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[Jan. 1907. 



iug the fair from Colombo, Negombo and distant places have ample accommodation 

 in the Town where there are hotels and eating houses and easy Railway communi- 

 cation from Henaratgoda and Veyangoda. 



The Society hopes that the cultivators, traders and manufacturers will take 

 advantage of this offer as it will improve the cultivation and the industry of the 

 district. The fair will commence on Saturday 26th June 1906. 



W. D. BANDARANAYAKE, Chairman. 

 J. E. De SILVA SURIYABANDARA, Vice-President. 



A. O. NAMASIVAYAM, Secretary. 



Minuwaugoda, April 30th 1906. 



ETT .11 YAP UR AM SAMSTHANAM EXHIBITION AND CATTLE 



SHOW 1907. 



1. The Zamindar of Ettaiyapuram proposes to hold, on the 11th March 

 1907, an Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition and Cattle show at Kovilpatti 

 Tinnevelly District. With a view to make it thoroughly successful and useful, it is 

 further proposed to have lectures and demonstrations and to keep the exhibition 

 open for a week and the show for 4 days. Although the original idea was only to 

 hold it on a small scale, so as to improve and benefit the ryots of the Samsthanam, 

 it is now resolved to enlarge it and make it available to the public in general. All 

 articles of indigenous growth or manufacture and natural or agricultural products 

 from all parts of India, Burma and Ceylon will ordinarily be admitted to the 

 exhibition. Tools, implements and machinery of foreign manufacture used 

 or likely to be used for starting or developing indigenous industries will 

 be accepted, as also foreign products that may in the opinion of the Exhibition 

 Authorities, serve as useful models for imitation. The Exbibition and Show are 

 proposed to be held at Kovilpatti instead of at Ettaiyapuram, as Kovilpatti is a 

 Railway Station with good water supply and other conveniences, and is also the 

 site of a Government Agricultural Farm. 



Housing and boarding will be available at Kovilpatti for exhibitors and 

 visitors, but each person must make his own arrangements. Efforts will be made 

 to afford facilities to exhibitors in the matter of conveying, arranging, advertising 

 and removing their exhibits, and exhibitors will be permitted to use the exhibition 

 buildings for a week after the close of the exhibition for sale of their exhibits. 

 Accommodation, fodder and water will be supplied gratis to cattle admitted to the 

 Show. Arrangements will be made for holding a general Cattle Fair directly after 

 the Cattle Show closes, to facilitate sales of exhibited cattle. Intending exhibitors 

 should notice the date at which the Show is held and so cultivate their crop that the 

 exhibits would be at their best at the time of the Show. 



Pure and not mixed samples of seeds or grains, etc. should be exhibited. Thus, 

 in the case of cotton, the exhibits should be pure samples of the kind, e. g. Uppam, 

 Kai unganni &c. To ensure this, exhibitors should take care to sow only pure seed in 

 their fields. Pure seed can be got on application to the Superintendent Government 

 Farm Kovilpatti and similar Government Fiirrns. Prizes will be awarded as may be 

 determinded by competent Judges appointed for the purpose, and every encourage- 

 ment will be given to new efforts and experiments. If any tenaut of the Ettaiya- 

 puram Estate wins a prize, the value of the prize will be increased. 



The exhibition authorities will, on application, give passes to any assistants 

 or servants who, in their opinion, are necessary for attendance at the stalls of 

 any exhibitor. Gold, Silver, Nickel or Bronze medals, improved agricultural 

 implements, money prizes or certificates of merit will be awarded to exhibits 

 according to the decision of the judges. Exhibits are not to be removed by the 



