Value of loan exhibits in the different departments .......  $9,000
Cost of new specimens and cases ...........................   8,000
Value of specimens and cases already on hand and withdrawn
from the State museum ...................................  30,000
Installation and expenses .................................  12,000
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Total ..............................................  59,000

In mines and metallurgy the exhibit covered a floor space of about 2,200 square feet.  It consisted of a full, systematic collection of the minerals of the State, a representation of the ores of gold, copper, silver, iron, nickel, and tin that are native to North Carolina, and a very full exhibit of the economic minerals.  Wherever possible, there were shown specimens of the finished product alongside of the raw material, and this feature added considerable value to the display.  A very beautiful and very comprehensive collection of cut gems and crude gem material was perhaps the most attractive feature of the exhibit.  The collection of building and ornamental stones included a large variety of granites, marbles, and sandstones, many of them of a very superior quality.

In agriculture the chief features of the exhibit were the special tobacco display and the collection of grains and seeds in the main space.  A good line of commercial cotton samples and of the best varieties of cotton seed were shown and some cotton-oil and cotton-mill machinery in connection therewith.  The late date at which any money became available prevented any show of sheaf grains or grasses and cut short the exhibit in many ways.

In the Department of Horticulture the show was a small one, owing both to the very poor fruit year and also, again, to the late date at which the collecting had to be started.  The space occupied was about 500 square feet in size, while in the four different spaces in the Agricultural Building the total floor area occupied was nearly 4,000 square feet.

The combined forestry and fish and game exhibits were among the most complete of any of the State exhibits.  The total floor space occupied by these was 2,400 square feet.  The display of native timber specimens was most complete and systematic, and the specimens were shown in a way to impart the most information in a condensed form.  The main collection consisted of planks cut the full length and width of the trees, 4 feet long by 4 inches thick, with the bark left attached.  One-half of each was dressed and sandpapered, but not varnished; the other half filled and varnished and given an oil-rub finish to bring out the beauties of the grain and to show the best finish the different kinds of wood would take.  Wherever possible, two sections were shown in the form of disks cut across the log.  These brought out the character of the end grain and the annual growth rings, as well as the size of the trees from which each specimen came.  A variety of finished wood products and a collection of forest seeds and of medicinal plants completed the exhibit.