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Mr. Leonard Wray’s Report. 
Thirty-four estates exhibited, showing a total of 71 specimens of 
Para rubber, made up of 24 samples of crepe, 8 of smoked crepe, 5 o 
block 8 of sheet, 17 of smoked sheet, 4 of scrap crepe and five of 
bark crepe. There were also 6 samples of Rambong, 2 of sheet an 
a of crepe Of the estates which exhibited, 8 are in Perak, 17 in 
Selangor, 3 in Negri Sembilan, 4 in Johore and 2 in Malacca. 
Considering the number of estates in existence, it cannot be con- 
tended that they were adequately represented or that with the 
exception of Buket Rajah, Chersonese, Highlands and lowlands 
Linggi and Vallambrosa any serious attempt was made to send 
a full suite of exhibits. 
The quality of the exhibits was excellent and compared 
favourably with anything else in the exhibition. Undoubtedly this 
exhibition was shown that vulcanization tests and not appearance 
will be the determining factors in the valuation of rubber in the near 
future. It is satisfactory to be able to report that a sample of 
Malayan plantation rubber (unsmoked sheet) tested m the exhibition 
and subjected to the same treatment as a sample of Fine Para, 
excelled it in strength.. This result indicates that with proper 
preparation, Malayan rubber can take the place ot the bes Brazilian 
rubber ■ but before this can happen the bulk of it must be brought 
up to this high standard. There is little advantage in isolated estates 
turning out first quality rubber when the remainder of the output is 
of a much inferior grade. Uniformity is the great desideratum from 
the manufacturer’s point of view, and uniformity, I submit, can only 
be attained by co-operation on the part of the planters. 
The quantity of the rubber shown was distinctly. inadequate. In 
Ceylon section the samples averaged 100 lbs., whilst those in the 
Malayan section were only about 25 lbs. Size, in an exhibition of 
this character, is an important consideration. It is quite true that a 
small sample shows all the qualities of any given grade as well as a 
large one, but it does not impress visitors in anything like the same 
degree. It may be noted, in this connection, that the Judges awarded 
the Special Gold Medal to a pile of 20 tons of fine hard Para rubber, 
and it is perhaps hardly necessary to add that a single ball of this 
rubber would have had no chance of winning the prize. 
The contributions of the Botanic Gardens, Singapore, and of the 
Forest Department of the Federated Malay States, were decidedly 
good and interested many visitors. They might have been larger and 
more comprehensive with advantage. 
The attendance at the exhibition, although not very numerous, 
was satisfactory and the visitors consisted largely of those having 
direct interests in the rubber industries. There were amongst them 
many shareholders in rubber estates; all wishing to see samples of 
