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[[letterhead]] [[table, 2 columns]] [[column 1, bordered on right side by right-facing bracket]] BOARD --- Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Dept., [[italics]] Chairman. [[/italics]] 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 Det. Prof. S. F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution and Commissioner of Food Fishes WM. A. DE CAINDRY, [[italics]] Secretary [[/italics]]. ----- COL. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U.S.A., [[italics]] Disb. Officer. [[/italics]] [[/column 1]] [[column 2]] [[bold]] INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876.[[/bold]] + OFFICE OF THE [[bold]] Board on behalf of U.S. Executive Departments, [[/bold]] [[italics]] No. 1725 G Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. [[/italics]] AUGUST 28TH, 1875. [[italics]] 187 [[/italics]] [[/column 2]] [[/letterhead]] PROF. S. F. BAIRD, WOODS HOLE, MASS. SIR: I SEND YOU BY EXPRESS TO-DAY, 150 BLANK FORMS, VOUCHERS, AND 50 BLANK FORMS, PAY-ROLLS, IN COMPLIANCE WITH YOUR REQUEST OF AUG. 25TH TO MR DE CAINDRY. RESPECTFULLY, YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, ^[[SCLyford]] BVT. - LIET.- COL., U. S. A., CHAIRMAN OF BOARD.