Negri Sembilan, Selangor and Perak. The Siamese States in 
the north of the Peninsula were however not represented. Of these 
Perak came first in competition winning 133 prizes of the value 
of 837 dollars and besides carrying off the Governor’s Cup. It is 
to the credit of this State too that nearly every exhibitor succeeded 
in securing a prize 1 ; showing a careful selection in what was to be 
sent, by the district officers. Eighty of the prizes were taken by 
Malays and twenty-one schools also carried off prizes, only seven 
of the prize winners in this State were Europeans. This in itself 
shows that the exhibitions are well considered by the natives and 
that they take a great interest in the competitions. The total 
number of exhibitors from Perak w T as three hundred and sixty - 
four. The exhibits from the Native States would have probably 
been poor were it not for the energy and perseverance of the various 
district officers and other officials of the Federated Malay States also. 
Singapore came next to Perak both in number of exhibitors 
and in the prizes taken. In this calculation horses and dogs 
naturally were more easy to show at the seat of the exhibition than 
from elsewhere, are excluded or Singapore would be first. The small 
amount of cultivation of agricultural produce in Singapore as 
might be expected lowered its average, though it had some advan- 
tages in the horticultural section. There were 252 exhibitors, the 
greater part of whom w r ere Europeans, and 124 prizes fell to them 
valued at 647 dollars. 
Penang comes next with 75 prizes but only 106 exhibitors, 
of whom the greater number were natives. 
Then Malacca with 131 exhibitors and 49 prizes almost alt«of ' 
whom were Malays. 
Selangor sent eighty-nineexhibitors only who obtained 39 prizes 
of the value of 173 dollars. 
Negri Sembilan had a hundred exhibitors but these only 
obtained nine prizes of the aggregate value of 56 dollars. 
Johore sent exhibits from thirty-one exhibitors, all Malays, 
who carried off twelve prizes valued at 49 dollars. 
Pahang which is in the worst position of any State for sending 
exhibits had sent three exhibitors of whom one scored a first 
prize for wild guttas. 
The total number of exhibitors was 1,006. This was a smaller 
number than that of Penang on the previous year, but the fact 
that while Penang is well supplied with rail to most parts of the 
Peninsula, exhibits for Singapore had to come by sea, which was 
inconvenient and no doubt deterred many exhibitors from sending. 
Opening Ceremony. 
The Exhibition was visited by His Excellency Sir John 
Anderson in the early morning when he made a tour of inspection 
of the various exhibits, and at n a.m. of August 16th he on being 
requested by the Hon. Captain Young, the Colonial Secretary, 
President of the Exhibition, formally declared the Exhibition open 
in a speech which we herewith give : — 
