I. MINING, QUARRYING, METALLURGICAL OPERATIONS, AND MINERAL PRODUCTS.

Sir H. DE LA BECHE, C.B., F.R.S. (Chairman).
M. DUFRENOY (Deputy Chairman and Reporter)—
France.

M. FARADAY, F.R.S.

M. C. J. M. GERNAERT-Belgium.

W. LOGAN, F.G.S.

M. F. SCHRIEBER, Zollverein.
RICHARD TAYLOR, F.G.S.
Professor TUNNER, Austria,

IV. VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL SUBSTANCES CHIEFLY USED IN MANUFACTURES, AS IMPLEMENTS,
OR FOR ORNAMENT.

Judge DUNCAN-United States.

Professor RICHARD OWEN, F.R.S. (Chairman).

M. PAYEN (Deputy Chairman)—France.

Dr. ROYLE, F.R.S.

M. RAMON DE LA SAGRA-Spain.

Professor SOLLY, F.R.S.

N. WALLICH, M.D., F.R.S.

M. WEYHE-Zollverein.

V. MACHINES FOR DIRECT USE, INCLUDING CARRIAGES AND RAILWAY AND NAVAL MECHANISM.

VIII. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND MILITARY ENGINEERING; ORDNANCE, ARMOUR, AND ACCOUTREMENTS.
Major-Gen. Sir J. BURGOYNE, K.C.B. (Dep. Chair.)

Lieut.-Col. COLQUHOUN,

Baron DUPIN (Chairman and Reporter)-France.

M. Ch. LESOINNE-Belgium.

Col. CHALLONER.

Major MICHEELS-France.

Sir BALDWIN WALKER, K.C.B.
A. WHITNEY-United States.

IX. AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL MACHINES AND IMPLEMENTS.

B. T. BRANDRETH GIBBS.

A. HAMMOND.

M. B. HOLWEG-Zollverein.
B. P. JOHNSON- United States.
JOSH. LOCKE, M.P., F.R.S.

C. M. LAMPSON-United States.
Professor HLUBECK-Austria.

W. MILES, M.P.

M. MOLL-France.

Baron MERTENS D'OSTINS-Belgium.

P. PUSEY, M.P., F.R.S. (Chairman and Reporter).
Professor RAU-Zollverein.

J. V. SHELLEY.

H. S. THOMPSON.

X. PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PROCESSES DEPENDING UPON THEIR USE; MUSICAL, HOROLOGICAL, AND SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS.

Sir D. BREWSTER, F.R.S. (Chairman and Reporter). E. R. LESLIE, R.A.— United States.

XV. MIXED FABRICS, INCLUDING SHAWLS, BUT EXCLUSIVE OF WORSTED GOODS (Class XII).

XVI. LEATHER, INCLUDING SADDLERY AND HARNESS, SKINS, FURS, FEATHERS, AND HAIR.

XVIII. WOVEN, SPUN, FELTED, AND LAID FABRICS, WHEN SHOWN AS SPECIMENS OF PRINTING OR DYEING.

XXIII. WORKING IN PRECIOUS METALS, AND IN THEIR IMITATION, JEWELLERY, AND ALL ARTICLES OF VIRTU

XXV. CERAMIC MANUFACTURE, CHINA, PORCELAIN, EARTHENWARE, &c.

Duke of ARGYLL (Chairman and Reporter).

M. EBELMEN--France.

M. GABRIEL KAMENSKY-Russia.

W. MORTLOCK.

M. F. ODERNHEIMER-Zollverein.

CHARLES BARING WALL, Esq., M.P., F.R.S. (Deputy Chairman).

JOHN A. WISE.

AUGUSTO PINTO-Portugal.

XXVI. DECORATION FURNITURE AND UPHOLSTERY, INCLUDING PAPER HANGINGS, PAPIER MACHÉ,

XXVII. MANUFACTURES IN MINERAL SUBSTANCES, USED FOR BUILDING OR DECORATION, AS IN MARBLE,
SLATE, PORPHYRIES, CEMENTS, ARTIFICIAL STONES, &c.

Professor ANSTED, F.R.S. (Reporter).

M. BERNARDO DE BERNARDIS-Austria.

GEORGE GODWIN, F.R.S.

Sir CHAS. LEMON, Bart., F.R.S., M.P.

M. BENEDETTO PISTRUCCI (Chairman)-Italy.

M. EMMANUEL PSYCHA-Greece.
Lord SUDELEY (Deputy Chairman).
Viscount HERICART DE THURY-France.

XXVIII. MANUFACTURES FROM ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES, NOT BEING WOVEN OR FELTED,

THE

CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.

industrial posi

indicated by the

as the leading

her citizens,

HAD circumstances determined that the present industrial position of England The present should have been represented by the building alone, while other nations should tion of England have been allowed to indicate the scope of their resources by a display of choice building, as well specimens of all the varied branches of productions to which their efforts had of characteristics of late years been directed, it is singular to remark how few elements, essential to her commercial success, would have been lost sight of. The courage of her both personal citizens would have been manifested in the vastness of the scheme, their energy, determination, and strength, in the surprising rapidity with which every operation had been carried on.

The happy condition of the liberty of the subject would have been attested and social. by the circumstance of its having been in the power of the people alone to will the existence of so vast a structure; while the fact that the whole expenses had been provided for without in any way trenching on the national resources, would have evidenced at once the wealth and the spirit of enterprise common to every class of society.

the building of

resources in the

Raw Material,

That it should have been possible in any country to have so speedily collected Evidence given by such a vast quantity of materials, without previously sounding the note of prepara- extent of national tion, would have furnished strong evidence of the abundance of its native resources, production of and conveyed some faint idea of the extent of the stores of raw material kept ever ready to supply the exigencies of sudden demand. That that raw material should have been moulded into forms so various, so complex, and so original, in so short a time, would argue that such a result could alone have been effected by the natives of a country in which a knowledge of the principles and practice of mechanics and machinery had been long deeply studied and widely diffused. Machinery, The facility with which the machinery employed must have been brought to bear upon the masses of raw material supplied, would have evidenced a power to produce, and to elaborate matter into manufacture, of the very highest order; Manufactures, while the grace with which the charm of decoration has been superadded, to so utilitarian a structure, would have served to show, that mindful as the English habitually are, of the practical and economical, they are by no means indifferent and objects of to the beautiful in the Fine Arts.

Fine Arts.

Whoever had been enabled to trace through every stage the progress of the Organization of Exhibition Building, from the first order given by the contractor, to the issue of operation in supthe final directions for its opening, would have had an opportunity of realising the Ply, developed by perfection to which the practice of connecting commercial co-operation in supply,

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