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handiwork, and a number of smaller structures for the ad- 

 ministration of the Exhibition ; in addition to which nume- 

 rous applications have been made by manufacturers and by 

 the Commissioners of foreign governments for permission 

 to erect pavilions and numerous ornamental and useful 

 structures within the Exhibition grounds, which applica- 

 tions in many cases have been granted. 



The general reception of articles at the Exhibition build- 

 ings commenced January 5th, 1876, and will close on the 

 19th of April following; and every available means for the 

 diffusion of information to intending exhibitors concerning 

 the shipment of goods have been employed by the Bureau 

 having this work in charge. 



The Exhibition will be opened on the 10th of May, 1876, 

 and closed on the 10th of November following. The re- 

 moval of goods will not be permitted until the close of the 

 Exhibition. 



For detailed information concerning the Exhibition, w r e re- 

 fer our readers to the official documents issued by the United 

 States Centennial Commission in Philadelphia. 



In close connection with the foregoing subject, we may 

 mention that a plan has been organized for the establish- 

 ment of an Industrial Museum on the plan of the South 

 Kensington Museum in London to occupy Memorial Hall 

 after the Exhibition. The institution will be known as 

 "The Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art," 

 and proposes to embody a museum of art in all its branches 

 as applied to industry and technology, giving instruction in 

 drawing, painting, wood-cutting, and designing for industrial 

 purposes, through lectures, practical schools, and special li- 

 braries. 



Technology. The problem of mechanical puddling attract- 

 ed more attention during the past year than ever before, al- 

 though the results obtained in the different manufacturing 

 districts into which rotary puddlers have been most largely 

 introduced are somewhat conflicting, from which it would 

 appear that the problem of puddling by machinery has not 

 yet been wholly solved. In certain quarters of England, 

 and in Pittsburgh in this country, the Danks furnace has 

 given great satisfaction, and the number of furnaces has 

 been increased. In certain other districts the experience 



