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BOARD.
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Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Dept., Chairman
Adm'l THORNTON A. JENKINS, Navy Dept.
Hon. R. W. TAYLER, Treasury Department.
Hon. JOHN EATON, Interior "
Dr. C. F. MACDONALD, Post Office "
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Esq., Agricultural Dept.
Prof. S.F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution, and
Commissioner of Food Fishes.
WM. A. DE CAINDRY, Secretary.
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Col. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U. S. A., Disb. Officer [[/column 1]]
[[column 2]] [[bold]] International Exhibition, 1876
Office of the Board on behalf of U.S. Executive Departments.
No. 1725 G Street N.W.,
Washington, D.C., August ^[[23]], 1875  176[[/column 2]] [[/letterhead]]

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Prof. S. F. Baird,
    SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.

SIR: 

REFERRING TO THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATES OF EXPENSE OF REPRESENTING THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876, AS EM-
BODIED IN THE REPORT OF THE BOARD TO THE PRESIDENT OF JAN. 8, LAST, EX. DOC. NO. 125, H. OF R., 43D CONG. 2D SESSION, AND TO THE REDUCED AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED BY THE 5TH SECTION OF THE SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION ACT OF
MARCH 3, 1875, I HAVE HTE HONOR TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING SUGGESTIONS:

THE TOTAL AMOUNT ORIGINALLY ESTIMATED FOR WAS $971,000, INCLUDING THE SUM OF @200,000 FOR A BUILDING FOR THE ACCOMODATION OF ALL THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.  THE TOTAL AMOUNT ACTUALLY APPROPRIATED BY CONGRESS WAS $505,000 FROM WHICH THE COST OF THE BUILDING WAS TO BE DEDUCTED.  
THIS SERIOUSLY REDUCED THE AMOUNTS ASKED FOR THE WAR, NAVY,
INTEIOR, AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENTS, AND THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, AND THESE AMOUNTS WERE STILL FURTHER REDUCED BY THE EXPENSE OF THE BUILDING 
WHICH IS TO BE TAKEN FROM THEM.

IT IS OF MUCH CONCERN TO THE DIGNITY OF THE GOVERNMENT THAT,