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think it inexpedient to establish beforehand rules so precise as to fetter the discretion of theJuries upon which the task will ultimately devolve. It will bo sufficient for the present toindicate the general principles to which it will probably bo advisable to conform in the awardof prizes for successful competition in the several departments of the Exhibition.

103. In the department of Haw Materials and Produce, for instance, prizes will beawarded upon a consideration of the value and importance of the article, and the superiorexcellence of the particular specimens exhibited ; and in the case of prepared materials,coming under this head of tho Exhibition, the Juries will take into account the novelty andimportance of the prepared product, and tho superior skill and ingenuity manifested in thoprocess of preparation.

104. In tho department of Machinery , the prizes will be given with reference to noveltyin the invention, superiority in the execution, increased efficiency, or increased economy, inthe use of the article exhibited. The importance, in a social or other point of view, of thopurposes to which tho article is to be applied, will also be taken into consideration, as willalso the amount of the difficulties overcome in bringing the invention to perfection.

105. In the department of Manufactures, those articles will bo rewarded which fulfil inthe highest degree the conditions specified in the sectional list, viz.:—Increased usefulness,such as permanency in dyes, improved forms and arrangements in articles of utility, &c.Superior quality, or superior skill in workmanship. New use of known materials. Usoof new materials. New combinations of materials, as in metals and pottery. Beauty ofdesign in form, or colour, or both, with reference to utility. Cheapness, relatively to ex-cellence of production.

100. In tho department of Sculpture, Models, and the Plastic Art , tho rewards willhave reference to the beauty and originality of tho specimens exhibited, to improvements intho processes of production, to the application of art to manufactures, and, in the case ofmodels, to the interest attaching to the subject they represent.

107. These general indications are sufficient to show that it is tho wish of tho Com-missioners, as far as possible, to reward all articles in any department of the Exhibition whichmay appear to competent judgos to possess any decided superiority, of whatever nature thatsuperiority may be. It is the intention of tho Commissioners to reward excellence inwhatever form it is presented, and not to give inducements to tho distinctions of a merelyindividual competition. Although the Commissioners have determined on having threeMedals of different sizes and designs, they do not propose to instruct the Juries to awardthem as first, second, and third in degree for the same class of subjects. They do not wishto trammel the Juries by any precise limitation ; but they consider that the Juries will ratherview the three kinds of Medals as a means of appreciating and distinguishing the respectivecharacters of tho subjects to be rewarded, and not of making distinctive marks in the sameClass of Articles exhibited. They fully recognise that excellence in production is not only tobe looked for in high-priced goods, in which much cost of labour and skill has been employed,but they encourage tho exhibition of low-priced fabrics, when combining quality with lownessof price, or with novelty of production. They can readily conceive that Juries will bojustified in giving the same class Medal to the cheapest Calico Print, made for the Brazilian or other South American market, as they would to the linost piece of lUoittiScline dc tioie orMuumtiine de l.aine, if each possessed excellence of its own kind.

108. In selecting the Juries who are ultimately to guide them in making their award, theCommissioners will take tho greatest pains to secure the services of men of known ability toform a judgment, above the suspicion of either national or individual partiality (for whichpurpose they will be composed partly of English , and partly of foreigners) ; and who may beexpected to recogniso and appreciate merit wherever it may bo found, and in whatever wayit may show itself.

101). No competitor for a prize in any section will be allowed to act upon a jury to awardthe prizes in that section.

110. The names of persons selected to act on these Juries will bo published when decidedupon.

[A list of those who acted is printed with the Reports of the Jurors.]

111. All persons, whether being designers or inventors, tho manufacturers or thoproprietors, of articles, will be allowed to oxliibit ; but they must state the character in whichthey do so. They may also state the names of till or any of the parties who have aided in thoproduction. In awarding tho prizes, however, it will be for tho Juries to consider, in eachindividual case, how far the various elements of merit should be recognised, and to dccidowhether tho prize should be handed to the exhibitor, or to one or moro of those who haveaided in the production.

112. Lastly, the Commissioners in announcing their intention of giving Medal prizes, donot propose altogether to exclude pecuniary grants, cither as prizes for successful competition,or as awards undor special circumstances, accompanying, and in addition to tho honorarydistinction of the medal. There may bo cases in which, on account of the condition of life ofthe successful competitor (as, for instance, in the case of workmen), tho grant of a sum ofmoney may be the most appropriate reward of superior excellence ; and there may be othercases of a special and exceptional nature, in which, from a consideration of the expense