It was very apparent to me that the Chicago House Wrecking Company was being furnished inside information, and it was also evident that they were being favored in the deal. I consider the awarding of the contract to the Chicago House Wrecking Company for the sum of $450,000 was detrimental to the interests of the United States, the city of St. Louis, and the stock-holders of the exposition. JOHN M. DUNPHY. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 28th day of March, 1905. My commission expires on the 15th day of October, 1905. [SEAL.] HARRIET A. DUMAS, _Notary Public_. APPENDIX 3. REPORTS OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES. THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. In November, 1903, the organization commission was appointed by the President as follows: Señor Francisco Sequi, president; Señor Ricardo Pillado, secretary; Señor Luis Suberbuhler; Señor Antonio Lanusse; Señor Francisco de Souza Martinez; Señor Manuel G. Llamazares. Dr. Jose V. Fernandez, commissioner-general; Señor Eduardo Schiaffino, commissioner of fine arts; Señor Horacio Anasagasti, commissioner of liberal arts and mines; Señor Guillermo A. Puente, commissioner of manufacture and electricity; Dr. Damian Lan, commissioner of live stock; Señor Ernesto Nelson, commissioner of education; Señor Enrique M. Nelson, commissioner of agriculture and forestry; Señor Jose de Olivares, commissioner of press and propaganda; Miss Ernestina A. Lopez, Ph.D., delegate of the National Board of Education; Mrs. Sara C. de Eccleston, delegate to the Women's Congress; Dr. B. del Castillo, delegate of the Argentine Press Association; Dr. Luis A. Sauze, honorary commissioner; Dr. Vicente Casares, jr., honorary attaché; Señor Ricardo Fernandez Guerrico, honorary attaché; Señor Jorge Newbery, delegate of the municipality of Buenos Aires to the Congress of Electricity. In the extent and importance of its participation the Argentine Republic ranked among the greatest foreign exhibitors at the International Exposition of 1904. The total amount of money expended, including the national appropriation by Congress, the contributions of the various ministries of the Government and of the art, industrial, and scientific institutions of the country, represented more than $300,000 gold. The total space covered by the Argentine exhibit sections, independent of the site occupied by the national pavilion, was about 20,000 square feet. The Argentine commission constructed an elegant pavilion at the northern extremity of the grounds in the renaissance style, which was a copy, although reduced in dimensions, of the two higher stories of the central part of the "Casa Rosador," or "Pink Palace," the principal Government building in Buenos Aires. In the pavilion was installed the offices of the Commission, a reception and a reading room. On the second floor was exhibited an excellent archaeological collection.