No.  12.J  DECEMBER,  1903.  [Vol.  II. 
AGRICULTURAL  RULLETIN 
OF  THE 
STRAITS 
AND 
FEDERATED  MALAY  STATES. 
EDITED  BY 
H.  N.  RIDLEY,  M.  a.,  f.  l.  s., 
Director  of  Botanic  Gardens,  S.  S. 
CONTENTS. 
PLATES  VIII  & IX— RUBBER  PREPARATION  IN  THE 
BOl'ANIC  GARDENS,  SINGAPORE. 
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The  Chemistry  of  Rubber,  by  P.  J.  BURGESS  ...  385 
The  Canker  Fungus  in  Rubber  - ...  ...  389 
Rambong  Rubber  from  Klang...  ...  ...  392 
Para  Rubber  from  Johore  ...  ...  ...  393 
Para  Rubber  from  the  Botanic  Gardens  ...  ...  395 
Sale  of  Para  Rubber  ...  ...  ...  396 
The  Cultivation  of- Cotton  in  the  Federated  Malay  States  396 
Cotton  in  the  Straits  Settlements  forty  years  ago  ...  398 
Encouragement  of  Agriculture  among  the  natives  ...  399 
P'ruiting  of  Travellers  Tree  ...  ...  ...  405 
Rainfall  in  London  and  Penang — A Comparison  ...  405 
Erratum. — Rainfall  for  November,  1903  ...  ...  406 
Miscellaneous,  Notices  to  Subscribers  ...  ...  407 
Singapore  Market  Report  ...  ...  ...  408 
Exports  from  Singapore  & Penang  to  Europe  & America  409 
Meteorological  Returns  ...  ...  ...  412 
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