On the 27th of the same month the following commissioners were appointed: 

Col.  F.M.  De Souza Aguiar, president; Maj.  J. Da Cunha Pires, secretary and commissioner; Mr. J. Da Motta, assistant commissioner; Mr. Antonio Olyntho, commissioner; Mr. J.C.  Alves de Lima, commissioner; Dr. A. Da Graca Couto, commissioner; Commodore J.C.  Do Carvalho, commissioner; Commodore A. Correa, commissioner; Mr. J.A.  Dos Santos, commissioner; Mr. A.J.  Da Costa Couto, commissioner; Mr. Ferreira Ramos, commissioner; Capt.  J. Cordeiro da Graca, commissioner; Mr. Eugenio Dahne, assistant commissioner; Mr. E. Da Rocha Dias, aide; Air.  Ricardo Mardock and Mr. A.C.  Lopes Goncalves, commissioners from State of Amazonas.

One of the most attractive exhibits at the World’s Fair was offered by Brazil.  That country showed itself so rich and diversified in resources as to astonish the public, and in keeping with its large exhibit erected a building which soon became one of the features of the fair.

The Brazilian Building, which was designed and personally supervised by the commissioner-general, Col.  F.M. de Souza Aguiar, was located in the southwestern part of the section occupied by the foreign governments, having on its north the Belgian, Cuban, and Chinese buildings, and on the east that of Nicaragua, on the south those of France and India, and on the west the Forestry, Fish and Game, Italian, and Administration buildings.

In the center of the grounds, surrounded by lawns with flower beds and wide gravel walks, stood the Brazilian Building in the French renaissance style of architecture.  The main cornice, 80 feet high, was supported by eight groups of three columns each at the corners and sides of the two entrances of the building, and by six single columns at each loggia.  These thirty-six columns were of the corinthian style of architecture, without the fluting ordinarily used with this particular column, and were ornamented only at the lower third of the shaft with the Brazilian coat of arms between floral festoons.  Projecting above the roof of the building were three domes, two of which, on either loggia, were spherical in form, being 44 feet in diameter, while the apex of the central dome attained a height of 135 feet.  The dome was octagonal in shape, having at each corner an exterior buttress, adorned with a large statue at its top.  Encircling the same was a gallery from which could be viewed the greater part of the exposition grounds and the surrounding country.  Above the cornice of the building was a balustrade decorated with shields, showing the coats of arms of the twenty-one States of Brazil.