No. 9.] 



SEPTEMBER, 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. Agricultural Exhibition held in Penang ... ... ... ... 333 



2. Penang Agricultural Show 1905 — 



Prizes awarded ... ... ... ... ... 342 



Diplomas awarded ... ... ... ... ••.361 



3. Water and its Relations to Plant Life ... ... ... ... 363 



4. Rubber in Sarawak ... ... ... ... ... 365 



5. Register of Rainfall at Negri Sembilan Hospitals for July, 1905 ... 367 



6. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... ... 368 



7. Exports from Singapore and Penang to Europe and America ... ... 369 



8. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... ... 372 



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



of July, 1905 ... ... ... ... ... ... 379 



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