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EEPORT OF THE SECRETARY. 



iugthe National Museum aDd thell. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries) 

 to participate in the Centennial Exposition of the Ohio Valley and 

 Central States, to be held in Cincinnati from July 4 to October 27, 1888, 

 passed both houses of Congress and received the approval of the Presi- 

 dent on May 28. In addition to this, a joint resolution was adopted 

 in which the true intent of the act was declared, with a view to cor- 

 recting certain misapprehensions which had arisen in regard to the 

 objects for which the money appropriated by Congress in connection 

 with this exhibition could be legally expended. This joint resolution 

 was approved by the President on July 16. A copy of the act and of 

 the joint resolution will be found in the report of the assistant secre- 

 tary for 1889, wherein is also published a full account of the exhibit 

 prepared under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution in accord- 

 ance with the terms of the act referred to. Of the $50,000 appropriated 

 for the Smithsonian Institution $10,000 was set apart for the U. S. 

 Fish Commission. About 42,000 square feet of exhibition space were 

 reserved for the Government exhibits, 12,000 square feet being devoted 

 to that of the Smithsonian Institution. The assistant secretary was 

 on May 29 appointed representative of the Smithsonian Institution, 

 and active operations for the preparation of a creditable display were 

 immediately commenced. It was unfortunate that only a little more 

 than a month intervened between the passage of the act and the open, 

 ing of the exhibition. The Smithsonian Institution has, however, had 

 a varied experience in preparing exhibits at a short notice. The first 

 car-load of exhibits left for Cincinnati on June 22, and the last of the 

 twelve car-loads which were sent was shipped on July 12. The follow- 

 ing departments of the National Museum were represented at the exhi- 

 bition, the number of square feet assigned to each being also given : 



Department. 



Prehistoric anthropology 



Ethnology 



Biblical archaeology 



Transportation and engineering 



Naval architecture 



Graphic arts 



Photography 



Mammals (systematic exhibit) .. 

 " (extermination series) 



Binls '. 



Insects 



Mollusks 



Marine invertebrates 



Botany 



Mineralogy 



Total 



Square 

 feet. 



600 



1,120 



280 



600 



312* 



1,500 



925 



953 



884 



325 



238 



250 



125 



90 



60 



8, 262* 



