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REPORT ON THE 

 PENANG AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW 1905. 



The Second Annual Agri-Horticultural Show held in Penang on 

 the 9th, 10th, and nth of August last and was opened by His Ex- 

 cellency The Governor. From every point of view it is admitted to 

 have been in advance of any Show so far held. As will be seen 

 from the Tables appended no Show hitherto held has been so widely 

 represented, or so liberally supported, and speaking generally the 

 standard of the exhibits were in advance of even the successful Show 

 hel9 at Kuala Lumpur last year. 



2. The Prize Schedule was divided into five Divisions containing 

 341 Classes as follows: — 



Division (A) Agricultural Produce ... 79 Classes 

 (B) Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables 1 14 „ 

 „ (C) Stock and Dairy Produce ... 44 „ 

 „ (D) Horses and Dogs ... 34 „ 

 (E) Native Industries and Manu- 

 factures ... ... 32 



(E) Section (1) Native Industries 



and Manufactures confined 

 to Schools of the Colony 

 and F. M. S. ... 13 



(F) Agricultural Implements and 



Miscellaneous ... 25 ,, 



3. Prizes were offered for, the above amounting in the aggregate 

 to $3,261 of which $2,374, was actually paid in cash and 22 Medals 

 were awarded representing a value of $220. In addition to the libe- 

 ral prizes 47 Silver Cups were offered for competition which included 

 the Championship Cup presented by His Excellency The Governor. 



4. The Show attracted 1,541 Exhibitors. 



5. The following table shews the various places from which they 

 came. 



Penang and Province Wellesley ... 833 



Perak ... ... ... ... 274 



Malacca ... ... ... ... 203 



Negri Sembilan ... ... ... 151 



Selangor ... ... ... ... 43 



Pahang ... ... ... ... 28 



Kedah ... ... ... .... 5 



Singapore ... ... ... ... 4 



6. As regards the number of exhibits it is difficult to estimate 

 them, but allowing however an average of 5 entries for each exhibi- 

 tor, and 3 articles for each entry and deducting for those classes 

 which did not till there must have been over 20,000 exhibits. 



