No ' " ) NOVEMBER, ,905. tVoL . Iv 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED 3Y 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a.,f.l.s., 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S, $ 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. A Bark Fungus on Para Rubber— By Editor ... ... ... 423 



2. Report on the Experimental Tapping of Para Rubber Trees in the Botanic 



Gardens, Singapore, for the year 1904— By H. N. Ridley and R. Derrv 424 



3. Register of Rainfall at Negri Sembilan Hospitals for August, 1905 ... 444 



4. Singapore Market Report ... ,„ ... ... 445 



5. Export from Singapore and Penang to Europe and America ... ... 446 



6. Weather Reports ... ... ,„ ... ... 449 



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



of October, 1905 ... ... ... ... ... 456 



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