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wide: men in office, distinguished individuals, literary, scientific, 

 &c., so that with the non paying, corresponding, and regular mem- 

 bers, exhibitors and their families, embracing four-fifths as is esti- 

 mated of all who entered the fair, were on the" free list. 



The following account embraces the financial affairs of the Insti- 

 tute for the year. 



RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES. 



The receipts and expenditures of the American Institute of the 

 city of New- York, from February, 1846, to February, 1847, have 

 been as follows : 



Receipts. 



To cash received from sales of tickets at • 



Castle Garden, $13,581 50 



Less, counterfeit money, 26 00 



do received at cattle show, 



do rents of stands in selling department, 



do sales of lumber used at the exhibitions, 



do contributed (from members), 



do from Hon. M. Van Schaick, for silk premiums 



(part of $1,000), 



do Comptroller State of New-York, under act of 



May5, 1841, 



Balance on hand at the date of the last report, Feb. 

 1, 1846, 



Total, $23,657 24 



