TRADE CIRCULARS.
171
Value .—The commercial value of tho articles in the possession of tlio Royal Commissionershas been roughly estimated at—
But this commercial value boars but a small proportion to the real value of such a Collection,when the difficulty of bringing it together is considered.
H. W. Tyler,
lieutenant Loyal Engineers.
1st March, 1852.
[Since tho above Statement was made the collection has, by permission of lior Majesty,been tenqiorarily deposited in Kensington l’alaco.]
APPENDIX No. XXXVIll.
Report upon the Collection of Trade Circulars ordered to be formed by the
Royal Commissioners.
Whilst the Exhibition was open to tho public, circulars were issued to the British Exhibitors,requesting them to forward fifty copies of any prospectuses which they might have published,for the purpose of being bound up and distributed to public libraries and institutions, moreespecially in our Colonies. The same request was made to Foreign Exhibitors through theirrespective Commissioners.
The result has been that fifty sets of sixteen volumes, bound in an octavo form, have beenprepared, containing tho usual Trade Circulars and Priced List of 876 Exhibitors who belongto tho classes shown in the accompanying Table.
Table showing the Number of Exhibitors of each Class in all Countries who have furnishedTrade Circulars for tho Collection formed by tho Royal Commissioners.
Volume.
Class.
Number
of
Exhibitors.
A'olume.
Class.
Number
of
Exhibitors.
t
i.
16
f
XVIII.
4
i !
li.
10
XIX.
6
I
in.
16
XX.
22
(
IV.
10
(
XXL
6
2
V.
59
13, 14
XXII.
98
3
VI.
35
XXIII.
3°
. 1
VII.
18
XXIV.
6
4 \
VIII.
3°
*5 {
XXV.
9
5. 5, 7
IX.
8i
(
XXVI.
5°
8, 9, 10
X.
181
XXVII.
12
(
XII. ami XV.
13
XXVIII.
17
)
XIII.
2
XXIX.
33
]
XVI.
34
(
XXX.
37
(
XVII.
4i
Total -
876
H. AV. Tyler,
Lieutenant Loyal Engineers.
(Signed)