the 28th of August, 1865, an Industrial Exhibition was opened at Bingley Hall, and so far as attendance went, it must take first rank, 160,645 visitors having passed the doors. _Agricultural Exhibitions_.--The Birmingham Agricultural Exhibition Society, who own Bingley Hall, is the same body as the old Cattle Show Society, the modern name being adopted in 1871. As stated elsewhere, the first Cattle Show was held in Kent Street, Dec. 10, 1849; the second in Bingley Hall, which was erected almost solely for the purposes of this Society, and here they have acquired the name of being the best in the kingdom. To give the statistics of entries, sales, admissions, and receipts at all the Shows since 1849, would take more space than can be afforded, and though the totals would give an idea of the immense influence such Exhibitions must have on the welfare and prosperity of the agricultural community, the figures themselves would be but dry reading, and those for the past few years will suffice. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. Cattle ................... 113 125 152 108 161 150 101 Sheep .................... 69 91 64 47 88 85 75 Pigs ..................... 64 73 52 60 58 67 69 Corn ..................... 27 58 29 36 55 67 66 Roots .................... 94 112 175 182 124 131 117 Potatoes ................. 76 116 138 88 104 96 187 Poultry .................. 2077 2149 2197 2247 2409 2489 2816 Pigeons .................. 629 715 702 815 902 838 1332 ---------------------------- 3149 3439 3505 3583 3901 3923 4763 ---------------------------- 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882. 1883. No. of Visitors .. 53,501 65,830 38,536 47,321 55,361 50,226 Receipts ......... £1,673 £1,997 £1,206 £1,585 £1,815 £1,665 [Transcriber's note: No figures are given in the original for 1883 in this table.]