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ber. Avrangements had been made for having supplies of latex and 

 the process of coagulating and washing were gone through. A 12 

 horse power Campbell's oil Engine, and a Brown & Davidson's washer 

 being used for this purpose. Mr. V. Eis the General Manager also 

 gave an exhibition of tapping the Eambong which contrary to the usual 

 practice was in the herring bone style. I was informed that on one of 

 their estate they had 30,000 trees each yielding about H lbs. of dry 

 rubber which sold at present at about 2/6d per lb., as against about 4/2 

 for fine para. I noticed three para rubber trees about 2 or 3 years 

 old which had been pulled up by the roots; they were badly attacked 

 by the para rubber fungus, Fomes Semitostus, and in conversation with 

 Mr. Ris he thought that when a tree was discovered infected with it 

 the trees should be destroyed for J of an acre round it to try 

 and stamp it out. The remaining portion of this avenue was for the 

 most part occupied by Mr. L. A. Range, General Manager of several 

 estates who shewed Rambong in sheet form. Seeds of Para, Lagos 

 silk, and Rambong rubbers, ratans, padi in the ear, sugar from the 

 sugar palm, gambier, tea, vanilla, wood specimens, and a brick-making 

 machine completed this avenue. None of the last named were in any 

 quantity, nor do they call for any special comment, except, perhaps in 

 case of the vanilla pods, which were ready good and shew what can be 

 done with this somewhat difficult plant to cultivate. The remaining 

 avenues were taken up by exhibits of tradesmen, who shewed almost 

 everything a planter could want in the way of tools and machinery 

 for the Estate. The models of Estate buildings, su6h as drying and 

 fermenting sheds, coolie lines etc., were on a large and comprehensive 

 scale. As regards the rest of the exhibition it consisted of an un- 

 rivalled collection of articles from the Battaks. The pottery, brass 

 work, and gold thread cloth from Java, were also of an excellent 

 description. The brush and basket work of the blind from the 

 Banding Institute Java was strong and serviceable. 



In comparing'the Deli exhibition with the Agricultural Exhibitions 

 of our own, it is necessary to state at once that the Deli Exhibition 

 was not a purely Agricultural one. It was primarily an exhibition of a 

 general nature in which amusements formed a considerable part as it 

 was got up to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina's 

 Coronation, a comparison Would not therefore be of any value. As 

 regards agriculture so far as the staple crop of the country was concerned 

 the Exhibition was well nigh complete; but even here one was struck 

 by the absence of competition and although competition was open in 

 some of the Divisions it was difficult to know what articles were or were 

 not intended for competition. As regards the flower, fruit and vege- 

 table show, which took place on Sunday the 30th it was a modest affair. 

 Some of the flowers shown were good. I have never seen better car- 

 nations, nor chrysanthemums in the East. Both fruit and vegetables 

 were but poorly represented, but when it is remembered that this was only 

 a small item in a very large programme, due credit must be given for 

 the display. I was informed that the entire exhibition cost between 

 fifty and sixty thousand dollars of which the management hoped to get 

 back about 50 per cent by gate money, etc., and judging by the crowds 

 of natives that swarmed through the grounds, I think they will do it. 



