338 



turned out in less than half an hour, and could have been ready 

 dried and packed for shipment home in a few hours if need be. 



Mention should be made of an exhibit in this Section by Mr. A. 

 B. Stephens of Taiping of a corrugated iron sheet, perforated with 

 slits on the arched or convex surface, it is designed for a covering 

 for plant houses where light is essential without heavy rain, by having 

 the slits on the convex portion only, and the concave left intact the 

 latter forming water channels. 'Mr. STEPHEN was awarded a 



The Divisions for Cattle and Dogs were of local interest only and 

 call for no special remark. The grand collection of Perak Elephants 

 gathered together for the occasions however was a source of never 

 ending admiration. 



Mention should be made of a collection of Miscellaneous Exhibits 

 from Labuan the most interesting of which were the Gongs and 

 Metal works of very unique designs and apparently old. Many of 

 the best specimens were secured for Raffles Museum. 



W. FOX. 



Rubber at the Agri- Horticultural Show. 



The Rubber shewn at the Peninsular Show this year exceeded all 

 previous Malayan Exhibitions in quantity and in quality. The Para 

 sheet and biscuit class contained the greatest number of Exhibits, 

 though crepe ran it close In both so many exhibits approached a 

 high standard that the Judges found it difficult to separate the prize 

 winners. Very little of the material, particularly in sheet and biscuit, 

 was of that pale colour, which, according to advices from home, 

 seems to be favoured by buyers just now. Possibly the spell of dry 

 hot weather immediately before the Show had something to do with 

 the prevalence of dark colour. Manv Planters consider that light- 

 coloured crepe or sheet is more difficult to produce in dry weather 

 than at other times. Dry block was more poorly represented than 

 the first two classes, and wet block even more so. The standard 

 was high and the quality very uniform in dry block. The wet block 

 exhibits were indifferent. J 



There was a fair number of exhibits, in the Rambong class, and, 

 excepting the first few which were well ahead of the others, 



i than in any other group. 



The Specie 



Cup for scrap drew few competitors, probably due to the fact that 

 notification of it was given very late. Rubbers other than Para or 

 Rambong were very poorly represented, though the w.nni , 

 exhibit-crepe from Willughbeia sp.-was very good A g o0£1 

 collection of various wild rubbers and seeds came from the Govern 

 ment Gardens, Kuala Kangsar; their Ceara sheet was gooa 



