AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE 

 OF THE CITY OF NEW- YORK— 1845. 



In compliance with the act of the Legislature, passed May 7th, 

 1844, the trustees submit the following statement of their transac- 

 tions with the annexed documents. 



The efforts of those who have had the agency in the operations of 

 the Institute the last year, have been marked with zeal, energy, and 

 perseverance, steadily directed to the duties enjoined in its charter, 

 viz : " Encouraging and promoting domestic industry in this State, 

 and the United States, in Agriculture, Commerce, Manufactures, and 

 the Arts." 



Means for effecting these objects, similar, in a great measure to 

 those named in the former report, have been pursued the last year. 



The daily meetings of a portion of the officers and active mem- 

 bers of the Institute have been regularly held, to whom have been 

 submitted for consideration important letters and communications, em- 

 bracing an extensive correspondence reaching to other States, and 

 even to distant foreign countries. Experience has shown these 

 meetings to be eminently beneficial. The contents of these letters 

 and communications are discussed and made subservient as far as 

 practicable in advancing the cause of industry and improvement. 

 Suggestions of wholesome measures for future meetings of the Insti- 

 tute are also debated, and matured, instead of being pre&ented in 

 their crude state. 



Means of improvement are thus promptly, by frequent meetings, 

 made available, which otherwise might be overlooked, forgotten, and 

 neglected. By means of these meetings, numbers become intimate- 



