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Oil tluit part of President Humphrey's address, roferriniTj to the services of 

 the Chairman of the Business Committe, Messrs. Parsons, Dewey and Howard. 



Mr. Kising, Superintendent of Forage, submitted his report and made certain 

 recommendations, as follows: 



I would suggest that the entries of stock should close ten days before the fair, so 

 that the superintendents could tell the amount of forage needed before the fair. I 

 would also suggest that the secretary should give the exhibitors a certificate of the 

 number of entries each one has, so that the superintendents may know the amount 

 each one maj' want. 



The treasurer, Mr. Dean, presented his annual report, which showed the 

 following summary : 



RECEIPTS. 



Cash on hand $9,639 62 



Citizens' subscription, Detroit 10,000 00 



ilembership certificates 1,157 00 



Gate receipts 33,761 15 



Booth rents 3,355 50 



Peddlers' licenses 148 50 



Kindling wood, etc 22 94 



Rebate 7 00 



Sales matresses 4 50 



Collection on grand stand 3 00 



Cash at check room 39 30 



Rebate on lumber 87 7G 



Returned by President 500 00 



Saginaw Driving Park 53 84 



Total $58,780 11 



DISBURSEMENTS. 



Tickets returned from Thompson, Secretary $30 CO 



Expense of Canada collections 1 50 



Tickets returned from Russell House 150 00 



Grand Trunk Railway coupons rejected 16 50 



Old premium checks, previous year 182 00 



Business orders, 1878 28,197 70 



Premium checks, 1878 10,357 25 



Pomological checks, 1878 816 25 



Total- $39,752 20 



Balance in the treasury at date 19,027 91 



$58,780 11 



Mr. Dean stated that this sum is deposited as follows : $5,000 each in the 

 Wayne County, Detroit and Lenawee County Savings Banks, and the balance 

 Commercial Exchange Bank, of Adrian. 



Mr. Dean also made a statement with reference to the published allegation 

 that the gate receipts of the great day of the fair obviously dd not correspond- 

 with the number of people in attendance. He gave the figures, showing the 

 number admitted free as exhibitors, or in charge of exhibits, the employes of 

 the numerous refreshment booths, the complimentary tickets, all railroad em- 

 ployes, members of the police and fire departments of Detroit and their fam- 

 ilies; school children and others admitted on reduced fare tickets, etc. All 

 these numbered in the thousands. As showing how wild estimates are liable 

 to be quoted from the Toledo newspapers during their fair in which it was 

 claimed that there were 80,000 to 90,000 people in attendance; also, from the 

 official report of the managers of the fair, showing that the sale of tickets 



