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The circular announcing this was by force of circumstances sent 

 out too late perhaps to bring all the exhibits which might have come, 

 but rubber was shown by Capt. le Coispellier from Cochin-China and 

 from Sengore Estate, Java, and from Sumatra. 



Another new feature was the delivery of lectures on planting 

 subjects, an idea frequently proposed, in fact, one of the original 

 proposals made v/hen the first of this series of shows was instituted 

 but never carried out. The Planters' Association held a meeting on the 

 l8th. Dr. Brooke delivered a lecture on Estate Sanitation on the 19th, 

 and the Director of Gardens one on the fungus-pests, Fomes and 

 Diplodia, on the 20th. These meetings, which were very well attended, 

 were held in the billiard room of the Drill Hall which, though small, 

 was capable of containing about 100 people. 



An unusually large number of cups were presented chiefly for 

 rubber exhibits this year, and some of these, notably the cup pre- 

 sented by the Sultan and planters of Johore, were very fine. The cups 

 and medals for the Agricultural section were presented by Mrs. Evans 

 on the afternoon of Friday. 



Agricultural Produce was exhibited in a long shed, with sloping 

 staging, which, though very suitable for most of the exhibits, was 

 not at all adapted for the oils which being shown in bottles were in a 

 very unstable equilibrium. The exhibits were very extensive, but in 

 some cases not equal to those of previous years, while at the same 

 time there was nothing very striking. 



The Padi classes were well filled. 



Coconuts were well shown, some exceptionally large ones being 

 shown, and occupied a large portion of the staging. The copra was 

 very varied, some samples fine, clean and bright, and all that could be 

 desired, others poor, ill dried and somewhat mouldy. An additional 

 class this year was for 25 catties to be shown in sacks ready for ship- 

 ment. There was some obscurity as to what was actually intended to 

 be shown in this class, as to whether a merchant could show a selected 

 sample made up for shipment from any locality, or whether it was 

 only allowable to show a sack of copra grown or prepared in a known 

 locality in the peninsula. There is no definite advantage to be gained 

 by awarding a prize for a sack of copra selected from some hundreds 

 of tons of imported copra from Bali, or further distant islands. 

 It should have been specified that the copra should be from a 

 certificated locality within the prescribed area of the Malay peninsula. 

 Some very large roots of Tapioca were shown, and the flour, pearl 

 and flake gave some work to the judges to decide the merits of the 

 samples. There were a number of exhibits of arrowroots, and some 

 very gOod ones, but we have seen better. Those of Mr. Norris who 

 has so constantly taken the first prize in previous shows with splendid 

 samples, were this year not up to his usual standard. 



Prepared arrowroot and sago were both good and abundantly 

 shown. 



