ANNUAL REPORT 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 



To the Honorable the Legislature of the State of New York : 



The undersigned, in presenting the .thirty-second annual report 

 of the American Institute of the city of New York, beg leave to 

 state that its transactions during the year ending in April, 1872, are 

 fully set forth in documents hereto annexed, containing, 



I. A review of the operations of the Institute, presented by the 

 retiring Trustees at the annual meeting held on the first day of 

 February, 1872. 



II. An exhibit of receipts and expenditures. 



III. Annual reports of standing committees. 



IY. Report of the Board of Managers in relation to the Exhibition 

 of 1871. 



Y. A catalogue of specimens of skill and ingenuity exhibited. 



YI. Opinions of Judges, and a list of Awards. 



YII. A full account of an elaborate test of Steam Boilers. 



YIII. Addresses at the Exhibition of 1871. 



IX. Scientific lectures delivered before the American Institute. 



X. Discussions of the Farmers' Club, including communications 

 from all parts of the Union. 



XL Transactions of the Polytechnic Association, including a sum- 

 mary of Scientific advance, at home and abroad. 



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