THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH OCTOBER, 1861.
50. Articles once deposited in the Building will not be permitted In be removed without written permission from Her Majesty's Com- missioners. (51—54.)*
5. Her Majesty's Commissioners will provide shafting, steam (not exceeding 30 lbs. per inch), and water, at high pressure, for machines in motion.
6. Persons who may wish to exhibit Machines, or trains of Ma- chinery, in motion, will be allowed to have them worked, as far as Fracticable, under their own superintendence, and by their own men. (57-70.)*
70. Iutending exhibitors, in the United Kingdom, are requested to apply, without delay, to the Secretary to Her Majesty's Commis- siers, for a Form of Demand for Space, stating at the same time in which of the four Sections they wish to exhibit.
71. The following is the Form which has to be filled up:--
1. Name and Christian name of applicant (or name of firm.) 2. Nature of business carried on.
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4. Nature of articles to be exhibited.
5. Number of Class in which they are to be exhibited,
Floor space.
6. Probable Space that
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100. Foreign and Colonial es hibitors should apply to the Com- mission, or other Central Authority appointed by the Foreign or Colonial Government, as soon as notice has been given of its ap- pointment.
101. Her Majesty's Commissioners will consider that to be the Central Authority in each case which is stated to be so by the Gov- rniment of its country, and will only communicate with Exhibitors through such Central Body.
102. No articles of foreign mamifacture, to whomsoever they may belong, or wheresoever they may be, can be admitted for exhibition, except with the sunction of the Central Authority of the country of which they are the produce. Her Majesty's Commissioners will communicate to sneh Central Authority the amount of space which can be allowed to the productions of the country for which it acts, zud will also state the further conditions and limitations which may from time to time be derided on with respect to the admission of articles. All art les forwarded by such Central Authority will be admitted, provided they do not require a greater aggregate amount of space than that assigned to the country from which they come; and, provided also, that they do not violate the general conditions and limitations. It will rest with the Central Authority in each country to decide upon the merits of the several articles presented for exhibition, and to take care that those which are sent are such as fairly represent the industry of their fellow countrymen.
103. Separate space will be allotted to each Foreign Country, within which the Commissioners for that country will be at liberty to arrange the productions entrusted to them in such manner as they think best, subject to the condition that all Machinery shall be ex- hibited in the portion of the Building specially devoted to that pur- pose, and all Pictures in the Fine Art Galleries, and to the olizer- vance of any general rules that may be laid down by Her Majesty's Commissioners for publie convenience.
104. By arrangements made with Her Majesty's Governmest, all Foreign or Colonial Goods intended for exhibition; sent and ad- dressed in accordance with the Regulations laid down by Her Ma- jesty's Commissioners of Customs, as set forth in Article 108, will be admitted in to the country, and allowed to be transmitted to the Exhibition Building withour being previously opened, and without But all Goods which shall not be re-export- payment of any duty. ed at the termination of the Exhibition will be charged with the proper duties, under the ordinary Customs Regulations.
106. Every article sent separately, and every package, must be legibly marked with the name of the foreign country or colony of which it is the produce or manufacture, and, as far as practicable, with the name of exbibitor or exhibitors,
107. The following is the Form of Address which should be adopted :-
To The Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1802. BUILDING, SOUTH KENSINGTON, LONDON.
From [state Country, and Exhibitor's name.]
To prevent loss, miscarriage, or mislaying, articles or pucking reses containing them, which occupy less bulk than two cubic feet, should not be sent separately, but packages under such size con- taining, as far as possible, the same classes of articles, should be Bansmitted in combination.
108. Der Majesty's Commissioners of Customs have laid down the following regulations upon the importation of goods intended for the Exhibition :----
6. All packages containing goods intended for the International Exhibi- tion of 1862 shall be specially reported as such, and shall be abdressed to The Commissioners of the International Exhibition, or to one of their off-
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eees, and be consigned to a duly accredited agent, and shall be accompanied with a specification of their contents and value. They shall be separately entered as intended for the International Exhibition, and the agents in pussing their entries shall specify the full contents of the packages, together with the valne.
b. Such packages as may be landed in London shall be forwarded un- opened to the Exhibition in charge of an approved licensed carman, ac- compained by a cart note from the landing officer, giving a description of the packages and the marks and numbers thereon; and in cases where there may be reason to suppose they contain other goods than those for the Exhi- bition they shall also be accompanied by a reveune officer.
