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The Displays of the vast System of Fountains, Cascades,
and Jets d'Eaux will be resumed and continued during the
whole season. The upper system will play daily as heretofore;
and the Entire Display, embracing the Fountains of the
Grand Basins, the Water Temples, the Cascades, and the
whole of the Upper Fuuntaius, on occasions to be from time
to time announced.
IV, FLOWER SHOWS.
Th?re will be Two GI:v;(1 Horticultural and Floricultural
Petes during the present season :
The First on Saturday, the 30th of May; and
The Second on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, the 9th,
10th, and 11th September.
V. POULTRY SHOWS.
There will be two Shows in the course of the coming season.
The Summer Show will take place on the 7th, Bth, 10th,
llth, and 12th of" August. The Winter Show on the 9th,
llth, 12th, and 13th of January, 1858.
VI. GENERAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE BUILDING.
Exinamoxs oa Picruaas.—The Picture Gallery, formed
during the past year in the North Wing of the Palace, has
proved so successful in its capabilities for the effective dis-
play of paintings, that it is the intention of the Directors to
hold therein, during the present season, Two Exhibitions of
the Works of Living Painters of all Schools.
The first a these Exhibitions will open in May, and con-
tinue open during the Summer.
The Second will be a Winter Exhibition.
• Exhibitions of Photographs will also be held in the upper
portion of the Picture Gallery from time to time dtiring the
season.

CERAMIC COURT.—The* Directors are desirous to take the
present opportunity of expressing their acknowledgments for
the kind and ready manor in which their requests for loans
for the Ceramic Court were responded to by the owners of
Collec ions of Porcelain and Pottery of the most rare, fragile.
and'valhable descriptions.
It is very gratifying to the Directors to be able to say that
the further aid offered them is such as will enable them to
continue the Ceramic Court, for tho present season, with a
number of additional specimens, exemplifying the capabilities
of the art in its most elaborate branches.
The Collection will be", as before, under the superintendence
of Mr. Thomas Battam,_F S.A.
INDIAN COURT AND GALLERY OF ENGINEERING MODEM-4n
each of these departments. the Directors have to acknowledge
assistance of the same gratifying nature as that in the Cera-
raic Court. By public companies and institutions, as well as
by private individuals, the Directors have been entrusted
with the most valuable, and beautiful models, - with costly
carvings and works in ivory and bronze fabrics and works of
art, ,granted with a liberality and readiness for which they
cannot sufficiently express their obligations. They have thus
been :enabled materially to improve the Indian Court, and
also to form a collection of models of engineering works, illus-
trating in a very complete manner that great branch of Bri-
tish skill and enterprise, surpassing any other now accessible
to the public. It will give the Directors great pleasure to
receive any further contributions with which they may be
favoured.
TILE NAVAL MUSEUM.—The Exhibition under this denomina-
tion in the First and Second Galleries of the North Transept,
fronting the Garden, now contains about 300 models of ships,
boats, and vessels of all descriptions, affording. an illustrat
ton of the progressive improvement in British naval architec-
ture and navigation during a period of 340 years. It also
contains specimens of new inventions connected with the im-
proveMent of navigation.
The Directors beg here also to acknowledge the ready and
extensive assistance which they have received from shipown-
ers, shipbuilders, engineers, and shipping companies, in form-
ing this very interesting and national collection, and at the
same time solicit the further aid of all parties who may have
the means of extending it.
WATER TOWERS. —The Great Towers are now completed,
and arrangements have been made by which, far a small
charge, visitors to the Palace can ascend them, and enjoy the
extensive view from the balconies, where powerful telescopes
are about to be placed.
MAMMOTH Taim.—An object of great interest has lately been
added to the contents of the Palace, which will remain on ex-
hibition during the whole of the coming season. The object
alluded to is a portion of the trunk of the Wellingtonia Gi-
gantea, or. Mammoth Tree, being the largest of the group of
those trees discovered in California, The portion erected in
the Tropical Transept, opposite the Abu Simbel figures, is no
less than 103 feet in height, and 32 feet in diameter at the
base.

