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IV
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
and the names of the Exhibitors whom they have judged entitled to
rewards.
In doing so, it will be convenient that I should state briefly the
principle upon which, by the authority of Her Majesty's Commis-
sioners, the Juries were constituted.
The various subjects included in the Exhibition were divided, in
the first instance, into Thirty Classes. Of these, two were subse-
quently found to embrace fields of action too large for Single Juries,
and were therefore divided into Sub-Juries. This increased the
number of Acting Juries to Thirty-four.
Each of these Thirty-four Juries consisted of an equal number
of British subjects and of Foreigners. The British Jurors were
selected by Her Majesty's Commissioners from lists furnished by
the Local Committees of various towns, each town being invited to
recommend persons of skill and information in the manufactures or
produce for Avhich it is remarkable. The Foreign Jurors were
appointed by authorities in their own countries, in such relative
proportion amongst themselves as was agreed upon by the Foreign
Commissioners sent here to represent their respective Governments.
In the event of a jury finding themselves deficient in technical
knowledge of any article submitted to them, they were empowered
to call in the aid of Associates. These Associates, who acted as
missioner and of a Special Commissioner, appointed by Hpr m »
ty s Commissioners to record its proceedings, to furnish inflmT8'
respecting the arrangements of the Exhibition, and otherwl. n
facilitate the labours of the Juries composing the Group e to
*fc ™as.furth" d«ta™ined by Her MaJesty's Commissioners tW
the Chairmen of the Juries, consisting of British subippt. ,
Foreigners in equal numbers, should be formed into a Counrii.
that the duties of the Council should be, to determine tW ^
tions upon which, in accordance with certain general princihlpV
viously laid down by Her Majesty's Commissioners, the differ^
Frizes should be awarded; to frame rules to guide the working *
the Juries; and to secure, as far as possible, uniformity in thl °
sult of their proceedings. J ie re_
These are the most important features of the system upon whirl,
the Jurors found themselves organised. I will now refer hripfl, .
their course of action. ullc»y to
The Council of Chairmen, in proceeding to the discharge of rh»-
duties, were met at the outset by a serious difficulty Her Mai
ty's Commissioners had expressed themselves desirous that mlrH
should be rewarded wherever it presented itself; but anxious at th
same time to avoid the recognition of competition between inrT
vidual Exhibitors, they had also decided mat the Frizes should
THE COUNCIL MEDAL.—DESIGNED BY MONS. HYPPOLYTE BONNARDEL.
advisers only, without a vote, but whose services were of the
greatest value, were selected either from the Jurymen of other
classes, or from the lists of persons who had been" recommended
as Jurors, but who had not been permanently appointed to any
Each Jury was superintended by a Chairman, chosen from its
number by Her Majesty's Commissioners. The Deputy-Chairman
and the Reporter were elected by the Jurors themselves.
Such was the constitution of the Thirty-four Juries taken singly.
I hey did not, however, act independently of each other, inasmuch
as they were associated into Six Groups, each Group consisting of
such Juries as had to deal with subjects in some degree of kindred
nature; and before any decision of a Jury could be considered as
final, it was required that it should be brought before the assembled
Group of which that Jury formed a part, and that it should be ap-
proved by them. *
The chief object of this provision Avas that none of the many'
foreign Nations taking part in the Exhibitibn should incur the
risks ot seeing its interests overlooked or neglected from the acci-
aent.(an unavoidable one in many instances) of its being- unrepre-
sented in any particular Jury. s
Each Group of Juries received the assistance of a Deputy Corn-
consist in three Medals of different sizes ; and that these should be
awarded, not as first, second, and third in degree for the same class
of subjects and merit, but as marking merit of different kinds ami
character.
The Council of Chairmen found, to their regret, that it would be
impossible to lay down any rules for the awarding of the three
Medals, by which the appearance, at least, of denoting different
degrees of success amongst Exhibitors in the same branch of pro-
duction should be awarded. Accordingly, after fully explaining
their difficulty to Her Majesty's Commissioners, they requested, as
a course by which it might be materially diminished, that one of
the Medals might be withdrawn. *
Of the remaining two, they suggested that one, the Prize Medal,
should be conferred Avherever a certain standard of excellence m
production or workmanship had been attained—utility, beauty,
cheapness, adaptation to particular markets, and other elements ol
merit being taken into consideration, according to the nature of the
object; and they recommended that this Medal should be awarded
by the Juries, subject to confirmation by the Groups, . •, • •
In regard to the other and larger Medal, they suggested that trie
conditions of its award should be some important novelty of in-
vention or application, either in material, or process of manufacture,
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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
and the names of the Exhibitors whom they have judged entitled to
rewards.
