No. 6.] 



JUNE, 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. R. S. E., F. L. s., 

 Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F. M. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Banana Cultivation — By Mr. A. Hale ... ... ... 185 



2. Malay Drugs — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... ... 193 



3. Report of the Department of Agriculture in the Federated Malay States 



for 1905 ... ... ... ... ... ... 206 



4. A new way of dealing with Termes Gestroi — By H. N v . Ridley ... 207 



5. Corticium Javanicum — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 20S 



6. Personal and other Notes ... ... ... ... ... 208 



7. India Rubber Market Report, — Go.w, Wilson and Stanton, Limited ... 209 



8. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 214 



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



of May, 1906 ... ... ... ... ... 221 



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