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The exhibits from Malacca were rather disappointing, and 
were certainly not as good as those shown at the Kuala Lumpur 
Exhibition, 
The sample that was far and away the best in this class was 
exhibit No, 599, made we believe at the Malakoff Estate, Province 
Wellesley. • 
The same exhibitor shewed a fine specimen of flake siftings 
the make of which was exceedingly regular. 
Pearl. — There were some nice exhibits of Medium Pearl but 
we only saw one good sample of seed. 
Sago Pearl,— There was only one exhibitor in this section, 
Messrs, Brinkmann & Co., and the samples shewn were well made 
and of good colour and quality. 
Flour. — The two or three exhibits presented nothing special in 
the way of quality. 
Maize was exceptionally good this year, the cobs shown 
being mostly large and well-filled, but there was practically only 
one variety shown. 
Biscuits. — A number of specimens of local made biscuits were 
shown by Messrs. Ho Ho. No prize was offered for competition 
in products of the bakery. 
Soap. — A prize was offered by Dr. Lim Boon Keng for the 
best locally made soap. Unfortunately the offer came after the 
printing of the schedule of prizes so that there was no possibility of 
informing the local manufacturers of this article that there would 
be a prize offered. A Chinese firm, Messrs. Hock Leong, however, 
brought some excellent samples of this and obtained a medal. The 
same firm exhibited also a number of sweets, manufactured by 
themselves. 
Dried fish, locally prepared. — Was also the subject of a prize 
offered by Dr. Lim Boon Keng, unfortunately too late to get a 
competition, and none was shown. 
Wet Gambler. — There were only three exhibits of this 
important local produce. 
The prize winner was the only fair sample shewn, while that 
exhibited by the “ Gambier Society” was distinctly poor. 
In view of the importance of the export trade in this article it 
would have been more interesting had there been shewn examples 
• of the product in its various stages of manufacture— from the green 
leaf to the final block. 
Cube Gambier , — The exhibits in this section w r ere generally 
good although some looked as if they had been prepared specially 
for exhibition purposes. 
Gambier Extract. — This was an interesting sample of what 
looked like Gambier-dust, prepared evidently by some process of 
crushing the dried gambier extract into very small flakes. 
In this state the gambier should be in the most suitable form 
for export. The only objection we saw to this process was the 
tendency of the “dust” to become caked by contact with moist 
atmosphere, but this might be obviated if the stuff were packed in 
air-tight cases. 
