No. 3.] 



DECEMBER, 1901. 



[Vol. I. 



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. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. The Timbers of the Malay Peninsula — Continued ... 95 



2. Para Rubber in the State of Amazonas ... ... 109 



3. The Transport of Tropical Fruit ... ... 114 



4. The World's Tea and Coffee Consumption ... 115 



5. Notes on the value of the Incidental Increment of Plant 



Food in Soils ... ... ... ...117 



6. Phosphates and Phosphoric Acid ... ... 119 



.7 Notes — Gutta Percha in Ceylon ... ... 121 



A new Cure for Dysentery ... ... ... 122 



The new Chief Forest Officer ... ... 122 



8. Correspondence ... ... ... ... 122 



9. Market and Trade Reports ... ... ... 125 



10. The Weather .. ... ... ... 127 



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