were a strong reenforcement to the literature. These lectures were
given by the different County Representatives in a hall built and
equipped by the State especially for the purpose, and which opened
off the main exhibition room. The number of lectures varied from nine
to twelve a day, each occupying half an hour, twenty-five minutes for
the talk and five minutes to empty and re-fill the hall. They were a
popular feature and always well patronized, and their far-reaching and
convincing lessons will be realized in benefits to California, and
especially to the sections represented, for many years to come. A new
departure in Exposition work was the maintenance in the California
building of a California