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Poultry. 



As a whole there was a poor show of poultry, only about 50 pens 

 were shown. Two pens of six — Buff, Orpingtons and Minorcas. 



The Orpington winners were a fair average lot, the cock on the 

 small side but the hens were better. The Minorcas, good 

 birds otherwise, failed lamentably in their legs — all were feathered. 

 The Orpingtons were prize winners at Penang also in 1905. 



The best pair in the show were a Malay game cock and hen, 

 really good specimens and were easily the best birds in the show. 



Two pairs of Brahmas were shown. If the winning cock and 

 losing hen had been placed together it would have been a very fine 

 pair. Brahmas do not do well in this damp climate and their 

 plumage is very much affected. Crossed with or by Malay local 

 game, they should do well, as a pure bird they are disappointing. 



Of turkeys only two pair were shown and poor ones at that. 



Geese a fair number, but poor and stunted in appearance — only 

 one good and shapely bird amongst the lot. 



One pair of indifferent Guinea fowl. Two pair of Victoria pigeon 

 were shown, very handsome birds and easily kept in captivity. 



The jungle fowl shown was a very scraggy lot and the hens did 

 not strike one as being jungle hens at all, very few were exhibited. 



It is an extraordinary thing how many persons think that an 

 agri-horticultural show is an offshoot of Barnum's and any freak or 

 dime-museum monstrosity should find a place in it. 



It is a great pity that more interest is not taken in this class of 

 produce — it affects everyone of us and should have better attention 

 paid to it. Poultry repay interest taken in them, but it must be 

 whole-hearted. Natives showed hardly any poultry although they 

 took considerable interest in the exhibition. 



A few pigeons and canaries were exhibited, none of any very 

 great interest. 



Cats. — There were not as many cats shown as might have 

 been expected. There were a few good Persians, notably Mrs. 

 Daly's grey Persian, a beautiful animal which had taken prizes at 

 shows in England. Only three Siamese cats were shown but 

 these were fairly good. English cats were not particularly 

 striking. 



Cage birds. — There was little very striking in this class, a few T 

 good parrots, and some canaries, and some birds of paradise. Mr. 

 Lim Lee carried oft a first prize with a very beautiful small bird, 

 black with an orange breast and a long tail. There were also a 

 good many Java sparrows of various colours shown. 



Rabbits and guinea pigs were poorly shown, though there are 

 many rabbits of good class kept in Singapore and the exhibition 

 might have been better.— C. HAWTREY. 



Native Industries. 



The total numbtr of entries, of which there are records, comes 

 to about 1,000, allowing 50 for the Negri Sembilan and Singapore, 

 the latter contributing very little indeed. Of these I find that 575 

 came from Perak, 83 from Selangor, 126 from Penang, and 167 from 



