No. 1.] 



JANUARY, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. EIDLEY, M.I., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



AND 



J. B. CARRTJTHERS, F.R.S.E., F.L.S. 

 Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F.M.S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. The Treatment of Acid Soils for Rubber and Other Cultivations ... 1 



2. The Copra Industry ... ... ... ... ... 2 



3. Virus Remedies Against Rats ... ... ... ... 4 



4. Two Manicoba Rubbers ... ... ... ... ... 5 



5. Commelina Nudiflora, Linn ... ... ... ... 8 



6. " The Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment, 1908." F. M. S 9 



7. The Composition of the Milk of the Dairy Cow and Buffalo 



in the Malay Peninsula ... ... ... ... 15 



8. Singapore Market Report ... ... ... ... 23 



9. Exports Telegram to Europe and America ... ... ... 24 



10. Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports ... ... 25 



11. John Haddon & Co's. Special Produce Letter ... .-• 29 



12. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 32 



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 Messrs. Kelly & Walsh, Limited. 

 No. 32 Raffles Place, and 194 Orchard Road, Singapore 



Singapore : 



Printed at the Methodist Publishing House. 



