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character or excellence of tlio works already returned by them to the Commissioners, to ap-portion any part of the spaco allotted to them to other Exhibitors than those who may havesent in demands before the 31st of October.
GO/.-. In order to provide for the proper reception of articles in the Building as soon as theyshall arrive, it is obviously necessary that the places for large groups of articles shall be fixedbefore any are admitted, and so far as is consistent with this necessity, it has been tlio desireof the Commissioners to give the utmost latitude of time to enable the Local Committees toinako duo inquiries into the fitness of articles for Exhibition ; and tlio Commissioners havetherefore appointed so late a day as the 10th December, as the last on which vouchers canpossibly bo received ; so that there will be an interval of some time during which, it will be inthe power of the Local Committees, to whom space is allotted, to consider the best distributionof it in every way. At the same time, as soon as a Local Committee has positively filled upor cancelled any application for spaco, the Commissioners request that it may bo imme-diately returned to them, and not delayed until the 10th of December.
60/. The Commissioners do not propose in any case to inquire into any differences of opinion,should any arise, respecting the amount of spaco which the Local Committees may allot toindividual exhibitors ; and tlio Commissioners only proposo to exorcise the powers of rejectionand selection, which they have reserved to themselves, to the extent of seeing that no articlescontrary to the Decisions have boon inadvertently passed by any Local Committee. At thesame time, if any productions shall havo been rejected by any Local Committee, and tlioproprietor of them shall desire to appeal against the decision, it will be competent for him toaddress the Commissioners through tub local committee, who will forward the appeal, withtheir own observations, to the Commissioners ; and tlio Commissioners, upon consideration ofthe circumstances, will then decide whether the rejected articles may be examined underappeal, at the expense of the appellant.
[The appeals were singularly few.]
G()»i. With the view of providing against the exhibition of duplicate articles of manufacture,the Commissioners, in cases where duplicates may have been admitted by different Local Com-mittees, will call upon the Exhibitors of such duplicates to produce a certificate from theactual makers, stating which of tlio Exhibitors has arranged with the maker to be proprietorof the absolute and exclusive right of sale and distribution of such article, and the preferenceof admission will be given to that Exhibitor who is the sole proprietor. Perhaps the LgcalCommittees may think it advisable to adopt a similar regulation. The Local Committees willdoubtless be sensible of the importance of taking care not to admit either unnecessary dupli-cates of any Machine or Article, or Machines or Articles having only very unimportant differences,especially when such Articles are large.
[This was a question which the Commissioners were never called upon to decide.]
REGULATIONS AS TO THE RECEPTION OF ARTICLES SENT BY EXHIBITORS OF
Glu. All Articles must be delivered at the Building with the Freight, Carriage, Porterage,and all charges and duos whatever paid upon them.
Gli. All articles must bo delivered at the south side of the Building.
[The delivery of the goods at, or near one place was rendered necessary by the incomplete state ofthe building; but the experience of the removal of goods showed the great advantage which wouldhave been derived by receiving the goods at numerous points round the whole exterior.]
Glc. Every article sent separately, and every packago must be legibly marked with tlio nameof the Exhibitor or Exhibitors, and also with the Section and Class, whether Raw Materials,Machinery, Manufactures, or Fine Arts, in which it is proposed the articles shall bo exhibited,or it will be liable to be returned.
[The marking the package on the outside with the Section and Class saved both the Executive Com-mittee and the Exhibitors great trouble, as the latter knew where to find their goods after theirdelivery by the railway.]
61 d. The following is the form of address, &c., which the Executive Committee request maybe adopted :—
Section. Class.
To the Executive Committee for the Exhibition of 1851.BUILDING, HYDE PARK, LONDON .
From [stato Exhibitor’s name and address.]
General Contents of Pad-age.
[Stato whether Raw Materials, Manufactures, Machinery, or Fine Arts.]