THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30TH OCTOBER, 1869.
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Her Majesty's Commissioners will be prepared to receive Colonial objects for exhibition under the following special regu- lations, viz. :-
(1). Every object which can be exhibited on a vertical surface, or wall space, will be accepted, if accompanied by a certificate from the Government of the Colony where was produced, that such object is considered worthy of exhibition.
(2). Every Producer desiring to exhibit an object, which will require for its exhibition superficial or floor space, must forward to Her Majesty's Commissioners, before a date to be hereafter appointed, a working drawing or photograph of such object, with accurate dimensions and descriptive particulars, on receipt of which, Her Majesty's Commissioners will, if the object be considered worthy of exhibition, transmit direct to the producer a certificate of the acceptance of such object, thereby guaranteeing its admission.
(3). Any Producer may, at his option, instead of conforming with either of the foregoing regulations, send any object direct to the Exhibition Building, for the inspection and approval of the judges selected for the other British Exhibitors, and, under the same regulations as shall be prescribed with reference to other British Goods, so submitted for inspection. Further particulars having reference to the Specialities of each Colony will hereafter be sent.-I have, &c.,
(Signed,) HENRY Y. D. SCOTT,
The Under Secretary of State,
Colonial Office.
Lieut.-Col. Royal Engineers.
ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS OF SELECT WORKS OF FINE AND INDUSTRIAL ART AND SCIENTIFIC INVENTIONS.
HER MAJESTY'S COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851.
THE EARL OF DERBY, K.G., President.
THE DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM AND CHANDOS. THE EARL DE GREY AND RIPON, or Lord President
of the Council for the time being.
THE EARL GRANVILLE, K.G.
THE EARL RUSSELL, K.G.
THE LORD PORTMAN.
THE LORD OVERSTONE.
GENERAL THE HONOURABLE C. GREY.
THE RIGHT HON. W. E. GLADSTONE, M.P.
THE RIGHT HON. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, M.P.
THE RIGHT HON. ROBERT Lowe, M.P.
THE RIGHT HON. SIR S. H. NORTHCOTE, BT., C.B.,
M.P.
THE RIGHT HON. H. A. BRUCE, M.P.
THE RIGHT HON. JOHN BRIGHT, M.P., or President
of the Board of Trade for the time being. THE RIGHT Hon. W. E. FORSTER, M.P., or Vice- President of the Committee of Council on Education for the time being.
A.
THE RIGHT HON. A. H. LAYARD, M.P., or the First Commissioner of Her Majesty's Works, for the time being.
SIR CHARLES LYELL, BART.
SIR RODERICK 1. MURCHISON, BART., K.C.B.
SIR ALEXANDER Y. SPEARMAN, BART.
SIR FRANCIS GRANT, P.R.A., or President of the Royal
Academy for the time being.
SIR FRANCIS R. SANDFORD.
THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P.
THOMAS BAZLEY, Esq., M.P.
EDGAR A. BOWRING, Esq., C.B., M.P. THOMAS FAIRBAIRN, Esq.
THOMAS FIELD GIBSON, Esq.
C. H. GREGORY, Esq., or President of the Institute of
Civil Engineers for the time being.
PROFESSOR HUXLEY, F.R.S., or President of the Geolo-
gical Society for the time being. DR. LYON PLAYFAIR, C.B., M.P. HENRY THRING, Esq.
Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 announce that the first of a series of Annual International Exhibitions of selected Works of Fine and Industrial Art and Scientific Inventions will be opened at South Kensington, London, on Monday the 1st May 1871 and be closed on Saturday the 30th September 1871.
B.
The Exhibitions will take place in permanent buildings, about to be erected, adjoining the arcades of the Royal Horticultural Gardens.
C.
The productions of all Nations will be admitted, subject to obtaining the certificate of competent judges that they are of sufficient excellence to be worthy of exhibition.
D.
The objects in the first exhibition will consist of the following classes, for each or which will be appointed a Reporter and a separate Committee.
I.
Fine Arts applied or not applied to Works of Utility.
1. Painting of all kinds, in Oil, Water Colours, Distemper, Wax, Enamel, Glass, Porcelain, Mosaics, etc.,
2. Sculpture in Marble, Stone, Wood, Torra-Cotta, Metal, Ivory, and other materials.
3. Engravings, Lithography, Photography, etc.
Architectural Designs and Models.
5. Tapestries, Carpets, Embroideries, Shawls, Lace, etc., shown not as manufactures but for the Fine Art of their
design or colour,
6. Designs for all kinds of decorative. Manufactures.
7. Copies of ancient Pictures, Mosaics, Enamels, Reproductions in Plaster, Electrotypes of fine ancient Works of
Art, etc.
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II. Scientific Inventions and New Discoveries of all kinds.
III. Manufactures.
a. Pottery of all kinds, viz., Earthenware, Stoneware, Porcelain, Parian, etc., including Pottery used in building;
with any new raw materials, new machinery, and processes for the preparation of such manufactures. Woollen and Worsted Fabrics.
b.
C.
With any Raw Produce from new sources or newly prepared, and new Machinery for Woollen and
Worsted manufactures.
Educational.
1. School Buildings, Fittings, Furnitures, etc.
2. Books, Maps, Globes, Instruments, etc.
3. Appliances for Physical Training, including Toys and Games.
4. Specimens and Illustrations of modes of teaching Fine Art, Natural History, and Physical Science.
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