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cash balance on hand December 1, 1909, exceeded the total disbursements 

 by $7,482.09, the amount of cash in the hands of the treasurer November 

 30, 1910. There is still outstanding unpaid warrants to the amount of 

 $198.65, leaving a net credit above warrants issued previous to December 

 1, 1910, of $7,283.44 From this there should be a further deduction of 

 $2,157.47, the amount still unpaid on contracts for the amphitheatre and 

 landscape work. This would leave a net credit for the department, on 

 December 1, 1910, of $5,125.97. 



There was paid out for premiums, account of the 1910 fair, $49,717.50. 

 For amusements and attractions $25,520.25. For advertising $9,985.19. 

 For forage $5,404.54; for printing and postage $2,712.63; for expense of 

 board and committee meetings and salaries $6,456.82; for educational 

 exhibits $1,983.52; for police and guards $3,655.46; for ticket takers, 

 ushers, etc., $2,253.39. For ticket sellers and treasurer's department $1,- 

 682.95; for light and power, $1,641.65, and for all other purposes, fully- 

 set out in the statement to follow $19,217.28. The net profit for the 

 fair of 1910 was $27,028.69. 



The next largest item of expense, after premiums, will be seen to be 

 the $25,520.25 paid for music and amusements. I ask your indulgence for 

 a moment while I give you the receipts, directly chargeable to the same 

 account, that you may better know that the amusement feature is not 

 crippling the fair from a financial standpoint. We will first add to the 

 $25,520.25 — $10,755.00, the amount paid out for racing, which will bring this 

 total up to $36,375.00. The first credit we will list will be the receipts 

 from the amphitheater and night stock pavilion show, amounting to $27,- 

 736.25. To this add $5,857.50, entry fees from races; $1,000.00 for score 

 card and amphitheater concession; $2,067. 75 for the sale of tickets after 

 five o'clock p. m., and you already have $36,561.60, an amount greater by 

 several hundred dollars than the total cost of amusement, music and 

 races. To this, however, you can reasonably add at least a small per- 

 centage of the gate receipts, say five per cent, and you have a credit of 

 $40,30S.00 to the account, or a profit of over $4,000.00 on account of the 

 racing and amusement program. You will notice we only credited five 

 per cent of the gate receipts on account of persons passing through the 

 gates for the sole purpose of witnessing the various amusement programs, 

 or listening to the various band concerts. This would leave 95 per cent of 

 the attendance who came for other purposes, viz.: To see and study the 

 numerous exhibits. If you are not willing to concede the last statement you 

 must add a greater percentage of the gate receipts to the credit of the 

 amusement program, which will, to say the least, leave it absolutely 

 impregnable from assault from any quarter. 



