OJ 
No.  3.] 
MARCH,  1903. 
[VOL.  II. 
AGRICULTURAL  RULLETIN 
OF  THE 
STRAITS 
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FEDERATED  MALAY  STATES. 
EDITED  BY 
H.  N.  KIDLIsY,  M.  A.,  F.  L.  s., 
Director  of  Bottuiic  Gardetis  ami  Forest r,  G,  S. 
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CONTENTS. 
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Jelulong  (Dyera  Costulata'  Plates  111  8:  I\'  ...  95 
The  business  of  gathering  Rubber  ...  ....  97 
Working  Rubber  Instates  on  the  Amazon  ...  ...  99 
Cultivation  of  Castilloa  elastica  in  Java  ...  ...  105 
Preparing  ‘‘Para  Rubber”  in  Ceylon  ...  ...  108 
Rubber  1 apping  Experiments  in  the  Botanic  Gardens...  1 1 i 
Rubber  in  the  Malay  States  ...  ...  ...  1 13 
Malayan  substitutes  for  Cork  .. . ...  •••  114 
Notice  ...  ....  ...  ...  1 14 
Singapore  M arket  Report  ...  ...  ...  115 
Exports  from  Singapore  & Penang  to  luirope  & America  1 1 7 
Meteorological  Returns  ...  ...  ...  122 
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