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to the front of the throne; upon which, in due time, appeared 
His Koyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by 
their royal highnesses, the Pasha of Egypt, Prince Carignan 
of Italy, Prince Hermann of Gaxe-Weimer T]isenach, and a 
great number of court personages of high rank and reputation, 
including members of the British Houses of Parliament, and 
the ministers from all foreign countries at the court of St. 
James. 
After the cheering of the brilliant cortege had died away, 
Lord Granville, accompanied by his brother commissioners, 
advanced in front of the throne and addressed the international 
guests as follows: 
“I have the pleasure of welcoming, on the part of Her Majesty’s Commis¬ 
sioners for the International Exhibition, the distinguished representatives of 
foreign nations, who honor us by taking part in the proceedings of this day. 
The readiness with which the governments of foreign countries have re¬ 
sponded to the invitation of the English government is highly appreciated by 
the people of this country. I have now to request that the special represen¬ 
tatives will receive the report of the Council of Chairmen of Juries. The 
awards will then be delivered to Her Majesty’s Commissioners. We wish the 
assistance of the special representatives to make known the awards in the 
building, as it will be agreeable to the exhibitors from the several countries 
to learn from a distinguished representative of their own nation the apprecia¬ 
tion by the juries of their successful labors. In passing through the building 
the special representatives will not fail to observe that the industry of all nsif 
tions has shown a remarkable development since the last international ex¬ 
hibition—a development which, justifying the anticipation of an illustrious 
Prince, now, alas ! no more, owes much to the facility given by such exhibi¬ 
tions for comparing the state of industry in each country, and affords a start¬ 
ing point for further progress.” 
Lord Taunton, as President of the Council of Juries, then 
read the following highly interesting report: 
“The work of the several juries having been brought to a termination, it 
becomes the duty of the council of chairmen to explain the manner in which 
the juries were constituted, and the result of their labours. 
The juries consisted of English and Foreign members in varying propor¬ 
tions. The English jurors were in the first place nominated by exhibitors, 
and these nominations having been carefully considered. Her Majesty’s Com¬ 
missioners invariably appointed such persons as appeared to be named by the 
general agreement of a trade or district. In cases where the nominations 
were not made on a common understanding, the Royal Commissioners were 
guided in tlieir choice by the number of votes given to particular individu¬ 
als, and, in some instances, by the desire expressed by exhibitors that the 
commissioners should themselve select persons possessing the necessary qual¬ 
ifications. 
The British Colonies were represented by jurors recommended by the sev¬ 
eral colonial commissioners. 
Foreign nations taking part in the Exhibition had a right to nominate one 
juror for every class in which they were represented by 20 exhibitors, and for 
every section of a class in which they had 15 exhibitors. As an alternative, 
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