CANTERBURY A. & P. SHOW.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 994, 8 December 1910, Page 8

CANTERBURY A. & P. SHOW.

' LETTER ,-in G.O.VEENOR. ~ iliy Telegraph.—Press Association.)-;'. ; . Christchurch, .'Deeembei , 7. ''-.At a meeting of the General.Committee of the Canterbui'y A. and P'. Association to-day the following letter from his Excellency ..tho .Governor, addressed to tho president of the association,. was read:— "Dear Mr. Stevenson,—l desire to convey to you. anil .your colleagues of the Canterbury Agriculture and: Pastoral Association my great appreciation of the courtesy and attention afforded to mo ■*i(htl*-'my-staff ott-tte'-occasion of' our visit to this year's show. 'All that I had an opportunity-of seeing, bb'th in regard to exhibits and general organisation -of the ,has,.greaj;jy; rniprQsscdJ.me,: and now. •ftaables. me to appreciate in the most practical .way the hijh position that the Canterbury Show has attained .in the Southern Hemisphere. I am glad to see from tlie newspapers . this morning; that the attendance at the show • oh People's Day was a record'one in the annals of its hfttory. This testifiies in tho most satisfactory , manner to the high position your association has attained. I shall be glad if you will convey to.-your .committee my best thanks, .and those of her Excellency, for enabling us to witness the show under such agreeable conditions,— Islington." , . ■'.'"■'' •'. '■ ;: '/The following interim' balance-sheet in connection with the show was submitted:— •'- '.'."•

Expenditure: Money prizes, .£l2lO 25.; private prizes, ,£177 Ss.; prize medals, .£791; judges' expenses, .£117; printing and advertising.£l69 145.; class stewards, ■ watchmen, treasurer's staff, clerical assistance,' and general labour, .£237 os. lid.'; , sundry expenses, ,£149 3s. Id; credit. balance, .£B4l Os. 10d: total, .£29 SO 12s. 10d. Receipts:' Entry, fees, .£957 -lis.. -Si.; booths'and catalogues, .£125 2s. Cd.; takings at gates, .£1715 Bs. Id.; . private prizes, £177'Ss.; sundry' receipts, M; total, £2380 12s. 10d. . . 1 In'moving the adoption of the balancesheet. Mr. E. G. Stavcley (chairman of the Finance Committee) stated that the financial results of the show were very satisfactory, the balance to credit being £Sll; as compared with .£620 tue previous year. The prize-money-paid by the association this year totalled .£l2lO, as compared with XI2IB last year, and the private prizes this year , totalled .£177, ascompared with .£194 the previous year. The balance-sheet' was adopted."