Official Forms, 1876. JAMAICA. Wm. Robert Thomson, Esq., Kingston. NEW SOUTH WALES. His Honor Sir James Martin Knight, Chief Justice, President. The Hon. John Hay, President of the Legislative Council, Vice-President. The Hon. George Wigram Allen, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Vice-President. The Rev. Chas. Badham, D.D. Samuel Bennett, Esq. James Byrnes, Esq. R. W. Cameron, Esq. The Hon. G. H. Cox, M.L.C. J. R. Fairfax, Esq. Andrew Garren, Esq., LL.D. The Hon. S. D. Gordon, M.L.C. Henry Halloran, Esq. Edw. S. Hill, Esq., J.P. The Hon. Thomas Holt, M.L.C. P. A. Jenning, Esq. G. W. Lord, Esq., M.P. COMMISSIONERS. The Hon. Sir Wm. Macarthur, Knt., M.L.C. T. S. Mort, Esq. Benjamin Palmer, Esq., Mayor of Sydney. George Thornton, Esq., J.P. William Wallis, Esq. James Watson, Esq., M.P. John Woods, Esq. John Belisario, Esq. Rev. W. B. Clarke, M.A. The Hon. Edward King Cox, M.L.C. Edward Knox, Esq. Archibald Leversidge, Esq. John Living, Esq. The Hon. J. L. Montefiore, M.L.C. James Powell, Esq. Christopher Rolleston, Esq. The Hon. James White, M.L.C. Mr. Julian Salomons. RESIDENT COMMISSIONERS. Augustus Morris, Esq., Executive Commis- Marshall Burdekin, Esq., Sydney. Sir Daniel Cooper, Baronet, London. Dr. R. W. Forbes, New York. George Oakes, Esq., Sydney. George Russell, Esq., Scotland. The Hon. James White, Member of the Leg- Andrew Garran, Esq., LL.D., Sydney. Christopher Rolleston, Esq. Daniel McIntyre, Esq., Consular Agent of the United States Government at Wellington. SOUTH AUSTRALIA (Adelaide). His Excellency Sir Anthony Musgrave, Esq., C.M.G., Chairman. The Hon. W. Everard, Commissioner of Crown Lands. The Hon. H. E. Bright, M.L.C., J. P., Commissioner of Public Works. The Hon. John Crozier, M.L.C., J.P. The Hon. Wentwood Cavanagh, Esq., M.P., J.P. Josiah Boothly, Esq., J.P. E. W. Andrew, Esq., J.P. S. Davenport, Esq., J.P., Special Commis sioner. Joseph Crompton, Esq., J.P. E. S. Smith, Esq., M.P., J.P. Water Hackel, Esq. I. A. Holden, Esq., J.P. S. V. Pozy, Esq. C. J. Coates, Esq., Commissioner and Hon- F. G. Waterhouse, Esq. W. A. E. West Erskine, Esq. TASMANIA. H. P. Welch, Esq., Commissioner. | P. A. Jennings, Esq. VICTORIA. Sir Redmond Barry, Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, President. Official Forms, 1876-77. TO THE EDITORS OF NEWSPAPERS. TO THE EDITOR OF.. [No. 240.] 1876. DEAR SIR, Please accept my thanks for your kindness in supplying the Commission with your valuable paper during the continuance of the Exhibition. As the work is now drawing to a close, we shall have no further need to avail ourselves of your courtesy. Yours respectfully, JOHN L. CAMPBELL, Secretary. [No. 241.] CIRCULAR LETTER TO EXHIBITORS RECEIVING AWARDS. PHILADELPHIA, 1877. SIR,-The inclosed is a certified copy of the Report of the Judges as accepted by the United States Centennial Commission, and in conformity with which an award was decreed to you. You will be notified when the Diploma and Medal are ready for delivery. Please acknowledge receipt of this report. Yours respectfully, A. T. GOSHORN, Director-General. APPENDIX C. LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE ACTION OF THE GOVERN- Government MENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ACT OF CONGRESS CREATING THE CENTENNIAL COMMISSION. Approved March 3, 1871. AN ACT to provide for celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence, by holding an International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, in the City of Philadelphia, and State of Pennsylvania, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Whereas, The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America was prepared, signed, and promulgated in the year seventeen hundred and seventy-six, in the City of Philadelphia; and whereas, it behoves the people of the United States to celebrate, by appropriate ceremonies, the Centennial anniversary of this memorable and decisive event, which constituted the fourth day of July, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and seventy-six, the birthday of the nation; and whereas, it is deemed fitting that the completion of the first century of our national existence shall be commemorated by an Exhibition of the natural resources of the country and their development, and of its progress in those arts which benefit mankind, in comparison with those of older nations; and whereas, no place is so appropriate for such an Exhibition as the city in which occurred the event it is designed to commemorate; and whereas, as the Exhibition should be a National Celebration, in which the people of the whole country should participate, it should have the sanction of the Congress of the United States; therefore, SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That an Exhibition of American and Foreign Arts, Products, and Manufactures sha I be held, under the auspices of the Government of the United States, in the City of Philadelphia, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six. SEC. 2. That a Commission, to consist of not more than one delegate from each State and from each Territory of the United States, whose functions shall continue until the close of the Exhibition, shall be constituted, whose duty it shall be to prepare and superintend the execution of a plan for holding the Exhibition; and, after conference with the authorities of the City of Philadelphia, to fix upon a suitable site within the corporate limits of the said city where the Exhibition shall be held. SEC. 3. That said Commissioners shall be appointed within one year from the passage of this Act by the President of the United States, on the nomination of the Governors of the States and Territories respectively. SEC. 4. That in the same manner there shall be appointed one Commissioner from each State and Territory of the United States, who shall assume the place and perform the duties of such Commissioner and Commissioners as may be unable to attend the meetings of the Commission. SEC. 5. That the Commission shall hold its meetings in the City of Philadelphia, and that a majority of its members shall have full power to make all needful rules for its government. action. Government action. SEC. 6. That the Commission shall report to Congress, at the first session after its appointment, a suitable date for opening and for closing the Exhibition; a schedule of appropriate ceremonies for opening and dedicating the same; a plan or plans of the buildings; a complete plan for the reception and classification of articles intended for exhibition; the requisite custom-house regulations for the introduction into this country of the articles from foreign countries intended for exhibition; and such other matters as in their judgment may be important. SEC. 7. That no compensation for services shall be paid to the Commissioners or other officers provided by this Act from the Treasury of the United States; and the United States shall not be liable for any expenses attending such Exhibition, or by reason of the same. SEC. 8. That whenever the President shall be informed by the Governor of the State of Pennsylvania that provision has been made for the erection of suitable buildings for the purpose, and for the exclusive control by the Commission herein provided for of the proposed Exhibition, the President shall, through the Department of State, make proclamation of the same, setting forth the time at which the Exhibition will open and the place at which it will be held; and he shall communicate to the diplomatic representatives of all nations copies of the same, together with such regulations as may be adopted by the Commissioners, for publication in their respective countries. Approved March 3, 1871. ACT OF CONGRESS CREATING THE CENTENNIAL BOARD OF FINANCE. AN ACT relative to the Centennial International Exhibition to be held in the City of Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby created a body corporate, to be known by the name of the Centennial Board of Finance, and by that name to have an incorporate existence until the object for which it is formed shall have been accomplished; and it shall be competent to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, defend and be defended, in all courts of law and equity in the United States; and may make and have a corporate seal, and may purchase, take, have, and hold, and may grant, sell, and at pleasure dispose of all such real and personal estate as may be required in carrying into effect the provisions of an Act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for celebrating the One Hundredth Anni |