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was $15,846.13, of wliicli $3,424.14 was for jmcking and cartage, 

 $3,879.54 for transportation, $3,390.96 for insurance, $1,955.15 for 

 redistributing works at the close of the exposition, and $1,485 for 

 clerical hire. The remainder was for office and miscellaneous expenses. 



No salary of any kind was paid to any member of the art bureau. 

 It should be stated that all the works of art -were transported to Chicago 

 by fast express in charge of messengers, and an insurance of §500,000 

 placed upon the total collection. The return shiiiment was made under 

 the snjjervision of the Board of General Managers, and the most of the 

 works returned as general merchandise by freight with an insurance of 

 $100,000. The total cost of reshipment and insurance was $1,060. 



The exhibit from New York occupied seven-twelfths of the Ameri- 

 can section, and gave acknowledged character to the department. 

 Eighty-six New "iork artists received medals and diplomas, which 

 covered 540 of the 1,349 works contributed to the fair. Eleven of 

 New York's most prominent artists were members of the awards com- 

 mittee, and their works were consequently excluded from competition. 

 The remarkable success of the American paintings and statuary, when 

 compared with the best work of foreign masters, has done much to 

 popularize American art and to remove the absurd impression, so long 

 prevalent, that a work of art to be really great must bear a foreign 

 name. 



New York city, as the art center of America, furnishes the standard 

 for the rest of the country, and the notable victory gained at the 

 Chicago Exposition is a direct acknowledgment of the superiority of 

 New York art and New York artists. 



For the figures and statistics in tliis re|)ort vve are indebted to the 

 kindness of the secretary of the art bureau, "William B. Tuthill. 



