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place than is accorded to others, but is to bo regarded as a testimony to the genius which canclothe the articles required for the use of daily life with beauty that can please tho eye, andinstruct aud elevate the mind. Valuable as this Exhibition has proved in many respects, itappears to tho Commissioners that there is no direction in which its effects will be moresensibly and immediately porceived than in tho improvement which it may bo expected toproduce in taste, and the nnpulso it has given to the arts of design ; and a special acknow-ledgment is justly duo to those who have afforded tho best examples of art, wliothor pure orapplied, and led tho way in this interesting career of improvement.
It now romains for tho Commissioners onco moro to return to your Lordship and yourcolleagues their cordial thanks ; and they must not omit to include in these acknowledgmentsthose gentlemen who have in various ways assisted you in your labours, particularly thosewho have acted with you as Associates or Exports for tho purpose of assisting your judgmentin matters requiring very minute and special knowledge of particular subjects ; and tho Com-mission are well aware that these gentlemen have frequently been of tho greatest service. Intho hope that the Jurors and Associates might desire to possess a lasting memorial of thoExhibition, a Special Modal has been struck in commemoration of their important servicos.
It is tho intention of tho Commissioners to publish not only tho names of those to whomtho Juries have awarded Frizes, but also tho valuable Reports which they have prepared on thostato of science, art, and manufactures, in tho several branches of the Exhibition with whichtho Juries have been conversant. Tho Royal Commissioners fully appreciate tho zeal andtalent displayed by those Jurors who have accepted tho laborious office of Reporters to thoJuries ; and they doubt not that their Reports will form most interesting records of thisExhibition, and will afford important materials for ascertaining tho progress of human industry,at any future time, when another review of its productions, liko tho present, may bo deter-mined on.
It now becomes my pleasing duty on behalf of tho Royal Commissioners, to deliver mymost Hincoro acknowledgments and thanks for tho hearty co-operation and support which theExhibition has constantly received from Foreign Countries. Tho Foreign Commissioners,who have left their own countries to superintend tho illustration of their respective nationalindustries at tho Exhibition, havo ever shown that desire to aid tho general arrangementswhich alone bus rendered possible tho success of tho undertaking.
To tho Society of Arts , which by its exhibitions of works of national industry, preparedthe way for this international Exhibition, tho Royal Commission and the public feel that theiracknowledgments are especially due, and tho Commission have to thank that body for havingcarried out the preliminary arrangements to an extent which justified mo as their Presidentin tho application which 1 made to the Crown for tho issue of a Royal Commission.
Tho Commission havo also to acknowledge tho valuable services afforded by tho eminentscientific and professional men who, on tho Sectional Committees, aided most materially infounding a scientific basis on which to rear tho Exhibition.
'To tho Local Commissioners and members of Local Committees, but moro especially tothose who havo undertaken the onerous duties of Secretaries, our best acknowledgments aroalso due. Without their zealous aid it would havo been impossible to havo obtained anefficient representation of tho industrial products of their respective localities.
And finally, wo cannot forgot that all tho labours of those thus officially connected withtho Exhibition would havo been in vain, had it not been for tho hearty good will andassistance of tho whole body of Exhibitors, both Foreign aud British. The zeal which theyhavo displayed in affording a worthy illustration of tho state of tho industry of tho nations towhich they belong, can only bo equalled by tho successful efforts of their industrial skill.Tho Commission have always had support and oncouragememont from them during thoprogress of the undertaking, and they cannot forgot how cheerfully they submitted to regula-tions essential for tho general good, although somotimes producing personal inconvenienceto themselves. If tho Exhibition bo successful in aiding the healthy progress of manufactures,wo trust that their efforts will meet with a duo roward.
In now taking leave of all those who havo so materially aided us in tlioir rospectivocharacters of Jurors and Associates, Foreign and Local Commissioners, Members and Secretariesof Local and Sectional Committees, Members of the Society of Arts , and Exhibitors, 1 cannotrefrain from remarking, with heartfelt pleasure, tho singular harmony which lias prevailedamongst tho eminent men representing so many national interests—a harmony which cannotend with tho event which produced it. Let us receive it as an auspicious omen for thefuture ; anil while wo return our humble and hearty thanks to Almighty God for tho blessingHo has vouchsafed to our labours, lot us all earnestly pray that that Divino 1'rovidenoo whichlias so bonignantly watched over and shielded this illustration of Nature’s productions,conceived by human intellect and fashioned by human skill, may still protect us, anil maygrant that this interchange of knowledge, resulting from tho mooting of enlightened people infriendly rivalry, may be dispersed far and wide over distant lauds ; and thus, by showing ourmutual dependance upon each other, be a happy means of promoting unity among nations,and peace and good will among tho various races of mankind.