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so I have reserved 1,500 but in case you require it I could arrange to 

 increase this to 2,000. 



Labels and all general instructions will follow, and probably by the 

 incoming mail I shall receive advise from you to which I can reply by 

 next. 



Reuter's Telegraph Company advise me that they cabled out to 

 Malaya full particulars, so that you will probably have heard long 

 before this reaches you that we are going to Olympia. 



In great haste, 



Yours, etc. 

 (Sgd.) A. Staines Manders, 



Manager. 



A. Staines Manders, Esq., 



London, March 4th, 1908, 



Dear Sir, 



Your favour of January 31st was duly received and as desired I 

 cabled you a reply as soon as I had been able to consult on the subject 

 with our Chairman and the Director of Agriculture, F. M. S. 



At the last Exhibition in Ceylon, the exhibits from the Malay 

 Peninsula covered an area of 100 ft by 10 ft. and as an indication of 

 our maximum requirements, I gave you these measurements. 



As however we are still quite in the' dark, this figure must only be 

 considered quite provisional until I am able to judge what response I 

 am likely to receive from our members, whom I am now circularizing. 



I have written to the London Rubber Growers' Association by the 

 same mail, enquiring what attitude they are taking in the matter. The 

 space provisionally booked by us, is of course meant for all Malayan 

 Exhibitors, whether exhibiting as members of this or of the Rubber 

 Growers' Association, whether on their own or on behalf of the Govern- 

 ments of the F. M. S. and Straits Settlements. 



The question of awards is likewise one which will distinctly in- 

 fluence prospective exhibitors and I think that an attractive list of 

 prizes with a strong Committee of Judges would go far to stimulate 

 competition. 



Our next General Meeting will be held shortly, when I shall be 

 in a better position to give you some definite information on the whole 

 subject. 



In the meantime, 



Yours faithfully, 

 (Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 



Secretary. 



London, W. C, 2nd April, 1908. 



Dear Sir, 



I thank you for your letter of the 6th of March and hope to send 

 you new Plan showing the marking out of the space in Olympia. You 

 will see the positions I have reserved for the Federated Malay States 



