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ticable purposes it has proved a failure and has been aban- 

 doned. 



Plot H. — This plot was changkoHed over and the lalang 

 roots picked up. The cost per acre, $61.10, would probably 

 be prohibitive. The work done was good, a few pieces 

 came up and were removed after the first month (cost 35 

 cents, included in above), and for six months no lalang 

 appeared. The difference in cost, however, between clean 

 picking and changkolling or ploughing over, should most 

 certainly commend the latter as the most economical and 

 practical means of eradicating lalang known at present. 



Batu Tiga. — The Batu Tiga plantation has been main- 

 tained in good order throughout the year. No further 

 extensions have been made, but the part already opened has 

 been kept in order. Some vacant spaces were planted with 

 Para rubber, and all available ground has been used for 

 green manure experiments, chiefly with mimosa pudica and 

 passifiora. Details of these experiments will be found 

 under their respective headings. 



J. W. CAMPBELL, 

 Sup e tint end eat Experimental Plantations, 



S 'elan gov, F. M. S. 



AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW 1909. 



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

 Optimistic on Rubber in the F. M. S. 



Important speech Q>t Penang. 



The Ceremonial opening of the 6th annual Agricul- 

 tural-Horticultural Show took place at Penang on August 

 12. His Excellency the Governor in his opening speech 

 made some very important remarks on the Rubber industry. 

 The Resident Councillor, Penang, (Mr. Bland) said: — 



Mr. Bland's Introduction. 



I have the honour to ask your Excellency to perform 

 the opening ceremony. This is the sixth of the annual 

 series of shows for British Malaya and the second held in 

 Penang. The shows were inagurated under the patronage 

 of your Excellency in 1904, and I may say that Penang is 

 not less ready to welcome your Excellency on this occasion, 

 than in the year 1905. It is not in the nature of events 



