THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL REPORT. The Board of Directors of the New-York Institution for the instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, respectfully submit, to the Legislature, their Thirty-second Annual Report, putting on record the account of their stewardship, for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty. The present directors and officers of the Institution are named in the list prefixed to this Report. There have been no changes during the past two years, in the department of instruction, and but few in the Board of Directors, or among those employed in the domestic and mechanical departments. The changes, which, in the course of time, take place in the personel of every human establishment, have with us, providentially, been so gradual that the Institution has at all times a majority of directors, of teachers, and of other persons employed, possessing several years experience, and hence familiar with the wants of the Institution, and the details of its management. Of the present corps of instructors, for instance, one half can bring the carefully cultivated fruits of from twelve to twenty-eight years experience, to temper and guide the 'fresher zeal and enthusiasm of their younger associates. By the Treasurer's account, a copy of which is herewith submitted, it will be seen, that the receipts of the Society from every source, during the year just closed, have amounted to thirtynine thousand two hundred, sixteen dollars and thirty-nine cents; and the disbursements, including the balance of two thousand one hundred and twenty-eight dollars and fifty-seven cents, due the Treasurer at the close of the year 1849, have been |