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AN ESTIMATE OF ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS NEEDED BY EACH DEPARTMENT.

WHAT FURTHER LEGISLATION, IF ANY IS NEEDED, TO RENDER THE PARTICIPTION OF THE GOVERNMENT IN THE INTERNATIONAL EXHBITION AS A VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTOR ENTIRELY CREDITABLE TO IT AS SUCH.

THESE REPORTS SHOULD BE MADE TO THE BOARD IN OPEN SESSION, TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN CONNECTION WITH A GENERAL REPORT OF THE BOARD FOR TRANSMISSION TO CONGRESS.

THEY SHOULD BE READY FOR PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD BY THE 16TH OF OCTOBER, 1875.

RESPECTULLY , YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT,
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BVT. - LIEUT. - COL. U. S. A.,
CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.