ARY, 1908. 



[Vol. VII. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED MALAY STATES. 



EDITED BY 



H. N. RIDLEY, m.a., f.r.s., f.l.s., f.r.h.s., f.s.a., f.r.c.i., 

 Director of Botanic Gardens, S. S. 



AND 



J. B. CARRUTHERS, f.r.s.e,, f.l.s., 

 Director of Agriculture & Government Botanist, F.M.S. 



CONTENTS. 







Page 



I. 



An Opium Substitute .. .. 



.. 40 



2. 



A Malay Varnish . . 



.. 40 



3 



Proposed Rubber Exhibition in London 



.. 41 



4- 



Synthetic Rubber. . .. . . V 



.. 49 



5- 



Malayan Ramie Company . . - 



.. 5 1 



6. 



Vulcanisation Tests with Plantation Rubbers . . 



.. 54 



7- 



Plantation Rubber .. 



..62 



8. 



Report on Plantation Rubber 



..63 



9- 



Materials for a Flora of Malay Peninsula 



..66 



10. 



Obituary notice . . . . V 



..66 



11 



India Rubber Market Reports . . 



..67 



12. 



Rainfall 



83 





Singapore Market Report . H 



..84 



14. 



Exports Telegram . . . H 



85 



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