REPORT 



OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE THlRTY-THlRD ANNUAL FAIR OF 

 THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE. 



The Board of Managers of the thirtj-thlrd Annual Pair of the 

 American Institute respectfully report : 



That immediately after their election they organized, by the 

 appointment of Mr. James C. Baldwin as chairman, Mr. W. H. 

 Butler as vice-chairman, Mr. Thomas McElrath as corresponding 

 secretary, and Mr. John W. Chambers as recording secretary. 



The subject of holding a Fair was discussed at several meet- 

 ings, and after mature deliberation it was deemed advisable, in 

 the present unsettled state of our country, to defer holding a 

 general fair during the year. 



The Board of Managers resolved to offer thirty premiums, con- 

 sisting of gold and silver medals, for articles deemed of impor- 

 tance to the public, and the subjects were appropriated between 

 the Farmers' Club and the Polytechnic Association, requesting 

 these associations to examine and report upon the articles which 

 might be brought before them for premiums. 



It was not until the month of October that these measures 

 were finally adopted, and immediately thereafter the following 

 circular was issued, and distributed extensively through the 

 country : 



EXHIBITION OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF THE CITY OF 

 NEW YORK, 1861. 



In the second week of February next, the Managers of the Fair 

 of the American Institute will make a public exhibition of such 

 inventions and improvements brought before them as may be 

 deemed worthy of public approbation. 



To give a just encouragement to those ingenious citizens who 

 are laboring for the improvement of Agriculture, Manufactures 



