4l5 



Rubber-troc, para, duMiiistvy <>f la- 

 tex, 13(1. 



„ ,, jrrowth in fit. j 



Lucia, 152. 



„ „ f^rowtli in Sey- 



chelles, 153. 



„ ,, history of plant- 



ing, 2U, 247. 



„ ,, propagation by 



cuttings, 251. 



„ ., size attaineil, 210. 



„ „ see<l selection, 



212. 



„ „ seed crops in 



Singapore', 293. 



„ „ tapping methods, 



253. 



„ ,. vitality of seeds, 



1. ' 



„ ,, yield to ta[)i>ing. 



211. 



Sagittii 



ittif(dia. cultivation, 



St. Lucia, rubber in, 152. 

 Sago, trade returns of Penang, 231. 

 Samoa, coconut pest in, 178. 

 Sarcochilus stenoglottis, described, 



189. 

 Scolia erratica, 399. 

 Seed, hardness of, of Caesalpinia, 



193. 

 Seed of Hevea, vitality of, 1. 

 Seed selection in rubber, 212. 

 Setol, botany of, 197, 353. 

 Seychelles, Hevea in, 153. 

 Soap, Entada as, 4. 

 Sugar in latex, 150. 

 Sugar cane, cultivation in P. Welles- 

 ley, 228. 

 „ cultivation in Singapore, 



227. 

 Sugar, Production of Kabong, in 



Malacca, 221. 

 Sweet potatoes, in Singapore, 227. 

 SAvine, see Pigs. 



T 

 Tachinid fly parasite, 207. 

 Taeniophvlluni serrula, described, 



352, 405. 



Tagiadcs gana, 3 IS. 

 Tan Ch.-iv Van. 213. 

 Tapioca, cultivation in Malacca. 219. 

 in I'enang, 230. 

 in Singapore, 

 224. 

 Tapi)ing, ett'ect of. on seeds. 2. 

 Thecostele maculata, described, 350. 

 „ secunda, described, 318, 



349. 

 Theretra nessus, 308. 



Vegetable production in Penang, 228. 

 prickly pear as, 227. 



w 



WeatlKT rei)orts. Kclantau. 18, lOl, 

 lu9. 

 Malacca, 104, 173. 

 Negri Senibilan. 



20, 77, 97, 1(58. 

 Pahang, 22, 73, 94, 

 1 74. 

 „ ., Penang, 1(37. 



„ „ Perak, 15, 75, 9(3, 



170. 

 Selangor, 17, 71, 



99, 172. 

 See also Rainfall. 

 Wages in Malacca, 217, and sec La- 

 bour, 

 Wickhain rubber-curing process, 159. 

 Wikstroeniia Ridleyi, 333. 



Xanthosoma violaceuni. described, 

 244. 



Y 

 Yams, cooking of, 304. 



greater, races of, 297, 309. 

 greater, sprouting of, 30G. 

 greater, yield of, 374. 

 ,, lesser, cultivation in P. Wel- 



lesley, 228. 

 „ lesser, cultivation in Singa- 

 pore, 227. 

 ,, ' lesser, races of, 302, 373. 

 ,, lesser, yield of, 303. 

 „ pests of, 306. 



