REPORT 



COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS, 



FOR THE YEAR 1895. 



By J. H. WOODFORD, Chairjian. 



We are glad to be able to report a prosperous year for the 

 exhibitions of the Society just closed. The various and numerous 

 shows during the year have at times taxed the ingenuity of your 

 Committee to find space in the halls for the proper display of the 

 various classes offered by the exhibitors, and then have space 

 enough left for the comfort of visitors. 



This state of things does not reflect any credit on the foresight 

 of the Committee having our property in charge, for when we take 

 into consideration the poor accommodations at our disposal nnd 

 the very meagre net income that we receive from an investment of 

 half a million of dollars, it seems to us that we ought to have very 

 much better accommodations and vastly superior facilities for our 

 shows out of an investment of half the mone}'. This same inade- 

 quacy of accommodation has been repeatedly referred to by the 

 presidents of our Society, and by several chairmen of committees 

 in their annual addresses and reports, and still, as far as our 

 Society knows, no notice has been taken of their statements. We 

 would suggest that the Committee having the building in charge 



