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There may too be other species in the Peninsula used for this 

 product. At the last agricultural exhibition there were two 

 forms of the product shown from Negri Sembilan, one in powder 

 and one in lump. These seemed to be different in color though 

 it is not so easy to compare the lump and powder in point of 

 coloring. Furthermore, besides the fruits of D. micracantkm 

 which were shown with one sample, there were oblong very 

 dark-colored fruits in a long spray certainly belonging 

 neither to D. micracanthus nor D. propinquus, nor D. didymophylhis. 

 I was unfortunately unable to secure a specimen, and should 

 be very glad if anyone residing in these districts could get 

 specimens of the flowers, fruit, leaf and stem of this handsome 

 species. 



H. N. Ridley. 



THE AGRICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 



The Annual Joint Exhibition of the Colony and Federated 

 Malay States, will be held in Singapore in August this year. 

 Exhibits of the produce and art of the Peninsula from Singapore 

 to*the Isthmus of Kra will be received. Reductions in the price 

 of fares and of the freight of exhibits are promise by the Straits 

 Steamship Company and the Federated Malay States Railways 

 and the Singapore-Kranji Railway. The show will be held on 

 the Reclamation Ground opposite the Raffles Hotel in Singapore in 

 the first fortnight of August. His Excellency Sir John Anderson 

 offers a cup for the best exhibit of agricultural produce as on 

 previous occasions, and several other cups are promised as prizes. 

 The exhibition promises to be as fine a one as that of last year. 



An account of the first public meeting held in Singapore is 

 appended. 



THIRD JOINT ANNUAL 

 AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW OF 1906. 



A General Public Meeting held in Council Chambers at 

 4-45 p.m. on January 18th, Hon. John Anderson, presided. 



A General Public Meeting was held at the Council Chambers 

 at 4-45 p.m. to-day (January 18th, 1906) for the purpose of 

 discussing an " Agri-Horticultural Show" to be held in Singapore 

 this year. The Hon. John Anderson, presided, and there were 

 also present: — Rev. N. J. Couvreur, Rev. G. Gex, Hon. E. L. 

 Brockman, Hon. Tan Jiak Kim, Messrs. W. G. St. Clair, 

 H. N. Ridley, A. Knight, J. Polglase, Khory, Symonds, 

 Tomlinson, Tan Kheam Hock, R. Little, E. F. H. Edlin, 

 N. Trotter, St. V. B. Down, Weare, and others. 



The Hon. J. Anderson. Chairman, said that he was not 

 present there that day owing to any special knowledge he 

 possessed for promoting Agricultural Shows, but to the appeal 



