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the best articles before the public have the opportunity of buying, a 

 crititicism that cannot be said to apply to this year's Show. 



The Show being favoured by such fine weather, realized a good sum 

 of money from the gate which at once placed it in a sound position 

 financially. Each subscriber of $10/-, and all judges, Stewards and 

 Exhibitors were admitted free. Over 1,000 exhibitors tickets were given 

 out. About 1,500 school children were admitted free. 



The F. M. S. Railways Department again undertook the convey- 

 ance of exhibitors 3rd class and exhibits free of charge. The British 

 India Steam Navigation Company offered 50 free tickets from Penang 

 to Port Swettenham. The Straits Steamship Company allowed a 25% 

 reduction on all bonafide exhibitors and exhibits concessions that were 

 much appreciated. 



Accommodation of visitors. Special arrangements were made for 

 the accommodation of visitors to the Show. The Victoria Institution 

 was turned into a Temporary Hotel and under the stewardship of Mr. 

 T. H. B. Phillips. The Bulls Head Mess House was put at the dis- 

 posal of the committee by the Government and the management of it 

 undertaken by Mr. Van Donop. 



J. W. Campbell, Superintendent Experimental Plantations, 



Kuala Lumpor. 



Governor's Speech. 



No prettier or more convenient site could have been found than 

 that selected on the Padang of the Malay Settlement for the fifth 

 annual Agri-Horticultural Show of the Malay Peninsula, now being 

 held at Kuala Lumpor. The flat plain in a small valley, surrounded 

 by the hills that beautify the capital of the Federated Malay States, 

 was an ideal site, while Kuala Lumpor itself is a convenient centre, 

 not only for exhibitors but for visitors from all parts of the Peninsula. 

 The officials learn something from each successive Show, and it was 

 the opinion of those who have visited previous Shows that the arrange- 

 ments for the display of the exhibits in classes and sections and for 

 expeditious judging of the exhibits were distinctly in advance of any- 

 thing hitherto experienced. 



There were over 6,000 individual exhibits this year, and in the 

 class for Padi no less* than 608 entries were made, for Cotton 78, and 

 for models illustrative of native life and occupations no less than 246 

 in the two classes. The Committee were wisely advised when they 

 introduced the award of diplomas in addition to prizes, which will 

 have a more permanent value to successful competitors than the 

 money awards. 



Native Interest. 



That the Show is appreciated and valued by the natives was ap- 

 parent to anyone who visited the showyard on Saturday and Sunday. 

 From all parts of the Peninsula, from Pekan and Malacca, from Perak 

 and Negri Sembilan, as well as from Selangor and Pahang, and even 

 from Brunei, collections of native produce manufacture and native were 

 arriving and being placed in position by busy officials, under the superin- 

 tendence of Mr. J. B. Carruthers, Chairman of the Committee, and 



