, 1876-10-26

last Ust IL, Is as iuli0W8:
ToTAt. rAsIr ApMfssi,tx..
1wcnty: live cent, to n1nn Exhihi.ion... Ssa. 'S1
Twenty-Five CENTS su livestock Exl'n s7,77s
Total cabh admissions. ns........ 80. 5.T3n. Gin
Making the receipts OF cast, to Oct. II amount
to So, ,GS5,t35.
This sa.,esst;35 will hc so Increased by The
Ente money u tho month during wiirh tho liz
libiion is still 10 rcn,n'r open, u.!ded to the i'll
CONG from concessions, that, :ls taSe htfpre
stated, tic 1ionrd Of Finance feel justified In
declaring TINT there will .prolMty bc surplus
Of st,5U,00o after tlls at,S00oJ3 running cx-
pEnscs ltAyo been subtraceL,
As to the disposal Of this surplus very nice
question will have to be decided before sinyic
cent of IT. Is dtatrIbutetl aonE the tlotlshuldtrs
"a question which, II nnfnyotnhly decided, will
prevent thcnf f'or, receiving tue return Of any
Of their money. This question Is nnslMue less
than the Interpretation vi tho Appropriation
bill ,passed hy the Hnuse lust .Tas,uury. The
ambiguous wording III Mr.. srringrT's u'ncna-
encc Of tllc Herald ut the time.
Tie honorable gentleman, meant to have tic
million and half returnet! to the Government
10 full before my other creditor Was paid, hut
his language DOES mt mean that ae:o.talns tn
crnMon*sensc Interpretation. Tilc I,ill WAS
knowledge of is rcai meaning. Mr. sprlugrr's
paid In, full Into tu Treasury oi The Cnttctt
sates before any tsirtdcE.l or percentage of tie
stock"
To repay the Stockholders Il portton Of whai
they have loaned til, Exhibition il not IA per-
c:ntagc Of tlIc pro!fts.f' It Is rcued. There c.la
b. no profits or earnings untit tue printipn! II
paid. 1t u also claimed that the Government
eanaot u'alte a. anpropriason a'ld make Itself =
preferred creditor without the eurtsent 0f butIi
parties: Everything dopelnls uln,n the dctinf-
lion ~ thu word "prolts," and OF course u
judicial decision must be obtained TO settle te
question. sIunM the Government assert lls
clasm successfully, tho Stockholders would not
Tlle vlcuna Exhibition In lSG s1hye, from tho
LIST Of Nny to thu I'll of November, 1,i3, SUNDAYS
Included l'M! total attsnianc., e ,s,'4o,s'9,
admissions, ind the total rnsl, rcvepts from nj.
missions wcre 81 l]a2 3<s2.;. 1ls highest num-
ber Of visitors paying ott gnltacn Mllsissfnn, nr
about 10 cent?. was h',0l5, IN Tuesday, The l'th
Of Jul'c. Thu lowest number Hf pcrsOns pay
Ing ono gultten admission w..s a,0fo, un Friday,
tho 9th uf May. IlIn highest number paying 10
kseuszcrs, nr nl.ollt e;i cents. was III. 7lI On Snn
day, the g Of November: Tho lowest number
NttF Of August. Thu highest total number III
yls;tork ol any day was l35 lIi1, OF, Sunday, tho
* Of Novcmhcr,---tl.c closing day. !.
The wlotc nu'nlcr Of ai! kinds whn attended
LII days. Tie aggregate admission Of all EiMss
t, tho Paris Exhibition Of 1sh WAS +, IL: .:s, III
10y dnye' The aggregate nnmbcrs Of a! kImls
attending the London Exhibition VI 1stta were
U,2il ,l05, in III days.
Al the paris Exhibition Ut 1a;7 the whole
nn1'lMr ct admissions u MI Kinds wns rplsorlrl
ut ! tso'.f .fkE', during period q :ls days.
CuuIiariuy The CcntcnuLal Exhibition with
| the Ntrnuu Fair, 1t Will 10 founl that III III
days, down to lust Entur.iny, tn tuInl csll al-
missions to tin Exhibition rtntlt b,7a,.';H, ur
e,.14 ,0sb IN Gxeeaa Of ftrHnnt with ltty days n
sparr. II tllu attendance tn tlso ri,su should
average us In,,rt ~ II did last wsrk-tal Is
tW,UJi, a,ml It is extremely pluahIt. ltat cyt,,
that will tc exree,lch-thn rasl! a1imIsas5ns will
nlmoss reach k,f4U, ,tiN. or III Ayrrlgc nf il,iHU