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plete and more effective, than it would have proved if confided to 
the hands of any purely agricultural body. The suggestion of 
Baron von Nathusius was at once taken up by the citizens of 
Hamburg; a " guarantee fund " was subscribed for by sixty of the 
leading merchants, and an Executive Committee formed, under 
the presidency of the late lamented Baron Ernst Merck, through 
whose enlarged views and able and energetic management the 
idea increased in its proportions and its importance, until, when 
the gates were opened for the reception of visitors (July 14th), 
a representative Exhibition of productive industry, more com- 
prehensive and more complete than had hitherto been seen, had 
been organised, and the outlay of an amount approaching to 
20,000/. had been incurred. 
The scheme of the Hamburg merchants met with the success 
it deserved : it was at once appreciated and accepted by all the 
principal countries. on the Continent, whose leading agriculturists 
inscribed their names on the list of exhibitors. The following 
countries appeared as exhibitors : — Austria, Anhalt, Baden, 
Bavaria, Belgium, Brunswick, Canada, Denmark and the 
Duchies, Frankfort, France, Federal States of America, Great 
Britain, Hamburg, Holland, Hanover, Hesse Cassel, Hesse 
Darmstadt, Lippe, Lubeck, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklen- 
burg-Strelitz, Nassau, Oldenburg, Prussia, Russia, Saxony, Swe- 
den and Norway, Spain, Switzerland, Uruguay, Venezuela, 
Wurtemburg. 
The Exhibition was distributed among the usual departments 
for Stock, Implements, and Products ; and to these the addition 
of a Flower Show afforded both relief and increased enjoyment 
to the numerous visitors. The stock was divided into Horse, 
Cattle, Sheep, and Swine classes. The horses were subdivided 
into 36 classes, containing 524 animals. The cattle classes were 
71 in number, and consisted of 965 animals. The sheep classes 
were 29 in number, and contained 1766 animals. Those assigned 
to swine were 18 in number, and contained 293 animals. The 
Poultry numbered 321 specimens, which were classified merely 
as regards their genus. In the Machinery Department there 
were 350 exhibitors ; and in that for agricultural products 
527 exhibitors. To this large list Great Britain contributed 
in the following proportions — to the horses 67 ; to the cattle, 
132 ; to the sheep, 400 ; to the swine, 89 ; or 688 head of 
live-stock in all. In the Machinery Section 73 Firms were 
exhibitors ; and four British exhibitors sent in specimens 
of farm products. Thus the contributions from Great Britain 
amounted to 12*786 per cent, in the horse classes ; in the 
cattle, to 13-782 per cent. ; in the sheep, to 22'727 per cent. ; 
in the swine, to 30"375 per cent. ; in the machinery section, 
to 20-856 per cent. ; and in the section of agricultural pro- 
