ons created by said
Commission."

After postponement and delays, the bill of the 11th of February
passed the House 172 to 115--57 majority. On the 15th it went
back to the Senate and was promptly passed.

The whole amount appropriated for the use of the board of lady
managers was placed in their custody by the Secretary of the
Treasury, and its expenditure has been most carefully guarded.
With this money at its command, it has always stood ready to
assist the Exposition Company in every way possible, and the
report of the treasurer will show that the disbursements have
been made in a manner befitting the greatest of all world's
fairs.

Respectfully submitted.
C.B. BUCHWALTER.
MARY PHELPS MONTGOMERY.
SALLIE D. COLEMAN.

All of the members of the board of lady managers were inspired at an
early period of their official existence with a desire to accomplish
something that would be of lasting benefit to the interests of women,
and one of the first committees to be appointed by the president was on
woman's work, which seemed to offer great scope for the development of
earnest efforts and good judgment. They realized that upon their
activity would greatly depend the extent to which women in this country
and of the world at large would participate, directly or indirectly, in
making this exposition the most beneficent for women that had been, or
could be, attained in any age or ages.

Specific action was restricted, however, by the Exposition Company, and
the committee on woman's work was not enabled to give an international
character to its work. While the life of its organization was in no way
affected, the board was not allowed to expend any money except under the
authority of the Exposition Company, and although the members believed
that whatever action they might take in regard to sending a
representative of the board abroad was legitimate exposition work and
would be promptly ratified by the National Commission and local company,
their request was denied by the executive committee of the company, and
they were not permitted to extend their work on the broad lines for
which they had hoped.

An effort was made by two members of the committee on woman's work, in
conference with the heads of the departments in Washington, to secure
information as to the details of the work performed by women in the
various Government departments, and their salaries. Thi