e. Packages landed at the out-ports shall be forwarded with a similar note by railway or other public conveyance, under seals of office, direct to the Exhibition, the officers at the respective ports taking care that the packages hear no private address, and that the documents relating thereto be immediately forwarded to the proper officers of Her Majesty's Customis stationed at the Exhibition.
d. On the arrival of the goods at the Exhibition, no package shall be opened without the knowledge and consent of the officer of Customis, and if the goods be found to agree with the entry or specification, they will, if tree, be at once considered as out of charge of the Customs, the entry or deela- ration being deemed sufficient for all statistical purposes,
e. In the case of all dutiable goods, an accouut will be taken by the offi- cers of the Crown at the time of the first opening of the packages, but such deficiencies as may occur within the building from any legitimate or un- avoidable cause, th: officers being fully satisfied thereof, shall not be charged with duty.
f. That the building be considered, for all practical purposes, a “bonded warehouse ;" and that in all cases where dutiable goods shall not be export- ed, but retained for use in this country, the duty shall be assessed by the officer in charge at the building (and received in the Exhibition by a clerk duly appointed for the purpose), in accordance with the practice now existing in regard to articles found in “ passengers baggage.”
g. In the case of dutiable goods for exportatimu, an entry shall be passed in the Long Room, and bond given for their due exportation; and on the receipt of this entry by the officer in charge of the building the goods shall be packed in his presence, and, if for shipment at an out-port, placed under seal, and forwarded in charge to a railway or other public company; but if for shipment at London they shall then be sent in charge of Customs officers, at the expense of the exporter, to be delivered into the charge of the sear cher of the station from which they are to be shipped, without further ex- amination, under the regulations applicable to goods shipped direct from the warehouse.
109. It is not the intention of Her Majesty's Commissioners to take any steps in reference to the protection of Inventions or Desigus, by Patent or Registration, the law on these points having been ma- terially simplified since 1851.
DECISIONS SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO SECTION IV.--MODERN FINE ARTS.
Class 37. Architecture.
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38. Paintings in Oil and Water Colours and Drawings. 39. Sculpture, Models. Die-sinking and Intaglios, 40. Engravings and Etchings,
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110. The object of the Exhibition being to illustrate the and present condition of Modern Art, vach country will decide the period of Art which in its own case will best attain that end.
111. The Exhibition of British Art in this Section will include the works of artists alive on or subsequent to the 1st of May 1762.
112. It is not proposed to award Prizes in this Section.
113. PRICES will be not allowed to be atlixed to any Work of Art exhibited in this Section.
114. One half of the space to be allotted to Section IV. will le given to Foreign Countries, and one half will be reserved for the works of British and Colonial Artists.
115. The subdivision of the space allotted to Foreign Countries will be made, after consideration of the demands received from the Commission, or other Central Authority, of each Foreign Comary, It is, therefore, important that these demands should be transmitted to Her Majesty's Commissioners at the earliest possible date.
116. The arrangement of the Works of Art within the space al- lotted to each Foreign Country will be entirely under the control of the accredited represcutatives of that country, subject only to the necessary general regulations.
117. For the purposes of the Catalogne, it will be necessary that the Central Authority of each Foreign Country should furnish. Her Majesty's Commissioners, on or before the 1st of January 1862, with a description of the several Works of Art which will be sent for £X- hibition, specifying in each case, the name of the artist, the title of the work, and (when possible) the date of its production.
118. The space at the disposal of Her Majesty's CommissioneTS for the display of British Art being limited, and it being at th same time desirable to bring together as careful and perfect an illus. tration as possible, a selection of the works to be exhibited will be indispensable.
119. The selection of Exhibitors, the space and number of works to be allowed to each, and the arrangement of them will be entrust- ed to Committees to be nominated by Her Majesty's Commissioners. 120. In the case of living artists, Her Majesty's Commissioners would desire to consult the wishes of the artists themselves as to tho particular works by which they would prefer to he represented. The selection of works so made by the artists will not necessarily be binding upon Her Majesty's Commissioners, but in no case will any work by a living artist be exhibited against his wish, if ex-
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