This World's Fair, which has recently been brought to a close, evinced to
the millions of visitors, who were drawn by its multitudinous attractions
to the White City from every section of this country, and from almost
every quarter of the globe that it eclipsed in grandeur and excellence all
of the previous universal expositions; for everything that good taste and
modern genius could suggest and accomplish, was brought into play.
The financial account given by the auditor of the Columbian Fair stands
thus: The entire cost of the Exposition to its close and the winding up of
its affairs amounted to $26,288,685.67. Its total receipts were
$28,151,168.75; thus exceeding the expenditure by $1,862,483.08.
The wonderful and rapid development of the international expositions may
be recognized by the following statistics, compiled from the annals of
their short history:
Ordinal Year. Location. Area Duration Exhibitors Visitors
Number in Acres in Days
1 1851 London 20.06 144 17,000 6,039,000
2 1855 Paris 24.71 200 21,779 5,162,000
3 1862 London 22.24 171 28,653 6,211,000
4 1867 Paris 29.
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