Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 869 pages of information about Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission.

Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 869 pages of information about Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission.
Season and other commutation tickets | 40,805| 5,569.90 | 13.65 +-----------+---------------+--------- Total paid attendance ............... | 12,804,616| 6,042.746.65 | 47.19 Free:  | | | Adults ............................. | 6,480,267 | ............. | ........  Children ........................... | 409,972 | ............. | ........ +-----------+---------------+--------- Total exposition days ........... | 19,694,855| ............. | ........  Sundays (free) ...................... | 371,682| ............. | ........ +-----------+---------------+--------- Grand total ..................... | 20,066,537| ............. | ........ --------------------------------------+-----------+---------
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It may be of interest to add that the attendance by months was
as follows: 

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-+---------+----------- | Exposition days. | | Date. +------------------------+ Sundays | Total. | Paid. | Free. | (free). | -------------------------------+------------+-----------+---
------+----------- April 30 and May ............. | 667,772 | 1,102,656 | 70,847 | 1,841,275 June ......................... | 1,382,865 | 1,016,281 | 49,373 | 2,448,519 July ......................... | 1,514,743 | 928,224 | 55,298 | 2,498,265 August ....................... | 1,992,248 | 1,096,498 | 45,477 | 3,134,223 September .................... | 2,683,511 | 968,262 | 52,182 | 3,703,955 October ...................... | 2,758,149 | 864,180 | 64,107 | 3,686,436 November and December 1 ...... | 1,805,328 | 914,138 | 34,398 | 2,753,864 +------------+-----------+---------+----------- Total .................... | 12,804,616 | 6,890,239 | 371,682 | 20,066,537 -------------------------------+------------+-----------+---
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Concessions.

We have agreed the amount of collections reported by the treasurer, together with the amount of bills still outstanding, with the amount of bills rendered (after deducting allowances and rebates), as reported by the concessions department.  Inasmuch as all bills originated in the concessions department and the collections were made by the treasurer, we think this reconciliation affords a satisfactory check on the receipts reported by the treasurer.
We have also looked into the system in this department, and believe that it was well calculated to secure, as far as possible, the proper collection of revenues accruing due to the exposition.

The net receipts of this department, as shown by its records,
are as follows: 

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