No. 8.] 



AUGUST, 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. Results of the Experimental Tappings of Hevea Brasiliensis ... ... 285 



2. The History and development of Agriculture in the Malay Peninsula ... 292 

 31 ngrinnltiinl P a rinrlf ■■■ m m ... m 3 3 9 

 41 IIio t D»y i f thi Be e nenii B tfinnt i ... ... ... ... jUl 



5. Forestry in the Malay Peninsula in 1904 ... ... ... 317 



6. Register of Rainfall at Negri Sembilan for June, 1905 ... ... 319 



7. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... ... 320 



8. Exports from Singapore and Penang to Europe and America ... ...321 



9. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... ... 324 



10. Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Seremban, for the month 



of June, 1905 ... ... ... ... ... ... 331 



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