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Pahang. — Only a small exhibit of padi. 

 Penang, Province Wellesley and Malacca, also con- 

 tributed. 



A few remarks about some of the exhibits deserving, I con- 

 sider, special mention, may not be out of place, the more so as it 

 will serve for reference and comparison with any future show. 



Coconuts, of which there was a magnificent collection, both 

 specimen and variety, may be said to have taken first honours, 

 in so much that it was in this product for a very fine collection 

 ♦of varieties that Mr. E. B. Prior, Golden Hope Estate, was 

 awarded the cup kindly presented by H. E. the High Commis- 

 sioner for the best collection of agricultural products. The same 

 estate received a first prize for an excellent sample of copra, 

 while the Selangor Oil Mills were equally successful for a very 

 fine sample of poonac manufactured in their factory. The pro- 

 ducts derivable from the coconut tree and its fruit were very 

 much in evidence, and with respect to this, one exhibitor had 

 baskets, brushes, ladles of all sorts, sticks, and some articles 

 of such intrinsic value that he refused to part with them at any 

 price. Excellent samples of sugar, coir fibre and twine were 

 also on view, and it is to be hoped that at some future show, 

 when the industry expands in all its branches, we may see rope, 

 soap and coconut butter exhibited from some factory situated 

 in the Federated Malay States or the Colony. 



Rubber. — I was certainly disappointed that there were not 

 more exhibits in this class; on the other hand, most of the 

 samples were of excellent quality. Mr. A. B. Lake took both the 

 cups presented for Para; Kent Estate the one given by the 

 Selangor Planters' Association ; and Uganda Estate Mr. Parry's 

 prize; Mr. F. A. Stephen's exhibit being "highly commended," 

 as also that of Mr. P. W. Parkinson. Mr. W. W. Bailey 

 succeeded in carrying off the cup presented by the Negri Sembilan 

 Planters' Association for the best sample of rambong. 



Padi. — The various kinds, both as regards specimens and 

 collections, were exceptionally good, but great difficulty was found 

 in obtaining competent Judges for awarding the prizes, as the 

 Judges appointed for this division expressed themselves unwill- 

 ing to undertake the work, believing that they rould not give fair 

 justice in the selection, and it would be better if, in future, some 

 special arrangement was made about this. Mr. Belfield, the 

 Acting Resident of Perak, was good enough to present a prize for 

 the best sample of padi, and this was awarded to Penghulu Kota 

 Lama Kiri, Kuala Kangsar. 



The Judges commented most favourably on the exhibit that 

 took first in Gambier, and they were also very much taken by the 

 best sample in white pepper, grown on Padang Rengas Estate, 

 Kuala Kangsar. An interesting feature of the show was an 

 excellent display of various fibres by Messrs. Hogan & Co., which 



