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tour of the buildings. After a speech by Mr. J. K. BIRCH, His 

 Excellency spoke for a considerable time on the subject of the ex- 

 hibition and on the progress of agriculture; his remarks being very 

 much to tHe point and very well received, after which he declared 

 the Show open. The exhibition remained open till Friday evening 

 when the Cups which had been presented by various donors were 

 distributed to the winners by Mr. BlRCH. 



Agricultural Produce. 



The section for agricultural produce was the biggest and perhaps 

 the most interesting part of the Show and both in quantity and 

 quality exceeded all previous exhibitions. Taking the classes as 

 they were arranged in the schedule, arrowroot was well shown, 

 Mr. W. W. NORRIS of Singapore taking first prize and diploma for 

 roots as he did last year and a second prize for prepared arrowroot. 

 The second prize for roots fell to Caledonia Estate, the third to 

 Penghulu Mat Chie. Prepared arrowroot was represented by a 

 number of good samples, the first prize being allotted to Mr. CHOW 

 Ah NEAN, his sample being a little finer than that of Mr. NORRIS. 

 In this class, a sample of the roots of Canna edulis y Tous les mois, 

 a form of arrowroot seldom cultivated, was shewn. 



Betel-nuts both fresh in the husk and dried and split were exten- 

 sively exhibited, over fifty samples of the latter class being entered. 

 The prize for fresh Betel-nuts fell to Mr. C. J. WILLIAMS with a 

 very fine bunch. Dried nuts were more difficult to judge owing to 

 the great number shown and the excellence of the samples. The 

 comparative values of this product are estimated not only by the 

 size of the nut and its fully ripe condition but also by its fullness 

 and absence of a crack or split in the centre. 



There were but few entries for articles made from the Coco-nut 

 palm, and those not very first class collections but many of such 

 articles were to be found in the Art Section of the Show. Coco-nut 

 oil was clearly a popular exhibit, over eighty bottles of good, bad 

 and indifferent oil being staged. 



Toddy was represented by five or six exhibits, that of Caledonia 

 Estate being considered by the expert employed to judge, a Tamil 

 man, as very superior. 



The great Show thus of products of the Coco-nut palm illustrated 

 the great importance of this plant to the Malay Peninsula and the 

 excellence of the produce in all its forms. 



Dragon's blood, the red resin from the shells of the fruit of Dce- 

 monorops was represented by several high class specimens. ABDUL 

 WAHAB taking the first prize with a good bright coloured sample of 

 powder, and block with a bunch of the fruit. 



Of Indigo there were several samples chiefly liquid and paste, 

 Caledonia Estate showed a bottle of Indigo powder, dry, rather pale 

 in colour, but considered worthy of special commendation by the 

 judges on account of the difficulty and importance of preparing it 

 in this form. 



Fibres were poorly shewn, compared with the fine lot shewn last 



