THE INTERNATIONAL AND ALLIED TRADES 
EXHIBITION. 
To be held in London in the first week of June, 1910 
(To H. N. Ridley , Esq., Botanic Gardens, Singapore.) 
Dear Mr. Ridley, . 
The attached letter with reference to the forthcoming n e - 
national and Allied Trades Exhibition has been sent me by the 
asssss saasrt “Sax* 
had i knowledge of the last Exhibition I could venture to otter son 
brief suggestions for the better exhibiting of the great rubber in u 
of the Colony and F. M. S. at the next Exhibition. 
My suggestions are as follows : 
(a) . For the purpose of comparison with Brazil and other coun 
tries as well as impressing the Trades ^nd^ interested 
public with the immensity of Rubber in Malaya a fa P P 
tion of the Malayan Court should consist of rubber in bul . 
(b) . I suggest this could be best accomplished by an 
tion of the largest producing plantations. These, if combined, 
might stage about 15 tons of the different descriptions pre- 
pared— such as block, crepe of grades, sheets, blankets or 
biscuits, in bulky samples— which could be staged in the 
centre of the Court in place of the Malayan ouse. 
( c) , Usual estate samples would be best if sent direct from the 
different Associations to the Commissioners in London wit 
a list of the estates represented and instructions as to 
disposal of the samples after the Exhibition is closed. All 
parcels and samples should be marked with the name o 
estate and State. 
(d) . Sufficient maps on a fairly large scale showing the land 
alienated for rubber are of much value, and diagrams and 
charts showing the rise, present, and prospective position ot 
the industry would be of much interest and information. 
(e) . Photographs should be enlargements fof an uniform size 
and good. Ceylon and the Netherlands were both well 
represented in this direction two years ago. 
(f). We were starved for the want of technical literature at the 
last Exhibition, all departmental phamphlets, museum notes, 
and the Agricultural Bulletin, would’tprove a great advant- 
age. Ihese might be arranged in a suitable (Malayan) 
waiting or rest room with perhaps a sample copy of all the 
newspapers published in Malaya — in charge of an attendant. 
The pamphlet written by Mr. R. G. Watson for the last 
Exhibiton was largely in demand and a revised and a later 
copy would be sure to prove most acceptable. 
