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38th' Congress, ) SENATE. ( Ex. Doc

2tZ Session. ) \ No. 20.

MESSAGE

FROM THE

PRESIDENT OE THE UNITED STATES.

COMMUNICATING

A copy of a despatch of the 12th ultimo, addressed to the Secretary of State
by the minister resident of the United' States at Stockholm, relating to an
international exhibition to be held at Bergen, in Norway, during the coming
summer. »

February 14, 1865. — Read, referred to the Committee on Foreign Eelations, and ordered

to be printed..

To the Senate and House of Representatives :

I transmit to Congress a copy of a despatch of the 12th ultimo, addressed to
the Secretary of State "by the minister resident of the United States at Stock-
holm, relating to an international exhibition to he held at Bergen, in Norway,
during the coming summer. The expediency of any legislation upon the sub-
ject is submitted for your consideration.

Washington, February 13, 1865.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

No. 12.] Legation of the United States,

Stockholm, January 12, 1S65.

Sir : I had the honor to receive your despatch (No. 10) of the 17th ultimo.

Enclosed you will please find the translated copy of a note (No. 1) received by me
from Count Manderstrom, of the 27th ultimo, as well as a copy of my reply,
(No. 2,) relating to an international exhibition to be held at Bergen, Norway,
next summer.

This exhibition, to which the foreign office call my " special attention," will
embrace fish of all kinds, from the whale to the minnow, fishing tackle,
products and preservatives of fish, models of ships, boats, barrels, boxes, &c, &c.

This subject cannot fail to prove interesting to the fishing and trading com-
munities of New England, and I trust the enterprise and ingenuity of my coun-
trymen will contribute to the attraction of the occasion.

It is desired by those having the matters in charge that public attention in the
United States may be called to their enterprise. I enclose copies of the pro-
gramme, with a translation of the same.

I have the honor to be, with great respect, your obedient servant,

JAMES H. CAMPBELL.

Hon. William H. Seward,

Secretary^ of State, fyc, Sfc, fyc.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION AT BERGEN.

[Translation.]
No. 1.] Stockholm, December 27, 1864.

Sir : I have the honor to call your special attention to the international exhibi-
tion of the products of fish and fishing tackle, as well as other objects employed
in fishing, which will take place at Bergen, Norway, from the 1st of August to
the 16th of September, 1865, an exhibition of which I have the honor to trans-
mit you herewith the programme.

Be pleased to accept, sir, the assurance of my most distinguished considera-
tion.

MANDERSTROM.
Mr. Campbell,

Minister Resident of the United States of America, fyc, fyc, Sfc.

No. 2. ] Legation of the United States,

Stockholm, January 11, 1865.

Sir : I had the honor to receive the note of your excellency of the 27th ultimo,
calling my attention to an international exhibition to' be held at Bergen, Nor-
way, in the course of next summer, relating to fish and fisheries.

The branches of industry embraced within the purview of the programme
you did me the honor to enclose have added much to the wealth and prosperity
of the New England States of my own country, as well as to the United King-
dom of Sweden and Norway.

The exhibition cannot fail to be of importance and interest to the people of
both countries, and I shall take pleasure in calling the especial attention of my
government to a purpose so interesting.

This occasion is embraced by me, sir, to present the assurance of my most
distinguished consideration.

JAMES II. CAMPBELL.

His Excellency Count Manderstrom,

Minister of State and of Foreign Affairs, fyc, fyc, §r.

[Translation.]

Programme of an international exhibition of 'products and apparatus of fish-
ing, as well as other things used in fishing, which will beheld at Bergen, Nor-
way, from the first day of August until the sixteenth day of September, A.
D. 1865.

This exhibition, suggested by the initiative of the common council of Bergen,
and supported by the royal government of Norway, has for its object the intro-
duction to the public of the different products of fisheries, and the means of
improving fisheries, and the branches of labor which appertain thereto, in dif-
ferent countries. Like that which was held at Amsterdam in 1861, this exhibi-
tion will comprehend :

1. All kinds of fish in the sea, from the whale and seal to the smallest fish
of the shores.

2. All kinds of fish in the gulfs, bays, mouths of streams, and rivers-

3. All kinds of fish of the lakes, streams, rivers, and canals.

4. The artificial increase of sea and fresh-water fish.

As to the different kinds of fish they will receive at the exhibition :
A. Products of fish of all kinds, alimentary, as well as those used for agri-
culture and industrial purposes.

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B. Instruments used in preparing fish, namely, to remove the gills, cut up
the fish, &c, or models of such instruments.

0. Models and drawings of ships, or of the appointments in which or by the
aid of which the fish are prepared, that is to say, smoked, steamed, dried, &c.

D. Substances used to preserve fish, such as salt, pickles, &c.

E. Instruments used to pack and transport the products of fisheries, such as
barrels, baskets, boxes, &c.

F. Ships and boats of all kinds employed in fishing, and all the rigging on
the different parts composiug it.

G. Models of objects mentioned under letter F..

H. All things used to equip a fishing vessel, such as barrels, baskets, and
.articles used to preserve fish, bait, &c.

1. Tackle of all kinds used in fishing, in every acceptation of the term, as
-well the materials used in their manufacture, as instruments to make fishing lines,
>oak bark, and other preservatives of fishing tackle.

K. Artificial bait and all which serves to prepare and preserve natural bait.

L. Models of the habitations of fishermen, be they houses or ships in the
fisheries, as well as provisions and articles of dress.

M. Popular works upon the improvement of fish.

To organize the exhibition, and to preside over it, the common council of
Bergen has nominated a commission composed cf the undersigned members. In
•consequence, we have the honor to invite amateurs, fishermen, merchants, and
.artisans, who will have the goodness to send articles to the exhibition, to ad-
dress themselves by writing until the first of July next to the commission of
the international exhibition of fishery, Bergen, Norway. (See names on printed
programme.)

Platou Bourgmestre, president ; Ege, president du conseil municipal ; Peter
Blytt, negociant ; Christen K. Gran, consul ; T. J. Loberg, medecin en chef;
Gottleib Thomsen, negociant, cassier ; Hth. Meinich, prefet ; D. C. Danielssen,
medecin en chef; J. Koren, medecin ; Anton P. Mohr, consul ; D. U. Stoltz.

Cordier : Herman Baars, negociant, secretaire ; J. A. Michelsen, consul, mem-
bre du syndicat de la bourse ; A. Dekke. constructeur de navires ; Herrn. 0.
-Lehmkuhl, negociant : Randolph Nilsen, fabricant de voiles.

jO. YQN TANGEN", Negociant.

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