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Vol. IX. 



Agricultural Bulletin 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. >3. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s. 



Director of Botanic Gardens, 8.8. 



Historical Notes on the Rubber Industry 



Chronological Table of the Para Rubber Industry from 1873 to 1890 



Coconuts in Peat Soil 



Kapok as a Textile 



Rubber in Queensland " 



Another Para-Rubber Fungus 



Correspondence — Tuba root for Killing Termites 



Manihot Rubber Trees 



Minutes of the Planters* Association of Malaya ... 

 Weather Reports 



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From the first of January, 1910 



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