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fully in the Peninsula have done little good in proportion 
to the work and money expended on them. For such 
thinkers the following extract from the Philippine Agri- 
cultural review is here inserted as giving the opinions of 
representatives of the nation which has taken the lead in 
agricultural work above every other. 1 
Speaking of the Kuala Kangsar show he says “The 
account of these fairs and exhibitions in the Federated 
Malay States show how far in advance of us these 
countries are in Agricultural development and progress. 
Such exhibitions from the various parts of a province, state 
or island stimulate local pride in their agricultural pro- 
gress and these in turn create a desire for better knowl- 
edge of agriculture as well as better business, and better 
means of communication which perhaps are the greatest 
needs for elevating the standard of living in the country in 
these islands and for encouraging the organisation of the 
people of the country into guilds, unions or granges for 
promoting the different lines of agricultural work in 
which they are interested. It is hoped that the bill recently 
introduced into the assembly providing for the holding of 
provincial industrial and agricultural exhibitions in these 
Islands (Philippines) or a bill that will meet with the 
present needs of the country will become a law and that 
it will meet with a hearty response and its provisions be 
immediately taken advantage of by the people of the pro- 
vinces.” 
Thus it will be seen that the shrewd American has a 
high enough opinion of the value of these exhibitions to 
push forward a bill for following our example. 
RUBBER AREAS AMD PRODUCTION. 
It would be interesting to know how a corespondent, 
writing to a contemporary, arrived at the conclusion that 
the output of rubber from the present planted area in the 
Middle East (which he gives with comparative accuracy at 
520,000 acres) will aggregate 140,000 tons by 1914, writes 
the “Financier.” If 14,000 tons are obtained in that year 
from the present planted area no one will have much cause 
to grumble, and there are those competent to express an 
opinion on this point who put the output five years hence 
at just about double that amount. By that time one of two 
things will have happened. Either the world ’s consumption 
of rubber will be enormously increased, and available sup- 
plies will be absorbed as they come forward or, through in- 
