catalogue are not shown and there are some mistakes in 
• the numbering. In one instance at least the catalogie 
is at fault. There are several specimens of tapioca 
shown which are not catalogued and No. 452 on page 
5 is wrongly described in the catalogue. From here 
to page 12 the catalogue and the exhibits are fairly 
in agreement, but the numbers 552 and 552a on page 
12 in the catalogue should be 555 and 553 jr, the speci¬ 
mens being correctly numbered. In the Oils section 
one of the bottles suj>posed to contain coconut oil 
is empty, another exhibit is not catalogued and of 
three bottles of castor oil shown by Seah Liang 
Seah only one is exhibited. In the case of the 
Lamars the labelling is bad all through, a number of 
specimens having no reference to the catalogue or 
any description, while several of the samples are not 
to be found in the catalogue at all. A number of 
medicinal barks are shown which are uncatalogued and 
the references on several of the specimens of 
Textiles are wanting or wrong. It would be tedious 
to particularise further but sufficient I think, 
has been said to show the kind of errors that have 
i 
been made and the discrepancies that exist between 
the catalogue and the exhibits. 
7. Many of the exhibits, such as ataps, leaves, 
baskets and rattans, being inaccessible it was 
impossible to examine the labels but the specimens of 
baskets (rumbong) from Malacca are inferior. No 
specimen of the large basket for carrying fowls or 
of the Chinese pig basket are shown. --“ 
None 
