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must likewise be added, the very large number who gain admittance 

 by the transfer or loan of tickets, and other deceptive modes, which , 

 from the peculiar arrangement of the premises it was impossible to 

 guard aoainst. A comparison was made on several days, between the 

 estimated number of persons who passed into the garden, and the re- 

 ceipts at the door on the same days. It was found that not more than 

 one out of five paid for admission, which accorded with the opinion 

 previously expressed by the door-keepers. 



This conclusion is reached upon the best authority of which the 

 case admits, and would prove that 154,848 persons had visited or at- 

 tended the Fair. An allowance must be made for the frequent en- 

 trance of contributors, managers, and other attendants. These facts 

 will sufficiently explain, why so many persons should have entered 

 the garden, and the receipts be so small. 



REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. 



Report on the Plowing and Spading Matches, October, 1^44. 



"' These interesting scenes took place at Fordham, in Westchester 

 county, N. Y. — access to the field was by the Harlem railroad. 



The president of the company furnished tickets free of charge to all 

 the officers, agents, and committees of the Institute. 



The Rev. Mr. Powell volunteered his beautiful field. The plow- 

 ing was deemed to be of a very high style of excellence, — the ground 

 was surveyed, and marked off in lots of one-eighth of an acre each, 

 and the order in which they were drawn by the competitors was as 

 follows : 



No. 



1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 

 6 

 7 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 



Name. 



Matthew Rae, . . . 

 John Savage, ,... 



John Rae, 



John Brewster,. . . 

 Lewis G. Morris,. 

 Oliver Cromwell, 

 (Withdrawn.) 

 Henry Mooers,. . . 

 C. Bathgate, jr., . 

 Jeremiah Tiers, . . 

 Cornelius Bergen, 



Residence. 



West Farms, N. Y., 



u a « 



Morrisania, " 



English neighborhood, N. J. , 

 Fordham, N. Y., 



u u , 



Ithaca, N. Y., 



Morrisania, do.,. , 



Yonkers, do. , , 



Brooklyn, do., 



Team. 



" The competitors started off in gay style, and accomplished their 

 work in a less time than was expected, and in an admirable manner. 



