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This part of the Show was perhaps the weakest. We have seen 
much better Tapioca, both in root and prepared was fairly we 
fairly well shown. 
The house containing native industrial work was not large enoug i 
for the enormous amount of models, mats, hats, carving, cm 
derv etc This was the most attractive part of the Show and far 
the' finest collection of native work ever on view in the - ‘ 
very large proportion found ready buyers, and 1 those who did not 
„»rkrtes were ^ratified by selling their exhibits at good prices. 
?fit could be arranged to have a bazaar for the sale of these curios 
in Singapore ol Penang, there would doubtless be a (god demand 
for them by globe-trotters, and the dying arts of the Malay. 
iTfied fruits flowers and vegetables were contained in anotbei 
] The season was backward for fruits and the exhibition was 
nofas good as h . night l ave been, but the Malay States have always 
been poor i if fruit culture. There were, however, some good Junes 
notably those from Kamuning estate, some fair pines and othe 
fruit Lar°e heads of Nipali , Zalarta confer ta (Asam Payabj an 
other wild fruits were very attractive. Vegetables were also not . as 
crnod as they might have been, but the special prize for a collecti 
of °vege tables 'was awarded to a Chinaman for a really hrst class 
exhibjt. 
Flowers and pot plants were perhaps the weakest part of the 
Show, and Mr. KimKeat of Singapore took away the prizes 
Drac'cenas, Caladiums, and ^ and M CAMPBELL 
uot of Peperomta metalkca. Mrs. 1 rrachlk ana , A . 
also showed some fine pots of ferns, etc., and ^me pots of Asters 
and Chrysanthemums deserve special mention. Mr. * _ 
the Thaiping Gardens showed for exhibition only a remarkably 
series of flowers, fruits and vegetables, which oceupied a g 
space and deserved high commendation. Belter exhibits at Ma- 
lacca’ and the show of stock at Penang at previous Shows was 
Seiv superior. The agricultural produce was very good on 
almost all lines. What rubber was shown was remarkably good and 
"akE easily carried away the prizes for Para rubber. It vva 
hoped that a ve'ry large exhibit of this might have . bee,, shown but 
though the samples were superb one would have liked 1 „c ha Y« 
more of them. Unfortunately too they were staged at the back of 
he house in a rather too dark spot so that they were less easily 
seen than they' should have been. The trout of the house was Oecu- 
nied to a large extent with coconuts, and these were as gooc a 
show as could be desired, both in quantity and quality, and gave the 
iuTes some work to make their selection. Arrowroot was well 
shown both in raw and manufactured state. Mr. NORRIS of Singa- 
