PROFITS OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
The statistics of the Paris Exposition arc very interesting. The Eiffel Tower, costing 7,514,095fr, had a gross income from May 15 to November sof 6,459,584fr. The Exposition proper showed a profit of 8,000,000fr, against a profit of 4,130,840fr at the Exposition of 1867, and a loss in 1878 of 3,704,890fr. Adding the increase of the bank balance, of the receipts of railroads, of the revenue, etc., a total gain not far short of 500,000, OOOfr is shown. To this must be added the strictly private receipts. Allowing 1,500,000 foreign visitors, spending on an average 500fr each, and 6,000,000 from the provinces of France, spending an average of about lOOfr each, 1,250,000,000fr appear as the private receipts, giving a total of 1,750,000,000fr direct monetary gain, or about 350,000,000d01.
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1877, 9 March 1892, Page 6
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151PROFITS OF THE PARIS EXPOSITION. Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1877, 9 March 1892, Page 6
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