In doing so, it will be convenient that I should state briefly the
principle upon which, by the authority of Her Majesty's Commis-
sioners, the Juries were constituted.
The various subjects included in the Exhibition were divided, in
the first instance, into Thirty Classes. Of these, two were subse-
quently found to embrace fields of action too large for Single Juries,
and were therefore divided into Sub-Juries. This increased the
number of Acting Juries to Thirty-four.
Each of these Thirty-four Juries consisted of an equal number
of British subjects and of Foreigners. The British Jurors were
selected by Her Majesty's Commissioners from lists furnished by
the Local Committees of various towns, each town being invited to
recommend persons of skill and information in the manufactures or
produce for Avhich it is remarkable. The Foreign Jurors were
appointed by authorities in their own countries, in such relative
proportion amongst themselves as was agreed upon by the Foreign
Commissioners sent here to represent their respective Governments.
In the event of a jury finding themselves deficient in technical
knowledge of any article submitted to them, they were empowered
to call in the aid of Associates. These Associates, who acted as
missioner and of a Special Commissioner, appointed by Hpr m »
ty s Commissioners to record its proceedings, to furnish inflmT8'
respecting the arrangements of the Exhibition, and otherwl. n
facilitate the labours of the Juries composing the Group e to
*fc ™as.furth" d«ta™ined by Her MaJesty's Commissioners tW
the Chairmen of the Juries, consisting of British subippt. ,
Foreigners in equal numbers, should be formed into a Counrii.
that the duties of the Council should be, to determine tW ^
tions upon which, in accordance with certain general princihlpV
viously laid down by Her Majesty's Commissioners, the differ^
Frizes should be awarded; to frame rules to guide the working *
the Juries; and to secure, as far as possible, uniformity in thl °
sult of their proceedings. J ie re_
These are the most important features of the system upon whirl,
the Jurors found themselves organised. I will now refer hripfl, .
their course of action. ullc»y to
The Council of Chairmen, in proceeding to the discharge of rh»-
duties, were met at the outset by a serious difficulty Her Mai
ty's Commissioners had expressed themselves desirous that mlrH
should be rewarded wherever it presented itself; but anxious at th
same time to avoid the recognition of competition between inrT
vidual Exhibitors, they had also decided mat the Frizes should
THE COUNCIL MEDAL.—DESIGNED BY MONS. HYPPOLYTE BONNARDEL.
advisers only, without a vote, but whose services were of the
greatest value, were selected either from the Jurymen of other
classes, or from the lists of persons who had been" recommended
as Jurors, but who had not been permanently appointed to any
Each Jury was superintended by a Chairman, chosen from its
number by Her Majesty's Commissioners. The Deputy-Chairman
and the Reporter were elected by the Jurors themselves.
Such was the constitution of the Thirty-four Juries taken singly.
I hey did not, however, act independently of each other, inasmuch
as they were associated into Six Groups, each Group consisting of
such Juries as had to deal with subjects in some degree of kindred
nature; and before any decision of a Jury could be considered as
final, it was required that it should be brought before the assembled
Group of which that Jury formed a part, and that it should be ap-
proved by them. *
The chief object of this provision Avas that none of the many'
foreign Nations taking part in the Exhibitibn should incur the
risks ot seeing its interests overlooked or neglected from the acci-
aent.(an unavoidable one in many instances) of its being- unrepre-
sented in any particular Jury. s
Each Group of Juries received the assistance of a Deputy Corn-
consist in three Medals of different sizes ; and that these should be
awarded, not as first, second, and third in degree for the same class
of subjects and merit, but as marking merit of different kinds ami
character.
The Council of Chairmen found, to their regret, that it would be
impossible to lay down any rules for the awarding of the three
Medals, by which the appearance, at least, of denoting different
degrees of success amongst Exhibitors in the same branch of pro-
duction should be awarded. Accordingly, after fully explaining
their difficulty to Her Majesty's Commissioners, they requested, as
a course by which it might be materially diminished, that one of
the Medals might be withdrawn. *
Of the remaining two, they suggested that one, the Prize Medal,
should be conferred Avherever a certain standard of excellence m
production or workmanship had been attained—utility, beauty,
cheapness, adaptation to particular markets, and other elements ol
merit being taken into consideration, according to the nature of the
object; and they recommended that this Medal should be awarded
by the Juries, subject to confirmation by the Groups, . •, • •
In regard to the other and larger Medal, they suggested that trie
conditions of its award should be some important novelty of in-
vention or application, either in material, or process of manufacture,
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W