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Extracts from the Report of the Managers of the 17th Jlnnual Fair 

 of the American Institute^ 1844. 



The Premium Committee have received eighty-eight written reports 

 from the Judges in the various departments of Agriculture, Manufac- 

 tures, and the Arts. 



The whole number of competitors were 1,963; of these, 717 have 

 been entitled to the following awards, viz : — 



20 Gold Medals. 



29 Silver Cups. 

 104 Silver Medals. 

 444 Diplomas. 

 $150 in cash, special awards. 



36 Copies Transactions of American Institute. 



6 " Colman's European Agriculture and Rural Economy. 



7 " American Agriculturist. 



8 " New-York Farmer and Mechanic. 



5 " Transactions State Agricultural Society. 



8 " Cultivator. 



11 " Bridgeman's Gardeners' Assistant 



2 " " Fruit Cultivators' Manual. 



2 " " Florists' Guide. 



2 " Farmers' Mine. 



5 " Farmers' Instructor. 



3 " Handbook of Plants. 



2 " Productive Farming. 

 1 " Farmers' Manual. 



4 " Brown's Trees of America, 



3 " Prince's Treatise on Fruit. 



1 " Prince's Treatise on the Vine. 



2 " Downing's Cottage Architecture. 

 1 " " Landscape Gardening. 



4 " Kenrick's American Orchardist. 



1 " Lindley's Theory of Horticulture. 



1 " Hovey's Magazine. 



2 " Loudon's Ladies' Flower Garden. 



1 " American Flower Garden Directory. 



2 " Buist's Rose Manual. 



120 volumes. 



The amount actually received at the door of Niblo's Garden, was 

 $9,678, v/hich would pay for the entrance of 38,712 persons. To 

 this number must be added, those who either of right or by courtesy 

 were admitted free— to wit : the members of the Institute and their 

 families, — the contributors, who were provided also with some addi- 

 tional tickets, — United States, State, and Corporation Officers,— the 

 Judges, and Delegates from other Institutions, and distinguished men 

 from all parts of the Union— Charitable Schools, &c. And to these 



