Ueport of the Senior Steward of Implements at Nottingham. 569 
The total number of persons passing the turnstiles during the Nottingham 
Show was 147,927, which has only been three times exceeded : at Manchester 
(1869), when there was an extra shilling day — Saturday — which brought in 
36,392 persons, and raised the total to 189,102; at Birmingham (1876), 
when there were two splendid shilling days on Saturday and Monday, which 
made the total attendance 163,413 : and at Kilburn (1879), when the show 
was open for ten days .and there were 187,323 admissions. Nottingham 
stands, therefore, fourth on the list. The occasions on which over 100,000 
persons hare passed the turnstiles during the show are : — 
1861. Leeds . . . , 
1862. Battersea . . , 
1864. Newcastle. , . 
1869. Manchester . . 
1871. Wolverhampton 
1873. Hull . . . . 
1876. Birmingham . . 
1877. Liverpool . . . 
145,738 
124,328 
114,683 
189,102 
107,519 
104,722 
163,413 
138,354 
1878. 
1879. 
1881. 
1883. 
1886. 
1887. 
1888. 
Bristol . . 
Kilburn 
Derby . . 
York_ . . 
Norwich . 
Newcastle 
Nottingham 
122,042 
187,323 
127,996 
128,117 
104,909 
127,372 
147,927 
The total turnstile receipts on the Nottingham Thursday exceeded 4,418/., 
a day's total which has only been beaten on one occasion since the Society was 
established. On Wednesday, July 21, 1869, at Manchester, their Royal 
Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales visited the Society's showyard 
together, and on that day 39,405 persons paid half-a-crown for admission to 
the yard, yielding a total sum of 4,953/. On no other occasion has so much 
as 4,000/. been received from admissions in one day. The days on which 
more than 3,000/. was received have been as follows : — 
Date. 
22 Julv, 1853 
18 July, 1801 
20 Julv, 1869 
21 JiUV, 1869 
24 July, 1876 
12 Julv, 1877 
19 July, 1883 
14 July, 1887 
12 July, 1888 
Place. 
Chester . 
Leeds 
Manchester 
>» 
Birmingham 
Liverpool . 
York 
Newcastle 
Nottingham 
Price of 
Aitmissioii. 
. 2s. 6d. 
. Is. 
. 5s. 
. 2.5. 6^. 
. Is. 
. 2s. Gd. 
. Is. 
. Is. 
. l.s. 
Sum Received. 
£ 
3,101 
3,695 
3,243 
4,953 
3,066 
3,057 
3,159 
3,364 
4,418 
The total receipts at the Nottingham Meeting from Admissions, Cata- 
logues, Season Tickets, and the Grand Stand were 10,521/. Qs. lOd. The 
only occasions on which the total receipts have exceeded 10,000/. have been : 
1879. Kilburn 16,214 
1881. Derby 10,731 
1883. York 11,706 
1885. Prestou 10,309 
1888. Nottingham. . . . 10,521 
£ 
1861. Leeds 10,570 
1862. Battersea 10,664 
1869. Manchester .... 18,114 
1876. Birmingham . . . 13,543 
1877. Liverpool 14,471 
1878. Bristol 11,073 
The accounts for the Nottingham meeting have not yet been finally ad- 
justed, but so far as they have been made up they show a surplus of receipts 
over expenditure of upwards of 4,000/. So large a surplus has only been 
recorded on four other occasions in the history of the Societv, viz. at'Leeds 
in 1861 (4,471/.), Manchester in 1869 (9,153/.), Derby in 1881 (4,500/.), and 
York in 1883 (5,200/). In all but fifteen of the forty-nine country meetings 
of the Society the receipts have been insufficient to cover the expenditure. 
