yo The Humming Bird. 



ment to be officially represented, the exhibitors at the World's 

 Fair will probably take the matter in their own hands and build 

 a building of their own to hold their exhibits at San Francisco. 



Manuul M. de Peralto, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister 

 Plenipotentiary from Costa Rica, has promised to endeavour 

 to secure official representation by his Government at the 

 Exposition, Should he fail in this, the Costa Rica Exhibitors 

 here will take their Exhibits to California on their own account. 



Commissioner W. T. Thackeray said yesterday that 

 Honduras would have a building of its own. Indeed, the plans 

 have already been made of it, and the masons and carpenters 

 will soon be engaged in its construction. The building will be 

 50 by 20 feet and surmounted by a roof garden. 



Prof. V. I. Shopoff, Bulgarian Delegate to the World's 

 Fair, has written to his Government requesting permission to 

 transfer the exhibit of his country to San Francisco in its 

 entirety. 



Theodora H. Mangel has been appointed Commissioner- 

 General for Costa Rica to the California Midwinter Inter- 

 national Exposition. Mr. Mangel will return to that country 

 after the close of the W^orld's Fair. He expects that his 

 country will be largely represented at the Midwinter Fair, 

 and it will surely have a building of its own. 



The French citizens of San Francisco, at the suggestion of 

 Mr. de Lylando, Consul of France, held a meeting in behalf of 

 the California Midwinter International Exposition. As a 

 result, an Auxiliary Committee was appointed, which sent a 

 letter to the leading French Exhibitors at Chicago, urging 

 them the importance of representation at San Francisco, and 

 offering their individual and collective assistance in the matter 

 of transportation, allotment of space, insurance, customs, etc. 

 As to the importance of a large representation of- French 

 industry, they say : '' We have the assurance that a participation 

 of the French is very much desired at San Francisco, and that 

 the French Exhibitors will find an impressive and cordial 

 welcome, not only by the French Colony, but also by the 

 American population. We think it but right to inform you 

 that the importation of French merchandise has always been 

 considered here as of the greatest importance. The rich and 

 well-to-do classes have always appreciated and looked out for 

 the products of our national industries ; therefore there is a vast 

 field open for trials, and we think that the participation of our 

 compatriots will bear beneficial results for them as well as for 

 France." 



