GROUP IV.-ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS, AND MACHINERY RELA

GROUP V.-FISH AND FISH PRODUCTS,-APPARATUS OF FISHING.
Prof. S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Ins., Washington. Joakim Andersen, Norway.
T. B. Ferguson, Baltimore, Md.

GROUP IX.-WOOL AND SILK FABRICS, AND MACHINERY RELATING THERETO.

John L. Hayes, Cambridge, Mass.

Elliot C. Cowdin, Pres't, New York.

Charles Le Boutillier, Philadelphia, Pa.

Charles J. Ellis, 714 Market St., Philadelphia, Pa.

J. D. Lang, Vassalboro', Maine.

Consul Gustav Gebhard, Sec'y, Germany

Theodore Bochner, Jr., Austria.

Mr. Henry Mitchell, Great Britain.

Dr. Max. Weigert, Germany.

Mr. Louis Chatel, France.

Carl Arnberg, Sweden.

Mr. Hayami Kenzo, Japan.

Mr. John G. Neeser, Switzerland.
August Behmer, Egypt.

Albert Daninos, Turkey.

GROUP X.-CLOTHING, FURS, INDIA-RUBBER GOODS, etc.

Prof. W. H. Chandler, Ph.D., F.C.S., Sec'y, Lehigh

University, South Bethlehem, Pa.

Wm. O. Linthicum, 174 Fifth Ave., N. Y. City.
Benjamin F. Britton, New York City.

Mr. Ch. J. Dietz-Monnin, France.

Mr. Modest Kittary, Russia.

Mr. Edward Kanitz, Austria.

Mr. M. P. Empey, Canada.

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Dr. George Hewston, Pres't, Folsom Street, San

Francisco, Cal.

Prof. E. N. Horsford, Cambridge, Mass.

GROUP XI.-JEWELRY, WATCHES, SILVERWARE, BRONZES, etc.

Martin P. Kennard, Pres't, Boston, Mass.

Peter Gottesleben, Sec'y, Denver, Colorado.

J. Diefenbach, Germany

G. H. Heap, Tunis.

Roulleaux Du Gage, France.

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GROUP XII.-LEATHER AND MANUFACTURES OF LEATHER, etc.
Gov. F. H. Pierpont, Pres't, Fairmount, Marion

County, West Virginia.

John Cummings, Sec'y, Boston, Mass.
Thomas Miles, Philadelphia, Pa.

J. P. Postles, Wilmington, Del.

GROUP XIII.-PAPER, STATIONERY, PRINTING, AND BOOK-MAKING.
Sir Sydney H. Waterlow, Bart., M.P., Great Britain.
G. W. Seitz, Germany.

James M. Willcox, Ph.D., Pres't, Glen Mills, Pa.;
1722 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

C. O. Chapin, Springfield, Mass.
William Faxon, Hartford, Conn.

Edward Conley, Cincinnati, Ohio.

H. T. Brian, Sec'y, Government Printing Office,
Washington, D. C.

GROUP XIV.-APPARATUS OF HEATING, LIGHTING, etc.

C. C. Cox, M.D., LL. D., Pres't, Washington, D. C.
Azel Ames, Jr., M.D., Sec'y, Wakefield, Mass.

GROUP XV.-builders' HARDWARE, TOOLS, CUTLERY, etc.

Charles Staples, Jr., Portland, Maine.

Daniel Steinmetz, Pres't, Philadelphia, Pa.
George L. Reed, Clearfield, Pa.

General John D. Imboden, Richmond, Va.

Hon. J. Bain, Lord Provost of Glasgow, Great
Britain.

Mr. D. MacHardy, Great Britain.

Mr. Julius Diefenbach, Sec'y, Germany.

GROUP XVI.-MILITARY AND SPORTING ARMS, WEAPONS, etc.

Colonel S. C. Lyford, U.S.A. (Chairman Government

Board, etc.).

General H. L. Abbott, U.S.A., Pres't, Willett's
Point, N. Y.

George A. Hamilton, St. Paul, Minn.

Major Wm. H. Noble, R.A., Sec'y, Great Britain.

Capt. Comm't of Artillery Alphonse Lesne, Belgium

Capt. L. P. de Saldanha da Gama, Brazil.

GROUP XVII.-CARRIAGES, VEHICLES, AND ACCESSORIES.

Thomas Goddard, Boston, Mass.-134 State St.
B. F. Morse, Augusta, Me.

Mr. Guiet, France.

! Mr. Wm. F. Dufus, Canada.

GROUP XVIII.-RAILWAY PLANT, ROLLING STOCK, ENGINES, etc.

Colonel Robert E. Ricker, Elizabeth, N. J.
General T. A. Morris, Indianapolis, Ind.

Felician Slataper, Sec'y, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Capt. Douglas Galton, R. E., C.B., F R.S., Pres't,

Great Britain.

Mr. Ernest Pontzen, Austria.

Mr. E. Shaar, Belgium.

GROUP XIX.-VESSELS, AND APPARATUS OF TRANSPORTATION.

Isaac Newton, New York.

J. W. Griffith, Portsmouth, N. H.

H. C. Goodspeed, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Colonel F. H. Rich, R.E., Great Britain.

GROUP XX.-MOTORS, HYDRAULIC AND PNEUMATIC APPARATUS.

