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the manufacture of paper, including banana, and with a grant of 5,000 

 acres of land for cultivating fibrous plants, free of rent or taxation ; 

 cheaper labour ; complete immunity from import duty, rent or taxes, 

 and no inland carriage freight ; a large market for the consumption of 

 the material produced in the Straits Settlements, the Eastern Archipelago 

 and Australia. 



(Papermakcrs' Journal.) 



AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOW, 1908. 



10th, 11th and 12th August. 



SPACE FOR TRADE EXHIBITS. 



Sm, 



I am directed by the General Purposes Committee of the Agri- 

 Horticultural Show, which is to be held on the Malay Settlement 

 Padang, Kuala Lumpor, on above dates, to inform you that a limited 

 amount of space will be reserved for Trade Exhibits. 



The building set aside for such exhibits will be an attap shed, 50 

 feet wide, with a path 10 feet wide running down the centre, leaving 

 20 feet on either side for exhibits. 



A rental at the rate of $2 per foot run for the interior space 20 feet 

 wide will be charged. Applications for space, with full particulars as 

 to nature of exhibits, accompanied by a cheque covering the amount 

 due as rent for the space applied for, should be made to the undersign- 

 ed not later than 1st June. 



All articles for sale must have the prices clearly marked on them. 



The Committee reserves the right to refuse any application which 

 is considered unsuitable, and in the event of the space applied for not 

 being granted the money deposited will be returned. 



Applicants will be informed not later than 15th June whether their 

 applications have been approved. 



I am, Sir, 



Your obedient servant, 



J. W. CAMPBELL, 



Honorary Secretary. 



NOTICE ABOUT TRANSPORTATION. 



Kuala Lumpur, 5th May, 1908. 



Sir, 



In connection with the forthcoming Agri-Horticultural Show, I 

 have the houour to inform you that My Committee has decided to allow 



