360 Wisconsin state aorigthtubal society. 
On the 22d of April, 1876, the Board of Finance reported as hav¬ 
ing’ received from all sources the following amounts: 
From the state of Pennsylvania. .$1,000, 000 
city of Philadelphia. 1,500,000 
stock subscriptions. 3,500,000 
appropriation by United States. 1,500,000 
concessions, etc ...... 500,000 
Total. $7,000,000 
Of the stock subscriptions, $1,872,180 were subscribed by citizens 
of the state of Pennsylvania. It was then estimated that the re¬ 
ceipt of $1,500,000 in admission fees would still be required to de¬ 
fray current expenses to the close of the exhibition. The actual 
receipts from admission fees reached nearly $4,000,000; and the 
number of admissions was about ten millions of persons. 
EXTENT OF BUILDINGS, ETC. 
The exhibition buildings in the park covered an area of about 
seventy-five acres; and fifty-five nations and colonies were repre¬ 
sented at the exhibition. The total number of exhibitors, American 
and foreign, was about forty thousand; and the number and variety 
of articles properly exhibited exceeded tvvo hundred thousand. The 
value of the articles on exhibition was variously estimated at from 
fifty to one hundred millions of dollars. The labor of the Judges 
of Awards was very great; and over thirteen thousand articles re¬ 
ceived awards. 
MAGNITUDE OF THE EXHIBITION. 
Some idea of the magnitude of this exhibition may be gathered 
from an examination of the following table, which presents the 
weight of goods deposited in all of the principal buildings of the 
exhibition, the several “annexes” not being separately reported: 
Pounds. 
In Art Gallery. 2,100,900 
Main Building. 20,168,801 
Machinery Hall. 19,542,989 
Agricultural Hall. 6,534,766 
Horticultural Hall. 418,031 
Shoe and Leather Building. 574,387 
Carriage Building. 1,574,103 
Women’s Pavillion. 98,698 
Government Building. .... 2,658,705 
All other material... 3,445,278 
Total weight. 57,116,658 
