No. 6.] 



MAY, 1910. 



Vol. IX 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



BDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l,s., f.bjei.8. 

 Direttor of Botanic OardenSf S,8. 



Pagel 



Ooflfea Robusta ... ... ... ... ... 165 



Notice re Agri-Horticultwral Show, 1910 ... ... ... 166 



Varieties of Rubber ... ... ... ... ... 169 



Rubber Notes ... ... ... ... ... 174 



Walter Fox ... ... ... ... ... ... i;6 



Agri-Horticultural Show, 1910 (Prize List) ... ... ... 177 



Coconut Palm Disease ... ... ... ... ... 178 



The Rubber Exhibition of 1911 ... ... ... 180 



Timber Notes ... ... ... ... ... 180 



Synthetics ... ... ... ... .. .. 184 



Position of the Rubber Market ... ... .. 185 



More Rubber Producing Plants ... .. ... ,.. 187 



Some Corrections ... ... ... ... ... 188 



Export Telegrams to Europe and America ... .. 189 



Singapore Market Report ... ... .. 191 



Weather Reports ... ... ... ... ... 192 



Kuala Trengganu R ain Fall ... ... ... ... 200 



From the first of January, 1910 



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