000
. 1,000
. 5,000
RomeSardinia.
TuscanyMexicoMonte VideoMorocco .
New GranadaNorway and SwedenPersiaPeru
Portugal .
Switzerland TunisTurkeyUnited States VenezuelaWestern Africa
Total .
Net superficialFeet allotted.
2.500
1,000
1.5003,7501,000
100
500
500
2.500500500
1,000
7.500
2.5004,000
500
5,000
40,000
400
500
213,000
Subsequently these amounts were increased in several instances. France , forexample, obtained upwards of 65,000 superficial feet of exhibiting space, insteadof only 50,000 feet.
Accompanying the allotment of space sent to each Foreign country and colony,the following instructions were transmitted:—
No articles of foreign manufacture, to whomsoever they may belong, or wheresoever theymay be, can be admitted for exhibition, unless they come with the sanction of the central autho-rity of the country of which they are the produce. All articles forwarded by such centralauthority will then be admitted, provided they do not require a greater aggregate amountof space than that assigned to the productions of the country from which they come; andprovided also, that they do not violate the general conditions and limitations. It will restwith the central authority in each country to decide upon the merits of the several articlespresented for exhibition, and to take care that those which are sent are such as fairly repre-sent the industry of their fellow-countrymen.
Her Majesty’s Commissioners will consider that to be the central authority in each casewhich is stated to be so by the Government of its country. Having once been put in com-munication with a central authority in any country, they must decline, absolutely andentirely, any communication with private and unauthorized individuals; and should any suchbe addressed to them, they can only refer it to the central body. This decision is essen-tially necessary, in order to prevent confusion.
The Commissioners do not insist upon articles being in all cases actually forwarded bythe central authority, though they consider that this would generally be the most satisfactory