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full of spaces with a certain amount of bark and dirt. The darker 
parts look a very fair rubber, but the red is poor. 
The Congo rubbers are probably all the produce of mixed Lan- 
dolphias, 
Renguela Nigger, inferior, mixed with bark, loses in washing 
nearly 50 per cent. This rubber is black, but so mixed with red 
bark that the pieces appear to be quite red. It is for the dirtiest 
rubber of the lot and looks more like bark dust stuck together with 
rubber than anything else. The produce of Landolphias, L. owarien - 
sis, L. fiorida , Peter sianus and parvijiora , Mozambique spools 
coagulated on st : cks. This is a light reddish grey rubber in short 
blunt cylinders 2 or 3 inches long. It has evidently been drawn out 
from the tree in the form of threads wound round sticks. It con- 
tains a little dirt, but not much, except the remains of the sticks on 
which it was rolled. These are the produce of Landolphias Kirkii , 
L. Petersianus and L. -fiorida . 
THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW, 1905. 
The Hon : General Secretary writes from Penang: — The arrange- 
ments in connection with the forthcoming Show are well in hand. 
The various sub-Committees have finished revising the Prize List, 
and it is expected that it will be in the Printer’s hands in a few days. 
Subscriptions are coming in very well, some $3,000 have already 
been subscribed. It is estimated that the Show will cost close on 
$10,000. It is hoped that the Standing Committee, and especially 
the District Officers, will take steps to inform the Natives, and get 
them to take an interest in the Show. They should be impressed 
with the necessity of preparing their Exhibits now by good cultiva- 
tion of their crops, and‘ by the manufacture of articles of native 
industry. Although there are a few alterations in the Prize List, in 
the main it is similar to that of last year. It is expected that with 
the very liberal prizes offered for padi, viz,, $50, $25 and $io, a 
record entry will result. Mr. A. HutTenbach has kindly promised 
a silver cup for the best collection of rice. His Excellency the 
Governor, has also been pleased to offer a cup for the best general 
Exhibit in the division for agricultural products. Altogether no 
pains are being spared to make the Show a success. It only re- 
mains for the Standing Committee to do their best to try and get 
the natives to take a real interest in their Exhibits. It mi«-ht be 
mentioned that the Federated Malay States Government have again 
been good enough to carry Exhibitors and their Exhibits free of 
charge by the issue of third class fares. The Straits Steamship Co. 
have also kindly consented to allow a rebate of 25 per cent, off their 
usual freight on all bona fide Exhibits. 
It might be added with advantage that Planters and others who 
have made field notes, on subjects of agricultural interest during the 
past year, would do well to put them m the form of a small paper, 
to be read on one of the days of the Show. The opportunity 
