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sary. It was decided that the Secretary should write accordingly to 
the T. P. A. and inform them that no reduction in this year’s 
subscription could be made. 
15. AGRI-HORTICULTURAL SHOWS. 
The secretary reads the following letters:- - 
Misc. 4908 1910. Singapore, 2ist September, 1910. 
Sir,-- I am directed by the Governor to forward the enclosed 
copy of the minutes of a meeting of the Standing Committee for 
Agri-HorticulturaJ Shows held at Singapore on the 20th ultimo, and 
to irequest that you will kindly favour me for His Excellency’s 
information, with any observations which the Planters’ Association 
of Malaya may have to make upon the proposals of the Committee. 
Evans, 
The Honorary Secretary, Ag. Colonial Secretary, 
Planters’ Association of Malaya, Straits Settlements. 
Kuala Lumpur. 
Minutes of a Meeting of the Standing Committee of Agri- Horticultural 
Show held in the General Secretary 's office on the show ground at 
Singapore, on 20th August, 1910, at 8 a.m. 
Present : — Messrs. H. N. Ridley (in the chair) Long, Burnside, 
Hall, Farrer, and Derry. After considerable discussion it was unani- 
mously resolved to report to Government that the Standing Committee 
is of opinion that these A nnual Joint Sho ws are held too frequently and 
they should not be held oftener then triennially. 
Mr. Farrer proposed and Mr. Hall seconded that an addition be 
made to the Rules and regulations already drawn up, to this effect “ Local 
Secretaries are instructed that as a general rule entry tickets should be 
issued to the persons actually growing or making the exhibit Carried 
unanimously. 
This meeting also resolved unanimously : 
(/) To recommend to Government the appointment on the Standing 
Committee of representatives for the New States of Kelantan, Trengganu 
and Kedah and to invite Johore to nominate a representative or re- 
presentatives. 
(2\ That all the members of the Standing Committee for each place 
in which a show is held be ex-Officio Members of the Committee of 
Management of such show 
(3) That the Singapore Members of the Standing Committee be 
requested to make recommendations for a revision of the prize list issued 
after consultations with the Secretaries of the Standing Committee in the 
other places. 
(Sd.) H. N. RIDLEY. 
