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Negri Sembilan, Selangor and Perak. The Siamese States in 

 the north of the Peninsula were however not represented. Of these 

 Perak came first in competition winning 133 prizes of the value 

 of 837 dollars and besides carrying off the Governor's Cup. It is 

 to the credit of this State too that nearly every exhibitor succeeded 

 in securing a prize, showing a careful selection in what was to be 

 sent, by the district officers. Eighty of the prizes were taken by 

 Malays and twenty-one schools also carried off prizes, only seven 

 of the prize winners in this State were Europeans. This in itself 

 shows that the exhibitions are well considered by the natives and 

 that they take a great interest in the competitions. The total 

 number of exhibitors from Perak was three hundred and sixty- 

 four. The exhibits from the Native States would have probably 

 been poor were it not for the energy and perseverance of the various 

 district officers and other officials of the Federated Malay States also. 

 Singapore came next to Perak both in number of exhibitors 

 and in the prizes taken. In this calculation horses and dogs 

 naturally were more easy to show at the seat of the exhibition than 

 from elsewhere, are excluded or Singapore would be first. The small 

 amount of cultivation of agricultural produce in Singapore as 

 might be expected lowered its average, though it had some advan- 

 tages in the horticultural section. There were 252 exhibitors, the 

 greater part of whom were Europeans, and 124 prizes fell to them 

 valued at 647 dollars. 



Penang comes next with 75 prizes but only 106 exhibitors, 

 of whom the greater number were natives. 



Then Malacca with 131 exhibitors and 49 prizes almost all of 

 whom were Malays. 



Selangor sent eighty -nine exhibitors only who obtained 39 prizes 

 of the value of 173 dollars. 



Negri Sembilan had a hundred exhibitors but these only 

 obtained nine prizes of the aggregate value of 56 dollars. 



Johore sent exhibits from thirty-one exhibitors, all Malays, 

 who carried off twelve prizes valued at 49 dollars. 



Pahang which is in the worst position of any State for sending 

 exhibits had sent three exhibitors of whom one scored a first 

 prize for wild guttas. 



The total number of exhibitors was 1,006. This was a smaller 

 number than that of Penang on the previous year, but the fact 

 that while Penang is well supplied with rail to most parts of the 

 Peninsula, exhibits for Singapore had to come by sea, which was 

 inconvenient and no doubt deterred many exhibitors from sending. 



Opening Ceremony. 



The Exhibition was visited by His Excellency Sir John 

 Anderson in the early morning when he made a tour of inspection 

 of the various exhibits, and at 11 a.m. of August 16th he on being 

 requested by the Hon. Captain Young, the Colonial Secretary, 

 President of the Exhibition, formally declared the Exhibition open 

 in a speech which we herewith give: — 



