The  Atleiulaiice. 
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Prince  Arthur  ot‘  Connaught  on  Tliursday.  Distinguished 
visitors  from  abroad  included,  on  Tuesday,  the  Alake  of 
Abeokuta  (who  was  delighted  with  some  of  the  latest  inven- 
tions of  agricultural  machinery),  anti  on  Saturday  the  Crown 
Prince  of  Sweden  and  Norway.  Organised  parties  of  Dutch 
farmers  and  Belgian  agricultural  students  also  visited  the 
Show. 
On  the  second  day,  Wednesday,  June  22,  the  usual  meeting 
of  Governors  and  Members  was  held  in  the  large  tent.  Lord 
Derby  as  President  occupying  the  Chair,  and  afterwards  giving 
the  customary  luncheon  in  the  Royal  Pavilion.  The  guests 
included  H.R.H.  Prince  ('hristian,  Mr.  Jose[)h  E.  Lilley 
(High  Sheriff  of  Middlesex),  the  Earl  of  Onslow  (President 
of  the  Board  of  Agriculture),  the  Rt.  Hon.  Sir  Horace 
Plunkett  (Vice-President  of  the  Irish  Agricultural  Department), 
Sheriff  Sir  Alfred  Reynolds,  and  Col.  Fenwick  (Royal  Horse 
Guards). 
Musical  [)erformances  were  given  daily  by  the  Band  of 
the  Royal  Horse  Guards,  and  on  Saturday  afternoon  in  the 
large  ring  this  Regiment  gave  a Milkaiy  Display,  which 
was  effectively  carried  out  and  highly  appreciated. 
The  Attendance. 
It  was  hoped  that  the  Society’s  Show  when  established 
permanently  in  London  would  attract  agriculturists  from  the 
})rovinces  in  numbers  sufficient,  with  other  visitors  from 
London  and  its  environs,  to  provide  against  loss.  The  first 
Show  of  1903  was  held  in  a locality  then  quite  new  and 
unknown.  Although  a large  sum  had  been  spent  in  advertising 
in  1903,  it  became  only  too  evident  that  Londoners  remained 
almost  wholly  ignorant  of  the  existence  of  “ Park  Royal  ” 
and  of  the  Society’s  Show.  Every  effort  was  therefore  put 
forth  this  year  to  make  the  Show  better  known  in  and 
around  London.  The  actual  attendance  of  the  paying  public, 
however,  only  reached  52,930  persons — an  even  more 
disappointing  total  than  that  of  1903 — and  the  Society  has 
thus  sustained  a second  heavy  financial  loss  at  Park  Royal 
amounting  to  6,920Z.  ds.  lOd. 
With  a view  to  attract  the  attendance  of  those  enoaoed 
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in  London  during  the  day,  the  price  of  admission  was  reduced 
to  Is.  at  -1  p.m.  on  each  of  the  two  2s.  6d.  days.  The 
following  Table  shows  the  number  of  admissions  at  different 
times  durino-  each  dav : — 
