No. 2.] 



FEBRUARY, 1908. 



[Vol. VII. 



AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN 



OF THE 



STRAITS 



AND 



FEDERATED WflUflY 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. CARR OTHERS, f.r.s.e., f.l.s., 



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



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



1. An Opium Substitute .. .. .. .. ..40 



2. A Malay Varnish .. .. .. ..40 



3. Proposed Rubber Exhibition in London .. .. ..41 



4. Synthetic Rubber. . .. .. .. .. ..49 



5. Malayan Ramie Company .. .. .. . . 51 



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 . . . . . . . . . . 66 



11. India Rubber Market Reports .. .. ..67 



12. Rainfall . . .. .. ..83 



13. Singapore Market Report .. .. .. ..84 



14. Exports Telegram .. .. .. .. ..85 



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