AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 
OF THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED NALAy STATES. 
No. 10.] OCTOBER, 1910. [Vol. IX 
THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW. 
The seventh joint Agri-Horticultural Show was held at Singapore 
on the seventeenth to the twentieth of August. Till he left the 
Botanic Gardens in June, Mr. T. Main acted as the Secretary and 
was succeeded by Mr. M. Rodesse, who carried the work to a success- 
ful conclusion, assisted by a large committee. The show was held on 
the Raffles Reclamation ground as on the previous occasion, and was 
very largely attended by Europeans and Natives. It was opened in 
the usual way at II a.m., on the first day, the admission to the open- 
ing ceremony being two dollars, and all subsequent times 25 cents. 
The weather was fine with a few intermittent showers till the last day 
which was very rainy. 
At the present period of writing we have not the full accounts of 
the expenses or number of persons admitted, but there is little reason 
to doubt that the expenses will not prove in excess of the takings 
and the number of visitors was nearly or quite as large as on the 
previous occasion. 
Among the more important visitors from other countries who were 
present were Captain de Coispellier and Madame Coispellier from 
French Indo-China, Dr. Romburg, Dr. Vriens, Dr. Tromp de Haas, 
Mr. Van Hazzelt, and Mr. Prautch from Manila. 
A new feature in the exhibition was the admission of exhibition 
of rubber for competition from countries outside the Malay Peninsula. 
Two cups were offered by Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Mr. G. Per tile, 
respectively, for rubber exhibits and these were allotted to the best 
exhibits from countries outside the area of the colony and Malay States. 
