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on the same day, Prince Arisugawa and Mr. Reid were elected 
Honorary Members of the Society, as a special compliment in 
recognition of their active interest in the progress of 
Agriculture. On Friday, the distinguished visitors from 
abroad included the Prince and Princess Blucher von Wahlstaat 
and Sir William Mulock, Postmaster-General of Canada. 
On Wednesday, June 28, the customary General Meeting 
of Governors and Members of the Society was held in the 
large Tent. The Chair was occupied by the President (Lord 
Middleton), who was well supported on the platform by 
Members of the Council, and in the tent by a good gathering 
of the Members generally. 
The mornings of each day were devoted to the usual 
parades of cattle and heavy horses, whilst each afternoon the 
light horses were paraded and horse-jumping competitions took 
place in the Large Ring. Musical selections were given daily 
by the Band of the Royal Horse Guards. 
Attendance of the Public. 
Doubtless the adverse weather on the two final days of the 
Show caused the attendance to be worse than it otherwise would 
have been ; but the fact remains that the Show, magnificent as 
it was from the agricultural point of view, again failed to 
attract visitors in paying numbers from the provinces ; and the 
London public, as a whole, sustained their reputation for 
agricultural apathy. 
An experiment was tried of charging only 2s. 6d. instead 
of 5s. on the opening day of the Show ; but this had no 
appreciable effect in increasing the attendance on that day. 
The prices of admission on the other days were : Wednesday, 
2s. 6d. ; Thursday, 2s. 6d. up to 3 p.m., Is. afterwards ; 
Friday, Is. 
The following are statements of (1) the number of 
admissions by payment at different times of each day for the 
Show of 1905, and (2) the total daily admissions for each of 
the three Park Royal Shows : — 
(1) Admissions by Payment at Park Poyal, 1905. 
Day of Show 
11 a.m. 
1 p.m. 
3 p.m. 
5 p.m. 
Day’s total 
Tuesday (2s. 6^.) 
572 
1,673 
2,299 
2,721 
2,770 
Wednesday (2s. 6<Z.) . 
Thursday (2s. 6rZ. ; after 3 p.m., 
1,307 
3,831 
6,091 
7,462 
7,684 
1*0 
984 
2,814 
3,457 
7,160 
7,754 
Friday (Is.) 
739 
2,297 
4,308 
5,402 
5,770 
Total 
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23,978 
