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the Fair, that there is a reasonable hope of an attendance of 50,000,000, and that an even larger attendance is not an impossibility. The Staff of the Fair Corporation has prepared, and the Executive Officers, the Finance Committee and the Board of Directors have approved the following estimate of revenues and expenditures, based upon a one-year Fair with an attendance of 40,000,000, which, although showing a deficit, includes reasonable allowances for various contingencies, all of which, it is hoped, may not be needed: [[Heading]]New York World's Fair 1939 Incorporated Estimate of Revenues and Expenditures ON A BASIS OF 40,000,000 ATTENDANCE[[/heading]] PRE-FAIR PERIOD [[left-hand column]] REVENUES Admissions................$3,000,000 Rentals-Exhibitors........ 6,010,000 Rentals-Concessionaires... 1,845,000 Reimbursement for Services Rendered................. 525,000 Other Revenue.............. 20,000 [[line to sum]] $11,400,000 [[double line for total]] [[/left-hand column]] [[right-hand column]] EXPENDITURES Construction costs, including buildings, transportation facilities, landscaping, utilities such as water, light, etc., Fair-owned exhibits and miscellaneous outside structures..............$28,516,700 Operating Expenses..........6,901,370 Interest, Insurance, etc. ..1,924,376 Other Financial Expense.......300,000 [[line to sum]] $37,642,446 Less Revenues..............11,400,000 [[line to sum]] Pre-Fair Period Deficit...$26,242,446 Plus Working Capital........1,587,000 AMOUNT TO BE RAISED BY DEBENTURE ISSUE.......$27,829,446 [[double line for total]] [[/right-hand column]] FAIR PERIOD [[left-hand column]] REVENUES Admissions ...............$24,000,000 Concessions-Participation. 5,850,000 Concessions-Fair-Owned.... 325,000 Reimbursement for Services Rendered................ 1,520,000 Other Revenue............. 630,000 [[line to sum]] 32,325,000 [[double line for total]] [[/left-hand column]] [[right-hand column]] EXPENDITURES Operating Expenses..........8,198,750 Interest, Insurance, etc. .. 825,249 [[line to sum]] 9,023,999 [[double line for total]] [[/right-hand column]] SUMMARY [[left-hand column]] REVENUES Pre-Fair..................$11,400,000 Fair...................... 32,325,000 [[line to sum]] Total..................... 43,725,000 [[double line for total]] [[/left-hand column]] [[right-hand column]] EXPENDITURES Pre-Fair..................$37,642,446 Fair...................... 9,023,999 Post-Fair................. 1,000,000 [[line to sum]] Total.....................$47,666,445 Less Total Revenues....... 43,725,000 [[line to sum]] Deficit ..................$ 3,941,445 [[double line for total]] [[/right-hand column]] [6]
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Revenues and Expenditures headings repeated for each section for ease of understanding.
I agree that adding the headings makes the transcription more readable, although we're asked to make a transcription, not adding words that don't exist, so I think it would be better to keep using the bracket signs [[...]] in any cases one add something that isn't in the original text.