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Erie Railroad Co., Boston and Providence Railroad Co., Boston 

 and Worcester Railroad, Old Colony and Fall River Railroad, 

 Bay State Steamboat Co., Fall River Line, Stonington Line, Nor- 

 wich and New-London Steamboat Co. 



All articles invoiced to the Institute, should be directed, " Wm. 

 B. Leonard, - Agent of the American Institute, Crystal Palace, 

 New- York," the freight of which must be paid. They will be 

 removed from the Railroad and Steamboat Depots to the Palace by 

 a responsible cartman, if requested by the owner : the cartage of 

 the same must be borne by the exhibiter. 



Annexed to this cu'cular are the rules and regulations adopted 

 by the Board of Managers, to which your attention is particularly 

 directed. 



1. The palace will be open i'ov the reception of goods, from 

 Thursday, the 27th of September, until Tuesday, the 2d of Octo- 

 ber. Heavy goods and articles from a distance will be received 

 and stored in the Palace, on and after the 1 5th of September. 

 Ofiices for the entry of goods will be on 40th-street. 



2. The exhibition will open to the public on Wednesday, the 

 3d day of October, at 9 o'clock A. M. Tickets of admission, 25 

 cents. Children under 12, half price. The hours of exhibition 

 will be from 9 A. M., until 10 P. M. 



3. Members admitted by tickets, (then- names inserted on the 

 same, ) which will entitle them to introduce their family ; by which 

 is understood their Avives and children. Tickets not transferable. 



4. Each person presenting an article for comj^etition or exhibi- 

 tion, is requested to hand to the Committee on the Reception of 

 Articles, a statement, giving the name of the article, and the name 

 and residence of the exhibiter distinctly written. The (^'ommittee 

 will, if they deem it deserving, endorse the same, which must then 

 be handed to the clerk, who will give a ticket or check, (with a 

 number,) which must be attached to the article. The ticket will 

 admit him or her to the exhibition at all tim.es when open to the 

 public. This ticket is not transferalde ; and the door-lceeper is 

 instructed to retain such tickets Avhen presented by any other than 

 the exhibiter whose name it bears. Exhibiters necessarily re- 

 quiring assistance, will be furnished Avith an employee's ticket by 

 the clerk. In case of loss of the ticket or checks, the exhibiter is 

 advised to give the clerk immediate notice in writing, in order to 

 prevent the loss of the articles ; since tlie tickets or checks are 

 taken as sufficient evidence of ownership, in delivering the articles 

 at the close of the fair. 



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