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ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 
GROUP IV. 
Prof. E. N. HoRsroKD,^Ch|vman,^ 
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Vienna Universal Exposition. 1873. 
Contributions from the United States. 
Sir : 
The United States Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition of 
1873, Gen. Thomas B. Van Buren, has requested the gentlemen whose 
names are annexed, to act as an Advisory Committee for GROUP IV. 
SUBSTANCES OF FOOD AS PRODUCTS OF INDUSTRY. 
This group embraces, in the classification of the Imperial Com- 
missioners : 
a) Flour and other farinaceous products, malt and its products ; 
h) Su^ar and its products ; 
c) Spirits and spirituous liquors, &c. ; 
d) Wines; 
e) Ale, beer, porter. &c. ; 
/) Vinegars; ^ ^ 
fj) Preserves and extracts, (extracts of meaf, portable soup, condensed milk, Erbs- 
wurst, preserved vegetables, pr^erved meat, &c. ; 
Ji) Tobacco, and similar maniuactures ; 
i) Confectionery, ginger-bread, chocolate, coffee substitutes, &c. ; 
k) Processes and inventions for preparing all these articles : 
Z) Statistics of production. 
The Austrian Commissioners earnestly invite illustrative models 
of processes which are labor and time saving, as well as carefully pre- 
pared products in the several branches of industry. 
It cannot be doubted that ample return for the time and labor it 
may cost each worthy exhibitor, will be made, both in the recognition in 
the competitive exhibition, and in the increased demand for his produc- 
tions. 
Congress will doubtless make such appropriation as will 
greatly relieve the cost of transportation, storage and proper exhibition. 
The Secretary of the Navy offers two government vessels to sail from 
New York direct to Trieste for the free shipment of articles to the 
