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ielt in the display, ami it was so much more successful than had been 

 expected 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 :dl 

 the exhibits returned to Washington withiu the appropriation, a few- 

 dollars having- been paid into the Treasury as the surplus. Owing to 

 the care with which the articles were packed, everything arrived in i)cr- 

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

 plaster casts very few required any treatment for their ])roper exhibition. 

 This was in marked contrast to the experience of the British portion t)f 

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

 utterly destroyed in transit. 



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

 bulky and hnist costly articles, such as the whale boat and a nund>er of 

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

 change for desired objects belonging to the European divisions. This 

 somewliat 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 Bailroad, and placed in the new^ National jMuseum 

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

 being prepared, which in accordance with the resolutions of Congress 

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



of Europe. 



Eespectfully submitted. 



SPENCER E. BxVIRD, 

 ^ecretari/ of Smithsonian Institidion. 

 Washington, D. C, Januan/, 18S1. 



