No. io.] 



OCTOBER, 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. The Position of Rubber among Cultivated Plants ... ... ... 381 



2. Rubber Diseases — Latest Mycological Notes ... ... ... 384 



3. Rubber in Africa — By Editor ... ... ... ... 387 



4. Rubber Soils— By Editor ... ... ... ... ... 388 



5. Plantation Rubber on the European Continent ... ... ... 389 



6. On the Introduction of Para Rubber Trees to the Straits — By Editor ... 390 



7. Rubber Notes— By Editor ... ... ... ... 391 



8. Caterpillar Attacking Tobacco Plants— By Editor ... ... ... 392 



9. Federated Malay States Rubber — Important Notification re sale of ... 392 

 10. Damage to Rubber Plants By Porcupines— By W. H. Barnard ... 393 

 11 Report on Bat Guano — By Professor W. R. Dunstan ... ••• 394 



12. Report on Patchouli and Citronella Oils— By Prof. W. R. Dunstan ... 398 



13. On Three Insect Pests of Mango Trees— By J. Hewitt ... ••• 400 



14. Rubber Photographs— By Editor ... ... _ ... ••• 4°* 



15. Re Rubber Machine— By Federated Malay States Engineering Company ... 401 



16. Register of Rainfall at Negri Sembilan Hospitals for August, 1905 4°3 



17. Singapore Market Reports ... ... ••• ••■ ••• 4°4 



18. Exports from Singapore and Penang to Europe and America ... ••• 4°5 



19. Weather Reports ... ... ••• ••• ... 408 



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



of August, 1905 ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 4 21 



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