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London, England, 1862-05-14 00:00:00

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At last we are glad to say a system has been ar-
ranged by which, on the whole, a tolerably accurate
register is kept of the number who enter the build-
ing daily, and distinguishing those who pay from
those admitted by season tickets. Judging front
this record, which has just been completed, it is
evident that the daily attendances fall much short
of those at the Exhibition of 1851: On the other
hand, the proceeds arising from the sale of season
tickets have even up to the present date been
greater upon this occasion then on the last. In
1851 the total number of season tickets sold up to
the Bth of July was 25,070, yielding £66,491 5 ;
whereas up to the day before yesterday the sale of
season tickets was 21,461, yielding £78,838 4s. to
the Royal Commissioners. a:Zed-jai; from this the
amount flue to the. Horticultural Society en the
to the increased
five-
guinea tickets, the Commissioners have still in hand
£70,819 45., or n,?arly £5,0110 more already realizt
fore season tickets th,it7 had been act received fr..m ti:tt
s:ane eourci. in 1851 up to the Bth of July. O
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were
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pi ice cf the ticketti. ; lint, apart frour
this, the funds ot* t Commissioners are still further
occasion. The price paid for the refreshment con-
tractyr e
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mes greater
n tthhaen last.
in
1851 ; the Illustrated Catalogue alone will this
time yield the Commissioners between £5,000 and
£6,000 profit; while for the privilege of taking
photographs,which was not thought of in '5l, about
1,500 guineas has been paid on this occasion. Front
these and other things of the same kind the general
exchequer has been reinforced to a much greater
extent than in 1851. That there will be a Surplnd
is neither expected nor desired ; but that the re-
ceipts will cover all expenses is now regarded as
almost a certainty. One step made towards it is in
the consent of the Commissioners, given yesterday,
to issue shilling tickets for shilling days, and simi-
lar day tickets for the half-crown and five-shilling
days. This has, we believe, been done in the case
of the shilling tickets, in compliance with the wishes
of large employers of labour in the country, who
wish to distribute them among their workmen, and
also for the convenience of many societies who have
offered to take large numbers. These tickets are
to be sold in packages of 10 and 20 at the building
and the various agencies.
The decrease of numbers after the two or three
days immediately following the opening is attri-
buted to the general impression abroad, that the
whole interior was utterly unfinished, and not
worth seeing. This idea which was almost correct
on the 2d and 3d of May, is, however, by no
means correct now. The English side of the build-
ing may be practically said to be quite complete,
as far as the exhibition of articles goes, and the
foreign side is so well advanced that everything
will be perfect before the end of this week. Aus-
tria is open to visitors, and also the Zollverein, Rus-
sia, Italy, Turkey, &c. The picture galleries have
from the outset been crowded—at first, to the in-
jury of exhibitors in the gallerfes of the main
building, but now that the beautiful contents of
the latter are known, they, too, are thronged with
visitors, and here, as everywhere else, the best
things are being rapidly secured by purchasers. It
is astonishing what an amount of sales has already
been effected, especially on the foreign side, where
the prices are legibly affixed to everything.