No. 7.] 



APRIL, 1902. 



[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, S, 8. 



CONTENTS. 



The Timbers of the Malay Peninsula — Continued 

 Draining land for Coco-nut Plantations 

 Dr. Sherman's Report on Gutta Percha 

 Planting in British Central Africa 

 Consular Report on German East Africa 

 Planting and Science in Ceylon 

 Notes — New Rubber in Saigon 



Rubber in Brazil 



Gutta Percha in New Guinea 



Circular to employers of labour 

 Personal Note 

 Trade and Market Reports — Singapore — London 



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