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year by Mr. SCHIRMER, who did not exhibit on this occasion. 

 Chiefly noticeable was some excellent rope of Sanseviera fibre 

 prepared by Mr. PRIOR. There is a future for fibre in the Malay 

 Peninsula and we shall hope to see it better shewn at future 

 Shows. 



Some samples of Raphia bast prepared in the Botanic Gardens, 

 Singapore, from the leaves of the Raphia ruffia palm were shewn 

 in this section. 



Cocoa pods were only represented by two lots, neither ripe and of 

 very inferior quality and no prize was awarded. 



. Cloves had thirteen exhibits and were fairly good. The sample 

 that obtained the first prize being excellent, but we remember to 

 have seen a better Show of this spice in former exhibits in 

 Penang. 



Nutmegs were very good and a considerable number both in the 

 husk and in the shell were shewn, and Mace was also well repre- 

 sented. 



. There were several entries for collections of spices used in curries, 

 very nicely got up and arranged. 



Ginger was not as finely shewn as we have seen, though the sam- 

 ple which obtained the first prize shewn by Mr. Chin Kin GOON 

 was by no means a bad one. The other samples were small and 

 rather poor. The same might be said of Turmeric, the first sample, 

 however, shewn by Mr. KANG Thean Sung, was exceptionally good. 

 Perhaps the dry season at the beginning of the year may have been 

 the cause of the poorness of the exhibits in these classes. 



Pepper, both white and black, was represented by excellent ex- 

 amples from Gapis and Kamuning Estates and also from Sepang. 

 In this class some excellent pepper was staged which was disqualified 

 by the judges as it was discovered that the exhibitor was a dealer 

 in Penang who had imported his samples from Achin. 



There were one or two other cases in agricultural produce in 

 which the exhibitor had shewn products purchased by him in the 

 market, and unfortunately, by some oversight, the regulations did 

 not prevent an exhibitor purchasing samples in the market and 

 showing them as his own so long as they were grown in the Penin- 

 sula. Such a thing is hardly likely to occur except when the exhibi- 

 tions are held in the large towns, Singapore and Penang, but the 

 rules in this respect will require alteration. 



Of Copra, over a hundred samples were shown, chiefly sundried, 

 but Kiln-dried Copra was not wanting; many of the specimens 

 were very fine. 



The classes for Coco-nuts husked and unhusked, and collections 

 of different kinds were, as at last year's Show, represented by a vast 

 array, occupying one side of the building allotted to agricultural 

 produce, and gave no small work to the judges to decide on which 

 were the best. A Ceylon visitor was heard to remark that if he had 



