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felt iu the diisplay, aud it was so much more successful than had been 

 expe'^,ted that it was concluded to keep it over until the 1st of July. 

 This involved an additional four weeks' detention of the party, and of 

 course increased the expense. Thanks, however, to Mr. Goode's careful 

 administration, I am happy to say that the work was finished and all 

 the exhibits returned to Washington within the appropriation, a few 

 dollars having been paid into the Treasury as the surx)luR. Owing to 

 the care with which the articles were packed, everything arrived in per- 

 fect condition at its destination; indeed, out of the large number of 

 plaster casts very few required any treatment for their proper exhibition. 

 This was in marked contrast to the experience of the British portion of 

 the exhibit, which, although it was much smaller in extent, was almost 

 utterly destroyed in transit. 



Acting under his instructions, Mr. Goode disposed of some of the more 

 bulky and least costly articles, such as the whale boat and a number of 

 the dories, &c., to various governments and other establishments in ex- 

 change for desired objects belonging to the European divisions. This 

 somewhat reduced the bulk of the shipment, but not very greatly. The 

 entire lot of at least 10,000 cubic feet was brought by a single vessel of 

 the German Lloyds line from Bremen to Baltimore, and thence by the 

 Baltimore and Ohio Eailroad, aud placed in the new National Museum 

 Building. The exhibition will be more fully discussed in a report now 

 being prepared, which in accordance with the resolutions of Congress 

 will also treat of the present condition of the fisheries and fish-culture 

 of Europe. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



SPENCER F. BAIRB, 

 Secretary of ISmitlisonian Institution. 



WASHiNaTON, D. C, January^ 1881. 



