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presence, he contrasted the country before the British occupation 
and now and said how delighted he was when he heard that the 
Show was to be in Perak, and that he was glad to point out the 
interest taken in the Shows by his people of their free will. His 
Excellency who spoke for about a quarter of an hour, after thanking 
His Highness for his kind words referred to agriculture generally 
and Coconuts and Rubber in particular. He also dwelt upon the 
labour question and the methods Government was adopting for 
putting it on a satisfactory basis, after a tribute of praise to the 
hard working Committee he declared the Show open. 
Exhibits : — Speaking generally the Exhibits were of a high 
standard and as might have been expected the Rubber exhibited 
was an advance on previous Shows both as regards quantity and 
improved appearance and gave the Judges a difficult task in deciding 
the relative merits. Padi and Pulut was in strong force and shewn 
in a variety of bags, baskets, etc. Betel-nuts were good, as likewise 
were the Coconuts which were an even lot. Copra was very fair, 
some thirty odd lots competing, the various other classes call for no 
special remark except perhaps the Exhibits of Medicinal and dried 
plants shewn by Mr. Machado of Kamuning Estate, of the former 
some 222 varieties were shewn, the labels in most cases giving 
the uses to which they were put. The dried plants were also 
neatly arranged as w-ere the samples of fibres put up by the same 
gentleman. 
The Horticulture Division so far as prants and flowers were 
concerned was a failure, the few poor specimens that were shewn 
only served to accentuate the fact On the other hand the fruit 
was distinctly good and mote particularly the Durians some of 
which were of enormous size, all the classes in the Fruit Section 
filled well. 
The usual excellent collection of vegetables from Taiping Hills 
was again in evidence, very nicely arranged by the Honorary 
General Secretary Mr. T. W. Main. 
There were a few interesting Exhibits of preserved fruits, Pickles, 
Chutnies and Eggs which were really very good. 
Unquestionably the strength of the Show lay in the Division 
devoted to native Industries. In the three former Shows Perak 
has always been the backbone of this Division, and it was expected 
that on the present occasion that Perak would improve on 
previous efforts. An enormous number of the most beautiful 
Exhibits were staged, many of which found purchasers. In this 
Department some excellently bound books w j ere shewn that had 
been done in Kuala Kangsar Gaol, as well as a miscellaneous lot of 
furniture, chairs, etc. made at the same place, they all shewed very 
careful workmanship, and large orders were booked for duplicates. 
In the Division for Agricultural Implements the chief attention 
was drawn to the Federated Malay States Engineering Company’s 
Exhibit, of their washing and coagulating machine, from some latex 
supplied by Kamuning Estate some excellent crepe rubber w r as 
