No. 2.] 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



• FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, M. A., P. l. s., 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S 



CONTENTS. 



PLATES —PINE-APPLE CULTIVATION. 



Page 



I. Valuation Report On sample of Sea Island Cotton grown 



in Perak ... ... ... ... 41 



2. Cotton in Dutch Borneo ... ... ... 42 



3. Correspondence with the Imperial Institute regarding 



the commercial value, &c, of the Seeds of the Para 



Rubber Tree ... ... ... ... 43 



4. Rambong Rubber ... ... ... 48 



5. Getah (Getah Jelutong) from Sarawak ... ... 48 



6r Recent Publications on Rubber and its Cultivation ... 50 



7. Para Rubber collecting at Soebang, Java ... ... 51 



8. Caprinia Conehylalis ... ... ... 52 



9. Encouragement of Agriculture among the Natives ... 53 

 10 The proposed Agri-Horticultural Show at Kuala Lumpur 66 



11. Rainfall for January, 1904 ... ... ... 66 



12. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... ... 67 



13. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 68 



14. Exports from Singapore & Penang to Europe & America 69 



15. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 72 



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