Excerpt from A Special Report on the Annual International Exhibitions of the Years 1871, 1872, 1873, and 1874 The Provisional Committee desire to recommend to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 the favourable consideration of the proposed plan of annual international exhibitions, and to express their hepe - lst, that the Commissioners will promote the scheme by subscribi'iig 100,000l. As a guarantee, on the condition that 200,000l. Are previously raised by private guarantee; and - 2nd, that the Commis sioners will undertake the responsibility of the management. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.