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mington and Baltimore, and the Pennsylvania, agreed likewise to cairy 

 the packages free. The greater part of the exhibit of the United States 

 was shipped from Baltimore by the Bremen steamers, althongh most 

 of the packages concentrated at New York were embarked from that 

 city, as also Mr. Goode's immediate staff, consisting of Mr. F. \Y. True 

 and Mr. J. E. Kockwell of his ofiice force, with Mr. Fred Mather, expert 

 n fish culture, Capt. J. W. Collins, expert in fisheries, and Mr. Joseph Pal- 

 mer in charge of the models and casts. Mr. Goode left Washington on 

 the IGth of March and sailed in the Bremen steamer Weclcar on the 20th, 

 the company granting a concession of one-fourth of the fare. 



A large portion of the goods were found in Bremen on the arrival ot 

 the party, and these were sent forward to Berlin and uni)acked in time 

 for very satisfactory opening of the Exhibition on the 20th of April. 

 Some smaller collections, sent at a later date, were received subsequently. 

 A large amount of space had been assigned to the United States, but 

 this being inadequate a jiortion of that granted to Great Britain, and 

 not occupied by her exhibitors, was added. The section of the United 

 States was ornamented by a large number of flags lent for the i)uri)ose 

 by the Navy and War Departments, and the display as a whole was very 

 effective. 



It is now a matter of history that the United States bore off the chief 

 honors of the occasion, the sui^erlatives of the critics being exhausted 

 in their praises of its method, richness, and great intrinsic value. Indeed 

 the entire collection of the remaining portion of the International Ex- 

 hibit of Fish and Fisheries would not have made a single exhibit g. ' 

 anything like the importance of that of the United States. In illustration 

 of this fact it may be stated that the grand i)rize given by the Emperor 

 of Germany to the Exhibition, for the best display, was awarded to the 

 United States. This consisted of a large vase, three feet high, beauti- 

 fully worked in silver and gold, and costing over $2,000. In addition 

 to the grand prize there were numerous other awards in the way of 

 medals of gold, silver, and bronze to contributors from this country, and 

 the number of these awards would have been much greater but ibr the 

 fact that the greater part of these contributions were made as j)art of that 

 of the United States Fish Commission. The same policy was pursued 

 there as at the Philadelphia exhibition; where objects were presented 

 to the Institution and to the United States, they were entered for special 

 consideration as individual exhibits; but wliere they were purchased for 

 the exhibition they became the property of the United States, and their 

 individuality was lost in the general display. Many persons who pre- 

 ferred to receive the comparatively slight money-value of the objects ob- 

 tained from them, were greatly disappointed on finding that, however 

 meritorious, their articles were passed over by the judges and no awards 

 made for them. 



It was originally supposed that the exhibition would close on the 1st 

 of June, after a six weeks' display. Very much interest, however, was 



