No. 14.] 



DECEMBER, 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. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. Coffee and other products in Zanzibar ... ... 577 



2. Views of a Manaos Rubber Merchant ... ... 578 



3. Castilloa Rubber seed and its vitality .. ... 580 



4. 44 Para Rubber" from Ceylon ... ... ... 581 



5. Rubber at the Hacienda Aguna ... ... 581 



6. View of Raja Bot, of Selangor, on extending the area 



of Rice Cultivation ... ... ... 582 



7. The cultivation of Orchids for Amateurs, by C. CURTIS 586 



8. Local Fruit Preserves, "Halvva" or " Manisan," by 



L. E. Bland ... ... ... ... 588 



9. Funtumia Elastica, by H. N. Ridley ... ... 591 



10. Para Rubber, by C. CURTIS ... ... ... 592 



11. Soil for Pot Plants,, by C. CURTIS ... ... 593 



12. Agricultural Shows ... ... ... 594 



13. Federated Malay States — Meeting of Chetties at Car- 



cosa, Kuala Lumpur ... ... ... 600 



14. Correspondence — 



(a) Coagulation of Rubber, by FRANCIS PEARS ... 602 



(b) Propagation of Stephanotis, by B. Berrington 603 



(c) Tanning Crocodile Skins, by S. H. LANGSTON 603 



(d) Para Rubber Stumps, by W. R. Rowland ... 604 



15, Notices ... ... ... ... 605 



16. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... 606 



17. Exports from Singapore & Pcnang to P^urope & America 607 



18, Meteorological Returns ... ... ..610 



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