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turned out in less than half an hour, and could have been ready- 
dried and packed for shipment home in a few hours if need be. 
Mention should be made of an exhibit in this Section by Mr. A. 
B. Stephens of Taiping of a corrugated iron sheet, perforated with 
slits on the arched or convex surface, it is designed for a covering 
for plant houses where light is essential without heavy rain, by having 
the slits on the convex portion only, and the concave left intact the 
latter forming water channels, Mr. STEPHEN was awarded a 
Diploma for his invention. 
The Divisions for Cattle and Dogs were of local interest only and 
call for no special remark. The grand collection of Perak Elephants 
gathered together for the occasions however was a source of never 
ending admiration. 
Mention should be made of a collection of Miscellaneous Exhibits 
from Labuan the most interesting of which were the Gongs and 
Metal works of very unique designs and apparently old. Many of 
the best specimens were secured for Raffles Museum. 
W. FOX. 
Rubber at the Agri-Horticultural Show. 
The Rubber shewn at the Peninsular Show this year exceeded all 
previous Malayan Exhibitions in quanvity and in quality. The Para 
sheet and biscuit class contained the greatest number of Exhibits, 
though crepe ran it close In both so many exhibits approached a 
high standard that the judges found it difficult to separate the prize 
winners. Very little of the material, particularly in sheet and biscuit, 
was of that pale colour, which, according to advices from home, 
seems to be favoured by buyers just now. Possibly the spell of dry 
hot weather immediately before the Show had something to do with 
the prevalence of dark colour. Many Planters consider that light- 
coloured crepe or sheet is more difficult to produce in dry weather 
than at other times. Dry block was more poorly represented than 
the first two classes, and wet block even more so. The standard 
was high and the quality very uniform in dry block. The wet block 
exhibits were indifferent. 
There was a fair number of exhibits, in the Rambong class, and, 
excepting the first few which were well ahead of the others, the 
quality was more uniform than in any other group. The Special 
Cup for scrap drew few competitors, probably due to the fact that 
notification of it was given very late. Rubbers other than Para or 
Rambong were very poorly represented, though the winning 
exhibit — crepe from Willughbeia sp. — was very good. A good 
collection of various wild rubbers and seeds came from the Govern- 
ment Gardens, Kuala Kangsar ; their Ceafa sheet was good in 
