No. 5.] 



MAY, 1906. 



[Vol. V. 



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» 

 AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, F. L. s., 

 Director of Agriculture, F. M. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Tapioca as a Catch Crop for Rubber — By H. N. Ridley ... ... 133 



2. Ceara Rubber — By J. C. Campbell ... ... ... ... 135 



3. Analyses of Rubbers — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 136 



4. Rubber Notes from Consular Reports ... ... .... ... 137 



5. The Old Rubber Tree at Penang— By H. N. Ridley ... ... 138 



6. Large Ceara Tree in India — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 138 



7. Rubber Exhibition in Ceylon ... ... ... ... 139 



8. New Pamphlet on Rubber. — Tapping Methods — By H. N. Ridley ... 139 

 Agriculture in the Seychelles ... ... ... ... 140 



Ramie — A Vast Industry Opening — By D. Edwards-Radclyffe ... 141 



Vacuum Dryer for Rubber — By J. Livingston ... ... ... 142 



United Planters Association, F. M.S. — Report for 1905 ... ... 146 



Personal. — Agricultural Show — By H. N. Ridley ... ... 156 



India Rubber Market Report. — -Govv, Wilson and Stanton, Limited ... 156 



Federated Malay States' Labour Question ... ... ... 159 



The Ceylon Agricultural Society ... ... ... ... 161 



Ceylon's Place in the Rubber Industry ... ... ... 169 



Rubber in Coorg ... ... ... ... ... 172 



Experiments in Krian ... ... ... ... ... 173 



Register of Rainfall ... ... ... ... ... 174 



Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 175 



Meteorological Observations, General Hospital, Seremban, for the month 



of April, 1906 ... ... ... ... ... 183 



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