No. 9.] SEPTEMBER, 1909. [Vol. VIII 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED 



BY . 



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

 Director of Ilotanic Gardens, S. S. 



CONTENTS. 



1. Report of the Director of Agriculture of the Federated Malay 



States for the year 190S 



2. Report of the Govern uient Mycologist for the year 11)08 



3. Report of the Government Entomologist for the year 190S ... 



4. Report of the Inspector of Coconut Plantations for the year 1908 



5. Report of Experimental Plantations for the year 1908 



6. Agri-Horticultural Show 1909 and speech of His Excellency the 



Governor Sir John Anderson, G.C.M.G. 



7. The Palmetum-illustrated 



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



9. Weather Reports 



Page. 



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From the first of January, 1909 



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