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ception was a lecture on the Belgian Congo, delivered by M. Ed. 

 Leplae, general director of the agricultural department. 

 Colonial office, Brussels. M. Leplae, whose remarks were illus- 

 trated by moving pictures, spoke of the climate and product of 

 the Congo, and said that rubber planting would doubtless always 

 prove a profitable investment. 



KXHII;IT(JU.S .\XU DKI.El^.VTKS \ISIT liUIC.IITON. 

 A most charming innovation was the visit on Sunday, June 

 28, of exhibitors and delegates to Brighton. The party assembled 

 at Victoria Station and took a special Pullman train at 10 :25, 

 which arrived at its destination an hour later. On arrival at 

 Brighton the rubber tourists proceeded to the water front (which 

 indicated that tbey were waterproof) and there disported them- 

 selves in the buoyant maimer known only to genuine rubber men. 



lowed by speeches on the part of a number of others prominent 

 in the gathering and oratory prevailed until train time, when 

 a highly complacent rubber party entrained for London, thus 

 concluding a most joyous occasion. 



The visit of Princess Marie Louise to the exhibition on Mon- 

 day, June 29, was an occasion of general interest. Her Royal 

 Highness was intensely interested in the general display, and so 

 expressed herself before leaving. 



Ceylon, which has always been a prominent factor in the 

 various rubber exhibitions, and which has always offered one 

 of the most attractive exhibits at each of the shows, gave a 

 delightful "at home," which was largely attended and proved 

 to be one of the smartest functions at the exhibition. The 

 gue.sts were received by Mr. R. N. Lyne, the Commissioner of 



International Rubber Banquet, Princes' Restaurant, London, July 7, 1914. Hei.h 



Intern.^tion.'^l and -Vi.lied Industries E.xhibition. 



IN Connection With the Fourth 



A delightful luncheon at the Hotel Metropole concluded the 

 festivities of the early part of the day, after which the different 

 members of the party spent the afternoon according to their 

 several ideas, many of them taking the motor ride through 

 Brighton and adjacent territory, which, by the wa)', constituted 

 part of the program accessible to all who might wish to avail 

 themselves of it. The dinner, which occurred at 7 o'clock at the 

 Metropole, and at which the Mayor of Brighton was the guest of 

 the evening, was a very pleasant function and I lis Worship, 

 most felicitously introduced by Sir Henry Blake, spoke in a 

 facetious and interesting vein. He said in effect that while 

 Brighton did not afford any enterprise that might come under 

 the generally accepted conception of industry, yet it was the 

 province of that most delightful resort to restore to their normal 

 condition minds which had been surfeited and bodies which 

 had been jaded with too much industry, and that he felt in 

 doing this work Brighton was effecting a most w'orthy and 

 beneficial purpose. 



The Mayor's remarks, received with great applause, were fol- 



Ceylon, who also represented the Chamber of Commerce and the 

 Planters' Association. Many prominent Londoners were among 

 the guests, 



MR. M.\NDERS GETS A GOLD MED.\L. 

 One of the happiest ev'ents of the 1914 exhibition was the 

 ban(|uet and presentation to Mr. A. Staines Manders of a gold 

 medal, suitably inscribed, which was the gift of the French 

 section. The dinner was held at the Cafe Royal and many 

 laudatory things were said in reference to the guest of the even- 

 ing "to whose genius and indefatigable effort was due the 

 magnificent assembling of rubber and allied products from all 

 parts of the world, and whose unvarying courtesy and fertility 

 in resource so promoted the convenience and happiness of ex- 

 Iiibitors." 



THE RUBBER CONGRESS .AND THE P.VPERS READ. 

 One of the most important events of the e.xposition was the 

 opening of the Fourth International Congress by Sir Henry 

 Blake, on the morning of the 30th. and these meetings were 



