REPORT 



OF THE BOARD OF MANAGERS OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH 

 ANNUAL FAIR. 



The Board of Managers of the thirty-fourth Annual Fair of the 

 American Institute respectfully report : 



That on the 4th day of March last they organized, by the appoint- 

 ment of Mr. James C. Baldwin, as Chairman; Mr. Wm. H. Butler, 

 as Vice-President, and Mr. John W. Chambers, as Secretary. 



On the 18th day of March they completed the awards of the pre- 

 vious Board, which had been referred to them by the Institute. 



The Board held a number of meetings during the spring, at which 

 the subject of holding a fair in the fall was discussed, and a special 

 committee spent some time in examining various locations suitable 

 for holding an exhibition. No desirable place, in their opinion, could 

 be obtained ; and from the unsettled state of our country it was, 

 after mature deliberation, deemed inexpedient to hold an exhibition 

 during the year, and the Institute, at a meeting held on the 1st day 

 of May, directed the Managers to prepare a schedule of subjects for 

 competition, as last year, and to report the same to the meeting in 

 June. 



A list of subjects, with suitable premiums, was prepared and pre- 

 sented at a meeting of the Institute held in June, which was ap- 

 proved. 



The following circular was printed and extensively circulated : 



Rooms of the American Institute, "j 



Cooper Union Building, > 



New York, June 11 th, 1862. J 



The American Institute, of the city of New York, in order to give 

 encouragement to ingenious citizens who are laboring for the improve- 

 ment of agriculture, manufactures and the arts, has instructed the 

 Board of Managers of the Annual Fair to report a list of premiums 

 to be awarded during the year 1862, and after a careful examination 

 of the whole subject, the Managers have agreed upon and selected 

 the following subjects, which were considered worthy of the atten- 

 tion of the public at the present time, and in which improvements 

 seem to be more particularly desirable. 



To aid their judgment in this matter, the Managers have divided 

 these subjects into two classes, and referred the one class to the 



