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Brown Sugar was well shewn, LEONG Lak HlNG of Bagan Serai 

 getting a prize for this. 



The Shows of Jungle Produce as represented by Guttas and' 

 Rubbers, and also Damars, were poor, and call for no special 

 remarks. Rattans were well represented, a considerable* number of 

 collections being shewn. Many of those exhibited were, however, 

 hardly trade rattans, still as collections they were good, and inter- 

 esting. Bamboos were well shown, ordinary kinds as well as the 

 curious spotted bamboo, twisted ones, and some large specimens of 

 the big Dendrocalamus giganteus. 



Native herbs used in medicine were very much more extensively 

 shewn than at last year's Show where there were but few entries. 

 One competitor took a prize with a hundred and four different herbs 

 with a catalogue of their native names and uses. 



Mr. MACHADO brought from Kamuning estate some valuable 

 drugs he had grown and prepared including Ipecacuanha, Jeringu 

 {Acorus calamus) Brucea sumatrana. Hydrocotyle asiatica, dried 

 leaves, and Papain for the latter he received a special prize. 



Fodder grasses were represented by several collections, but none 

 were particularly well selected. The exhibitors seemed to think 

 that any grasses or sedges could be classed as fodder grasses, and 

 some of the collections contained coarse sedges quite unsuited for 

 fodder. Of Tuba roots a considerable number of samples were 

 shewn, chiefly differing in thickness of root and neatness of pre- 

 paration. 



Patchouli was well shewn, twenty-two samples being staged, Mr. 

 MACHADO again this year carried off first prize with fine and well 

 dried leaves. Of Sirih leaves there were twenty-six specimens, 

 both of the Chinese and Malay strains, nearly all were very fine 

 large-leaved samples. The Malay who was asked to judge this 

 difficult class, gave his verdict for the red veined form. 



Indian corn was good and abundant, some fine coles being shown. 

 There was little variety in the kinds staged, only one sample of the 

 red corn being shown. 



Cotton was chiefly and largely represented by the short stapled 

 Javanese cotton, but Mr. LOGAN won on a fine sample of Egyptian 

 prepared with great care, and grown in the North of Province Wel- 

 lesley, Mr. MACHADO also showed Egyptian. 



Kapok was very abundant, and many of the samples very good. 

 Para rubber was naturally one of the most interesting and attrac- 

 tive exhibits and the collection was for the most part superb. Mr. 

 BAILEY'S crepe and fancy rubber were highly admired. Mr. 

 PRIOR'S crepe, and the samples shown by Mr. COATES, Mr. 

 MACHADO and Sandy Croft estate were all of the finest qualities. 

 The old fashioned biscuits were represented but the crepe and flat 

 oblong sheets were more in favour, and the round biscuits seem 

 to be almost a thing of the past. Scrap was well prepared by Mr. 

 Bailey and Mr. MEIKLE, and was really very good. Rambong 

 was not wanting Mr. PRIOR'S crepe strips being the best sample 



