REPORT OF MANAGERS THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL FAIR. 27 



attention in keeping up the interest in this department, the 

 managers and the public are alike indebted. 



A reference to the list of premiums awarded (herewith annex- 

 ed,) will disclose other features of the fair which challenged pub- 

 lic attention, and aided in giving interest to the exhibition. 



The exhibition altogether was of an elevated character, "appeal- 

 ing to the finer tastes and cultivation of the community. The 

 better class of citizens were attracted to it, and their apprecia- 

 tion was testified by unequivocal expressions of approbation and 

 satisfaction. The Press, too, was more than usually attentive, 

 and to the admirable notices in th*e city and country papers the 

 exhibition was much indebted. 



The nature of the exhibition would not admit of its being 

 prolonged. At the very time when the public seemed mDst 

 inclined to visit it, the fair had to be closed ; neither fruits or 

 flowers could be kept longer than two weeks in any kind of suit- 

 able preservation for exhibition purposes. And what was quite 

 beyond the control of the managers, and peculiarly unfortunate, 

 more than half of the short period allotted for the exhibition 

 was cold, rainy and inclement weather, and the fair consequently 

 resulted in a pecuniary loss. 



Addresses were delivered during the Fair by Theodore Tilton, 

 Esq., and by Professor Cyrus Mason, 



The Anniversary Address under the direction of the Board of 

 Trustees, was delivered by Wm. H. Anthon, Esq,, at the Palace 

 Garden, on the evening of October the 6th, and formed the clos- 

 ing exercises of the Fair. 



The premium committee, of which Mr. George Timpson was 

 Chairman, reported that the following premiums had been 

 awarded : 



36 pieces of silver plate, value $613 00 



1 gold medal ' _ 13 00 



2 large silver medals __ 13 00 



55 silver medals _ 233 15 



37 bronze medals _ _ . . 74 00 



34 diplomas ^ _.. 13 60 



2 certificates 80 



Cash 24 00 



$982 15 • 



