The receipts from admission tickets uring the eleven days of the Sixth National Athletic Meeting at the Civic Centre, Kiangwan, amounted to about $100,000, and the spectators totalled more than 1,000,000, it was stated by officials on Tuesday, Oct. 22.1 The receipts for the opening day on October 10 amounted to $16,000, which proved the highest. A sharp drop was registered during the following two days, but with the opening of the swimming and soccer programmes, more than $10,000 was re-cived daily, The closing day brought '$13,000 to the meeting.
The attendance on "the opening! day was estimated at 160,000 persons, the highest number registered. The second highest number was recorded last Friday, when it was estimated that no less than 160,000 persons attended. More than 180,000 persons attended the meeting both on last Saturday and last Sunday.
"The opening day also saw the heaviest traMe around the Civic Centre. Tt was estimated that no less tha 12,000 motor cars passed the streets {in the vicinity of the Stadium, About 50 per cent, of the spectators walked from the Civie Centre to the Settlement, or the North Railway Statio after' the closing of the first day' meeting.
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