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the best articles before the public have the opportunity of buying, a 
crititicism that cannot be said to apply to this year’s Show. 
The Show being favoured by such fine weather, realized a good sum 
of money from the gate which at once placed it in a sound position 
financially. Each subscriber of $10/-, and all judges, Stewards and 
Exhibitors were admitted free. Over 1,000 exhibitors tickets were given 
out. About 1,500 school children were admitted free. 
The F. M. S. Railways Department again undertook the convey- 
ance of exhibitors 3rd class and exhibits free of charge. The British 
India Steam Navigation Company offered 50 free tickets from Penang 
to Port Swettenham. The Straits Steamship Company allowed a 25% 
reduction on all bonafide exhibitors and exhibits concessions that were 
much appreciated. 
Accommodation of visitors. Special arrangements were made for 
the accommodation of visitors to the Show. The Victoria Institution 
was turned into a Temporary Hotel and under the stewardship of Mr. 
T. H. B. Phillips. The Bulls Head Mess House was put at the dis- 
posal of the committee by the Government and the management of it 
undertaken by Mr. Van Donop. 
J. W. Campbell, Superintendent Experimented Plantations , 
Kuala Lumpor. 
Governor’s Speech. 
No prettier or more convenient site could have been found than 
that selected on the Padang of the Malay Settlement for the fifth 
annual Agri- Horticultural Show of the Malay Peninsula, now being 
held at Kuala Lumpor, The flat plain in a small valley, surrounded 
by the hills that beautify the capital of the Federated Malay States, 
was an ideal site, while Kuala Lumpor itself is a convenient centre, 
not only for exhibitors but for visitors from all parts of the Peninsula. 
The officials learn something from each successive Show, and it was 
the opinion of those who have visited previous Shows that the arrange- 
ments for the display of the exhibits in classes and sections and for 
expeditious judging of the exhibits were distinctly in advance of any- 
thing hitherto experienced. 
There were over 6,000 individual exhibits this year, and in the 
class for Padi no less than 608 entries were made, for Cotton 78, and 
for models illustrative of native life and occupations no less than 246 
in the two classes. The Committee were wisely advised when they 
introduced the award of diplomas in addition to prizes, which will 
have a more permanent value to successful competitors than the 
money awards. 
Native Interest. 
That the Show is appreciated and valued by the natives was ap- 
parent to anyone who visited the showyard on Saturday and Sunday. 
From all parts of the Peninsula, from Pekan and Malacca, from Perak 
and Negri Sembilan, as well as from Selangor and Pahang, and even 
from Brunei, collections of native produce manufacture and native were 
arriving and being placed in position by busy officials, under the superin- 
tendence of Mr. J. B. Carruthers, Chairman of the Committee, and 
