THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 59, 3 April 1907, Page 2

THE EXHIBITION DAY BY DAY

(By Telegraph.—Special Service). Cliri-lclimvli, April 2. Tin- Exhibition Ins been well uttemleii lgain to-dav, mid the nunihers are cleeted to remain high till the ronrliisi.n m the 15th inst. Mr. Faulkner, the dinil in-ganist, of Clirislcliurcii. gave an irgan recital this nl'terii.Kin bei'ore a large, audience, and the orchestral con:rrt was well attended in the evening. Mrs. K. Ihickriilge anil .Mis. K Davis, Iwo impiilur ex-mcinliers of I'oilard's Dpera Company, anil Mr. .loliu Pruuso, were the vocalists at the orchestral vocal concert. In answer to a ijMi-.ition regarding the lin.incinl results of I lie Inhibition, the Acling-IYciuier staled yesterday licit, he thought his original estimate of one shilling'per head of the population would cover the cost of (lie inhibition to the colony. That would mean a nominal loss of'about .C 17.0011. The increase in the Customs revenue from Clirislclmich alone would more than balance this loss. For the seven months ending February, there has been an iiKivase of about' IJtiii.iiui) |„ ||ie Chvi-ttlmivli Cuioni'- rcceipl-i, as against the corresponding period of the largely to imports in connection with ■the Inhibition. There were increases on a smaller scale at other ports of the colony. The Customs revenue would probably benelil to the extent of unite twice tile loss on the Inhibition. In addition, the railway revenue for the year would show a greater increase than the revenue for the previous vear, than had been the case at anv other period in the history of the colony. This, again, was largely due to the Exhibition. Extra postal and telegraph revenue would amount to a very considerable sum, so that the colony had every reason to he satislied with the result ol' the Exhibition from the linancial standpoint.

Between 700 ami 800 chickens linvo Ijeen reared to date from incubators in tlie Agricultural Department's Court, No less than twenty thousand pennies were dropped into the slot machines on (he "pike" vestordav. whieh speaks eloquently of the attendance. Air. Pollard, director of entertainments, estimates (hat. the actual number of visitors yesterday must have lioen close on onethird'larger than on the King's Birthday, when, a record nnmher of admissions was chronicled. The crowd on that day went np and returned, their admissions being recorded more than once, but yesterday's swarming multitude, being mostly visitors from other parts of the colony, remained within the precincts of the Inhibition all day long to see as much as possible during their brief stay. Over six hundred attendants' passes have also been withdrawn between the two dates, and the money taken at tlie gates yesterday was considerably in excess of the King's Birthday receipts. The General Manager states that the aggregate money for admission during the Exhibition period promises to fulfil his must sanguine expectations. Blanche Arral, the famous French soprano, will appear in conjunction with the Exhibition orchestra, oil Wednesday and Friday next. The attendance to-day was 14/2UU