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REPORT OF THE PENANG AGRI-HORTICULTURAL 



SHOW. 



Held on the 9th, lOth and llth August, 1909. 



President— Hon. R. N. Bland. 



General Purposes Committee— C. GUINNESS, Gan Quoh Bee, HON JOHN 

 Turner, Dr. Jamieson, W. Langham Cartsr, F. G. Pigott, 

 S. E. A. Linton, P. A. Yearwood, Elton Bell, W. H. 

 Mac Arthur, B. Nunn, H. Muir. 



Chairman— A. CAVENDISH. 



Hony, Treasurer— T>. W. GiLMOUR. 



Hony. General Secretary — WALTER Fox. 



The Sixth Annual Agri-Horticultural Show was held in Penang, 

 on the gth, loth and nth of August. The last Show here was held 

 exactly four years ago and by a coincidence on the same dates. 



The occurrence of two public holidays in the week fixed for the 

 Show was the primary reason for the selection of these dates, a 

 factor of considerable importance to the officials connected with the 

 management of the Show and also to the public in general. 



H. E. The Governor, Sir John Anderson. G.C.M.G., opened the 

 Show in brilliant weather, and spoke at length on Agricultural topics 

 and commented in detail on the advance made since the previous 

 Show. 



T he statistics given below set forth the advance that has been 

 made, and justify the freely expressed opinion that it was the most 

 successful Show of the series hitherto held. 



2. The Prize Schedule was divided as before into the six fol- 

 lowing Divisions : — 



Division (A) Agricultural Produce . . . . 8/ Classes. 



„ (B) Flowers, Plants, Fruits and Vegetables. . 103 „ 



„ (C) Stock and Dairy Produce . . • • 32 „ 



„ (D) Horses and Dogs . . . . 28 „ 



„ (E) Native Arts and Industries of which 



13 Classes were confined to Schools • . 59 „ 



„ (F) Agricultural Implements & Miscellaneous 30 „ 



3. The Show attracted 1,935 Exhibitors as against 1,541 in 1905 

 who came from the following places : — 



Penang and Province Wellesley . . . . 1,001 



Perak . . . . . . . . 322 



Malacca . . . . . . . . 180 



Negri Sembilan . . . . . . . . 267 



Selangor . . . . . . . . 134 



Brunei . . . . . . . . 14 



Singapore . . . . . . . . 9 



Kedah .. .. .. .. 6 



Johore . . . . . . . . 2 



1,935 



