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notified, and also that the account has been examined and certified 

 as correct by the finance committee of the Institute — men chosen for 

 their knowledge of accounts, probity, and independent circumstances, 

 at the annual election of the oflficers of the Institute. 



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, 1847, to February, 1848, have 

 been as follows: 



Receipts. 



To cash received from sales of tickets at 



Castle Garden, $14,571 75 



Less counterfeit money, 12 50 



$14,559 25 



To cash received at cattle show, — 195 06 



do rents of stands in selling saloon, 190 00 



do sales of lumber used at the exhibitions, 280 96 



do from Hon. M. Van Schaick, for silk premi- 

 ums, (part of $1000), 100 00. 



do for special premiums, 50 00 



do contributed by members, - 1,840 00 



do interest on special deposit, &c., 254 00 



do interest on city stock, $5000, at 6 per cent, 



3 months, 75 00 



do interest on city ^ck, $7000, at 6 per cent, 



9 months, 315 00 



do Treasurer State of New-York, under act of 



May 5, 1841, ----- 950 00 



$18,809 27 

 Balance on hand at the date of the last report, Febru- 

 ary, 1847. 



In city stock, at 6 per cent, $7,000 00 



In hands of treasurer, 2,249 22 



9,249 22 



$28,058 49 



