MARCH, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII; 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.R.H.S. 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 

 AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, f.r.s.e., f.l.s. 

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



CONTENTS. 



1. Termes Gestroi 



2. Field Notes 



3. Packing Durian Seeds For Export 



4. Memorandum on 'Sesamum' Cultivation in Krian, Perak 



5. A New Method of Coagulating Rubber Latex 



tf. Flood-Gates ... ... ... ... "]] 



7. Mussaenda Erythrophylla ... ... '' m 



8. Personal 



9. Erratum No. 2. Vol. VIII. 



10. Singapore Market Report 



11. Exports Telegram to Europe and America 



12. Gow, Wilson and Stanton India Rubber Market Reports ... 



13. John Haddon & Go's. Special Produce Letter 



14. Weather Reports 



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