No. 2.] 



FEBRUARY, 1906. 



[Vol. v. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MflliAY STATES 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, M.A., f.l.s., Director of Gardens, S.S. 



AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, f.l.s., Director of Agriculture, F.M.S. 



CONTENTS. 







Page. 



I. 



East Indian Dragon's Blood, by H. N. Ridley 



28 



2. 



Agricultural Exhibition, by H. N. Ridley ... 



34 



3- 



Price of Timber in 1867, by H. N. Ridley ... 



38 



4- 



Betis, or Malay Bilian, by H. N. Ridley 



39 



5- 



Annual Review of India Rubber Market during 1905 



40 



6. 



Rubber in Southern India, by H. N. Ridley 



43 



7- 



Colonial Fruits, by H. N. Ridley 



43 



8. 



Ceara Rubber in Southern India, by H. F. Strickland 



44 



9- 



India Rubber Market Reports ... v ... 



45 



10. 



Market Report, Singapore 



5i 



11. 



Export Telegrams .... 



52 



12. 



Weather Reports .... 



54 



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