No. i.j 



OCTOBER, 190J . 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m. A., f.l.s., 

 Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, 8. 8. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



r. The Timbers of the Malay Peninsula ... r 



2. Report on the System of Rice Cultivation in Pahang . 13 



3. Extract from a Report of Mr. DERRY on tapping Para 



Rubber ... ... . . ... 19 



4. On the distribution of (free) Meals to coolies on the 



Estates and Irrigation Works, Krian ... ... 24 



5. Destruction of Para Rubber by Caterpillars ... 26 



6. Report on the attack of White Ants on Para Rubber 



Trees .. ... ... ... 27 



7. Short Report on the Agricultural Show held in Penang 29 



8. Copy of a Letter from Mr. R. Derry. Superintendent, 



Government Plantations ... 30 



q. Correspondence . ... ... . . .31 



10. Market and Trade Reports ... ... 33 



1 f . The Weather ... . ... 3^ 



Annual Subscription— Three Dollars. 

 Single Copy— Fifty Cents. 



SINGAPORE : 

 Printed and Published 

 at the Government Printing Office, 



