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Ackuowletlgmeiit sliould be made for assistance rendered by a num- 

 ber of friends of the Institution, wiio by tlieir advice and cooperation, or 

 by the loan of objects for exliibition, contributed materially to the 

 success of tlie occasion. 



]\Ir. Geor.iie F. Ivunz assisted by his advice in the forming;- of the 

 collection of gems and aninuil products, and lent from his private col- 

 lection a number of Russian eikons. shown in the collection of reli- 

 gious ceremonial objects. 



Tiftany & Co., of New York, lent an extensive collection of leathers, 

 prepared from the skins of animals not ordinarily used in the arts, 

 which was displayed among the animal products, and, as has always 

 been our experience on occasions of exhibits, exhibited a spirit of gen- 

 uine interest in the work 



Dr. Marcus Benjamin, of Xew York, lent his collection of portraits 

 and autographs of the members of the National Academy of Sciences, 

 and Mr. Albert Rosenthal assisted in the formation of the collection of 

 American historical portraits. 



Walter H. Harris, esq., ex-sheriff of London, and one of the Koyal 

 Conunissiouers from Great Britain, lent his unique collection of British 

 war models. 



Mr. Hieromich Shugio lent a number of Japanese porcelains and 

 arranged the synoptical collection showing the history of the ceramic 

 art in Japan. 



Mr. Fritz Kaldenberg, of New Y'ork, lent his collection of carved 

 and tinted ivories, and in other ways helped to build up the collection 

 of animal products. Mr. Sulzberger, of Philadelphia, and ]\Ir. Hadji 

 Ephraim Benguiat, of Boston, aided materially by loans from his private 

 collection to the collection of religious ceremonials. 



Acknowledgment is also due to the officials of the exposition in 

 general, and especially to Mr. (xcorge It. Davis, Director General; to 

 Mr. Lyman J. Gage and Mr. AVilliam T. Baker, during their terms of 

 presidency of the Board of Directors; to Mr. J. \V. Ellsworth, a mem- 

 ber of the board; Mr. r)eiijamin Butterworth, the lirst secretary of the 

 board, and to his successor, Mr. II. O. Edmunds; to Mr. Frank 1). Mil- 

 let, director of decorations, and to Mr. W. H. Holcombe, general man- 

 ager of transp(n'tation, for nniiierous courtesies. 



To the members of the Government board the statt" of the Institntion 

 were indebted for many acts of courtesies. 



^Ir. ^Villianl K. Cnrtis, aschief of the Bureau of American lvei)nblics, 

 and subsequently as a member of the board, was especially helpful. 



