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tickets. There would have been no decrease in the night stock 

 pavilion ticket sales had the management not been compelled to 

 refund for tickets sold on ^Monday night owing to the light plant 

 breaking down. The greatest loss was in the regular fifty cent 

 tickets Avhich shows a decreased sale of $4,011.00. Up to Wednes- 

 day night the sale of fifty cent tickets was 109,546, against 93,000 

 the previous year, or efjual to about 20% increase. Had the weather 

 been favorable on Thursday we could reasonably have expected the 

 same rate of increased sales to have continued, which would have 

 brought the sale of fifty cent tickets on this day to over 31,000 as 

 against 8.400 sold, a difference of over 22,000 loss. This would 

 also have been true of the day amphitheater ticket sales. Up to Wed- 

 nesday night these sales showed about a 10% increase over the 

 previous year, while the sales on Thursday were nothing as against 

 7,737 sold on the corresponding day in 1908, a net loss here of over 

 $2,000.00 alone. While both the regular and amphitheater ticket 

 sales on Friday were larger than for 1908. still tho weather condi- 

 tions were not favoral)lc for n good attendance. Nearly all other kind 

 of tickets sold show an increase over the previous year, notwith- 

 standing the unfavoi-able conditions. I have made out a compara- 

 tive ticket statement showing the sale of the various kinds of tickets 

 at tlu^ fair of 1908 and 1909, giving he increase and deereass as the 

 case may be. 



1908 



Day 50c $66,435.50 



Day 25c 5,290.00 



Evening 25c 1,403.50 



Campers 1,434.00 



Day amphitheater 7,777.00 



Day reserved seats 1,218.25 



Day tox seats 



Quarter stretch 875.50 



Night amphitheater 5,830.50 



Night reserved seats 1,068.50 



Night box seats 



Stock pavilion: 



50c 1,595.50 



35c 1,286.95 



25c 



25c standing room . . . 680.25 



Total $94,895.45 



