Industrial Exhibitions Act 1865
WHEREAS Exhibitions of Objects of Art and Industry manufactured or contributed wholly or in part by Members of the Industrious Classes of Her Majesty's Subjects have lately been held, and may be from Time to Time hereafter held, in divers Parts of the United Kingdom; and it is expedient to encourage such Exhibitions by granting to Persons desirous of exhibiting at the same new Inventions or new Designs such Protection as is herein-after mentioned: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent M...