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THE WORLDS FAIR. 



Royal Commission for the Chicago Exhibition, 1893. 



THE COUNCIL OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF 

 ARTS, MANUFACTURES AND COMMERCE. 



Under date of the 27th August, 1891, Her Majesty was 

 pleased to issue a Commission to the Council of the Society 

 of Arts, authorising them to act as Commissioners for the 

 Universal Exhibition, which, pursuant to an Act of Congress, 

 and in accordance with a Proclamation made by the President 

 of the United States of America, will be held at Chicago from 

 May 1 st to October" 30th, 1893. 



The Royal Commission are now prepared to receive appli- 

 cations from Artists, Manufacturers, and others desirous of 

 taking part in the Exhibition, to afford them all necessary 

 information, and to offer them all available facilities which 

 they may desire for this purpose. 



Such applications must be made upon forms to be obtained 

 from the Secretary of the Commission at their Offices, Society 

 of Arts, John Street, Adelphi, London, W.C. They must be 

 sent in properly filled up, not later than February 29th, 1892, 

 and addressed to the Secretary as above. 



As the funds granted by H. M. Government will not suffice 

 to defray all the expenses of the Section, it is necessary that 

 they should be supplemented by payments from the Exhibitors. 

 A charge will therefore be made to each Exhibitor, based on 

 the amount of space occupied, and calculated on the following 

 scale : — 



Per sq. ft. 

 s. d. 

 For spaces not exceeding 100 sq.ft. ... ... ...50 



4 6 

 4 o 

 3 6 

 3 © 

 2 6 



For spaces exceeding iopsq.ft.and notexceeding2oo sq.ft. 



200 „ „ „ 300 



» » 3°° » » r> 5°° » 



» » 5°° » „ » 75° » 



„ „ 750 ,, and upwards 



The minimum charge will be £$. 



It is not expected that the total receipts from all sources 

 will more than suffice to defray the cost of an adequate 

 representation of British Industry; but should there be a 

 sufficient surplus after the payment of all the costs of the 

 Section, the Royal Commission will refund the balance pro rata 

 with the amounts contributed by the several Exhibitors. The 

 amount produced by the payments of Exhibitors will therefore 



