No. io.J 



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. Manuring Rubber — Plate ... ... 405 



2. Fibre Plants — {Continued) ... ... ... 405 



3. Rubber Notes ... ... ... ... 412 



4. Rubber in the Malay Peninsula ... ... 414 



5. Ceylon Rubber, its Preparation and Improvement ... 416 



6. Analysis of " 5$. fid." Ceylon Rubber ... ... 417 



7. Exploitable Size for Bakau Swamps ... ... 418 



8. Beetles Attacking Rubber ... ... ... 419 



9. Ramie ... ... ... 420 



10. Ramie Trade of the World ... ... ... 422 



11. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... ... 423 



12. Rainfall for October, 1904 ... ... ... 423 



l 3' Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 424 



14. Export Telegram to Europe and America ... ... 426 



[5, Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 431 



16, Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Serem- 



ban, for the month of October, 1904 ... ... 440 



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