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are in other colonies, where they afford a means of 
profit to makers on a large as well as small scale. There 
is no apparent reason why we should not export liqueurs 
as well as Surinam, Curacoa and Martinique, the 
first-named of which colonies took the silver and bronze 
medals on this occasion. Fruit-flavoured syrups were 
shewn to some extent and obtained an award, but con- 
siderable improvement in these is desirable. 
Class II.— Food Products. 
The collection of Food products is a larger one 
and has been contributed to by all classes of the 
community. Sufficient attention in some cases was not 
paid to the proper preparation and neat putting up of 
the specimens, and it has been painful to reject samples 
on which some care had been bestowed, on account of 
the would be Exhibitor not being careful to follow out 
the rules and regulations as to the quantity required. 
In some instances samples were presented in old and 
dirty bottles or other vessels, which were apparently all 
that the humble exhibitors could provide, and it is to be 
hoped that on future occasions this serious defect will 
be remedied. Thanks to Mr. FRESSON in whose charge 
this Section was placed, the several samples were shewn 
to great advantage and presented as attractive an appear- 
ance as possible. 
It has been gratifying to find that so many persons 
from Berbice and the River districts have sent in 
specimens large or small ; since the indication is afforded 
that interest is taken in these matters by the class which 
is best able to produce and profit by the Food products 
of the colony. 
