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Receipts of fair, 1841, $7,050 00 



1842, 6,741 75 



« « 1843, 8,808 80 



Average receipts of the 3 years, $7,533 51 



Receipts of fair, 1844, $10,249 71 



1845, 12,600 43 



1846, 14,312 00 



Average receipts of the 3 years, - 12,387 38 



Receipts of fair, 1847, 1^275 27 



Expenditures of Fair, 1841, $5,571 31 



« « 1842, 5,825 75* 



« « 1843, 6,247 52 



Average expenditures of the 3 years, 5,881 52 



Expenditures of fair, 1844, $7,484 63 



« 1845, 8,683 49 



« « 1846, 10,225 25 



Average expenditures of the 3 years, 8,797 79 



Expenditure of fair, 1847, 9,619 06 



By the foregoing statement, it appears that the receipts of the 

 last fair have more than doubled the average of those of 1841, '42 

 and '43, and are | more than the average of 1844, '45 and '46. 



The expenditures have not increased in the same ratio, while the 

 premiums have doubled, and we see no reason why the receipts may 

 not continue to increase in about an equal ratio for the future, as 

 our population, wealth and the influence of the Institute extend. 



In addition to the receipts of the last fair, one day's proceeds of 

 the sale of tickets, with contributions, amounting in the whole to 

 one thousand dollars, were also received, which were applied as a 

 donation to the young girl who had the misfortune to loose a part 

 of her hand in one of the machines, described in the manager's re- 

 port, hoping it might afford some slight alleviation for her affliction. 



The whole receipts of the Institute, from February, 1846, to Feb- 

 ruary, 1847, were $14,312, while the receipts from February, 1847, 

 to February, 1848, including the $1000 bestowed on the unfortunate 

 girl, which has not gone into the general account, was $19,809.27, 



