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pore coming well to the front with first class samples of both. 

 Spices were about the average, nutmegs and pepper good, 

 ginger and turmeric rather poor, the latter mostly badly grown, 

 the rhizomes being small and mailed. 



Tea was represented by only two exhibits, of rather special 

 type, and the diminution in coffee planting in the Federated 

 Malay States was shown by the scanty exhibition of samples. 

 Cacao was shown but all unripe. Sugar as regards coconut, nipa 

 and arenga sugar was very good. Cane sugar was more scantily 

 represented, but it is unnecessary to say more of the first prize 

 sample than that it came from Caledonia Estate. Of fibres, the 

 most attractive exhibit was Mr. SCHIRMER'S large case of different 

 fibres prepared in Singapore by his new machine, they included 

 fibres and leave specimens of Sanseviera zeylanica, and giiineensis. 

 Agave Americana, and another species, Fourcraya gigantea and 

 cubensis, Pandanns kaida, and macropkylla, Ramie. Pineapple, and 

 Bromelia-pinguin . 



Some of the samples turned out by this machine are exquisitely 

 white and silkv. Bromelia pinguin was especiallv interesting be- 

 cause it has always been said that its fibre is too dirty coloured for 

 use, but here it was whitest of any. 



Kapok was well shown, but owing to the season's rains was 

 nearly all more or less discoloured. 



Cotton was good considering the climate here, a high commenda- 

 tion. 



The Dog Show though small contained some very fine animals, 

 especially noticeable being the retrievers, shown by Mr. CAREY and 

 Mr. Bailey. 



During the Show Mr. P. T. BURGESS gave a lecture and demon- 

 stration on the chemistry of Para rubber which was very well at- 

 tended, and had to be repeated thrice. A washing machine was 

 erected by the Federated Engineering Company, and its use de- 

 monstrated very successfull v. 



To sum up the exhibition was a very good one and there can be 

 no doubt that the utility of such Shows to the advance of agriculture 

 and native industry. The next exhibition is to be held next year 

 at Penang, and we hope it will be as successful as the one held this 

 year in Kwala Lumpur. — Editor. 



RUBBER IN CEYLON. 



Mr. PEARSON in the India Rubber World publishes each month 

 an instalment of his experiences in his travels in Ceylon and the 

 Malay States in a chatty and pleasant manner. The instalment for 

 July almost finishes his account of Ceylon. He visited Mr. HARRI- 

 SON'S Culloden Estate, where he noted the trees were growing well 

 in rocky soil, but less well in damp ground. The oldest trees on 

 the estate are about iS years old and produce 3 lbs. of rubber a 



