No. '1. 



FEBRUARY, 1911. 



Vol X. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



U. N. RIDLEY, M.A., F.R.S., f.l.s., f.r.h.s. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S.S. 



Page. 



The Acreage of Rubber in the Colony ... ... ... 28 



Rubber Notes . • • . • • . . . . 28 



Gow, Wilson and Stanton, Limited . . . . . . 30 



The Coconut Industry in 1910 . . . . . . • • 33 



Funtumia Elastica . . . . . . . . • • 34 



Variability of Plantation Para . . . . . . . . 36 



Germination of Rubber Seed in British Guiana . . . . 38 



The Fibre of the Nipa Palm . . . . • . 40 



Planters' Association of Malay, Minutes of Meeting . . . . 43 



Weather Reports . . . . . . . . • • 57 



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