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NOVEMBER,  Jgoj. 
No.  1 1,  i 
[VOL.  li. 
AGEICULTUKAL  BULLETIN 
OF  THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED  MALAY  STATES. 
EDITED  BY 
H.  N.  RIDLEY,  m.  a.,  f.  l.  s., 
Director  oj  Botanic  Gardens,  S,  S. 
CONTENTS. 
PLATES  13  & 14— RUBBER  TAPPING  IN  THE  BOTANIC 
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,Tlie  Cultivation  of  Cotton  in  the  Federated  Malay  States 
Coffee 
Manuring  Para  Rubber 
The  effect  of  Light  011  the  Growth  of  Trees 
Para  Rubber  Tapping  at  Bukit  Sebukor,  Malacca 
Para  Rubber  Sales 
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A Funtumia  Pest  ...  ...  ...  •••  355 
Ramie — a Nascent  Industry  for  India  ...  ...  356 
Ramie  Cultivation  .. . ...  ...  ...  362 
Gutta  Percha  in  the  Philippines  ...  ...  367 
Horticultural  Notes  ....  ...  ...  368 
The  Imperial  Institute  ..  ...  ...  369 
Personal — Miscellaneous,  Notices  to  Subscribers  ...  370 
Register  of  Rainfall  for  October,  1903  ...  ...  371 
Singapore  Market  Report  ...  ...  ...  372 
Exports  from  Singapore  & Penang  to  Europe  & America  373 
Meteorological  Returns  ...  ...  ...  376 
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