No. 7.] 



JULY, 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. Tapioaca as a Catch-crop — By W. Dunman ... ... ... 223 



2. The Rim Rubber Company — By W. Dunman ... ... ... 224 



3. Notes from the Report of the Resident-General of the Federated Malay 



States — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... ... 228 



4 Exports from the Straits Settlements ... ... ... 229 



5. Two new Publications about Ficus elastica ... ... ... 230 



6. The Cultivation of Ficus elastica — By Claud Bald ... ... 232 



7. Dyes and Dyeing amongst the Sea Dyaks of Sarawak — By J. Hewitt ... 232 



8. Minutes of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association ... ... 237 



9. Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association — Effect of Rubber Boom on 



Labour ... ... ... ... ... ... 239 



10. Koalatex in Rubber Coagulation — By Lehmann & Voss ... ... 243 



11. Para Rubber in Samoa — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 243 



12. Rubber in Ugunda — By H. N. Ridley ... ... ... 244 



13. Malay Drugs — Continued ... ... ... ... ... 245 



14. India Rubber Market Report. — Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited ... 254 



15. Register of Rainfall at Negri Sembilan Hospitals for July, 1906 ... 258 



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



of July, 1906 ... ... ... ... ... 259 



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