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together through the enterprise of one of its planters and a 
member of the Scottish Arboricultural Society—Mr J. Alexander, 
of Kirklees, Udapussallawa, Ceylon. It included, among a great 
variety of useful and artistic articles, upwards of 230 specimens of 
the wood of forest trees, conspicuous among which were some 
beautiful samples of the valuable satinwood, and also some very 
fine specimens of cocoa-nut wood. The various methods by which 
the valuable bark of the cinchona tree (the quinine of commerce) 
is harvested and prepared for market, was clearly illustrated in 
the most complete detail. Of this valuable medicinal bark as 
much as 7,000,000 lbs. were exported in 1883—the industry 
being one of the most remunerative that Ceylon possesses. Of 
the products and uses of the Cocoa-nut Palm, about 80 examples 
were shown; of the Palmyra Palm, about 160; and of the 
Talipot Palm, a numerous collection. _Bamboos, Basket-work, 
Barks, Oils, Resins, Seeds, Fibres, and other forest products were 
exhibited in great abundance ; and the Collection was also rich in 
Ceylon forest and plantation literature, and illustrations of life 
and scenery in Ceylon, 
Johore. 
Hard by the Ceylon exhibits was an admirable collection in 
charge of Mr James Meldrum, Commissioner for that enlightened 
Eastern Prince, the Maharajah of Johore, which is a richly 
wooded State in the Malay Peninsula. It included about 350 
specimens of indigenous timber trees, and a great variety of 
instructive samples of the forest produce of that most productive 
country. Among these were fine examples of camphor, gum, 
gambier, and gutta-percha, Johore having been the first place 
from which the latter commodity was exported to this country. 
The Maharajah is a great woodman, and beautiful models of 
timber rafts, photographs of his sawmills, and sets of Malayan 
forestry implements were displayed. 
Perak, Singapore, and Siam. 
From the State of Perak, and from the island of Singapore 
lying to the south of the peninsula, came specimens of indigenous 
trees, chief among which were the “Seriah” (Hopea), the Johore 
