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APPENDIX No. II.

REFRESHMENTS IN THE BUILDING.

151. Her Majesty’s Commissioners have considered that it will conduco to the convenienceof visitors to permit light and moderate refreshments to bo obtained and consumed in certainprescribed parts of the Building ; hut that it would ho inconsistent with the nature of theExhibition to allow the Building to assume the character of an Hotel, Tavern, or Dining-rooms.

In the Central Area will bo sold Ices, Pastry, Sandwiches, Patties, Fruits; Tea, Coffee,Chocolate, Cocoa , Lemonade, Seltzer and Soda Water.

In the Eastern and Western Areas will bo sold Bread, Butter and Cheese, Tea, Coffee,Chocolate, Cocoa , Ginger Beer, Spruce Boer, and similar drinks ; together withthe other articles in the Central Area.

No refreshments are to be taken out of the Areas.

No wines, spirits, beer, or intoxicating drinks can bo sold or admitted.

PRICES OF ADMISSION.

152. Her Majesty’s Commissioners for tlio Exhibition of 1851 have had undor their con-sideration tho regulations respecting the admission of Visitors, which it appears to themnecessary to adopt for the effectual accomplishment of tho purposes of tho Exhibition.

Their attention has been principally directed to the following points :—

1st. Tho necessity of making such arrangements as shall secure the convenience ofthe public visiting the Exhibition, whether for study and instruction, or for tho moregeneral purposes of curiosity and amusement.

2nd. The due protection and security of tho property deposited in the Building.3rd. The effective control over tho number of Visitors, whilo the servants andofficers intrusted with tho maintenance of order and regularity in tho Building arecomparatively inexperienced in their duties.

4tn. Tho necessity of maintaining tho self-supporting character of tho Exhibition,and of defraying tho liabilities incurred.

5tli. Tho desire of the Commissioners to render tho Exhibition accessible to allpersons at the lowest possible chargo, and with tho least delay which a duo regardto tho preceding considerations will admit.

152<r. The following are tho cases in which an exception to tho general rule will bo made,and free admissions granted :—

1st. Persons in tho employment of, and provided with tickets issued by tho ExecutiveCommittee, such as tho heads of sectional departments, tho clerks, tho watchers,tho cleaners, tho police, the Sappers and Miners.

2nd. Servants of Foreign Commissions and of Exhibitors admitted under tho provisionsof tho 14th Decision of tho Commissioners for the purpose of watching tho goodssent by their employers, or explaining them to visitors ; such servants being pro-vided with tickots issued by tho Executive Committee under strict regulations tobo hereafter laid down.

3rd. Tho press, both metropolitan and provincial, the tickots in both cases admitting thoeditor or his representative.

4tli. Tho Juries, on tho production of tickots that have been issued and registered by theExecutive Committee, on certain days to bo hereafter fixed by the ExecutiveCommittee.

[The above rules were deemed necessary to get rid ns nearly ns possible of a free list, which might haveopened the door to much abuse and inconvenience. In order to enable the Commissioners andExecutive Committee to bo in a position to enforce the rules, both tile Commissioners and theExecutive Committee themselves purchased season tickets. In practice these rules were howeverfound too stringent, anil the Executive Committee were compelled in many cases to make use ofa discretionary power, granted to them by the Royal Commissioners, to admit gratuitously manypersons not specified in the rules. As the Exhibition advanced, any Exhibitor who showed to thoExecutive Committee that it was desirablo that ho should have access to his goods, was grantedfree admittance. With respect to paragraph 4, it may be added that the Jurors were admittedwhenever they presented themselves.]

1527t. Having those objects in view, Her Majesty’s Commissioners have determined to adopttho following regulations

The Exhibition will bo open every day (Sundays excepted).

The hours of admission and other details will bo announced at a subsequent period.The charges for admission will be as follows :—

£. s. d.

Season Tickots for a Gentleman . . . . 3 3 0

Soason Tickots for a Lady.2 2 0

152c. These Tickets are not transferable; but they will entitle tho Owner to admissionon all occasions on which tho Exhibition is open to the Public.

152d. Tho Commissioners resorve to tliomselves tho power of raising tho price of theSeason Tickets when tho first issue is exhausted, should circumstances render it advisable.