GIO lioport of the Senior Steward of Live-Stoclc at Nottingham. 
quarter at the enforced absence of His Royal Highness, it is 
with respectful sympathy that we would claim to join in the 
universal feeling of regret at that which caused his absence 
— viz. the death of one of the noblest of sovereigns, one of the 
best of men. That there may be, at the date of the Society's 
next meeting, no cloud of sorrow in the Royal home is our most 
earnest hope. 
On Saturday, July 7, the exhibition of implements com- 
menced, the stock-yard being opened, as on recent occasions, on 
the Monday following, an arrangement which appears to be 
admitted both by exhibitors and officials of the Society to be the 
most convenient. 
On Sunday the 8th, the usual service was held in the Show- 
yard, the sermon (which few who heard it will readily forget) 
being preached by the Bishop of Adelaide. 
On Monday the judging of stock was commenced at an early 
hour, and in spite of some heavy showers the Judges were able 
to get through their work without serious inconvenience. 
This being the first meeting that the Society has ever held 
in Nottingham, it is not possible to compare the results of 
former meetings in the same town with that of the current year, 
as has sometimes been the case ; but we can indicate to some 
extent the progress made in the number of exhibits at our Shows, 
and of visitors attending them, by comparing the numbers this 
year with those at Newcastle in 1887, and also with those at 
Lincoln in 1854, Leicester in 1868, and Derby in 1881, as 
below : — 
No. of Entries No. of Persons 
^e'li"- of Stock. admitted. 
1888. Nottingham 
1887. Newcastle 
1881. Derby . 
] 8(j8. Leicester 
1854. Lincohi . 
1,877 
1,833 
1,2:29 
994 
735 
147,927 
127,372 
127,996 
97,138 
37,635 
On reference to past records it will be found that the entries 
of stock for this year's Show are the largest for any year since 
tlie foundation of the Society, with the exception of tho.so for 
Battersea in 1862, and London in 1879, when the numbers 
were respectively 1,986 and 2,879 ; whilst it may be mentioned 
that the number of visitors paying for admission to the Show- 
vard on one day (Thursday) in the Show week, amounting to 
88,832, has never been equalled at any Show the Society has 
ever held. 
The following tabular statement of the entries of stock for 
tlie Nottingham Meeting, as compared with the eight previous 
years, may be found interesting : — 
