82 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, PHILADELPHIA, 1876. 



111. 



TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM, AND COMMIS- 

 SION ON AMERICAN FOOD-FISHES, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



" For a very superior scientifically and practically arranged display of 

 the vast natural resources of the United States, embracing animals 

 beneficial or injurious to man, means of pursuit and capture, means of 

 utilization, animal products and their applications, protection and cul- 

 ture of useful animals. Collections illustrating the mineral wealth of 

 the United States, systematically arranged. Geological maps and pub- 

 lications and collections of ethnological objects of the greatest interest 

 for this branch of science." 



IV.— ORES A>^D MINERALS. 

 TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



" Commended for a very full and instructive collection of the ores and 

 minerals of the United States, and for the admirable order and arrange- 

 ment of the exhibit." 



v.— COLLECTION OF BUILDING-STONES. 



TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



" For the magnitude of the exhibit and the excellent quality of many 

 of the marbles, granites, &c., exhibited." 



VL— SKINS AND FURS. 



TO THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUM, WASHING- 



INGTON, D. C. 



" This Institution, which in a collective exhibit shows the most com- 

 plete and systematic display of the various series and grades of excel- 

 lence in crude, dressed with long hairs, plucked, and dyed fur-seals of 

 Alaska and South Pacific, as well as other furs. 



" We consider also as a duty to mention the names of the gentlemen 

 who selected their finest specimens and placed them at the service of 

 the Institution. Among them we mention Mr. Chas. A. Herpich, of 

 New York 5 M. Treadwell and Company, of Albany; Mr. Bowsky, of 

 New York ; and Renfrew and Company, of Canada. 



''It is very interesting to see how far this industry was brought in the 

 United States, and as a show for public instruction the Smithsonian 

 exhibit is a true success." 



