MAY, ijo4 % 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s., 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Tapping scan* in old wood — Plate 5 ■ •■ *59 



2. Rubber Planting in Southern India ... ... 100 



3. Cotton Notes ... ... ...160 



4. Coconuts in the Federated Malay Stales in 1903 ... 162 



5. The Experimental Plantations of the Malay States ... 163 



6. Imports and Exports of the Federated Malay States 



in 1903 ... • ... _ ... ... 164 



7. Poorest Administration in the Native States in 1903 ... 165 



8. Ramie ... .... ... ... 166 



9. Gutta-percha in the Philippines, — Zalacca conferta ... 168 

 to, Hail in the Malay Peninsula,— Cotton Cultivation ... 169 



11. Agricultural Show, — Termites and Rubber ... 170 



12. Rubber in Perak ... ... . ... 171 



13. Parasitic Fungi on Hevea Brazi lien sis ... 173 



14. Notes on the Moisture in prepared Rubber ... 175 



15. Tengah Dye ... ... ... ... 177 



16. Rubber-tapping in the dry Season, — The Use of Jeringu 



Acorus Calamus against termites ... ... 178 



17. Erratum,-- The Belgian Rubber Expert ... ... 17^ 



18. A rri-Horticultural Show ... ... ... 180 



19. Miscellaneous. Notices to Subscribers ... ... 181 



20. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... iSj 



21. Export Telegram to F2uropc and America ... ... 183 



22. Rainfall for April, 1904 ... ... ... 185 



23. Meteorological Observation-, General Hospital, Seremban, 



for the month of April, 1904 ... ... 186 



I4. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 187 



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