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of Ghent ; viticulture, iu charge of Mr. George C. Snow, of Penn 

 Yan ; tlie Indian exhibit, in charge of the Rev. John W. Sanborn, of 

 Naples; forestry, in charge of Mr. Ronieyn B. Ilougli, of Lowville ; 

 apiarian exhibit, in charge of ^Ir. Orel L. Ilershisoi', of Buffalo ; mines 

 and mining exhibit, in charge of Prof. P. .T. H. Merrill, of Albany. 

 The educational exhibit was one of the last to be provided for, but on 

 Septemlier twenty-third an advisory committee of the leading educators 

 of the State was appointed, and Secretary Meh'il Dewey, of the 

 University of the State of New York, was made director of the 

 educational exhibit. 



The Board of General Managers took ripon itself the duty of bring- 

 ing to the notice of every possible commercial exhibitor, through the 

 agency of the district conunissioners and otherwise, the imi)ortance of 

 having the industries of the State adequately represented, and of pro- 

 viding all needful information ; of securing by the aid of the Board of 

 "Women Managers a fitting representation of the results of women's 

 work ; of providing for the erection, equipment and maintenance, on 

 the World's Fair grounds, of a State building fitly i-epresenting the 

 supremacy in dignity, wealth and commercial importance of the State 

 of Xew York ; of providing for transportation, insurance and care of 

 all exhibits ; of providing, as directed by law, for the celebration 

 within the State of the 400th anniversary of the Columbian discovery ; 

 and of complying with the terms of the law by preparing for the 

 proper representation of the State at the naval review in JSTew York 

 harbor, in April, 1893. 



The board also immediately supervised the collection of an archseo- 

 logieal exhibit, illustrative of the pre-historic development of the 

 State ; a colonial exhibit ; an exhibit in the transportation department, 

 with the aid of the State Engineer and Superintendent of Public 

 Works ; an exhibit of the charitable, penal and correctional institu- 

 tions of the State, with the co-operation of the State Board of Chari- 

 ties ; and a display of modern contributions to painting and sculjjture 

 in the State, with the aid of the Associated Artists of JSTew York. 



When the board was organized no such diversity and range of duties 

 were anticipated for it, but as the subject was developed the unlimited 

 possibility of showing the material wealth of the State and of drawing 

 attention to resources whose develofiment and amplitude were but 

 partially understood even by its own people, rendered their task ardu- 

 ous in the extreme ; nothing but the untiring energy, continuous 



