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XXXII.— MONTHLY SUMMAEY. 



May 1, 1862. 



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Opening of the International Exhibition. 



Before these pages can be in the hands of the Fellows, this 

 ceremony will be past, and the details known over the length 

 and breadth of the land. It will be sufiBcient, therefore, to 

 say that the claims of the Koyal Horticultural Society to an 

 honourable place among the national institutions was fully 

 recognised, and that the Council, as its representative, occupied 

 a prominent position in the ceremony. 



Admission of Visitors to the International Exhibition, l 



The following are the regulations issued by the International 

 Commissioners for the admission of visitors to the Exhibition : 



" 1. The Exhibition will open at Ten in the morning (except on 

 Saturdays, when it will open at Twelve), and will close at Seven 

 in the evening, in May, June, and July, and half an hour before 

 sunset after that date. Bells will be rung a (quarter of an hour 

 before closing. 



" 2. The Royal Horticultural Society having arranged a new 

 entrance to their Garden from Kensington-road, the Commis- 

 sioners have agreed to establish entrances to the Exhibition 

 from the Garden, and to issue a joint ticket, giving the owner 

 the privilege of admission both to the Garden and to the Exhi- 

 bition on all occasions when they are open to visitors, including 

 the Flower Shows and Fetes held in the Garden, up to the 

 ISthof October, 1869. 



"3. There are two principal entrances for visitors: 



(1.) In Prince Albert's-road. 

 (2.) In Exhibition-road. 

 And four secondary entrances. Three of these are from tlie 

 Horticultural Garden, for the owners of the joint tickets, Fellows 

 of the Society, and other visitors to the Garden, and one in 



Cromwell-road for the Picture Galleries. There are several exit 

 doors. 



" 4. The regulations necessary for preventing obstructions and 



danger at the several entrances will be issued from time to time. 



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