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appearance and of fair quality. There are not enough people 

 willing to devote the amount of attention needed for collecting and 

 experimenting on rubbers of comparatively little financial value. 

 The Guttas were few ; the winning exhibit was a Gutta Taban. 



It is extremely difficult owing to the lack of knowledge of definite 

 criteria in rubber to separate lots differing slightly in quality. 



The following table gives the points on which the Judges marked 

 the exhibits; the maximum of marks under each heading and the 

 number actually awarded, which is the average of the different 

 judges, judging by points is the fairest method but is of necessity 

 a longer process than the rough and ready process of judging by 

 selection, so much so that the judges were unable to complete their 

 work on the first day. Fifty marks being the total by doubling 

 their total competitors arrive at the percentage of the total 

 maximum awarded to them. 



It appears that most exhibits arrived late on the day before the 

 Show opened ; this caused considerable confusion, and accounts for 

 some exhibits appearing without numbers. It is hoped that in 

 future there will be no grounds to make this complaint. Further it 

 is desirable for Exhibitors sending in two or more exhibits of 

 different merit, to label them A, B, C, etc. 



The judges, the Acting Director of Gardens, Singapore, 

 Mr. W. Fox, the Chairman of the United Planters Association 

 Mr. R. W. HARRISON, and the Director of Agriculture. Federated 

 Malay States, Mr. J. B. CARRUTHERS, were assisted in their task 

 by Mr. W. G. GALLAGHER, Government Mycologist and Assistant 

 to the Director of Agriculture whose help hastened considerably an 

 interesting but lengthy task. 



J. B. CARRUTHERS. 



