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THE INTERNATIONAL AND ALLIED TRADES 

 EXHIBITION. 



To be held in London in the first week of June, 1910. 



{To H. N. Ridley, Esq., Botanic Gardens, Singapore.) 

 Dear Mr. Ridley, 



The attached letter with reference to the forthcoming Inter- 

 national and Allied Trades Exhibition has been sent me by the 

 Organising Manager probably on the strength of my being Co-Com- 

 missioner at the last Exhibition. It has occurred to me that having 

 had a knowledge of the last Exhibition I could venture to offer some 

 brief suggestions for the better exhibiting of the great rubber industry 

 of the Colony and F. M. S. at the next Exhibition. 



My suggestions are as follows : — 



(a) . For the purpose of comparison with Brazil and other coun- 



tries as well as impressing the Trades and interested 

 public with the immensity of Rubber in Malay a' a fair propor- 

 tion of the Malayan Court should consist of rubber in bulk. 



(b) . I suggest this could be best accomplished by an amalgama- 



tion of the largest producing plantations. These, if combined, 

 might stage about 15 tons of the different descriptions pre- 

 pared — such as block, crepe of grades, sheets, blankets or 

 biscuits, in bulky samples — which could be staged in the 

 centre of the Court in place of the Malayan House. 



(c) . Usual estate samples would be best if sent direct from the 



different Associations to the Commissioners in London with 

 a list of the estates represented and instructions as to the 

 disposal of the samples after the Exhibition is closed. All 

 parcels and samples should be marked with the name of the 

 estate and State. 



(d) . Sufficient maps on a fairly large scale showing the land 



alienated for rubber are of much value, and diagrams and 

 charts showing the rise, present, and prospective position of 

 the industry would be of much interest and information. 



(c). Photographs should be enlargements .of an uniform size 

 and good. Ceylon and the Netherlands were both well 

 represented in this direction two years ago. 



(f). We were starved for the want of technical literature at the 

 last Exhibition, all departmental phamphlets, museum notes, 

 and the Agricultural Bulletin, would jprove a great advant- 

 age. 1 hese might be arranged in a suitable (Malayan) 

 waiting or rest room with perhaps a saniple copy of all the 

 newspapers published in Malaya — in charge of an attendant. 

 The pamphlet written by Mr. R. G. Watson for the last 

 Exhibiton was largely in demand and a revised and a later 

 copy would be sure to prove most acceptable. 



