132 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS. 



BRAZIL. 



Dr. J. M. Da SlLVA COUTISHO, Commissioner. 



Specimens of iron, coal, hides, leather, tiles, and pottery in great 

 variety ; specimens in large number of woods, vegetable fibers, sub- 

 Stances used as foods, gums, resins, &c. This collection embraces nearly 

 the whole, of the immense display in the agricultural building and a 

 part of that in the main building. 



CHILI. 

 Edward Shipper, Esq., Commissioner. 

 A collection of minerals and ores, artificial stone; tiles, terra cottas, 

 and an extensive variety of grains, seeds, and other vegetable products, 

 embracing by far the largest part of the display of the Chilian govern- 

 ment iu the main building. 



CHINA. 

 J. L. HaMmond, Commissioner. 

 The entire exhibit made by the commissioners of customs of China 

 and displayed in the mineral annex. It includes a complete representa- 

 tion of the manners and customs of the Chinese, such as samples of 

 their foods, medicines, clothing, their domestic and household utensils, 

 their ornaments, objects used in their plays and festivities, &c. In the 

 collection are numerous full-sized figures, beautifully executed and suit- 

 ably dressed, representing the different ranks and classes in the com- 

 munity. Many hundreds of clay figures, about one foot in height, illus- 

 trating the different races of the empire; specimens of cotton and silk 

 in great variety, samples of paper, leather, and the like; samples of pot- 

 tery, such as vases, tea-pots, pipes ; matting, baskets, &c. This collec- 

 tion is of unparalleled interest, and cost the Chinese government a large 

 sum of money. It will require a space fully equal to half of one of the 

 halls of the National Museum for its exhibition. There are also three 

 ornamental gateways, three eases, and two pagodas as used in the main 

 building for purposes of exhibition ; musical instruments, specimeus of 

 wrought iron and other metals, bamboo-ware, glass, specimens of tea, 

 oils, and woods, tobacco, and sugar. The entire collection (exclusive of 

 the ornamental gateways and cases) filled twenty-one large wagon-loads. 



EGYPT. 

 E. BRUGSCH, Commissioner. 



Collection of minerals, tiles, and pottery; garden products in great 

 variety: samples of wood, and a large collection of objects illustrating 

 the habits and customs of the natives of Soudan, Nubia, and Abyssinia, 

 such as musical intruments, weapons, clothing, &c. 



TRANCE. 



Captain Ami:yk, Commissioner. 



No collective exhibit was made by the government, but Messrs. Ilav- 



