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The circular announcing this was by force of circumstances sent 
out too late perhaps to bring all the exhibits which might have come, 
but rubber was shown by Capt le Coispellier from Cochin-China and 
from Sengore Estate, Java, and from Sumatra. 
Another new feature was the delivery of lectures on planting 
subjects, an idea frequently proposed, in fact, one of the original 
proposals made when the first of this series of shows was instituted 
but never carried out. The Planters’ Association held a meeting on the 
18th, Dr. Brooke delivered a lecture on Estate Sanitation on the igth, 
and the Director of Gardens one on the fungus-pests, Fomes and 
Diplodia , on the 20th. These meetings, which were very well attended, 
were held in the billiard room of the Drill Hall which, though small, 
was capable of containing about 100 people. 
An unusually large number of cups were presented chiefly for 
rubber exhibits this year, and some of these, notably the cup pre- 
sented by the Sultan and planters of Johore, were very fine. The cups 
and medals for the Agricultural section were presented by Mrs. Evans 
on the afternoon of Friday. 
Agricultural Produce was exhibited in a long shed, with sloping 
staging, which, though very suitable for most of the exhibits, was 
not at all adapted for the oils which being shown in bottles were in a 
very unstable equilibrium. The exhibits were very extensive, but in 
some cases not equal to those of previous years, while at the same 
time there was nothing very striking. 
The Padi classes were well filled. 
Coconuts were well shown, some exceptionally large ones being 0 
shown, and occupied a large portion of the staging. The copra was 
very varied, some samples fine, clean and bright, and all that could be 
desired, others poor, ill dried and somewhat mouldy. An additional 
class this year was for 25 catties to be shown in sacks ready for ship- 
ment. There was some obscurity as to what was actually intended to 
be shown in this class, as to whether a merchant could show a selected 
sample made up for shipment from any locality, or whether it was • 
only allowable to show a sack of copra grown or prepared in a known 
locality in the peninsula. There is no definite advantage to be gained 
by awarding a prize for a sack of copra selected from some hundreds 
of tons of imported copra from Bali, or further distant islands. 
It should have been specified that the copra should be from a 
certificated locality within the prescribed area of the Malay peninsula. 
Some very large roots of Tapioca were shown, and the flour, pearl 
and flake gave some work to the judges to decide the merits of the 
samples. There were a number of exhibits of arrowroots, and some 
very good ones, but we have seen better. Those of Mr. Norris who 
has so constantly taken the first prize in previous shows with splendid 
samples, were this year not up to his usual standard. 
Prepared arrowroot and sago were both good and abundantly 
shown. 
