No. 8.] 



AUGUST, 1909. 



[Vol. VIII. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OP THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED 

 BY 



H. N. EIDLEY, M.A., P.E.S., P.L.S., F.R.H.S. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Preliminary Notes on the Preparation of Camphor in the F. M. S. ... 344 



Progress of Agriculture in the Federated Malay States during 1908 ... 353 

 A Lepidoptcrous Pest of Coconuts, Brachartona Catoxantha, 



Hamps : (Zygaenidre) ... ... ... ... 357 



Note on Ipecacuanha Cultivation ... ... ... 3(53 



Analysis of Ipecacuanha Root ... ... ... ... 364 



Shorea Leprosula, Miq., " Seraya" or "Seraya " Batu Illustrated ... 364 



Rubber Plantation in British North Borneo .. ... 365 



Minutes of Meeting of the Planters Association of Malaya ... 366 



The Agri-Horticultural Show Penang ... ... ... 375 



John Haddon & Co. Special Produce Letter ... ... ... 376 



Exports Telegram to Europe and America ... ... ... 378 



Lewis & Peat's Plantation Rubber Report ... ... ... 379 



Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 382 



Trade ... ... ... ... ... ... 388 



Singapore Market Report ... ... ... ... 343 



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