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^[[33]] [[preprinted]] [[boxed]] BOARD [[line]] Col. S. C. Lyford, War Department Chairman. Adm'l Thornton A. Jenkins, Navy Department. Hon. R. W. Tayler, Treasury Department. Hon. John Eaton, Interior Department. Dr. C. F. Macdonald, Post Office Department. Wm. Saunders, Esq., Agricultural Department. Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institution, and Commissioner of Food Fishes. Wm. A. De Caindry, Secretary. [[line]] Col. Joseph S. Conrad, U. S. A., Disb. Officer. [[/boxed]] International Exhibition, 1876. OFFICE OF THE Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Departments, No. 1735 F. Street N. W., [[strikethrough]]No. 1725 G Street N. W.,[[/strikethrough]] Washington, D. C. ^[[July 8]] 187^[[6]] [[/preprinted]] Prof. S. F. Baird Representative of Smithsonian Institution, Cov. Preston & Hutton Sts., Phila Pa Sir: I have sent you today by express 500 blank vouchers, and by mail 60 pay rolls as requested. Respectfully, Your obedi serve Wm A. DeCaindry