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8 one hand the kind interest taken in the Indian artisans and their work by Her Majesty the Queen-Empress, by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, by the nobility and gentry of England, and by connoisseurs of art both in Great Britain and India, has helped to bring about a true appreciation of Indian manufactures, and to foster a demand for them in Europe; on the other hand the encouragement afforded by the Colonial and Indian Exhibition has created a confidence in the minds of native merchants and manufacturers in the value of exhibiting their works abroad, and a spirit of enterprise is already perceptible among them in their readiness to send their goods to foreign markets on their own account. The feeling of confidence now established by the recent success of the Indian merchants and manufacturers in Great Britain has been the cause of a great increase in the number of private exhibits, so that works of art have been sent to the Glasgow International Exhibition from all parts of the country in addition to those purchased from funds supplied by the Executive Council.

Articles of superior workmanship selected out of this combined collection will be shewn in cases, and will be sold to lovers of art who would prefer to wait till the close of the Exhibition in order to secure the possession of the more perfect specimens. In the present account will be found a general description of such articles, their history, place of manufacture, and the prices at which they are sold. It is needless to state here, that the manufacturers who have sent their goods to the Glasgow International Exhibition cherish a strong hope that the patient, persevering industry, by the aid of which these articles have been produced, will be thoroughly appreciated by the British public.

T. N. MUKHARJI