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so I have reserved 1,500 but in case you require it I could arrange to 
increase this to 2,000. 
Labels and all general instructions will follow, and probably by the 
incoming mail I shall receive advise from you to which I can reply hy 
next. 
Reuter's Telegraph Company advise me that they cabled out to 
Malaya full particulars, so that you will probably have heard long 
before this reaches you that we. are going to Olympia. 
In great haste, 
Yours, etc. 
(Sgd.) A. Staines Handers, 
Manager. 
A. Staines Manders, Esq., 
London , March. 4th, 1908. 
Dear Sir, 
Your favour of January 31st was duly received and as desired I 
cabled you a reply as soon as I had been able to consult on the subject 
with our Chairman and the Director of Agriculture, F. M, S. 
At the last Exhibition in Ceylon, the exhibits from the Malay 
Peninsula covered an area of 100 ft by 10 ft. and as an indication of 
our maximum requirements, I gave you these measurements. 
As however we are still quite in the dark, this figure must only be 
considered quite provisional until I am able to judge what response I 
am likely to receive from our members, whom I am now circularizing. 
I have written to the London Rubber Growers’ Association by the 
same mail, enquiring what attitude they are taking in the matter. The 
space provisionally booked by us, is of course meant for all Malayan 
Exhibitors, whether exhibiting as members of this or of the Rubber 
Growers’ Association, whether on their own or on behalf of the Govern- 
ments of the F. M. S. and Straits Settlements. 
The question of awards is likewise one which will distinctly in- 
fluence prospective exhibitors and I think that an attractive list of 
prizes with a strong Committee of Judges would go far to stimulate 
competition. 
Our next General Meeting will be held shortly, wdien I shall be 
in a better position to give you some definite information on the whole 
subject. 
In the meantime, 
Yours faithfully, 
(Sgd.) H. C. E. Zacharias, 
Secretary. 
London, W. C ., 2nd April, 1908. 
Dear Sir, 
I thank you for your letter of the 6th of March and hope to send 
you new Plan showing the marking out of the space in Olympia. You 
will see the positions I have reserved for the Federated Malay States 
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