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The exhibits from Malacca were rather disappointing, and 

 were certainly not as good as those shown at the Kuala Lumpur 

 Exhibition. 



The sample that was far and away the best in this class was 

 exhibit No. 599, made we believe at the Malakoff Estate, Province 

 Wellesley. 



The same exhibitor shewed a fine specimen of flake siftings 

 the make of which was exceedingly regular. 



Pearl. — There were some nice exhibits of Medium Pearl but 

 we only saw one good sample of seed. 



Sago Pearl. — There was only one exhibitor in this section, 

 Messrs. Brinkmann & Co., and the samples shewn were well made 

 and of good colour and quality. 



Flour. — The two or three exhibits presented nothing special in 

 the way of quality. 



Maize was exceptionally good this year, the cobs shown 

 being mostly large and well-filled, but there was practically only 

 one variety shown. 



Biscuits. — A number of specimens of local made biscuits were 

 shown by Messrs. Ho Ho. No prize was offered for competition 

 in products of the bakery. 



Soap. — A prize was offered by Dr. Lim Boon Keng for the 

 best locally made soap. Unfortunately the offer came after the 

 printing of the schedule of prizes so that there was no possibility of 

 informing the local manufacturers of this article that there would 

 be a prize offered. A Chinese firm, Messrs. Hock Leong, however, 

 brought some excellent samples of this and obtained a medal. The 

 same firm exhibited also a number of sweets, manufactured by 

 themselves. 



Dried fish, locally prepared. — Was also the subject of a prize 

 offered by Dr. Lim Boon Keng, unfortunately too late to get a 

 competition, and none was shown. 



Wet Gambier. — There were only three exhibits of this 

 important local produce. 



The prize winner was the only fair sample shewn, while that 

 exhibited by the " Gambier Society" was distinctly poor. 



In view of the importance of the export trade in this article it 

 would have been more interesting had there been shewn examples 

 of the product in its various stages of manufacture — from the green 

 leaf to the final block. 



Cube Gambier. — The exhibits in this section were generally 

 good although some looked as if they had been prepared specially 

 for exhibition purposes. 



Gambier Extract. — This was an interesting sample of what 

 looked like Gambier-dust, prepared evidently by some process of 

 crushing the dried gambier extract into very small flakes. 



In this state the gambier should be in the most suitable form 

 for export. The only objection we saw to this process was the 

 tendency of the "dust" to become caked by contact with moist 

 -atmosphere, but this might be obviated if the stuff were packed in 

 .air-tight cases. 



