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XXII.—Rules Respecting the Award of Prizes. 
In making the awards the following principles will be observed :— 
1. The Diploma of Honour of the Universal Exhibition of 1873 in Vienna is to be considered as a 
particular distinction for eminent merits in the dotnain of Science, its application to the education of the 
people, and its conducement to the advancement of the intellectual, moral, and material welfare of man. This 
distinction can only be awarded by the Presidents’ Council on the proposition of one of the Group Juries. 
2. The Medal for Progress is for Exhibitors in Groups I. to XXIII., and in Group XXVI., who, 
compared with the productions exhibited at previous Exhibitions, can prove noticeable progress in new 
inventions, in the introduction of new materials and contrivances, &c. 
3. The Medal for Merit will be awarded to Exhibitors who can lay claim to excellence and perfection 
in material and workmanship, large extent of production, the opening of new markets, the employment ot 
improved tools and machinery, and cheapness of produce. 
4. The Medal for Fine Arts is for distinguished art productions exhibited in Group XXV. 
5. The Medal for Good Taste is for Exhibitors of articles of industry the form and colour of which 
constitute the characteristic features for adjudication. 
6. The Medal for Co-operators is for such persons who, as managers of manufactories, foremen, 
designers of patterns, modellers, or as general assistants, are nominated on the part of the Exhibitors on 
account of the leading part they have taken in the features of excellence of the productions, or in the increase 
of their sale. 
7- The Diploma of Merit, or Honourdble Mention, will be awarded to Exhibitors who havc given proof 
of meritorious accomplishments, but not in such a degree as to justify their title to either the Medal for 
Progress or for Merit. 
XXIII.—Central Office of the Jury. 
For the purpose of transacting the business, &c., of the Jur)' as regards their Constitution, deliberations, 
and proceedings, the Delegates of the Director-General (Section VII.) will form a Bureau, which will collect 
and submit to them all documents intended for the members of the Jury, send out the iuvitations for the Jury 
meetings, inform the Foreign Commissioners and the Exhibitors of the arranged examination of their 
Exhibition objects by the Jury, keep the minutes of the meetings, and carry on the whole correspondence, 
giving all manner of Information, and procuring all assistance and appliances necessary for making the 
awards 
The President of the Imperial Commission. 
(Signed) Archduke Rainer. 
Director-General, 
(Signed) Baron Schwarz-Senborn. 
42, Praterstrasse, 
1 Sth February, 1873.