No. 12.] DECEMBER, 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. Rubber Pests— By Editor ... ... ... ... ^ 



2. Report upon a Visit to Great Britain to investigate India-Rubberl ndus- 



try — By P. J. Burgess ... ... ... ... 458 



3. Water and its Relation to Plant Life— By S. Arden, (Concluded) ... 478 



4. Anona palustris— By Editor ... ... ... ...481 



5. Trade in Straits Settlements in 1904 ... ... ... ... 482 



6. Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited. — India Rubber Market Report ... 484 



7. Register of Rainfall at Negri Sembilan Hospitals for November, 1905 ... 487 



8. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... ... 488 



9. Export Telegram from Singapore and Penang to Europe and America ... 490 



10. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 496 



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



of November, /905 ... ... ... ... ... 508 



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