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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Agricultural Show at Lagos. — An Agricultural Show is to be held 

 at Lagos, the capital of Southern Nigeria, during the first week of 



Agricultural Shows P ecember > 'p' < !t is >*>ped that a leading 

 * t> feature of the show will be a section for 



ana Exhibitions . . , , , . , 



. implements and machinery suitable for the 



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cultivation of tropical produce, and for its 



preparation for export and for local consumption. 



Inquiries regarding the show may be addressed, until the end of 

 February, to Mr. R. E. Dennett, Provincial Forestry Officer for 

 Southern Nigeria, care of the Crown Agents for the Colonies, Whitehall 

 Gardens, London, S.W., and after that time to the Commercial Intel- 

 ligence Officer, Lagos. 



Agricultural Exhibition at Hamburg.- — H.M. Consul-General at 

 Hamburg (Sir W. Ward, C.V.O.) reports that the twenty-fourth show 

 of the German Agricultural Society, to be held at Hamburg from June 

 2nd to 7th, 1910, will be open, to a limited extent, to non-German ex- 

 hibitors. The central office of the German Agricultural Society at Berlin 

 states that, under Part I. of the Exhibition ("Animals"), only animals 

 which are owned and have been bred by agriculturists in Germany will 

 be allowed to be exhibited; under Part II. ("Agricultural Products"), 

 objects of foreign origin may be exhibited by foreigners, provided that 

 the latter have business representatives resident in Germany; under 

 Part III. ("Agricultural Implements and Machinery and Buildings"), 

 objects of non-German origin may be exhibited without the restriction 

 mentioned under Part II. (Board of Trade Journal, November 11 th, 

 1909.) 



Agricultural Exhibition in India. — The Commercial Intelligence 

 Branch of the Board of Trade are informed that an exhibition, to be 

 known as the United Provinces Agricultural and Industrial Exhibition, 

 is to be opened at Allahabad in December, 19 10, and will last for about 

 three months. 



This exhibition, it is stated, will equal in general extent any exhibition 

 hitherto held in Calcutta or Bombay, and the Deputy Director of 

 Agriculture, United Provinces, is already arranging for exhibits from 

 England for the agricultural section. 



Copies of the preliminary prospectus of the exhibition, and of a 

 pamphlet on " Northern India as a Market for Agricultural Machinery," 

 by the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, and the Deputy 

 Director of Agriculture, United Provinces, may be seen by British 

 firms interested on application at the Commercial Intelligence Branch 

 of the Board of Trade, 73 Basinghall Street, London, E.C. (Board 

 of Trade Journal, December 9th, 1909.) 



Horticultural and Agricultural Exhibition at Hyeres. — An Inter- 

 national Exhibition will be held at Hyeres from March 19th to April 

 20th, 19 10, and will comprise nine sections, including horticulture, fruit- 

 growing, agricultural produce, vine-growing, forestry, live stock, 

 poultry, bees, and machinery and implements of all kinds. Exhibits 

 will be admitted free of duty, and packages will be returned free on 

 the French railways. A copy of the programme can be seen at the 

 office of the Board. 



