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Part II. 
Under the Presidentship of Sir Henry A. Blake, g.c.m.g., 
and careful organization, the exhibition at Olympia proved 
as successful as it was instructive. In the raw rubber sec- 
tion the countries represented— following the catalogue 
were Ceylon, British Malaya, Netherlands, Brazil, 
Mexico, West Indies, Gold Coast, Southern India, Uganda, 
British East Africa, and Mozambique, 
Raw Rubber. 
Ceylon plantations were well represented m their sec- 
tion and the exhibits was nicely displayed around a taste- 
fully designed pavilion. All the rubber was arranged in 
groups according to the form of preparation without refei- 
fnce to districts e.g. biscuits, sheet, crepe block, scrap and 
wa mm Biscuits and sheet were largely exhibited and 
were mostly' good samples. The Culloden “block” being 
ttie most favoured exhibit. Ceara Kubber-although well 
prepared— was only sparingly shown and m fact, t 
Ceylon section consisted almost entirely of Para 1 • 
The section was well decorated and completed with a fine 
series of photographs, maps, showing the rubber districts. 
lUerat™ modfls of factories, samples of rubber soils, and 
oil, tapping tools and rubber plants, etc. 
The Malayan faced the Ceylon section, both being plac- 
ed at the main entrance to Olympia. The arrangement 
tfink the form of four groups representing the Colon, , 
Perak Selangor, and Negri Sembilan (a suitable place was 
found for the Johore and Muar exhibits) arranged at four 
corners of a rectangle with a characteristic Malay house 
in the centre, and decorated with representative flags of 
U Oniony and E M. S. Of the exhibits I quote from my 
the Colony • estates were represented nearly 
ah of "whicli exhibited Para rubber only. Kamumng estate, 
■p air Avhihltpd a block of Ccistilloa, and a few estates 
lambing s rap and crepe. Evidently,’ as judged from the 
Kambong scrap a ^ | .. ivovred form m Malaya of 
sendinaPara rubber to the London market. In this form 
it certainly possesses an important advantage ovei s lee 
or tocufts, L! (a) better colour, (b) it does not ^moMd. 
Morne very fine specimens of crepe were staged irom Je 
(iolden hope, Vallambrosa, Pataling, Cicely, Ling B 
