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" a new Tuba root " which appeared to be the stems of Tinospova 

 covdifolia. 



Dammars. — Were more abundantly shown than on the last 

 occasion and some masses were very large. There was a good 

 variety in the collections, but they were chiefly of the Damar 

 daging type, and of other dark resins. A fine series of Moluccan 

 damars was shown by Mr. Diepenheim. These further eastern 

 damars known mostly as copals in local trade are the most in 

 demand in Europe, being clearer in colour than most of the local 

 ones of the Peninsula. 



Rattans. — The collections of rattans were decidedly above the 

 average of those seen at previous shows and they were also more 

 plentiful. Messrs. Tan Ah Choon exhibited some beautifully pre- 

 pared Borneo canes, which were awarded a diploma for their 

 careful preparation, though not being produced within the limits of 

 the Peninsula, and being of two varieties only they could not enter 

 for competition with the collections of jungle canes. 



Bamboos. — Collections of samples of these were numerous, 

 and there were some good specimens. The curious branched culms, 

 and flexuous culms and other abnormal specimens were as 

 abundant as usual. 



Walking-sticks. — Though the prize for these is offered for sticks 

 unfinished and unmounted far the greater part were highly worked 

 up and ornamented. The collection was much larger than on 

 previous occasions and some of the sticks were really very fine, 

 and they were much in demand by purchasers. It would, however, 

 perhaps be preferable in future, considering that most are works of 

 art, to transfer this class to native industries. 



Rice, paddy, and pulnt formed a large feature in the exhibi- 

 tion but it must be admitted that the collection as a whole was not 

 as large as we have seen on other occasions. There were several 

 collections for the Mukim prize in which were over fifty varieties, 

 the finest lot containing seventy-two named kinds. Cooked rice was 

 not shown, and as this has commonly happened before, perhaps it 

 would be as well to omit this class in future from the exhibitions. 

 As is usual some of the Malay penghulus were called in to aid in 

 judging the rice and paddy exhibits, but even with their aid the 

 work of examining all the exhibits and judging of their respective 

 merits took the judges a long time. 



Tapioca roots were quite up to the average though not as 

 fine as those shown at Penang show, but Tapioca roots are 

 cumbrous things to travel with and the greater distance from the 

 big tapioca culture area is perhaps the reason why fewer large 

 specimens were sent. 



Tapioca Flour. — There were a number of good exhibits. 



Five or six samples were very near one another in quality and 

 it was difficult to decide which was the better of the two chosen as 

 leaders. 



Flake. — There were vary few exhibits of really good quality. 



