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Stratford-on-Avon has been made and sent 

 over by a gentleman of Manchester. The 

 buildings will be about 200 in number, covering 

 nearly 100 acres and grouped around an arti- 

 ficial pond of six acres, stocked with fish, cov- 

 ered with swans, gondolas, and boats of vari- 

 ous forms. 



The general exhibition is divided into seven 

 departments, and these into numerous sub- 

 divisions. The seven departments are Mining 

 and Metallurgy, Manufactures, Education and 

 Science, Art, Machinery, Agriculture, and Hor- 

 ticulture. There will be besides various special 

 exhibitions, some of which have been already 

 mentioned. In connection with the agricult- 

 ural department there is to be in September 

 and October a grand live-stock display, includ- 

 ing horses, mules, and asses, from September 1st 

 to 15th ; horned cattle from September 20th to 

 October 5th ; sheep, swine, goats, and dogs, from 

 October 10th to 25th, and poultry from October 

 28th to November 10th. Living fish are also to 

 be exhibited in both salt and fresh water aquaria. 

 A plot of 46 acres has been secured two miles 

 from Bristol on the Trenton Railroad for the 

 trial of agricultural implements and machinery. 

 In many cases collective exhibitions will be 

 made ; for instance, the manufacturers of Fall 

 Eiver, Mass., join in exhibiting their products, 

 and the same thing is done in many other 

 cases. The book-trade of the country unites 

 in a special display of publications. 



Every possible arrangement has been made 

 by the Bureau of Transportation to facilitate 

 the work of shipping, receiving, and disposing 

 of articles sent to the exhibition. The city of 

 Philadelphia has, at large expense, improved 

 the approaches to the park, and constructed a 

 new avenue, including a bridge over the Schuyl- 

 kill, which cost over $1,000,000. Several new 

 hotels have been erected in the neighborhood 

 of the park, and every effort has been made to 

 provide amply for the accommodation of visit- 

 ors. Arrangements have been made with all 

 the leading railroads of the country for the 

 transportation of visitors at special rates dur- 

 ing the exhibition. Among the special ar- 

 rangements worthy of mention are those of 

 the managers of Cook's excursions, who will 

 sell tickets good over various lines to Philadel- 

 phia with coupons attached entitling the hold- 

 er to a specified number of days' accommoda- 

 tions at hotels named thereon. 



The responses and applications which have 

 been made quite exceed the expectations of 

 the projectors and managers. The applications 

 for space for machinery number 1,251, which is 

 300 more than have been made at any previous 

 exhibiton of the kind, though some American in- 

 ventors and manufacturers have held back from 

 sending contributions for fear of having their 



devices copied. France has shown special in- 

 terest and activity in preparing to contribute. 

 Her commissioners at first applied for 10,000 

 feet of space, and afterward increased the de- 

 mand to 16,000 feet. Two thousand applica- 

 tions for the department of fine arts alone h%,ve 

 come from that country. Russia was late in 

 accepting the invitation, but will make a choice 

 display in iron-work, precious minerals, furs, 

 and costumes. In Greece an Olympian exhi- 

 bition was held at Athens, as a preliminary to 

 contributing to this display, and a selection of 

 articles was made from it to send to Philadel- 

 phia. Preparations were made by similar home 

 exhibitions in Egypt and Australia. The little 

 kingdom of Siam appropriated $600,000 to se- 

 cure a representation of its arts and industries. 

 Tunis will make a choice display of silks, es- 

 sences, gilt brackets, jewelry, arms, costumes, 

 and saddlery, and sends two Arab tents to be 

 pitched in the park. The various States of the 

 Union will be represented by illustrations of 

 their geology and minerals, vegetable products, 

 wild and cultivated, animals, birds, and fishes, 

 mechanical products in iron, wood, and fab- 

 rics, the results of skilled and artistic labor, 

 literary productions, pictorial representations 

 of scenery and buildings, historical and statis- 

 tical information, educational appliances, asso- 

 ciations for various purposes, etc. As incident- 

 al to the general celebration may be mentioned 

 the erection of a monument in New York har- 

 bor, consisting of a colossal figure of Liberty, 

 with an illuminating aureole about the head, 

 to serve as a beacon, the figure being contrib- 

 uted by the French from popular subscriptions, 

 and the pedestal being furnished by Americans. 

 During the course of the exhibition there will 

 be an international regatta on the Schuylkill, 

 and other athletic sports. The opening exer- 

 cises on the 10th of May have not been fully 

 determined upon at this writing (January, 

 1876), but there are to be an oration by William 

 M. Evarts, of New York ; a poem by Henry 

 "VV. Longellow, of Cambridge, Mass. ; and mu- 

 sical performances under the direction of Theo- 

 dore Thomas, of N"ew York. The awards are 

 to be decreed by the Centennial Commission 

 on written reports of the judges, and are to 

 consist of a diploma and uniform bronze medal, 

 with a special report of the judges on the sub- 

 ject of each award. The judges are to be two 

 hundred in number, one-half foreigners and 

 one-half citizens of the United States, to be 

 selected for their known qualifications, and to 

 be experts in the several departments to which 

 they are assigned. The judges from the United 

 States are to be appointed by the Centennial 

 Commission, and those from foreign countries 

 by the commission of each country, in accord- 

 ance with an allotment to be made to each. 



