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tire collection, consisting of seventeen car-loads, was forwarded within 

 a few weeks. 



A separate building was provided for the display of Government and 

 State exhibits, this being 885 feet long by 565 feet wide. A strip 185 

 feet wide, extending entirely across the center of the building, was as- 

 signed to the Government Departments, the space on either side being 

 assigned to the several States, the Educational Exhibit, the Woman's 

 Department and the exhibits of the colored people, occupying the gal- 

 leries of the building. At a meeting of the Government board for the 

 assignment of space to the various Departments, a strip 20 feet wide, 

 extending entirely across the center of the building, was set apart for a 

 main aisle or thoroughfare; the remaining space was distributed 

 among the different Departments, the Smithsonian occupying a posi- 

 tion immediately at the left of the main or Prytania street entrance, 

 82J feet wide, and extending along the central aisle for a distance of 300 

 feet, or to a point somewhat beyond the center of the building, and, 

 in addition, the two large offices adjoining the entrance. On December 

 6, Professor Goode, accompanied by Mr. Earll, left Washington for New 

 Orleans, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements and su- 

 pervising the installation of the exhibits, having been preceded by Mr. 

 Henry Horan, with a force of mechanics and trained workmen from the 

 National Museum, consisting of Messrs. Reed, Deery, Kenyon, Neale, 

 and Wallingsford. As soon as the exhibits arrived telegrams were sent 

 to a number of the curators who had prepared the collections for their 

 several departments. These reported in person or by representative to 

 make the necessary installation of their material. Such additional labor 

 as was required was obtained in New Orleans, and the work of install- 

 ing the exhibits was pushed as rapidly as possible, until everything was 

 finally arranged, after which the curators and mechanics returned to 

 Washington. 



The Smithsonian space, covering an area, exclusive of offices, of 

 24,750 feet, was divided among the different departments as follows : 



Square feet. 



Ethnology 1,904 



Archaeology 406 



Textiles 1,624 



Naval Architecture 686 



Graphic Arts 652 



Fisheries and Fish-culture 2, 345 



Animal Products 2, 400 



Mammals 1,082 



Exhibit of Society of American Taxidermists 595 



Birds 540 



Reptiles 300 



Mollusks 1,328 



Minerals 1,290 



Lithology and Physical Geology : 384 



Metallurgy and Economic Geology 2, 274 



Workshop 500 



Aisle space 6. 450 



