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As the third International. Ex- hibition of Rubber and Allied It is said to be the intention of Trados in New York, the British the Admiralty, when selecting Empire was represented by an names for the battleships of the exhibit, contributed by the Im-nów programme, to revive somo porial Institute, the object being names of famous ships that have to illustrate the rubber resources conforred: grent lustre on the of the Empiro by means of speciBritish Navy, because of the gal mona from the collections of the lantry of their crow, in the men Instituto. This exhibit included forable battios of the Nile, St. herbarium specimens of the prin- Vincoat, and that of the Glorious cipal rubber yielding plants and First of June. Amongst these representative samples of rubber are the Zonlous, Alexandor, from the following coautrios:Culloden, and Brunswick. The India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements Zealous and Alexander were and Feloratod Mulay States, Nelson's fighting 74's at the Nile; British North Borneo, Papua, the Culloden, under tho com- Fiji, Gambia, Siorra Leone, dok mand of the gallant Capt. Trou- Coast, Notliorn Nigeria, Southernbridge, led Admiral Sir John Nigeria, Anglo-Egyption Soudan, Jervis's victorious feet into action Uganda, Est Africi Protectornie, at the battle of St. Vinnoat on. Zanzibar,Nyasaland, Natal, Trans-St. Valentine's day, 1797; and vaal, Rhodesin, Seychelles, British the famous Old Brunswick, 74, Guiana, British Honduras, under the command of Capt. mnia, Trinidad, Dominion, St. Harvey, fought and sink the Lusin and the Bahamas, The French 74 Vengeur in the battlongkong. 18th Aug., 1912. (588 kone Telegraph," Bection devoted to each country of the First of June, in which she | was provided with a dosuriptive oiled her colours to the mast, lost Inbol, giving gouoral information 3 officers and 41 mon killed the regarding rubber-gialling' plants 3 offigars including the esprain which are in itgenous to or are and 114 man wounded and had baing cultivated, in the country, 23'guns dismounted. together with statistics of rubber S. Wales Borderers Officers. production during the net years, whilst oach oparato exhibit was specially labelled.
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