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WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. 



MISSOURI STATE BUILDING. 



ment. The number of articles found by secret- 

 service officers and returned to owners was 861, 

 the value being $11,381. The Secret-Service 

 Bureau went out of existence on Dec. 1. 



Cost of the Fair. The total cash receipts of 

 the exposition from all sources up to and includ- 

 ing Nov. 12 were $33,290,065.58, while the dis- 

 bursements were $31,117,353.79. In the month 

 of May there were 11,482 persons on the pay 

 rolls of the fair and their total compensation 

 was $387,499.89, exclusive of the amount paid 

 to the 7,000 men employed by contractors. 



The average receipts a day during the six 

 months it was open were $89,501.53, and the aver- 

 age expenses a day were $18,380.59. The smallest 

 attendance was on May 5, 10,791, and the largest 

 on Chicago day, Oct. 9, 729,203. The total 

 number of paid admissions for the six months 

 was 21,530,854. 



The disbursements represent the money paid 

 out for landscape gardening and architecture : 

 dredging, filling, and excavating; coloring and 

 decorating ; draughtsmen's wages; electric plant; 

 interior docking ; grading and surveying ; piers 

 and breakwaters ; roadways and sidewalks ; 

 sculpture modeling ; statues ; water and sewer- 

 age ; horses, wagons, and harnesses ; the various 

 exhibition buildings ; and other items too many 

 to mention. 



From these results it is expected that when the 

 Committee on Finance make their final report 

 they will be able to announce a dividend of 10 

 per cent. 



For the six-month exposition period the re- 

 ceipts and expenses were : 



The receipts are thus summarized : 



Balance from temporary organization 



Installment receipts in stock 



Interest on deposits 



Sale of souvenir coins $1,094,144 78 



. 1,435,000 00 



Gate receipts 



Receipts from concessionnaires. 



Sale of bonds 



Accrued interest on bonds 



Miscellaneous receipts 



$4.252 64 

 10,516,698 43 

 68,090 50 



2,529,144 78 



10.578,146 81 



3,384,016 23 



4,444,500 00 



30,976 52 



1,734,239 67 



Total receipts $33,290,065 58 



In addition to this total the following appro- 

 priations were made : 



By foreign governments $6,571,520 00 



By States of the Union 6,020,85000 



By the United States Government (exclusive 



of amounts in former account) 2,668,875 00 



Total $15,251,254 00 



Awards. The Executive Committee of Awards 

 consisted of the following State commissioners : 



