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I believe that an exhibit of this kiud can be staged each year with a 

 few animals and birds of different varieties housed in some kind of a 

 building which need not cost a great amount of money. 



STATE PRISON EXHIBIT. 



The State Prison exhibit was staged this year on the upper floor of 

 the Automobile Building, using the entire south end of the building, 

 for which we received §35G.OO. It was a very interesting exhibit and 

 showed the work of the prison to thousands of visitors. Prison Warden 

 Hulburt was very liberal and certainly understands the staging of an 

 exhibit of this character to get the best out of it. 



AUTOMOBILE SHOW. 



Our Automobile Show was better patronized this year than it has 

 been for years. The total receipts for space were |9,397.95, and the 

 space was entirely sold several weeks before the Fair opened. I believe 

 it would be advisable to change the lighting system in this building 

 throughout and reflnish and decorate the upper floor and use it for 

 passenger cars on account of the wood floor, which is much more pre- 

 ferable for this class of exhibits than the cement floor, and use the lower 

 floor for trucks, accessories, etc. To decorate and reflnish this building 

 properly it would probably cost between |3,000.00 and |4,000.00. I 

 think, however, the rate for exhibit space in this building could be in- 

 creased to fifty cents per square foot, at which price the entire building 

 would bring us about .f20,000.00, and I think it would be a paying in- 

 vestment for us to decorate and reflnish the building this year. 



RENTAL OF BUILDINGS. 



Our buildings were rented last May to the Maxwell Motor Co. for ten 

 months for |18,o80— about 1 1,500 less than in 1918, due to the fact that 

 the buildings were not occupied during the months of June and July, 

 1919. 



POLICING OP GROUNDS. 



The policing of Grounds was never as well cared for as this year bj 

 the Detroit Police Department. A few plain clothes men and Boy Scouts 

 were all we had on the pay roll. Although we had a vast throng of 

 people every day, not one' arrest was made during the entire Fair. 



DECORATION OP GROUNDS. 



The decoration of our grounds this year was a little more elaborate 

 than ever before, the total cost of same being Spl,4G3.80. It being a 

 victory year, it seemed to be necessai'y that we provide a little better 

 decoration. I think tlie beautifying of the grounds at Fair time is a 

 good move, and if necessary we should spend even more in 1920 for this 

 purpose. 



