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Show NEARLY 19 MILLIONS Total Admissions to the World's Fair Estimated at 18.800,000. . ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 1 In regard to the actual receipts and expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition company com-pany Secretary Walter B. Stevens of the World's Fair made the following statement state-ment tonight: "From reports that have been submitted submit-ted of the admissions to the grounds up to 9 o'clock tonight we estimate that the attendance on 'Francis Day will be a few thousand in excei s of 200.000, and that the attendance for the exposition period will be in the neighborhood of 18.8OO.0O0i "In round numbers the exposition company com-pany has expended t22.Ou0.0M), and the expenditures ex-penditures of the several States and territories ter-ritories have reached a total of $4,000,000. The receipts since the opening day, April 30, have amounted to about 110,000.000, ' consisting of admissions and concession royalties. In addition to these receipts were the funds, amounting to about Six.-CtO.OeO, Six.-CtO.OeO, raised by subscription and appropriation. appro-priation. "It can be authorltatlvelf announced that all debts against the company have been paid, with the exception of a few current accounts, salariaa, etc., and this It Is thought will consume nearly all the aot-pius, so that Iheca wUl only ba a very mall amount left for the stockholders. "From the amount of royalties collected by the exposition company It ts estimated that the concessionaries on the Pike and other parts of the. World's Fair grounds have taken in at least $10.000,000." |