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THE WORLD'S EXPOSITION
will be found preferable to the common plan of an objectless loitering tour which will result in the visitor having no well-settled idea of what he has seen, and as the distances are immense, will probably result in his time being exhausted before be has traversed the main building. If the visitor especially desires to see the exhibits made by all nations, or of any one particular article, he should, before starting, take from the Official Catalogue of Exhibitors, in connection with map of the grounds and buildings contained in the Visitors’ Guidk, and Official Catalogue, a memorandum showing the exact localities where he is to find the article be desires to see. The visitor will be guided in determining localities by the columns supporting tlie roofs of the buildings which are both lettered and numbered.
If the visitor desires to see any special exhibit he will find it by consulting the Official Catalogue, which can be had in separate parts, for the Main Building, Art Gallery, etc. It will be especially needed in the Art Gallerv, as the paintings and statuary are or.ly numbered, and the name and[ name of artist are found only in catalogue.
PRINCIPAL EXHIBITION BUILDINGS.
A separate description is given of each of the principal buildings. The following table presents a few points of general interest respecting them considered as ail entirety:
Name.	Acres under Cover.	BUILD1NG8.		
		Commenced	Completed im.	Estimated cost.
Main Building . ... Government Building . . Art Gallery	 Horticultural Hall .... Factories and Mills . . . Total 		33 12 H 3i n	M’ch 1 Aug. 2 Sept. 20 M’ch 1 Sept. 25	Sept. 13 Oct. 15 Oct. 31 Sept. 1 Oct. 31	$1,000,000 00 750.000	00 250.000	00 100.000	00 150,000 00
	51			$2,250,000 00 500,000 00
Cost of preparing and fitting grounds . . ..... . Estimated total cost World’s Cotton Centennial . .				
				$2,700,000 00
In addition to the fifty-one acres under cover, within the five principal buildings, there will be about thirty acres under cover within the other buildings (annexes), making a total of eighty-one acres under cover within the main inclosurc; thus making the World’s Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition the largest world’s exhibition ever held.
The following comparison, between the present Exhibition and all leading Industrial Exhibitions that the World has heretofore held, will be op interest to the Visitor:
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