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appearance and of fair quality. There are not enough people 
willing to devote the amount of attention needed for collecting and 
experimenting on rubbers of comparatively little financial value. 
The Guttas were few ; the winning exhibit was a Gutta Taban, 
It is extremely difficult owing to the lack of knowledge of definite 
criteria in rubber to separate lots differing slightly in quality. 
The following table gives the points on which the Judges marked 
the exhibits ; the maximum of marks undereach heading and the 
number actually awarded, which is the average of the different 
judges, judging by points is the fairest method but is of necessity 
a longer process than the rough and ready process of judging by 
selection, so much so that the judges were unable to complete their 
work on the first day. Fifty marks being the total by doubling 
their total competitors arrive at the percentage of the total 
maximum awarded to them. 
It appears that most exhibits arrived late on the day before the 
Show opened ; this caused considerable confusion, and accounts for 
some exhibits appearing without numbers. It is hoped that in 
future there will be no grounds to make this complaint. Further it 
is desirable for Exhibitors sending in two or more exhibits of 
different merit, to label them A, B, C, etc. 
The judges, the Acting Director of Gardens, Singapore, 
Mr. YV. Fox, the Chairman of the United Planters Association, 
Mr. R. W. HARRISON, and the Director of Agriculture, Federated 
Malay States, Mr. J. B. CARRUTHERS, w ere assisted in their task 
by Mr. W. G. GALLAGHER, Government Mycologist and Assistant 
to the Director of Agriculture whose help hastened considerably an 
interesting but lengthy task. 
J. B. CARRUTHERS. 
