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^[[34]] [[preprinted]] 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. International Exhibition, 1876. OFFICE OF THE Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Departments, No. 1725 G Street N.W., Washington, D.C. ^[July 1?]] 187^[[6]] [[/preprinted]] Profsr S.F. Baird Smithsonian Instn Sir, I have the honor to forward two checks, viz F. R. Schaeffer and [[T.?]] Donaldson. Respectfully, J S Conrad Col + DO