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BOARD
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Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Dep't, 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, Agricultural Dept.,
Prof. S.F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution,
          and Commissioner of Food Fishes.
WM. A. DECAINDRY, Secretary.
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Col. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U.S.A., Disb, Officer

International Exhibition  of 1876.
Board on Behalf U.S. Executive Departments. 
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Prof. S. F. Baird

My Dear Sir

I am in receipt of your note referring to the Consul General of the Orange Free States, and will attend to it. 

I am greatly embarrassed about funds. Before leaving for Phila. week before last I drew up a resolution, (accompanied with some data showing what we had received and from whom,) asking for $5000.00 to help the transfer of our donations from Phila. to Washington and handed it to Mr Watts to present to Congress, he promised to do so. I do not know where it is now, as Mr Watts has not been in the city since I came back, but I hope that it will be presented and acted up on very soon.

In the mean time I refrain from incurring further obligations. 

I am today preparing additional installments of Acorns, Walnuts, Hickories &c for Victoria, New South