No. l.j 



JANUARY, 1911. 



Vol. X. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



Page. 



Legislation Against the Dissemination of Pests . . . . . . i 



Rubber Cultivation in German Colonies . . . . . . 5 



Eutypa as a Parasite . . . . . . . . . . 6 



Pink Disease Prevention Experiments .. .. ... 6 



Baile)'^ Memorial Fund . . . . . . . . . . 7 



The Planters' Association of Malaya . . . . . . . . 10 



The Rubber Exiiibition of London, 1911 . . . . . . 12 



Gum Benjamin . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 



The Occurrence of Red Patches on Crepe Rubber . . . . 16 



Smoked Rubber .. .. .. .. .. 17 



A Hand Power Creping and Sheeting Machine . . . . . . 18 



Export Telegrams . . . . . . . . . . 19 



Market Reports . . . . . . . . ..21 



Weather Reports . . . . . . . . . . 22 



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