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It would perhaps be better in arranging the Prize Schedule for 

 future Shows, to offer at least three prizes in each class, and to ask 

 the Judges to specify the number of marks gained by the 1st, 2nd and 

 3rd prize Exhibits respectively, to indicate the Exhibits in their order 

 of merit. It would certainly be more satisfactory to competitors, 

 and also more interesting for the public, to learn the relative value 

 of the different Exhibits, for instance when only one prize was 

 awarded there was no means of knowing the comparative excellence 

 of the next Exhibit in merit, which might possibly have been only 

 slightly inferior to that gaining the first prize. The method of 

 judging by points would enable one to see how the winning Exhibits 

 in rubber for instance, obtained their mar^s, whether for strength 

 and resiliency, colour, uniformity, and so on. A most instructive 

 rubber Exhibit was sent by Messrs. Behn, Meyer and Company, as 

 Agents, consisting of a series of long sheets which had been 

 coagulated by the new coagulant called " Purub." The merits 

 claimed for this method of preparation are its rapidity of action (the 

 specimens shown had been rolled up six hours after coagulation) 

 and the fact that it is a better preservative, and does not in any way 

 injure the quality of the rubber. The F.M.S. Agricultural Depart- 

 ment are to be congratulated on the excellent and instructive series 

 of Exhibits staged by them, consisting of an Entomological Section, 

 showing the noxious termites in their various forms ; specimiens of 

 their nests, and sections of trees riddled by them. Adjoining was 

 the Mycological Section showing various plant diseases, especially 

 those which attack rubber. Examples of actual trees showing bad, 

 and good, methods of tapping and the results of each were on view. 

 Close by were collections of fibres, oils, and a small camphor still at 

 work. The next Exhibits in value to the rubber were the cocoanuts. 

 These as usual were sent in vast numbers, 213 Exhibitors showing 

 in one or other of the four classes ; Perak carried off most of the 

 Prizes. Copra, which has been in such great demand lately, with 

 steadily rising prices, and for which an improved method of prepara- 

 tion has been suggested, was very well represented, and some very 

 good samples were shown. The common fault, however, was noticed 

 that some of the samples had been made from unripe, and others 

 from badly dried, nuts. A small sample sent from Ceylon for 

 comparison was of good quality, but received no award from 

 the Judges. Tapioca was well shown, and contested, the first 

 prize being easily won by the Manager of Malakoft' Estate. 

 Cloves and Nutmegs were sent in by the Penang growers in excellent 

 samples, and had no difficulty in excelling those sent from other 

 places. Penang Exhibitors were also successful in another important 

 Section, Paddy, in which they more than held their own. It was 

 disappointing to see the few poor specimens sent from Krian District, 

 where the finest rice in the Peninsula is grown, under an irrigation 

 scheme carried out by Government at great expense. The other 

 Exhibits such as Oils, Pepper, Arrowroot, Dragons-blood, Gambler, 

 Gums, Dammar, Tree Cotton, and Coffee were all more or less good 

 in quality and quantity but. call for no special remarks. 



