Mr. HARRIS. The French Government have appropriated 20 million franes for the expenses of this Exhibition, over 4 million dollars. They have erected a structure in the center of the Champ deMars. covering 33 acres of ground, a very extensive builing, the largest building. erhaps, thatwas ever erected. “hey assigned to the U.S., after our acceptance of theinvitation to partake in this Exhibition, a.portion of these 33 acres, containing 30,000 'square feet the 8th in point of size among the various nations that are to partake in the Exhibition. They have offered to us, as they have to other nations, that if we desire more ground than the ground allotted to us in this buildin, we may erect a structure opposite in the pari. That is the offer made to us by the French Government. The exhibitors are so numerous, the number of inventors and producers and manufacturers applying for space in this Exhibition is so great, that our commissioner in Paris suggests that it is absolute] necessary that more ground should be provided? Let me read a clause from his letter: “The immensenumber of valuable offeringsfrom applicants for spacein groui Six. articles of great merit nsa rule. renders it insolutely necessaryto supplementthat group in the park. We shall need moreroom alsofor groupsone, two and 7. It seems.therefore, indispensable that the appropriation of $5.000be made." That is what our commissioner says. It has been argued here as though the French Government hadlproposed to us to provide this ground. Not at a We are under no obligation, in consequence of having accepted theinvitation, to erect this structure in the park. We occupy the ground allotted to us; but our exhibitors, our citizens, our inventors, our producers, will not be satisfied with that. They want more ground, and it is for their accommodation that this appropriation is to be made not because it will please the French Government, but because it will enable us to exhibit the productions and inventions of our citizens to greater advantage. It is for the honor of our country that we appropriate this $25,000, and not because we are under obligations to do it. perhaps France, perhaps the nations of Europe, would refer that, we should not do it because we sha 1 not exhibit ourselves to so great advantage if we do not do it. At best we shall not be able, probably, to accommodate 1/2 of the productions that are olfered, but shall be compelled to select the bestaud reject the rest. With all the space that we can provide, including this structure, we shall not be able probably to accommodate 1/2 of the productions and inventions that are offered for exhibition.