Show E- E FAIR AIR F EAIR IR TAKES IN MILLION j IN THE FIRST TEN DAYS SAN S Fn FRANCISCO March 6 During G.-During During the first ten days day of the exposition i th financial record has been following made which already assures th this s expo- expo f sitton a distinctly place among International Gross concessions Miscellaneous J gross oss sources of oC reve- reve flue nue SeasonS o ticket sale Mole Total gross fros receipts receIpt Expositions Exposition's percentage for or first ten tenay tendais dais ay not considering season leason ticket ule aIe D JY percentage of ot receipts Average dally daily o operating expenses Net daily profits Tho rho sum spent includes s the amount spent pent for season tickets and while the money has been received by the tho exposItion exposition exposi exposI- tion the tickets Will bo be used for the en entire entire entire en- en tire exposition season The Tho box office receipts have ha demonstrated dem dem- castrated beyond all doubt that the ex exposition exposition ex- ex position Is well on the road to financial success According to a report made to the ex executive executive ex- ex committee of at the board of dl- dl rectors of ot the tho b by Rodney S. S DurKee Dpree comptroller the gross gros receipts for tho the first ten days daB of or tho the exposition are approximately wll which ch to together together to- to gether with the sale of or season tickets brings tho the total receipts up to tomora more mora than a a. L million dollars dollar Business of Conceptions Concessions of tho the e exposition t alone took In a gro gross of or during the first ten days day Tho The total paid admissions admissions ad ad- missions for the th period was approximately approximately ap ap- ap proximately Other sources of oC revenue Including tho the sale tickets for foT forthe the automobile races totaled rom From tho the conc concessions the tho exposition collected as Its Us pe percentage 1 ly h and fr from m other sources ot ov revenue such tI 1 ks automobile races race approximately The total net revenue which does not talc take into con- con I Id season MOn ticket coupons I amounted to for the ten ten-c ten day ny period or a it l day a The average dally daily operating expenses of ot the exposition are approximately which leaves a dall dally daily net margin margin mar mar- gin of profit of a t day Y This ten- ten day lay record far surpasses that of either the I Louisiana Purchase exposition at St. St Louis Louts or the tho Columbian exposition at Chicago Owing to tho the fact tact that this Is the first exposition to adopt tho the system or of collecting the gross receipts of concessions concessions con con- cessions and returning to the concessionaire concessionaire concessionaire conces conces- his percentage a comparison of concession receipts at the other two big American expositions for this same period are are not available D Paid Admission Paid admission receipts for the first ten len days at Chicago however totaled only and at St St. Louts Louis but as compared to tho the taken in n hero here at the gates for the same period At ft St. St Louis but was taken In at nt the gates tes for tho the en entire entire en- en tire first month At the present rate of attendance here the Panama Pacific exposition will nearly this amount for the first month manth Expo Exposition officials put out that this unusual record has been made during what they have I been en prepared to lo be- be lleva Ue would be tho the dull period The heavy out of or town attendance wilt will In InC Increase increase In- In C crease 3 e In volume until the vacation period reaches Its lis height According to traffic reports from the East however hoever an unusual travel tra has already started westward exposition bound and carriers are aro already experiencing difficulty In making provisions pro for the crowds With Ith this car early heavy hev out of town tawn attendance it IM Is believed that the exposition Is destined to ta make records which will give It a unique place in the history of or international eel eel- ns |