No. 12.] 



OCTOBER, 1902.] 



[Vol. 1. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m. a., f. l. s v 



Director of Botanic Gardens and Forests, 8. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page, 



r. Fruits of the Malay Peninsula — Continued, by H. N. 



Ridley, f. l. s. ... ... ... ... 499 



2. The Improved Method of Marcottage, by C. Curtis ... 503 



3. Agricultural Shows, by C. CURTIS ... ... 505 



4. Kamie, Rhea, China Grass, by Cyril E. S. BAXENDALE 507 



5. Rubber in Madras ... ... ... ... 509 



6. Brazilian Rubber Trade ... ... ... 509 



7. Coffee-bean Husks and Malaria ... ... 510 



8. Para Rubber, by C. Curtis ... ... ... 511 



9. Ireland's India Rubber Peat ... ... ... 512 



10. Rubber Planting in Costa Rica, by Ed. Coels ... 513 



11. Exports of India Rubber from Mozambique ... 516 



12. Rubber in Bermuda ... ... ... 517 



13. Methods of Extraction of Gutta Percha and Rubber ... 517 



14. The Cultivation and Treatment of Ramie, by JAMES 



Anderson ... ... ... ... 518 



15. Tapping Para in North Borneo ... ... 519 



16. Guava Jelly, by Mrs. GUNN ... ... ... 519 



17. Notices ... ... ... ... 520 



18. Trade and Market Reports — Singapore ... ... 521 



19. Exports from Singapore & Pcnang to Europe & America 521 



20. Meteorological Reports ... ... ...525 



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