of the types of boats in use, carriages and wheelwrights’ work, agricultural implements and farm machinery, appliances and methods used in agricultural industries, agricultural seeds, equipment and method employed in the preparation of foods, minerals and stones and their utilization, musical instruments, chemical and pharmaceutical arts, gold and silver ware, weights and measures, coins and medals, and photographs of the port.  The collections made by the provincial authorities comprised art work in jade, crystal, porcelain and bronze, Chinese books and publications, lacquered ware and fancy articles.

The total approximate value as given above was $638,250, but this sum included the cost of transportation and installation.  It represents in fact the market value in the United States.  There was in the neighborhood of 2,000 tons of shipments from China to St. Louis—­800 tons from the south of China, and 1,200 from the north of China.  The rate from the south of China, i.e., Hongkong, was $8 per ton, while from the north of China, i.e., Shanghai, or nearly 900 miles shorter trip, the rate was $14 per ton.  The amount paid for transportation was more than $20,000, to which must be added some $2,000 for terminal and switching charges.  The cost of installation for the entire exhibit was about $7,500.  The exorbitant wages necessary for all work done at the exposition accounts for this heavy expenditure.  Another large item of expense, according to the Chinese commissioner, was the 5 per cent rate charged in this country for fire insurance.  Most of the foreign countries taking part in the exposition effected insurance in home companies at about half the above rate.

The total cost of the Chinese Government Pavilion amounted to $75,000.  It was partly a reproduction of a portion of Prince Pu Lun’s palace at Peking.  Models were sent from China and copied in this country, the large arch at the entrance being a “Pai-Lou,” or memorial arch, common in China as entrances to palaces, temples, and tombs.  A small octagonal pavilion or tea house was shown.  They are always at some beautiful spot in the gardens of the wealthy.  Two flagstaffs outside were also copies of Chinese models.  The wood carvings were very expensive, and good examples of what the Chinese workman can do in that line.  Special men from China were imported to carry out the designs of the building and to do the painting in the Chinese style.

The space occupied by the Chinese in the Liberal Arts Palace was 28,000 square feet, and, with the exception of another 1,500 square feet in the Educational Department, China was not represented in other buildings of the exposition.  The small exhibit in the Educational Palace was not an attempt to illustrate the Chinese system of education.  It was intended simply to give the world an idea of the work being done by foreign societies—­missionary and otherwise—­in the educational line in China.

The maintenance of the staff looking after exhibits was about $30,000.  The expense connected with the repacking and return of freight and unsold exhibits was about $15,000.