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Speech by H. E. The Governor. 



His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g., 

 said that this was the third time he had been called upon to receive 

 the great privilege of performing the opening ceremony at functions 

 similar to this one. Two years ago he opened the first of these 

 Shows, and he was sure all those who were at Kuala Lumpur then 

 would remember with satisfaction what an excellent Show it was. 

 Last year he had the privilege of opening the Show at Penang, 

 and every one who saw that one must admit that Penang made an 

 immense advance on the first one. That day they had the third. 

 This Show had now come to be regarded as an annual exhibition and 

 it had now been fairly established as such. He was sure that those 

 who had been privileged to see the produces of the two previous 

 Shows would admit that in every way this the third one was a 

 distinct advance on the others, not only as regards the extent and 

 variety of the exhibits, but also as to the organisation and accommo- 

 dation provided for those who came to profit by what they could 

 see and learn there. To those who originated these Shows it 

 must be very gratifying to find they are fulfilling such useful pur- 

 poses and, their being organised, managed and run as they were 

 by practical men, was proof enough, if proof were needed, that they 

 were practical in character. To all of them who were so to speak 

 outsiders and belonged to the general public, these Shows had the 

 interesting feature of being so to speak annual stocktaking times 

 when they saw and heard of the progress which had been made 

 during the year in the agricultural development of the country, 

 and they could also see what kinds of products they had here, 

 thanks to the kindness and enterprise of the merchants of Singapore 

 and elsewhere. If they would make a tour of the ground they 

 would see that there was little that humanity wanted here below 

 which could not be procured in the Malay Peninsula. 



The great point about these Shows was the chances they 

 offered to agriculture and to those engaged in work in connection 

 with agriculture. Here they saw the practical results which had 

 been attained by those who were lessons of future success. They 

 add to the development of the Peninsula. They were able to come 

 here to compare notes, to see where each of them had succeeded or 

 failed, and to profit by the success and failure of others. They 

 would see what had been already achieved and learn how it had 

 been achieved. In agriculture and indeed in every branch of 

 life, the battle was not always to the strong, nor the race to the 

 swift, but to him who was ready to learn from success and failure 

 the lesson of future success. They had to remember that it was not 

 only a useful education to those engaged in agriculture, but this 

 Show furnished also a most valuable stimulus to those, who when 

 they saw other people's products better than theirs, were moved to 

 go back and better their own achievements ; it was a stimulus to 

 them to resolve to do better next year and so the whole community 

 reaped the great advantage of a continued and growing chain of 

 increased effort and renewed intelligence in agricultural working. 



To the Government it was particularly interesting to see these 

 exhibitions because he thought they must all recognize that they 



