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AUGUST, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



g- . ; ^' ' OP THE •■ ' 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED - 



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

 Director of Botanic Gardens, 8. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Preliminary Notes on the Preparation of Camphor in the F. M. S. 

 Progress of Agriculture in the Federated Malay States during 1908 

 A Lepidopterous Pest of Coconuts, P>rachartona Catoxantha, 



Hamps : (Zygaenidce) ••• ... 



Note on Ipecacuanha Cultivation . ... 



Analysis of Ipecacuanha Root ... ... ... „ 



Shorea Leprosula, Miq., " Seraya" or " Seraya " Batu Illustrated 

 Rubber Plantation in British North Borneo ..- 

 Minuter of Meeting of the Planters Association of Malaya 

 The Agri-Horticultural Show Penang ~ C.. 

 John Haddon & Co. Special Produce Letter ... 

 Exports Telegram to Europe and America ..V 

 Lewis & Peat's Plantation Rubber Report 

 Weather Reports 



Trade ... " . - ... ... . 



Singapore Market Report .... . 



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