STATES AND INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION. An exhi bition held in Atlanta, Ga., from September 18 to December 31, 1893, having for its chief pose the presentation of the agricultural, facturing, and mineral resources of the Southern States. The site selected was Piedmont Park, about two miles from the centre of the city, and covered au area of 189 acres, on which over thirty buildings, mostly in the Romanesque style of architecture, were erected. Among these ings. devoted to the purposes indicated by their names, were the following: Administration, Agriculture, Auditorium, Electricity, Fine Arts, Manufactures and Liberal Arts, Machinery. erals and Forestry, Negro. Transportation. ITnited States Government, and Woman's. In addition to special State exhibits by Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, 111i nois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Caro lina, Tennessee, and the District of Columbia, there were exhibits by the foreign governments of Austria, Belgium, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Mexico, and Russia, and by several of the South American and Central Ameriean republics. The
usual amusement features were collected on Mid way Heights, and included Chinese, Guatemalan, Japanese, and Mexican villages that were of spe cial interest. Numerous congresses were held during the Exposition, and to nearly every day was assigned some important feature that at tracted special visitors. Among these were: Georgia Day, Confederate Day, Negro Day, etc. A Department of Awards. presided over by Dan iel C. Gilman, president of the Johns Hopkins University, viewed the exhibits during the two weeks between October 15 and November 1. The total attendance was 1,179,889, and the cost of the Exposition was $960,930, while the receipts from the admissions were $300,000, from con cessions $125,230, and from floor space $79,000.