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ELEVEN GOLD MEDALS 



THE ALL-CEYLON EXHIBITION. 



The first All-Ceylon Exhibition was held in 

 Colombo from July 1st to 6th and was voted a 

 complete success. 



His Excellency the Governor— in declaring 

 the Exhibition open— stated that it was essen- 

 tially the people's Show — it was for the people, 

 by the people and with the people. In con- 

 clusion His Excellency alluded to the Exhibition 

 as W Lanka Town, ;i and wished it every success. 



Their Excellencies were then escorted round 

 the Show-grounds by the officials, 



A Brief Description op Some Sections. 



The Ceylon Exhibition. It is magnificent, but 

 it is bewildering. The island s products, and 

 arts, and industries, are compressed in the small 

 space of an exhibition ground, and the ensemble 

 is stupendous. For the first time in the history 

 of Ceylon its characteristics have been tagged 

 and labelled, and collected on such a scale, and 

 it is beyond description. Every section of 

 the island has vied with the rest in its en- 

 deavour, not necessarily to flaunt its local pat- 

 riotism, but to show what it is capable of. And 

 the result is a dazzling agglomeration of fruits' 

 and crafts, jewels and productions, that one 

 cannot help but realise that it is the land poeti- 

 cally described as the "Garden of Eden " and 

 the "Jewel of the Eastern Seas." 



Where East Meets West. 



" East is East, and West is West, and never 

 the twain shall meet," but the twain have met 

 in the bonds of industry, and the native handi- 

 work lies in close proximity to the handiwork of 

 the men of the West, Rubber, manufactured 

 Tea, and the imported goods of Europe. And 

 yet after all it is the East, for nowhere else 

 would one find such a contrast in colours, and 

 such a heterogeneous collection of scents and 

 smells. 



A World op Flowers, 



One enters the Exhibition through a porch of 

 bamboo draped with green vegetation, that is 

 streaked with a Euclid problem in silver, which 

 catches the shimmering rays of a powerful sun, 

 sending scintillating flashes after the manner of 

 some bewitched heliograph. Immediately one 

 enters one passes into a land of flowers. 

 There are flowers everywhere, peeping from 

 clusters and masses of emerald green, and 

 standing boldly in solitary grandeur. There is 

 no need for exotics here, and the brightly 

 splashed blooms, grown in their natural tem- 

 perature, exude a languorous scent which is al- 

 luring in spite of its oppressiveness. Passing 

 through the flower section the eye is positively 

 assailed by a wonderful collection, ranaed on 

 either side of the great main building. It is 

 difficult to know where to go first, and the visitor 

 would be well advised to make no definite pro- 



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