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presence, he contrasted the country before the British occupation 

 and now and said how delighted he was when he heard that the 

 Show was to be in Perak, and that he was glad to point out the 

 interest taken in the Shows by his people of their free will. His 

 Excellency who spoke for about a quarter of an hour, after thanking 

 His Highness for his kind words referred to agriculture generally 

 and Coconuts and Rubber in particular. He also dwelt upon the 

 labour question and the methods Government was adopting for 

 putting it on a satisfactory basis, after a tribute of praise to the 

 hard working Committee he declared the Show open. 



Exhibits :— Speaking generally the Exhibits were of a high 

 standard and as might have been expected the Rubber exhibited 

 was an advance on previous Shows both as regards quantity and 

 improved appearance and gave the Judges a difficult task in deciding 

 the relative merits. Padi and Pulut was in strong force and shewn 

 in a variety of bags, bas .ets, etc. Betel-nut^ were good, as likewise 

 were the Coconuts which were an even lot. Copra was very fair, 

 some thirty odd lots competing, the various other classes call for no 

 special remark except perhaps the Exhibits of Medicinal and dried 

 plants shewn by Mr. Machado of Kamuning Estate, of the former 

 some 222 varieties were shewn, the labels in most cases giving 

 l he uses to which they were put. The dried plants were also 

 neatly arranged as were the samples of fibres put up by the same 

 gentleman. 



The Horticulture Division so far as plants and flowers were 

 concerned was a failure, the few poor specimens that were shewn 

 °nly served to accentuate the fact On the other hand the fruit 

 U ? , dlstinctlv g ood and more particularly the Durians s^me of 

 which were of enormous size, all the classes in the Fruit Section 

 mled well. 



The usual excellent collection of vegetables from Taiping Hills 

 *as again in evidence, very nicely arranged by the Honorary 

 General Secretary Mr. T. W. Main. 



There were a few interesting Exhibits of preserved fruits, Pickles, 

 ^hutnies and Eggs which were really very good. 



Unquestionably the strength of the Show lay in the Division 

 devoted to native Industries. In the three former Shows Perak 

 ^ always been the backbone of this Division, and it was expected 

 * hat . on the present occasion that Perak would improve on 

 devious efforts. An enormous number of the most beautiful 

 exhibits were staged, many of which found purchasers. In this 

 Vrtment 



^Partment some excellentlv bound books were shewn that haa 

 fur" d ° ne i" Kuala Kangsar Gaol, as well as a miscellaneous lot ot 

 ^ ure, chairs, etc. made at the same place, they all shewed very 

 areful workmanship, and large orders were booked for duplicates. 

 Jn the Division for Agricultural Implements the chief attention 

 FvhMv aWn to the Federated Malay States Engineering Company s 

 WJ ° f their washi "g ^d coagulating machine, from some "atex 

 Up P lle <i by Kamuning g Estate some excellent crepe rubber was 



