THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9 JULY, 1887.
OFFICIAL CATALOGUE. -
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13. An Official Catalogue will be published in English by the Executive Commissioners, by whom the sale of Catalogues is reserved. Anything beyond the ordinary description of the exhibit, together with the name of the exhibitor, must be paid for at the rate of Five shillings per line. Exhibitors desiring to utilize the Catalogue for advertising purposes should communicate as early as possible on the subject with the Secretary. Each country and colony will, however, have the right of producing at its own expense, but in its own language only, a special Catalogue of the objects exhibited in its section. Such Catalogue, however, must not be offered for sale in this Colony, or be used as a medium for advertising.
GROUPING EXHIBITS.
14. The representatives of countries and colonies will be allowed to group their exhibits as they may think fit in that portion of the Exhibition Buildings allotted to the country or colony which they represent. The Executive Commissioners desire, however, that where International Courts can be formed, special classes of exhibits of all nations, and of the same character, shall be exhibited together. Victorian exhibits will be grouped in classes, irrespective of districts.
15. Exhibits from any country or colony whose Government is not represented must be classified according to the following groups. The same direction will be followed in the Catalogue:-
1. Works of art.
2. Education and instruction-Apparatus and processes of the liberal arts.
3. Furniture and accessories.
4. Fictile manufactures, glass, pottery, &c.
5. Textile fabrics, clothing, and accessories.
6. Raw and manufactured processes and products.
7. Machinery-Apparatus and processes used in the mechanical industries.
8. Alimentary products.
9. Sanitation, medicine, hygiene, and public relief.
10. Agriculture and associated industries..
11. Horticulture.
12. Mining industries-Machinery, processes, and products.
Any expenses incurred by the Executive Commissioners in the display and exhibition of these goods will be made a first charge upon such goods.
Each of these groups is divided into classes, according to the system of general classification annexed to these regulations, in an Appendix, which includes for each class an enumeration of the nature of the objects which it will comprise.
MOTIVE POWER FOR EXHIBITS.
16. Motive power will be supplied to suitable exhibits free on application to the Executive Com- missioners, but the latter reserve to themselves the power to reduce the amount asked for, or to make a charge for a certain portion of the motive power supplied, if they consider necessary. The Executive Commissioners desire to encourage the display of machinery in motion, and of all descriptions of manufactures, &c., in progress, and they will endeavour to provide adequate power to meet all reason- able demands. By the introduction of steam power, it is proposed to afford facilities for presenting not only the machinery for any given manufactures, but also the processes of manufacture. Requests for motive power must be made to the Executive Commissioners prior to 31st March, 1888.
17. All shafting, pulleys, belting, connections, &c., for the transmission of power from the main shafting must be provided by, and at, the cost of, the exhibitor.
18. It is further intended that space shall be afforded for the production of interesting objects by mutual labour.
FITTINGS, ETC.
19. Exhibitors must provide at their own cost all show-cases, shelving, counters, fittings, &c., which they may require.
RIGHT TO REJECT EXHIBITS.
20 The Executive Commissioners reserve the right of rejecting or returning any proposed exhibit. Articles that are in any way dangerous, or offensive or injurious to public decency and morality, will not be admitted into, or allowed to be exhibited in, the Exhibition.
WORKS OF ART.
21. The following special regulations are framed for the reception and admission of works of art· The works admissible include the five classes mentioned below:-
1. Paintings.
2. Drawings, water-colours, crayon drawings, miniatures, enamels, porcelain, designs in glass
and clay, designs for stained-glass windows, and mosaic work."
3. Sculpture and die-sinking, and engraving on precious stones.
4. Architectural and engineering drawings and models.
5. Engraving and lithography.