Exurarrnio DEPARTMENT.—Amongst the branches of indus-
' try which now find important illustration in this department
may be mentioned the manufacture of gold and silver work
and electroplate both domestic and artistic ; vulcanite and
India rubber generally ; colour printing and typography ;
Rapier rnacke ornamental iron, fancy goods, and other pro-
ductions of Birmingham ; domestic furniture, church furni-
ture ; in stone, wood, metal, and fabric ; hardware gene-
trally • and especially the productions of Sheffield, in the
enir filled by the manufacturers of that important centre of
industry,
Caztentex COURT.—The arrangements announced on a fer-
nier occasion with the Government of Canada are now, the
Directors are happy to report, complete. The Government of
Canada have undertaken to form and maintain in the Palace
a collection which shall completely set forth the condition of
the mantifactures and other industry and resources of that
Important colony.
The collection will be placed in the large Court lying be-
tween the News Room and the Stationery Court, immediately
adjoining both the Nave and Centre Transept, and at present
"cuPied by the sculpture of the German school.
... 'n'AIV PRODUCE COLLECTION, AND TRADE MUSEUM. —The Tech-
"logical portion of this department is rapidly approaching
completion. It will comprise illustrations of all the chief
manufactures of the United Kingdom, and specimens of the
Products animal, vegetable, and mineral, of Great Britain
and the Colenies, as well as of other countries, It is believed
that it will be open to the public in the course of the present
"turner.
Tho department is situated in the Second Gallery on the
Garden side of the Grand Transept.
MACITINERY IN MOTION.—The Machinery will be in action
during the season at such times as will bo announced in the
detailed advertisements. The Machinery now in the depart-
ment comprises a complete set of machinery for spinning,
,earding warping, sizing, weaving, and all the other processes
for the manufacture of cotton goods from the bale to the
thread, and from the thread to the finished piece ; and a great
variety of other machines.
AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.—The Department of Agricul-
tural Machinery and Implements has been considerably im-
proved during the past year. Specimens will lbe found there
of the portable steam engines. and all the other new machines
otthe chief manufacturers, and purchases can be made at the
same prices as at the warehouses of the 'makers.
, READING ROOM.—The Company's Reading and News Room
is situated close to the Centre Transept, between it and the
German Sculpture Court ; it contains all the morning jour-
nals, the weekly papers, metropolitan and provincial, and all
the periodicals and magazines.
In addition to this, advertisements' and copies of new
works, both British and foreign, are displayed immediately
after publication.
FANCY FAIRS.—The Directors are prepared to afford accom-
modation to benevolent and other societies for holding Fancy
Fairs in the Palace during the season.
CRICKET, ARCHERY AND THE GROUNDS GENERALLY.—It gives
the Directors great pleasure to announce that the Cricket
Ground is now complete, and that it will be thoroughly in
order for the approaching summer.' Great care has been
taken in the fermatiun of the ground, and they believe that
it will be found fully equal in extent and excellence to any
other in the neighbourhood of London.
The Archery Ground will be continued, as before, in the
Northern portion of the grounds, behind the Picture Gallery
Wing.

VII. SEASON TICKETS.
The Directors have determined upon continuing the price
Season Tickets of admission at the following rates, viz. :
SeAsmi TICKETS, AVAILABLE FROM IST MAY, 1857, TO 30TH
APRIL, 1858, Two GUINEASIEACII.
These tickets will admit the holder on every occasion be-
t Ween May 1, 1857, and April 30, 1858, on which the Palace
18bPen the foul; days of the Handel Festival, viz., the 13th,
15th2 17th, and 19th June only excepted.
41- IIiBASON TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM IST MA; 1857, TO 30TH
APRIL, 1858, ONE GUINEA EACH.
These tickets admit the holder on all occasions named
above, excepting the Opera Concerts, and the other Fridays
t„.hroughout the year, and the 13th, 15th, 17th, and 19th
June, being the four days of the Handel Festival.
The Tickets will be issued on and after the 20th inst. ; and
hay be obtained at the Crystal Palace ; at the 'Offices of the
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And Brighton
79, Lombard-street ; at the Offices of the London
Brighton Railway Company, London-bridge,and Regent-
terlis Piccadilly ; Central Handel Festival Ticket Office, Exe-
Hall, and of the Company's agents.
Remittances for Season Tickets to be by post-office orders
vaYable to George Grove.
VIII. GREAT HANDEL FESTIVAL.
not gives the Directors great gratification to be able to au-
tuce that they have entered into arrangements with the
Sacred Harmonic Society for a Grand Series of Three Perfor-
;lances of. Handel's Oratorios, to take place in the Centre
ransept of the Palace in the month of June.
pHer Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert have been grad-
ajlY pleased to extend their especial patronage to the festi-
t, and have expressed their intention of honouring it with
heir presence. For further Particulars see special adver-
tisement.
—• RATES OF ADMISSION, RAILWAY ARRANGE:
MENTS, drc. •
.°RDINAKY RATES OF ADMISSION.--,These remain as before,
One Sg.
114* :-.--On Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays,
lirsdays, and Fridays
n Saturdays Half-ahillin Crown.
Children under 12 years of age, Half-price.
The Palace w days, opened on Mondayson
Tuesdays, Wedne Thursdays, and Fridays, at 10 ; can
CC on the days of the CoUcerts by the Opera Company,
,„ which days, and on Saturdays, it ;sill be opened at 12 ;
"),,,,ing gaily about sunset:
34111QatiAl RAILWAY,—During the seasonalhe trains of the