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4. A formal acceptance of this invitation is requested previous to March 4, 1874. 



5. Each nation accepting this invitation is requested to appoint a commission 

 through which all matters pertaining to its own interests shall be conducted. For 

 the purpose of convenient intercourse and satisfactory supervision it is especially 

 desired that one member of each such commission be designated to reside at Phila- 

 delphia until the close of the exposition. 



6. The privileges of exhibitors can be granted only to citizens of countries whose 

 governments have formally accepted the invitation to be represented and have 

 appointed the aforementioned commission, and all communications must be made 

 through the governmental commissions. 



7. Applications for space within the exposition buildings, or in the adjacent 

 buildings and grounds under the control of the Centennial Commission, must be 

 made previous to March 4, 1875. 



8. Full diagrams of the buildings and grounds will be furnished to the commis- 

 sioners of the different nations which shall accept the invitation to participate. 



9. All articles intended for exhibition, in order to secure proper position and 

 classification, must be in Philadelphia on or before January 1, 1876. 



10. Acts of Congress pertaining to custom-house regulations, duties, etc., together 

 with all special regulations adopted by the Centennial Commission in reference to 

 transportation, allotment of space, classification, motive power, insurance, police 

 rules, and other matters necessary to the proper display and preservation of materials, 

 will be promptly communicated to the accredited representatives of the several gov- 

 ernments cooperating in the exposition. 



July 5, 1873. 



The Secretary of State of the United States forwarded the Presi- 

 dent's proclamation to the various ministers from foreign countries 

 residing at the national capital, together with the following official 



note: 



DEPARTMENT OF STATE, 

 Washington, D. C., July 5, 1873. 



SIR: I have the honor to inclose, for the information of the Government of 



, a copy of the President's proclamation announcing the time and place of 



holding an International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil 

 and Mine, proposed to be held in the year 1876. 



The exhibition is designed to commemorate the declaration of the independence 

 of the United States on the one hundredth anniversary of that interesting and his- 

 toric national event, and at the same time to present a fitting opportunity for such 

 display of the results of art and industry of all nations as will serve to illustrate the 

 great advances attained and the successes achieved in the interest of progress and 

 civilization during the century which will then have closed. 



In the law providing for the holding of the exhibition Congress directed that cop- 

 ies of the proclamation of the President, setting forth the time of its opening and 

 the place at which it was to be held, together with such regulations as might be 

 adopted by the commissioners of the exhibition, should be communicated to the 

 diplomatic representatives of all nations. Copies of those regulations are herewith 

 transmitted. 



The President indulges the hope that the Government of will be 



pleased to notice the subject and may deem it proper to bring the exhibition and 

 its objects to the attention of the people of that country, and thus encourage their 

 cooperation in the proposed celebration. And he further hopes that the opportunity 

 afforded by the exhibition for the interchange of national sentiment and friendly 

 intercourse between the people of both nations may result in new and still greater 

 advantages to science and industry, and at the same time serve to strengthen the 



