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First of all, they wanted, out of the profits of the tax, to give some 

 acknowledgment to those who had already established a considerable 

 labour force when the tax came into existence. The equity of this, 

 he was sure, they would agree with. Whether the money, when it 

 was distributed, would come up to their expectation, was another 

 matter. He was afraid not. 



Self-Help Rewarded. 



Another point was to give relief to those planters who were in 

 the habit of sending their own kanganis to India to recruit labour. 

 One important object the Committee and the Government had in 

 view was to get rid of the great evil of crimping, and by making the 

 tax universal they thought they had destroyed whatever incentive 

 there was to crimp. They thought there was now sufficient labour 

 and no inducement to a man to steal another's coolies. But so long as 

 some sent their own kanganis to India to recruit obviously these 

 planters were doing more than men who sat down and waited for the 

 labour to come to him, and only took it off the hands of the Govern- 

 ment. Therefore, the Committee had recommended- — and the Govern- 

 ment was prepared to agree — that some allowance should be made to 

 those who sent their own kanganis to India. It was only fair, His 

 Excellency thought they would agree, to take away this grievance and 

 to do something to relieve them from the acute evil of crimping. 



His Excellency concluded by apologising for trespassing upon 

 their patience, but he did not often have the opportunity of speaking to 

 them. He then declared the Show open. 



Reprint from Straits Times August 12. 



LIST OF WINNERS. 



(As Reported b>j The Malay Mail) 



Division A. I. 



1. Padi, best sample of any named variety. 



1st prize. Peng. Haji Ahmat, Malacca. 

 2nd prize. Che Wang, L. 0., Penang. 

 3rd prize. Syed Usop, ChigarGalah, K. Kangsar. 

 Highly Commended Penghulu Long. Malacca. 



2. Pulufc, best sample of any named variety. 



1st prize. Mohamed Bin Yupe, L. 0., Penang. 

 2nd prize. Raji Bosah Penghulu, Krian. 

 3rd prize. Peng. Mat Tedong, Malacca. 



3. Rice, best sample, prepared by machinery. 



1st prize. Wan Yeop Ibrahim, Parit Buntar. 



2nd prize. Khy Heng Bee, Sungei Penang. 



3rd prize. Mohamed Datoh, Karamat Rd , Penang. 

 4 Rice, best sample, prepared in a lesong. 



1st prize. Peng. Hussain, G. Semmengol, Perak. 



2nd prize. Penghulu, Jebong Matang, Perak. 



3rd prize. Kamaludinbin Haji Baludin, Penang. 



