Summary
Return list of gross receipts of the Exhibition of Fine Arts, held in the Great Hall of the Library and Museum in the Autumn of 1869. The receipt list was printed by John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne.
Physical Description
Single sheet of yellowing paper that is folded in the centre forming four printed faces. The front page comprises a letter from Redmond Barry detailing the content of the rest of the document including receipts and accounts of the expenditure during the Exhibition period. Pages 2 and 3 are two separate tables of information 1) 'Return giving the gross receipts of the Exhibition for Fine Arts...' and 2) Particulars of Appropriation of receipts...'. Page 4 is a list of the 'Schedule of Exhibitors and Exhibits of Fine Arts..'.
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Purchase
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Place & Date of Event
Melbourne Public Library, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1869
Held in the Great Hall of the Melbourne Public Library and Museum (now the State Library of Victoria). -
Printer
John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1869
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Inscriptions
'1869/ VICTORIA./EXHIBITION OF FINE ARTS/ RETURN to an order of the Legislative Assembly . Date 3rd November, 1869, for- A RETURN giving the gross Receipts of the Exhibition of Fine Arts recently held in the Exhibition Building adjoining Public Library, together with the particulars of the appropriation of the same/ (Mr. Burtt.)/ Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed 30th November, 1869...'
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Overall Dimensions
34.5 cm (Length), 21.5 cm (Width)
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