Regulations. 



xxm 



Royal 

 Patronage 



Date. 

 Objects. 



Rewards. 



All expenses 

 to be borne by 

 Exhibitors. 



Applications. 



Allotment. 



Loan 

 Department. 



Foreign 

 Countries. 



Foreign 

 Countries. 



Foreign 

 Countries. 



Railway Rates. 



Railways, etc. 



Marks on 

 Packages. 



Waybills. 



Exhibitors or 

 Agents to 

 Receive own 

 Goods, etc. 



Foreign 

 Packages. 



REGULATIONS. 



1. An International Fisheries Exhibition, under the patronage of Her 

 Majesty the Queen and the Presidency of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, will 

 be held in London in 1883. 



2. The Exhibition will be opened on the 12th of May by Her Majesty the 

 Queen, and will be closed on Oct. 31st. 



3. The principal objects to be admitted are comprised in the annexed 

 Classification, which is intended to include all kinds of specimens of fish life, 

 and to illustrate all the modes by which the MARINE and FRESH WATER animals 

 of economic value are captured and utilised, together with the commercial, 

 scientific, social, historic, and legislative aspects of such fisheries. 



4. Government and other Medals in Gold, Silver, and Bronze, and State 

 Diplomas of Honour, will be awarded by a Jury, the composition of which 

 will be settled later. 



5. No charge will ' be made for space, but Exhibitors will have to pay every 

 expense of transit, delivery, fixing, and removing their Exhibits, and they must, 

 either personally or by their Agents, superintend the reception and installation, 

 and at the close of the Exhibition, the removal of their goods ; in default 

 thereof, the Committee reserves to itself the right of doing whatever may be 

 considered necessary, and at the expense of the Exhibitor. 



6. Applications for admission must be made on printed forms, which will 

 be supplied on application ; these are to be sent to the Secretary in London on 

 or before the 1st November, 1882. 



7. The General Secretary will, as soon as practicable, notify to applicants the 

 decision of the Committee, and will indicate the space, if any, which has been 

 accorded to them, and give to each a number. 



8. Contributors to the Loan Department are requested to communicate with 

 the Secretary, who will supply forms to be filled up by them. 



9. The Foreign Correspondents that may be appointed are invited to enter 

 as soon as possible into communication with the Secretary. The Correspondent 

 will be charged with the consideration of all questions relative to the distribu- 

 tion of the space allotted to his country. The Committee will therefore not 

 correspond directly with foreign Exhibitors, except in those countries where no 

 Correspondent is appointed. 



10. The Committee will place at the disposal of Foreign Correspondents all 

 information and plans that may be useful for their arrangements. 



11. The applicants for space from countries in which no Correspondent has 

 been appointed will correspond directly with the Secretary of the Committee. 



12. The Committee will endeavour to obtain, from the various English Rail- 

 way Companies, special terms for the conveyance of exhibits to and from the 

 Exhibition, and should they succeed in doing so, such arrangements will be 

 communicated to intending Exhibitors. 



13. The Committee will not interfere in any way between the Kailway 

 Companies, the Carriers and the Exhibitors, with reference to the dispatch, 

 transmission, reception, management, or return of goods exhibited. 



14. All packages containing_goods intended for exhibition must have painted 

 on them the distinctive mark (iTF. E.) in red paint, and they must also have 

 painted on them the name and number of the Exhibitor. 



15. The waybill accompanying all packages must contain the name of the 

 Exhibitor, his number and address. 



16. Each Exhibitor must provide, either personally or tbjough an Agent, for 

 the dispatch, transmission, reception, unpacking, and arrangement of his gocds, 

 and for the verification of their contents when unpacked. If neither the Exhibi- 

 tor nor his Agent be present to receive the packages on arrival at the Exhibition 

 the Carrier will be directed to take them away; but should any goods be 

 deposited in the Exhibition premises during the absence of the Exhibitor or 

 his Agent, the Committee will not be responsible for any loss or damage frcm 

 whatsoever cause arising. 



17. Packages from Foreign Countries must likewise have painted on them 

 in distinctive marks the letters (1. F. E.) in red paint. They must be addressed 

 to the Exhibitor himself or his Agent. They must all be marked in such 

 a way as to show distinctly from whence they come, the name of the country 

 and the number of the Exhibitor being painted legibly thereon, 



