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almost all that could have been desired, and presented a strong 
contrast to the exceptionally wet weather which was experienced 
at Carlisle when the Show was held there in 1902. 
The tables set out below give the actual figures of the 
attendances at different hours during the recent Show, and a 
comparison is made between the last two Newcastle Shows, 
1887 and 1908, and with the six Shows held from 1902 to 1907. 
(1) Admissions by Payment at Newcastle, 1908. 
Day of Show 
11 a.m. 
1 p.m. 
3 p.m. 
5 p.m. 
Day’s total 
Tuesday (5s.) .... 
1,047 
1,701 
2,208 
2,378 
2,397 
Wednesday (2s. 6 d.~) . 
12,093 
20,954 
28,857 
31,889 
32,142 
Thursday (2.s. 6 d.) 
10,983 
19,479 
26,553 
28,575 
28,880 
Friday (Is.) .... 
30,958 
54,509 
81,414 
97,007 
98,489 
Saturday (Is.) . 
17,479 
30,522 
45,144 
51,353 
51,959 
Total Admissions 
213,867 
(2) Total daily admissions at Newcastle, 1908, compared with 
previous six Shows and Newcastle 1887. 
Prices of 
Admission 
New- 
castle, 
1908 
Lincoln, 
1907 
Derby, 
1906 
Park 
Royal, 
1905 
Park 
Royal, 
1904 
Park 
Royal, 
1903 
Carlisle, 
1902 
New- 
castle, 
1887 
Implement Yard only 
(2s. 6<f.) . 
Five Shillings 
Half-crown . 
Half-crown . 
One Shilling . 
One Shilling . 
2,397 
32,142 
28,880 
98.489 
51,959 
1.680 
22,835 
22,725 
51,888 
33,878 
2,752 
25,666 
46,055 
44,670 
2.770 
7,684 
7,754 
5.770 
2,011 
9.375 
10,912 
14,175 
16,457 
2,685 
12,057 
11.403 
20,569 
18,299 
2,372 
2,321 
7,550 
15,398 
46,242 
19,304 
1,209 
1,097 
11.331 
12,020 
77,410 
24305 
Totals . 
213,867 
133,006 
119, 143 1 
*23,978 2 
52,930 3 
65.013 
93,187 
127,372 
1 Derby, 1906 — Only one Half-crown day. 
2 Park Royal, 1905— No Five Shilling day ; third day, price of admission (2 t. 6 d.) 
reduced to Is. after 3 p.m. 
a Park Royal, 1904 — Second and third days, price of admission (2s. 6 d.) reduced 
to Is. after 4 p.m. 
On the occasion of the first visit of the Prince and Princess 
of Wales on the Wednesday, when the charge for admission was 
2s. 6d., the number of visitors, 32,142, was larger than on any 
half-crown day at any previous Show of the Society. When 
Their Royal Highnesses paid their official visit to the Show on 
the Friday (the first shilling day), the traffic had to be stopped 
for some time before the procession arrived, and as a consequence 
a tremendous crowd of persons on their way to the Showyard 
collected at the approaches on either side of the entrance. 
When the doors were again opened after the arrival of the 
Royal procession, the ten turnstiles at the entrances proved 
