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quently, the Curator was instructed to prepare them. An account 

 of these exhibits is given in another part oi this Report. 



It should be known that, by having- a State Museum of this 

 kind where the exhibits from the past Expositions are preserved, 

 the expense tO' the State for making- such exhibits has been very 

 small compared with former exhibits. U is acknowledged that 

 the exhibits of the State Museum at Jamestown were the best of 

 their kind ever made by this State. This was done at a saving of 

 many thousand dollars when compared with the former exhibits, 

 and yet in the matter of awards we received as many or more 

 than at other Expositions. 



It has been our contention that these exhibits besides being a 

 great benefit to the State as an educator, are also a great money 

 saver to the State in preparing exhibits for the national exhibi- 

 tions in which the State partcipates, as has been demonstrated in 

 the preparation of the exhibit for the Jamestown Exposition. 



Too much credit cannot be given to the New Jersey Jamestown 

 Ter-Centennial Exposition Commission, especially to its Secre- 

 tary, Col. Lewis T. Bryant, for their cordial support and in 

 making these exhibits a grand success. 



We also have to express our appreciation of the cordial assist- 

 ance given us by all the school officers in the State in preparing 

 the Comparative Educational Exhibit for the Jamestown Exposi- 

 tion, and we feel that it has been a great benefit tO' the schools of 

 the State. 



The New Jersey State Museum at the Ter-Centennial 

 Exposition at Jamestown. 



Tlie State of New Jersey was the first tO' make an appropriation 

 for this Exposition, which opened April 26th and closed Novem- 

 ber 31st, 1907. Governor Stokes appointed the following gentle- 

 men tO' act as Commissioners tO' represent the State: Alfred 

 Cooper, Cape May Court House, N. J. ; 'Harry W. Leeds, At- 

 lantic City, N. J. ; D. Harry Chandler, Vineland. N. J. ; James 

 Harper Smith, Somerville, N. J.; Wallace M. Scudder, Newark, 

 N. J. ; Clarence E. Breckenridge, Maywood, N. J. ; Richard W. 

 Herbert, Wickatunk, N. J. ; James T. MacMurray, Plainfield, N. 



