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industries that have here been developed almost wholly without the 

 knowledge of the bulk of the people in whose midst the factories and 

 mills and machine-shops have sprung up. It is fitting that this 

 exposition should take place in celebration of the centennial anniversary 

 of the opening of the ports of Brazil to the commerce of the world. 

 The exposition finds its appropriate location in the new Eio de Janeiro, 

 with its new avenues and boulevards, docks and warehouses, and the 

 many other improvements which have changed it so recently into a 

 modern city. 



