DECISIONS.
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incurred in tho preparation or transmission of a particular article entitled to a prize, combinedwith a duo regard to the condition and pecuniary circumstances of the party exhibiting, aspecial grant may with propriety bo added to the honorary distinction. The Commissionersare not prepared, for the present at least, to establish any regulations on these heads. Theyconsider it probable that a wide discretion must be left to the juries to be hereafterappointed in respect to the award of money prizes, or the grant of money in aid of honorarydistinctions ; it being understood that such discretion is to bo exorcised under the superintend-ence and control of the Commission. *
113. Articles marked “Not for Competition” cannot bo admitted.
114i;. There shall bo one Jury to each of the Thirty Classes, into which the Exhibition isdivided.
A.
Haw Materials.
H.
Machinery.
[In Class V. it was found advisable, when in operation, to appoint a Sub-Jury for Carriages, and in Class X.
three Sub-Juries were appointed—for Musical Instruments, Horology, and Surgical Instruments.]114b. The number of Jurors in each Jury is determined by the amount of articles exhibitedin each Class, and the greater or less diversity of the subjects included in it, but no abstractidea of the relative importance of the Classes is involved in the numbers attached to them.114c. The following list describes the Thirty Juries, and the number of Jurors to each Jury
No. of Jurors.
I. Mining, Quarrying , Metallurgical Operations, and Mineral Pro-ducts .......... 8
II. Chemical and Pharmaceutical Processes and Products generally 8
III. Substances used as Pood ...... (i
IV. Vegetable and Animal Substances chiefly used in Manufactures,
as Implements, or for Ornament ...... 8
V. Machines for direct use, including Carriages and llailway andNaval Mechanism ........
Va. Carriages ..........
VI. Manufacturing Machines and Tools .....
VII. Civil Engineering , Architectural and lluilding ContrivancesVIII. Naval Architecture and Military Engineering ; Ordnance, Armour,and Accoutrements ........
IX. Agricultural and Horticultural Machines and Implements .
X. Philosophical Instruments and processes depending upon theiruse; Musical, Ilorological, and Surgical InstrumentsXa. Musical Instruments ........
Xn. Ilorological Instruments .......
Xc. Surgical Instruments ........
XI. Cotton ..........
XII. Woollen and Worsted ........
XIV. Manufactures from Flax and Ilemp .....
XV. Mixed Fabrics, including Shawls, but exclusive of Worsted
Goods (Class XII.) ........
XVI. Leather, including Saddlery and Harness, Skins, Furs, Feathers,and Ilair ..........
XVII. Paper and Stationery, Printing and HookbindingXV11I. Woven, Spun, Felted, and laid Fabrics, when shown as specimensof Printing or Dyeing ........
XIX. Tapestry, including Carpets and Floor-cloths, Lace and Embroi-dery, Fancy and Industrial Works .....
XX. Articles of Clothing for immediate, personal, or domestic use
XXL Cutlery and Edge 'Pools.
XXII. Iron and General Hardware .......
XXIII, Working in Precious Metals, and in their imitation, Jewellery,and all articles of Virtfl and Luxury, not included in the otherClasses . . . . . . . . . .10
XXIV. Glass ..8
XXV. Ceramic Manufacture, China, Porcelain, Earthenware, &c. . 8
C.
Textile Fabrics. \
D.
lifetallic, Vitreous,and CeramicManufactures.
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12
8
8
15*
12
10
4
C,
10
12
10
10
12
10
8
10
10
8
0
12
E.
Miscellaneous
Manufactures.
F.
Fine Arts.
XXVI. Decoration Furniture and Upholstery, including Paper Hangings,Papier Maehe, and Japanned Goods .....
XXVII. Manufactures in Mineral Substances, used for building or deco-ration, as in Marble, Slate, Porphyries, Cements, ArtificialStones , &c. .........
XXVIII. Manufactures from Animal and Vegetable Substances, not beingWoven or Felted, or included in other SectionsXXIX. Miscellaneous Manufactures and Small Wares ....
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The Jury for Agricultural Implements is made exceptional, as the Agricultural Committee, consistingof eminent Members of the ltoyal Agricultural Society, have undertaken the functions of the Jury.Foreigners may be added to this Committee if desired.
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