No.  lo.J  OCTOBER,  I903.  [Vol.  11. 
AGRICULTURAL  BULLETIN 
OF  THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED  MALAY  STATES. 
EDITED  BY 
H.  N.  RIDLEY,  M.  A.,  F.  L.  s.. 
Director  of  Botmiic  Gardens,  S,  S. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. 
1 . 
Cotton 
...  309 
2. 
Dutch  Government  Plantation  of  Gutta  Percha 
at 
'I'jepetir 
...  312 
0- 
The  Mosquito  Plant 
•••  313 
4. 
Para  Rubber  in  Selangor 
...  316 
5- 
Rubber  Planting  in  As^am 
...  320 
6. 
Christmas  Island  Phosphate 
...  321 
7. 
A Castilloa  Borer 
...  322 
8. 
An  Abnormal  Coconut 
...  223 
9- 
Extracts  from  the  Annual  Report  on  Forest  Administra- 
tion  in  the  P'ederated  Malay  States  for  the  year 
1902  323 
10. 
The  growth  of  Rubber  trees  ... 
...  328 
1 1. 
Ceara  Rubber 
•••  329 
12. 
New  Tool  for  tapping  Rubber  trees 
•••  330 
13- 
Correspondence 
•••  331 
H- 
Government  Notice  to  Planters 
•••  333 
15. 
The  Agricultural  Show — Erratum — Rainfall  for 
Sep- 
tember,  1903 
•••  334 
16. 
Notices  to  Subscribers 
•••  335 
O- 
Singapore  Market  Report 
•••  336 
18. 
Exports  from  Singapore  & Penang  to  Europe  & America  337 
19- 
Meteorological  Returns 
...  340 
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