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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH NOVEMBER, 1861.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF INDUSTRY AND ART TO BE HELD IN LONDON IN 1862.
Her Majesty's Commissioners :
THE EARL GRANVILLE, K.G., Lord President of the Council.
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS. C. WENTWORTH DILKE, Esq. THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P.
THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, Esq.
F. R. SANDFORD, Esq., Secretary.
DECISION XI.
III."
“Prizes or rewards of merit, in the form of Medals, will be given in Sections I., II., (a.) These medals will be of one class, for Merit, without any distinction of degree. (b.) No exhibitor will receive more than one medal in any class or sub-class. (c) An International Jury will be formed for each class, and sub-class, of the Exhibition, by whom the medals will be
adjudged.
(d.) Each Foreign Commission will be at liberty to nominate one member of the jury for each class, and sub-class, in
which staple industries of their country, and its dependencies, are represented.
(e.) The names of the Foreign jurors must be sent to Her Majesty's Commissioners before the 28th of February 1862. (A) The British Jurors will be chosen in the following manner:
Every exhibitor will name three persons to act on the jury for each class, or sub-class, in which he exhibits, and, from the persons so named, Her Majesty's Commissioners will select three members of the jury for each such class or sub-class. (9.) Her Majesty's Commissioners reserve to themselves the power of modifying these arrangements, in any particular case where it may appear to them that the strict application of the principles of these Decisions would be attended. with injustice.
(.) The names of the jurors will be published in March 1862.
(i.) The juries will be required to submit their awards, with a brief statement of the grounds of each, to Her Majesty's
Commissioners, before the last day of May 1862.
(j.) Should the reasons assigned for any award appear insufficient, or should no reason be given, Her Majesty's Commis-
sioners reserve to themselves the ight of confirming or rejecting it.
(k.) The awards will be published in the Exhibition Building, at a public ceremony, early in the month of June 1862. (1.) They will immediately afterwards be conspicuously attached to the counters of the successful exhibitors, and the
grounds of each award will be very briefly stated.
(m.) If an exhibitor accepts the office of Juror, no medal can be awarded in the class, or sub-class, to which he is appoint-
ed, either to himself individually or to the firm in which he may be a partner.
(n.) The medals will be delivered to the exhibitors on the last day of the Exhibition.
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1862.
CATALOGUES.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
1. Her Majesty's Commissioners intend to issue three Catalogues; two relating to the Industrial Sections of the Exhibi- tion, and one to the Fine Arts Section. Advertisements as well from Exhibitors as from the general public will be received for all three Catalogues.
2. The Catalogues which have reference to the Industrial Sections will be called respectively "The Industrial Calalogue,” and "The Illustrated Catalogue;" the third will be "The Fine Arts Catalogue."
3. All matter which is intended for insertion in the body of the Catalogues must be sent in to the Secretary of Her Ma- jesty's Commissioners, F. R. Sandford, Esq., 451 West Strand, before the 1st of February, 1862, after which date no alterations or fresh insertions can be guaranteed. Advertisements will be admitted if received before the 1st of March: the rate of charge will be doubled between the 1st of March and the 1st of April, after which day no further advertisements will be received for the first editions. The insertion of all advertisements is subject to the approval of Her Majesty's Commissioners.
All com- munications relating to the Catalogues should be addressed to the Secretary, and be legibly endorsed on the outside of the envelope, "Catalogues."
SHILLING CATALOGUES.
4. “THE INDUSTRIAL CATALOGUE" will be a list containing the name and address of each Exhibitor, and a very brief description of his goods. It will be in one volume, demy 8vo., will be sold for One Shilling (in the Exhibition Building), and will be produced wholly at the cost of Her Majesty's Commissioners.
5. "THE FINE ARTS CATALOGUE" will be the same as the Industrial Catalogue in size of page, print, and price, and will also be produced at the cost of Her Majesty's Commissioners.
6. "ADVERTISEMENTS" will be inserted in double columns, printed in ruby type, in both these Catalogues, of each of which Her Majesty's Commissioners guarantee an issue of 250,000 copies. The charges for the issue will be as follows:-
Ten lines or under in one column For every other line
For a half-page For a whole page
Advertisements on the wrapper will be charged by special contract.
L 8. d. 5 0 0 0 10
per line. 30 0 0 50 0 0
THE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE.
7. "THE ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE" will be an extended form of the (Shilling) Industrial Catalogue, containing in addition matter which especially affects the interests of the Exhibitors. It will be printed in super-royal 8vo,, so that it may range with the Catalogues of 1851 and 1855, and will be published in parts. In order that an idea may be formed of its capabilities and advantages a specimen sheet has been printed and is annexed.