AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



5TRAIT5 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



No. 10.] OCTOBER, 1910. [Vol. IX 



THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 



The seventh joint Agri-Horticultural Show was held at Singapore 

 on the seventeenth to the twentieth of August. Till he left the 

 Botanic Gardens in June, Mr. T. Main acted as the Secretary and 

 was succeeded by Mr. M. Rodesse, who carried the work to a success- 

 ful conclusion, assisted by a large committee. The show was held on 

 the Raffles Reclamation ground as on the previous occasion, and was 

 very largely attended by Europeans and Natives. It was opened in 

 the usual way at II a.m., on the first day, the admission to the open- 

 ing ceremony being two dollars, and all subsequent times 25 cents. 

 The weather was fine with a few intermittent showers till the last day 

 which was very rainy. 



At the present period of writing we have not the full accounts of 

 the expenses or number of persons admitted, but there is little reason 

 to doubt that the expenses will not prove in excess of the takings 

 and the number of visitors was nearly or quite as large as on the 

 previous occasion. 



Among the more important visitors from other countries who were 

 present were Captain de Coispellier and Madame Coispellier from 

 French Indo-China, Dr. Romburg, Dr. Vriens, Dr. Tromp de Haas, 

 Mr. Van Hazzelt, and Mr. Prautch from Manila. 



A new feature in the exhibition was the admission of exhibition 

 of rubber for competition from countries outside the Malay Peninsula. 

 Two cups were offered by Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Mr. G. Pertile, 

 respectively, for rubber exhibits and these were allotted to the best 

 exhibits from countries outside the area of the colony and Malay States. 



