No. 13.] 



NOVEMBER, 1902. 



[Vol. 1. 



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. 



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



Ridley, f. l. s. ... ... . . ... 531 



2. Agriculture in Bahia and Sergipe, Brazil ... 537 



3. Rubber in French Guinea ... ... ... 538 



4. United Planters' Association, F. M. S. ... ... 539 



5. A large Indian Melon, by H. N. Ridley ... ... 548 



6. Ficus Bracteata, by C. CURTIS... ... ... 549 



7. Rubber, a new industry in Guatemala ... ... 549 



8. Insect Notes ... ... ... ... 550 



9. Report on the Beaumont Estate, by Mr. S. ARDEN ... 551 



10. Para Rubber Stumps — Plate VIII ... ... 552 



1 1 . Correspondence — 



(a) Ficus Elastica, by A. B. Stephens... ... 553 



(b) Circular on Labour Supply, by T. H. HlLL 554 



(c) Yield of Para-Rubber Trees, by C. E. S. 



Baxendale ... ... ... 556 



(d) Price of Ficus Elastica sent to London, by 



E. V. Carey ... ... ... 557 



(e) Coagulation of Rubber, by F. PEARS ... 558 

 (/) Ficus Elastica in Mexico, by J. V. BRENCHLEY... 559 



12. Rainfall in Singapore, by A. Knight ... ... 560 



13. Notices ... ... ... ... 561 



14. Singapore Market Report ... ... ,., 562 



15. Exports from Singapore & Pt nang to Europe & America 563 



16. Meteorological Returns ... ... ... 565 



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