h the Department of State, make proclamation of the same,
setting forth the time at which the exhibition will open and the place
at which it will be held; and such board of management shall communicate
to the diplomatic representatives of all nations copies of the same and
a copy of this act, together with such regulations as may be adopted by
said board of management, for publication in their respective countries.

And whereas the duly constituted board of managers of the aforesaid
World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition has informed me that
provision has been made for the erection of suitable buildings for the
purposes of said exposition:

Now, therefore, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of the United States of
America, by authority of and in fulfillment of the requirements of said
act approved February 10, 1883, do hereby declare and make known that
the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition will be opened
on the first Monday in December, 1884, at the city of New Orleans, in
the State of Louisiana, and will there be holden continuously until the
3ist day of May, 1885.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington, this 10th day of September, 1883, and
of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and eighth.

[SEAL.]

CHESTER A. ARTHUR.

By the President:
FREDK. T. FRELINGHUYSEN,
_Secretary of State_.

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

A PROCLAMATION.

In furtherance of the custom of this people at the closing of each year
to engage, upon a day set apart for that purpose, in a special festival
of praise to the Giver of All Good, I, Chester A. Arthur, President of
the United States, do hereby designate Thursday, the 29th day of
November next, as a day of national thanksgiving.

The year which is drawing to an end has been replete with evidences of
divine goodness.

The prevalence of health, the fullness of the harvests, the stability
of peace and order, the growth of fraternal feeling, the spread of
intelligence and learning, the continued enjoyment of civil and
religious liberty--all these and countless other blessings are cause
for reverent rejoicing.

I do therefore recommend that on the day above appointed the people rest
from their accustomed labors and, meeting in their several places of
worship, express their devout gratitude to G