The series of state rooms was concluded by one of the very finest rooms, the Tressen Saal (galloon room), also a copy from the Charlottenburg Castle.  In contrast to the substantial splendor of the oak gallery, this apartment showed the whole delicacy and refinement of the Baroque.  The name “Tressen Saal” was given to this room in consideration of the gold interwoven bands (tresses) which were sewn on to the red damask.

The harmony of the oak carvings, of the gilt stucco, the red damask, and the gold galloon composed one of the most delicate decorations of Prussian castles.  This was finished by the ceiling, where were seen allegories painted and mounted on linen in imitation of the Tressen Saal in Charlottenburg Castle.

There was no special act authorizing the German exposition.  In accordance with the general principles of the German constitution, the sum required for this purpose was entered in the budget.  After an approval of the budget by the Bundesrath and the Reichstag the participation of Germany became a law.  The fire insurance of the combined German exhibits covered $4,000,000, and this sum may be regarded as the approximate value of the exhibits.  The aggregate cost of the organization, installation, and transportation paid by the Government was $1,300,000, of which the Imperial Government paid $900,000, the Prussian government $250,000, and the other Federal States $150,000.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Members of commission.—­His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, K.G., president of the royal commission; the Right Honorable Viscount Peel, chairman of the royal commission; Col.  Charles M. Watson, R.E., C.B., C.M.G., commissioner-general and secretary of the royal commission; Mr. J.H.  Cundall, general superintendent; Mr. Edmund H. Lloyd, general superintendent; Mr. Lucien Serraillier, secretary to the commissioner-general and for juries; Mr. C.D.  Barrett, accountant; Mr. Herbert Langridge, in charge of correspondence and catalogue.  Clerical assistants:  Mr. R. Grant Dalton, Mr. S.G.  Hutchinson, Mr. J. Perrin Harris.  Department of education:  Capt.  P.H.  Atkin, representative of the education committee; Mr. C.E.  Down, assistant superintendent.  Department of art:  Mr. R.S.  Hunt, representative of the art committee; Mr. Alfred A. Longdon, representative of the applied art committee.  Department of liberal arts:  Mr. J.E.  Petavel, scientific manager of low temperature exhibit; Mr. H. Payne, assistant.  Assistant superintendents of exhibits:  Mr. J.F.  Barrett, mines and metallurgy; Mr. John E. Blacknell, manufactures; Mr. J.T.  Christie, liberal arts; Mr. Harold Darby, transportation; Mr. Joseph Devlin, agriculture, fish, and game; Mr. Edward Dixon, electricity; Mr. H. Werninck, liberal arts; Mr. W.C.  Forster, Queen Victoria’s jubilee presents; Mr. W. Brown, in charge of the British Pavilion garden; Mr. Arthur Smith, general foreman.