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number of those who might have been expected to have been 

 willing to assist for the benefit of the community appeared to 

 misunderstand the rationale of such exhibitions, which are not 

 for the benefit of the Government but strictly for the benefit 

 of each and every resident in the Peninsula. As to the utility 

 of these exhibitions Mr. Campbell writes as follows: — 



The Utility of Agricultural Shows. — The utility of such shows 

 has often been questioned, but no one who saw the large and 

 varied exhibits in the " Native Industry" section, and the ready 

 sale which these exhibits met with, can deny that a great 

 stimulus was thereby afforded to native industries ; and, so long as 

 the natives can rely upon being able to dispose of their produc- 

 tions at these annual shows, there is good reason to believe that 

 some of the Malay arts and handicrafts, which, as the Hon. 

 Secretary for that division remarks in his report, are rapidly 

 becoming obsolete, may, at least to some extent, be revived. 



Educational Value of Shows. — The practical demonstration 

 on the preparation of rubber given by Mr. Burgess, Govern- 

 ment Analyst, Singapore, was of the greatest value, and my 

 Committee is deeply indebted to him, as also to Mr. G. Dearie 

 Russell, Manager. Federated Engineering Company, who 

 constructed a rubber-washing machine on the principles recom- 

 mended by Weber — for an exceedingly interesting and instructive 

 demonstration ; and one which will probably have a very 

 important bearing upon the preparation of rubber in the States. 



The educational value of these shows is a point which 

 should always be kept to the fore, and every effort should be 

 made to bring the natives within their educative influence. It 

 is suggested that, in addition to such demonstration as the one 

 referred to above, prizes should be offered for agricultural imple- 

 ments as the result of competitive trials, not merely as exhibits 

 in the ordinary way. 



Report on Division "A." — Agricultural Produce. 



Mr. L. C. Brown had the charge of this department, which 

 was really very well represented. He reports : — 



As regards Division " A.'* I feel every reason to be proud of 

 the exhibits, not only from the most satisfactory — but that the 

 exhibits themselves would, as a whole, do credit to any show as 

 the products of tropical agriculture. 



The exhibits received came from the following districts: — 

 Perak. — Upper and Lower Perak, Krian. New Territory, 



Matang, Larut and Kuala Kangsar. 



Negri Sembilan. — Seremban, Jelebu. the Coast and 



Tampin. 



Selangor.— Kuala Lumpur, Klang. Kuala Selangor and 

 Kuala Langa. 



