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the fair authorities. Through them, we should have to give up 75 per 
cent. of the gross receipts, which is nothing but excessive, and the total 
control of the sales must be be left in their hands. Of course | have 
not done this, I’d rather give the whole lot away. As arule throughout 
the Exhibitiou, all such matter is being given away by the countries 
concerned. A few that have advertisements sufficient to pay for the 
original cost, sell through the Official Publishers, at the 75 per cent. 
loss. At present, I am distributing the handbook through all official 
channels, to the representatives of all nations and states, also to the 
editors and reporters of the Press, and to those of our visitors who are 
particularly interested in our things or ask after them. I am not 
giving them away to any and everybody. Continuing as I have begun, I 
imagine about half the number will be thus distributed and I could 
ship the other half back to the colony to be sold there, either now, or 
at the end of the Exhibition. The other alternative is to give them 
all away, and thus spread information broadcast as to our resources, 
The latter plan I would advise; though the former would bring 
back a part of our outlay—an important point, considering that the 
handbook has eaten up about $2,000 of our grant. I await your im- 
mediate advice on the point, and meantime do with them as I have 
already stated. I may say that I have settled up Andrew and Sons 
Company account, and have the handbooks here. Our own catalogue 
is not yet printed, owing to the delay of the official catalogue. I gave 
the matter in to the Fair authorities in the beginning of April, but we, 
like many others, were left out of the First Edition, which was very in- 
complete. The Second Edition, with one part in, is just being printed 
and I haye had proofs of a part of it, The numbering and method of 
cataloging is so special, that it would be useless to print our’s separately 
unless the sets of numbers agree. This I shall be able to determine 
when our section in the official catalogue is finished. All that I did in 
our Court catalogue has really to be done over again, Of course, the 
catalogue will have to be given away. I am writing short headings 
of the various groups, so that whatever is done with the handbooks, 
this catalogue will give short lists of our exhibits, with short explanatory 
headings of each group of things, the whole being much more condensed 
than I had intended, This of course will be done to ayoid increased 
expenditure, since we shall not be able to recoup ourselves by selling. 
Not being able to sell the handbooks, will, as you will see, make 
a very great difference in the funds I have or shall—have at my 
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