Country Meeting of 1891. 
xlvii 
Thousands of people came to stay at 
Doncaster for days together. Many 
oE the inhabitants threw open their 
houses for the convenience of visitors, 
and no doubt that practice would be 
greatly extended on the occasion of 
the Royal Show. Then they had 
accommodation in Doncaster for as 
many as 700 or S00 horses. That, he 
thought, was an item which would 
interest them, and which would be 
satisfactory to know. At the Don- 
caster railway station there was 
abundance of accommodation for all 
the traffic. Perhaps nowhere else 
were the officials so accustomed to 
deal with a large amount of concen- 
trated traffic as at Doncaster during 
the race week, and at the same time 
keep up the ordinary traffic with 
punctuality and despatch. Each of 
the principal railway companies of 
the kingdom ran into the railway 
station at. Doncaster. The railway 
companies could provide ample ac- 
commodation for the goods traffic. 
Special docks for heavy machinery 
would be provided, and they had 
docks for the unloading of a whole 
trainload of animals at a time. The 
population of Doncaster was 35,000 ; 
but he wished to point out that 
within a radius of twenty miles were 
the towns of Gainsborough, Rother- 
ham, Dewsbury, Barnsley. Pontefract, 
Wakefield, Goole, kc, which made 
up a population of 600,000, and that 
within a radius of forty or fifty miles 
there were the great manufacturing 
towns of Hull, Leeds, York, Bradford, 
and the other towns in the West 
Riding. Moreover, Doncaster was a 
splendid agricultural district. Its 
corn, cattle, and general produce 
markets attracted an enormous num- 
bsr of those interested in agricultural 
pursuits every Saturday, and upon 
those markets the people of Doncaster 
had spent no less than 70,0002., not 
oounting the sites. They were pre- 
pared to fulfil the conditions laid 
down by the Society before a town 
could be honoured by being chosen 
for the Show. The list of subscrip- 
tions which had been laid upon the 
table showed that a sum of nearly 
4,000Z. had been collected towards 
the expenses, 5002. of which had been 
promised by the Doncaster Agricul- 
tural Society, who in the event of the 
Royal Show being held at Doncaster 
had decided cordially and unani- 
mously to give up their own Show. 
Their local society, though not a 
county one, was larger than a good 
many county societies, and had a 
larger number of subscribers. The 
Corporation had voted 500 guineas to 
the local fund. The cost of the site 
would not have to be paid for out of 
the local fund, and probably 7002. or 
8002. would represent the expenditure 
of the Doncaster Committee for the 
purposes of the Show. The subscrip- 
tion list was headed by all the local 
bankers with very handsome sub- 
scriptions, and by noblemen and 
gentlemen, who had come forward 
in the matter most cordially and 
liberally ; and it was supported by 
tradesmen of all classes according to 
their moans. They had only had three 
weeks to work in, or the subscription 
list would have been considerably 
increased, and there was no doubt 
that it would be considerably in- 
creased during the next few months. 
They had communicated with the 
Council of the Yorkshire Society as 
to their giving up their Show next 
year. He was not able to say that 
they would, but they would do their 
utmost to iriduce them to do so. In 
conclusion, his Worship repeated the 
most warm invitation of the Corpora- 
tion and inhabitants of the town of 
Donca ter. They felt that the Society 
would be conferring upon them an 
honour in accepting their invitation, 
which both the Corporation and the 
neighbourhood would appreciate by 
doiDg their utmost to further the 
interests of the Society. They be- 
lieved that the Show would add to 
the Society's permanent subscription 
list, and if they came to Doncaster 
he thought the Society would be 
able to look back upon its visit as 
one of the most successful Shows 
which it had ever held. 
The Hon. H. W. Fitzwilliam, 
M.P., said he would not waste time 
by reiterating what had been said by 
the Mayor, but on behalf of the local 
residents he could assure the Society 
of a most cordial invitation to Don- 
caster and the district. 
Mr. F. B. Frank, as a member of 
the Council of the Yorkshire Agri- 
cultural Society, said as at present 
