No. 7.] 



JULY, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED 

 BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.e.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s. 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



» Page. 



1. A New Fungus-Pest on Para Rubber ... ... 31q 



2. Another Fungus Parasite on Rubber ... , t< ' [ 312 



3. Improvements in the manufacture of Gambir ... ... 312 



4. Para Rubber. Various recent publications ... .. 314 



5. A Remarkably Prolific Coconut-illustrated ... ... ... 31g 



6. Report of the Wellcome Research Laboratories at Khartoum 318 

 l 7. Hailstorm in Singapore ... ... ... 320 



8. Castilloa Elastica Fruiting in Singapore ... ... ... 320 



The climate of Penang ... ... ... '[ 320 



TO. Agri-Horticultural Exhibition for 1909. ... ... [ [ 321 



Id. Affect of Gale on a Para Rubber Tree ... ... 322 



12. Azolla, as an Anti-Mosquito Plant ... ... 322 



13. Remedies for Snake bite ... ... ... 323 



14. Biblography— " Universal Directory of the India-Rubber Gutta- 



percha and Allied Industries." ... ... ... 324 



15. Journal of the cooper Research Laboratory ... ... ... 325 



16. Packing Rubber ... ... ... ... ] 325 



17. Plant Sanitation ... ... ... ... 32§ 



18. Castilloa versus Para Rubber ... ... ... 327 



19. John Haddon & Co. Special Letter ... ... 32g 



20. Gow, Wilson Stanton, Ltd.— India Rubber Market Report 331 



21. Exports Telegram to Europe and America ... ... ' ' 335 



22. Weather Reports ... ... ... ... 337 



23. Singapore Market Report ... ... ., . 343 



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