REPORT 



Of the Managers of the 18th Annual Fair. 



By ihe accounts herewith submitted, (see report of finances annex- 

 ed,) it appears that both the reciepts and expenditures have been lar- 

 ger than at any previous fair. 



Everything was done on the part of the managers to render this ex- 

 hibition of native genius, industry and enterprise as attractive and in- 

 teresting as possible. Crowds of visitors thronged the exhibition 

 rooms from the commencement to the end of the fair. The number 

 who paid for admission is estimated at fifty thousand, and it is believed 

 that the free visitors amounted to four limes that number. This class 

 comprised the members of the Institute and their families, all the ex- 

 hibitors and their families, delegates from other slates and sister insti- 

 tutions, distinguished gentlemen from all parts of the union, members 

 of the corporation, judges, charitable schools, &c. 



The managers were particularly gratified at seeing among the visi- 

 tors a 1 unusually large number of strangers and residents of other 

 cities, proving that the importance of the Institute in a national point 

 of view is rapidly increasing and extending. The managers wish 

 that it may always be borne in mind, that the rnslilute is what its 

 name indicates, American. Its services and benefits are extended to 

 all sections of the country, and every American citizen has not only 

 the privilege, but the right to visit the Institution at any time, and 

 avail himself of all the information which the models, records and re- 

 ports of the Institute can afford, as well as to consult the library of 

 the Institute, which is not excelled by any other in the country of equal 

 extent. 



It was justly remarked by one of the managers in an address de- 

 livered during the fair, that it would be an endless task to portray the 

 benefits which have resulted from these yearly exhibitions. 