GROUP XXI.-MACHINE TOOLS FOR WOOD, METAL, AND STONE.

Irving M. Scott, Union Iron Works, San Francisco,
Cal.

George H. Blelock, Springfield, Mass.

W. F. Durfee, Wisconsin (at 56 Broadway, N. Y.).
Prof. John A. Anderson, President Kansas State
Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas.

Mr. John Anderson, LL.D., C.E., Pres't, Great
Britain.

M. le Commandant F. Perrier, France.
Mr. C. A. Angstrom, Sweden.

Mr. Auguste Gobert (fils), Sec'y, Belgium.
Mr. Felix Reifer, Austria.

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Mr. Fred. A. Paget, C.E., Sec'y, Great Britain.

GROUP XXII.-MACHINES AND APPARATUS USED IN SEWING, etc.

George W. Gregory, Boston, Mass.

Edward H. Knight, Pres't, Patent Office, Washing

ton, D. C.

L. D. F. Poore, Springfield, Dakota.

GROUP XXIII.—AGRICULTURAL MACHINES, IMPLEMENTS OF AGRICULTURE,

Hon. John P. Reynolds, Chicago, Ill.
James S. Grinnell, Sec'y, Washington, D. C.
James Bruce, Corvallas, Oregon.

etc.

Mr. John Coleman, Pres't, Great Britain.
Don Fermin Rosillo, Spain.

P. D. G. Paes Leme, Brazil.

M. Manuel Irarrazaval, Chili.

GROUP XXIV.-INSTRUMEnts of mediCINE, SURGERY, etc.

C B. White, M.D., New Orleans, La.

J. H. Thompson, A.M., M.D., Sec'y, Washington,
D. C.

W. A. Roth, M.D., Pres't, Germany.
Dr. Ernst Fleischl, Austria.

GROUP XXV.-INSTRUMENTS OF PRECISION, RESEARCH, etc.

Prof. Joseph Henry, LL.D., Secretary of the Smith-
sonian Institution, Washington, D. C.

Prof. F. A. P. Barnard, S.T.D., LL.D., Columbia
College, New York.

Prof. J. E. Hilgard, Pres't, Washington, D. C.
Prof. J. C. Watson, Sec'y, Ann Arbor, Mich.
General Henry K. Oliver, Salem, Mass.
George F. Bristow, New York.

Sir William Thomson, LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.,
Great Britain.

Jul. Schiedmayer, Germany.
E. Levasseur, France.

P. F. Kupka, Austria.

Edw. Favre Perret, Switzerland.

GROUP XXVIII.-EDUCATION AND SCIENCE.

Hon. Andrew D. White, LL.D., President of Cor-
nell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

D. C. Gilman, LL.D., President of Johns Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Md.

Hon. J. M. Gregory, LL.D., Champaign, Ill.
Prof. J. W. Hoyt, LL.D., Sec'y, Madison, Wis.

Sir Charles Reed, Pres't, Great Britain.
Mr. Réne Fouret, France.
Colonel John J. Marin, Spain.
Prof. Dr. Otto Martin Torell, Sweden.

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1876.

THE NATIONAL COMMEMORATION, JULY 4, 1876.

The ceremonies to be observed, under the direction of the United States Centennial Commission, in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the United States, will take place in Independence Square, Philadelphia, July 4, beginning at 10 A.M., or soon thereafter, upon the conclusion of the military review. The following order will be observed:

I.-Grand Overture, "The Great Republic," founded on the National Air "Hail Columbia," and arranged for the occasion by the composer, George F. Bristow, of New York. Orchestra-P. S. Gilmore, Director.

2. The President of the Commission will call the assembly to order, and announce the President of the United States, or, in his absence, the Vice-President, as the presiding officer of the day.

3.-Prayer, by the Rt. Rev. Wm. B. Stevens, D.D., Bishop of Pennsylvania.

4.-Hymn, "Welcome to all Nations." Words by Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Massa-
chusetts. Music, " Keller's Hymn." Orchestra and Chorus.

5.-Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Richard Henry Lee, of Virginia.
The original manuscript will be brought forward for the purpose by his Honor the
Mayor of Philadelphia, to whose care it has been intrusted by the President of the
United States.

6.—" Greeting from Brazil," a Hymn for the First Centennial of American Independence,
composed by A. Carlos Gomes, of Brazil, at the request of his Majesty Dom Pedro
II., Emperor of Brazil. Orchestra.

7.-Poem, "The National Ode," by Bayard Taylor, of Pennsylvania. Introduced by the
President of the Centennial Board of Finance.

8.-Grand Triumphal March, with Chorus, "Our National Banner." Words by Dexter
Smith, of Massachusetts; Music by Sir Julius Benedict, of England.
9.-Oration, by William M. Evarts, of New York.

10.-Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's "Messiah." Orchestra and Chorus.

11.-Doxology, "The Old Hundredth Psalm," in which all present will be requested to

ACCREDITED TO THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF 1876, PHILA-
DELPHIA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

Ernesto Oldendorff, President, New York.
Edward Shippen, Vice-President, Philadel

phia.

Carlos Carranza, New York.

Edward T. Davison, Treasurer, Consul-
General, New York.

Diego de Castro, Secretary, New York.
Deputy Member,-E. Mara Davison.