No. 3.] 



MARCH, 1905. 



[Vol. IV. 



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. Kumus (Shorea Ciliata) ... ... ... 63 



2. Fibres [Continued) ... ... ... ... 64 



3. Tile Pots for Casuarina Seedlings ... ... 67 



4. Rubber Pests ... ... ... ... 68 



5. Price of Rubber still Rising — The Price of Rubber ... 69 



6. Para Beaten by Ceylon ... ... ... 72 



7. The Canker of Para Rubber ... ... ... 74 



8. Heveas in the Amazon ... ... -..75 



9. Rubber Seeds for Oil and Oil Cake ... ... 76 



10. Personal and other Notes ... ... ... 77 



11. Termites and Rubber — Tapping Ficus Elastica ... 78 



12. Rubber Seed Wanted ... ... ... 79 



13. Miscellaneous, Notices to Subscribers ... ... 79 



14. Penang Rainfall for March, 1905 ... ... 80 



15. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 81 



16. Export Telegrams to Europe and America ... ... 82 



17. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 85 



18. Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Serem- 



ban, for the month of February. 1905 ... ... 96 



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