No. y.J 



JULY, 1904. 



[Vol. ill. 



AGiUCUL'i'URA L 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. 



I. 



The Palm Collection of the Botanic Gardens, Si 



igapore 



249 



2. 



Libt of Palms cultivated in the Botanic Gardens 

 pore 



, Singa- 



*$9 



3- 



Para Rubber Estates near .Malacca 





267 



4- 



Gutta Percha 





269 



5 • 



Rubber Prices and other Notes 





2/2 



6. 



Bisulphide of Carbon for Termites 





282 



7. 

 8. 



Cotton Leaf-roller ... 



Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers 





23 3 

 283 



9- 



Singapore Market Report 





284 



10. 



Export Telegram to Europe and America . . . 





285 



11. 



Rainfall for June, 1904 





287 



13. 



Meteorological Returns 





288 



12. 



Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, 

 ban, for the month of May, 1904 



Serem- 



297 



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