The Express.
London, England, 1855-02-17 00:00:00

BRITISH SECTION OF THE PARIS UNIVERSAL

EXHIBITION OF 1865.

The following circular, stating the arrangements
for shipping goods for the French Exhibition: has bten
issued from t°,*3 Science and Art Department of the 'board
of Trade, at Marlborough house:

Messrs. Lightly and Simon, of 123, Feechurclostreet, are appointed
agents to receive rods for shipment to Paris, at the Irongate-wharf,
Tower,. London. Dunkirk is the Freoch port to which Nears.
Lightly and &mon will ship gotels consigned to them.
The official rotation number ticket (to be furnished by this depart-
ment) must be deed up according to the directions liven in the neat
clause, and be ermly atteshed to the packages. Each package must
have one such rtition number ticket on the outside and another on
the inside, for the purpose of facilitating the return of the empty
Pa.:king-oam at theclose of the Exhibition.
Every rota.m... number ticket n.uot he filled up dietinetle, in the
o..nk epacce 1: fur that purport., as : let. The rotation num.
her of the 2nd. Ihe exhibitor's mark (or initiate, and a
number). [A ',lngle package oi be Numoer 1, and each additional
package to be numbered progressively from one upwardrd 3rd.
The grass weight of the package. et h. The name sod address of the
exhibitor. [Packages with addreasca wanting in any of these par-
ticulate will oe lacloe to rejection by the shipping agents,)
All pukes', cad parts of macEniery not exceeding three toes
weight each must be delivered, free of charge, to Mew-. Lightly
and Simon, at Iron Oste Wharf, Tower, Landoll; but such as tamed
that weight are not to be forwarded until the exhibitor shall have
communicated with News. Lightly and !limo'', and receiecd from
them directions :or their deliverrat the wharf or elsewhere, as cir-
cumstances may trotter occiersary. N. charge will trz made to exhi-
bitors for the r:coption, ahipmint, cr tranaport of geode t. Paris, for
tecir eatriage to the Eabibition holdings, or for housing the empty
packing ea.as at Paris.
The exhibitors must fill up two advice, (No. 01), nntifying the
despatch of his goods—one to be sent to Meelborough House, the
other to MMUS. Lightly and bimon, 121, Fenetturch-street, London.
Exhibitors resident in Ireland or to the north of Chester, wh r may
find it more cui,venient on account of bulk to ship their machinery or
heat y goods themselves from any other port than London, must make
• special application for permission ti do to to the Peel...tarp for the
Paris Exhibition, on or before tee 10th February, 185'0, naming the
British Dort they propose to ship from, and among which of the fol.
lowing French ~orta they prefer to ship to, namely : Havre, or Dun.
kirk. The dale when the shipment will be made must also be given.
The goods moot to debrered at the French port selected by the exhi-
bitor on or before the 10th March.

to tie; apeciidoTraies,-the-157.ard of Trade, Instead of paying the
charses of transport, has authorised an allowance to be moue to the
exhibitors at the following gates :
All goods and machinery up to three tons weight per package (tn-
cludve), 67A 6d. per ton ; from three tons to ten tons, per pa
(inclusive), Tin. 6d. p.,r ton; from ten tuns to thirty tons, per pack-
age (inclusive), 756 per too.
Ibis allows:ate is to cover all expenses to the French port of Re-
charge, and will only be paid upon the Jellw ry by the exhibimr of
a voucher, card:y:llg that the arrival of his goods took place at the
said French port un or before the 10th March, 15' 5.