The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-11-12
INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF 1851:
lcIRcULAR.l
RooMs or THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE,
. WASHINGTON ,NopeDlbey 4 1850. (


sent the following summary of information on
the most important matters requiring the atten-
ton Of State Committees, and Of those who i'll
tend to become exhibitors.
l. Committees appointed by the Governors
OF the several States are recognized as the pro- .
per judges for selecting articles suitable to be
sent to the Exhibition from the United States.
,. Articles intended for exhibition will be ex-
amined by the Committee of the State or Terri |
tory of which they are the products.
B. The State Committees will furnish dupli-
cate certificates of all articles examined and APP |
proved by them, to the Executive Committee at
Washington, who will give the sanction required
by the British Commissioners.
H. Articles approved in tn, manner above
prescribed, will be forwarded to London free of
charge, from the port of New York, in n natio
nal vessel placed by the Navy Department at the
disposal of the Central Committee for that pur
pose; and, at the close Of the Exhibition, they
will be returned in the same conveyance, to the
same place, unless otherwise disposed of.
5. The Treasury Department will afford, as
far AS practicable, through the Revenue Cutter
Service, facilities for the forwarding object from
the different Atlantic ports to New York.
6. Should the vessel designated to convey the
goods to London not be in readiness to receive
them on their arrival at New York, they will be
stored at the Navy Yard, and afterwards put on
board, free of expense to the owners.
7. All goods intended 10 be forwarded to the
| exhibition by the Government vessel FROM New
York, should be delivered at that place duly
marked, and with suitable invoices, containing
the corresponding marks. In addition to other
marks, there should be inscribed on each pack
age, the words "London Exhibition"
8. No article will be received at the Navy
Yard after the tenth day of January, 1851, as the
vessel will sail soon after that period.
8. All expenses in London, for carriage, I'M
packing, arranging for exhibition, and removing
Of packing cases, must be paid by the owners of
the goods or their agents.
10. State Committees are desired to inform
the Executive Committee OH or before the lst
of December next, what amount of ground and
wall space they can creditably fill with the pro-
ducts of their respective States States from
which no information on this point shall at that
time be forwarded, will be presumed to require
part of the space allotted to the United States,
and it will be distributed to the other States, ac-
cording to their several requirements.
IL. Detailed statements relative to the Exhi.
bition and to the several classes of objects APP
propriated thereto, have been furnished to the
several State Committees, and will be supplied
to those who may require more particular infor-
OoAh-
mittec
II. All communications should be addressed
to the Secretary of the Executive Committee.
PETER FORCE, Chairman.
JOSEPH c. G. KENNEDY, Secretary Of Erecu-
lire Committee.
REGULATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONERS IN LoNDon.
|. The exhibition is to be opened in Hyde
Park, London, on the lst day Of May, 1851
The building, constructed chiefly of cast iron
and plate glass, l,S4S feet long, 40S feet wide
and los feet high, with machinery room, $50
feet long, and 4S feet wide, will be nearly fire
proof
2. Goods will be received between the first of
January and the first of March, 1851 After
the latter day none can be received.
3. The productions Of all the nations will be
exhibited together under one general classified.
ton.
L. Articles exhibited will BE- divided into four
| sections viz:
!. Raw materials and produce.
! =. Machinery.
3. Manufactures.
t. Sculpture models and plastic art
Exhibitors will deliver their goods mt their
own charge and risk at the building in Hyde
Park.
of eight months, from the lst of January to the
first of September, are not suitable to be exh-
bited This applies more particularly to certain
articles derived from the animal aud vegetable
kingdoms.
| Exhibitors will be at the cost Of their own in
surance. Glass cases, when required, must be
furnished by the exhibitor.
s. Any exhibitor may, by permission Of the
Royal Commissioners employ servant to keep
in order and explain the articles which he eXhb-
its, but not invite purchasers.
9. Prices are not to be affixed to the articles
exhibited but may at the option Of the exhibitor
| be stated in the invoice sent to the Royal Com
misSioners.
| TO- No articles Of foreign manufacture can be
admitted for exhibition, unless they come ,cuh
the cypress sanction Of The Central AUTHORITY Of
the country Of rhich they are The produce.
II. Goods will be admitted without payment
of duty, and sealed with the official seal of the
board of customs till their arrival at the build
ing but bonds will be required of the owner or
agents for the payment Of duties in case they
should be sold in England after the exhibition
is over. No goods can be removed until the
exhibition is finally closed.
II. The rules of awarding prizes will cor
form to the section OF department to which the
goods belong.
! l3. In tho department Of ra,O materials and
produce, prizes will be awarded upon consider
alton Of the value and Importance of the article
and the superior excellence Of the particular
specimens exhibited and in the case of prepared
materials tho novelty and Importance of the pre-
pared product, and the superior skill and ingc-
nuty in the preparation, will be considered.
II. In machincrH prizes will be given with
reference to novelty in the invention, superiority
in the execution, increased efficiency or increased
economy in the use of the article exhibited
Its importance in social view, and the difficult
ties in pertectng it, will also be taken into az.
count.
Is. In manufactures, increased usefulness,
such as permancncy of colors, improved forms
and patterns, superior quality, or higher skill in
workmanship, new materials used, ard combina-
tons of materials, beauty of design in form or
color, with reference to utility, and cheapness
relatively to excellence of production, will be
the basis of decision.
49, In SCULPTURE models and the plastic art re-